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Is there actually beef between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni?
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![Why readers love — and love to hate — Colleen Hoover](http://web.archive.org./web/20240821184510im_/https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2165136195.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.094161958568733%2C100%2C99.811676082863&w=2400)
It Ends With Us is at the center of Hoover’s very polarizing body of work.
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The controversy over Sabra, a new movie character, explained.
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Get ready to hear [spoiler] saying filthy things.
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4DX — and all these new movie theater formats, from IMAX to ScreenX — explained.
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The Twisters actor’s career explains a lot about the state of the industry.
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The musician is packing arenas and performing on The Tonight Show.
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Horizon is a baffling, incoherent mess. Kevin Costner making it was probably inevitable.
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They’re here. (Almost.) They’re queer. (Maybe.) They need a new joke.
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Why is the search for the next big movie star so limited?
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The post-strike summer was always going to be tough. There are lots of reasons not to panic.
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Talking with the psychologists who brought the real science of emotion to the Pixar film.
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The iconic character could have gone terribly wrong. Here’s how she survived.
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Albums are too, and it has everything to do with our anxious relationship to technology.
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Thanks to this new movie about Amy Winehouse, the bar for movies about musicians remains in hell.
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The relationship style has been the topic of talky articles and books. Finally, it’s the sexiest element of the year’s sexiest movie.
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From hit movies to viral essays, the discourse is rarely about the people inside the relationships.
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An investigation into a sport of short shorts and thrown rackets.
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You might think a movie about a second American civil war would be a thinly veiled Trump story. It’s not — and it’s better for it.
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Soapy, super-powered, and silly, X-Men ’97 is a Marvel masterpiece.
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The film’s Japan premiere renews critiques about what the movie omitted.
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From Jimmy Kimmel to going to bed on time, the 2024 Oscars were a hit.
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The Best Supporting Acting Oscars are always a little wacky, because … what do they mean?
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Maestro’s Oscar campaign has shown us the real Bradley Cooper: He’s a try-hard.
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A superfan explains Dune: Part 2 for newbies in less than 1,000 words.
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The good, the bad, and the Bene Gesserit of Dune: Part Two.
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Everything you need to know about this year’s Academy Awards.
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Irish men are having a moment in Hollywood.
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The bonkers, star-studded musical-biopic-fantasia-mess proves Jennifer Lopez can do whatever she wants.
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The star of Madame Web is a charming terror.
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Matte paintings have transformed movies for over 100 years. AI could be the next step in making them.
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