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Netflix Canceled The Boroughs While It Was Still in the Top Ten
The Boroughs had a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, a writers' room prepping season two, and Geena Davis fully committed. Netflix killed it anyway.
Sara Lin··5 min read
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The Paramount-Warner Deal Is a Labor Fight in a Cheap Suit
The opposition to the $110.9 billion Paramount-WBD merger isn't really about antitrust theory. It's about who gets paid to make things in Hollywood, and who doesn't.
Sara Lin··5 min read
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Scott Pelley Lit the Match. CBS Just Confirmed Why He Had To.
Pelley accused CBS leadership of pressuring journalists to bend stories for the White House. They fired him the next day. That sequence is the story.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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Euphoria Killed Rue. That's the Whole Argument.
HBO ended Euphoria by killing the girl it spent three seasons begging us to root for. It's the bleakest possible read on addiction — and the only one Sam Levinson was ever going to write.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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Paramount Lawyered Up Because This Merger Was Never Going to Be Quiet
Paramount Skydance hired Jeffrey Kessler not because it expects to win cleanly, but because the $110 billion Warner Bros. deal is the antitrust fight of the decade.
Sara Lin··5 min read
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The Mandalorian Film Will Probably Make Money and That Is Not Enough
Disney's first Star Wars film since 2019 hits theaters today. It's built to turn a profit. Whether it can actually fix what's broken is a different question.
Sara Lin··5 min read
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Drake Dropped Three Albums in Two Weeks and Called It Strategy
Three albums in thirteen days, Spotify records shattered. Drake isn't trying to win the culture back — he's trying to drown the conversation.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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Chris Brown's Meltdown Over a 1.3 Proves the Critics Right
Pitchfork called BROWN soulless. Brown called back. Neither side is going to win this one the way they think.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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The Punisher Finally Looks Like What He Always Was
Marvel's bloodiest project to date isn't really about kills. It's about a man trying not to put the gun in his own mouth — and that's the whole point.
Sara Lin··5 min read
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Netflix Killed the A-Z Filter and It Was No Accident
Netflix quietly pulled alphabetical sorting and other discovery tools from its desktop site. The move isn't a bug fix — it's a choice about who controls what you watch.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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The Rip Lawsuit Tests What Inspired by True Events Actually Means
Two Miami-Dade deputies say Affleck and Damon's Netflix movie made them look like thieves. The lawsuit is a stress test for Hollywood's favorite disclaimer.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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Phoebe Bridgers Returned to the Stage in Roswell and Nothing Sounds the Same
Her first solo show in three years was 400 people, no phones, and new songs. The album cycle has quietly begun.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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SNL's Nostalgia Habit Is Working, Which Is the Problem
Saturday Night Live is pulling its best numbers in years, but the Season 51 lineup reads like a greatest-hits tour. That's not necessarily a compliment.
Sara Lin··5 min read
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Squid Game Season 3 Lands and the Internet Is Already Wrong About It
The discourse is doing what discourse does. The show is doing something stranger and quieter and worth talking about — once everybody calms down.
Sara Lin··6 min read