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Spoilers for Watchmen season 1, ahead. When HBO’s Watchmen premiered last fall, it changed the game for what’s possible in the superhero genre. It shifted the Cold War setting of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s ’80s comic series to a nine-episode examination of race in America. It introduced us to Regina King’s masked vigilante, Sister
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Fresh off her historic Emmys win for Euphoria, Zendaya joined forces with Michelle Obama on Instagram Live to urge young people to vote. The duo convened virtually on Tuesday for Obama’s Registered and Ready Instagram Takeover event, a day-long initiative for her When We All Vote organization. Obama began by acknowledging Zendaya’s victory, which made
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Exciting news: Yara Shahidi’s Barbie doll is finally available for purchase, complete with its iconic “Vote” t-shirt. The doll’s re-release was announced Tuesday in honor of National Register to Vote Day—not only to highlight the importance of registering to vote, but also to teach younger generations that no matter their age, they too, can make
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Stranger Things had one Emmy nomination tonight—Outstanding Drama Series—but that wasn’t enough to bring the cast out virtually for the ceremony. The teen stars of the show, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, and Sadie Sink, didn’t appear during the virtual red carpet segment, nor did the show’s young adult
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On HBO’s Insecure, which is nominated for eight Emmys this year, fictional Issa’s love life is depicted in all its glory. However, the show’s real-life creator and star Issa Rae prefers to keep her own romances under-the-radar. That includes her rumored engagement to Louis Diame. “I don’t want any input,” Rae explained to Vogue. “As
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Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik are about to become first-time parents, and they aren’t the only ones who appear to be counting down the days. Yolanda Hadid, Gigi’s mom, posted a black-and-white photo of her hugging her daughter’s pregnant stomach. “Waiting patiently for her angel to be born……,” she wrote. This content is imported from
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David Hume KennerlyGetty Images Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, beloved liberal Supreme Court justice and champion of women’s rights, passed away today due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer, the court announced, via CNN. Immediately after the news broke, celebrities and politicians paid tribute to RBG’s life and legacy. Here, their posts commemorating her. Jennifer Aniston
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Des Willie/BBCAmerica/Sid Gentle The murderous dynamic between Villanelle (Jodie Comer) and Eve (Sandra Oh) is getting another season. BBC America renewed Killing Eve for a fourth season ahead of the show’s season 3 premiere this spring. The award-winning thriller was created by Fleabag‘s Phoebe Waller-Bridge. News of the return isn’t nearly as shocking as some
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A workout video of Justine Skye and Hailey Bieber caused controversy—and prompted a public response from Skye—after fans accused her and Hailey of throwing shade at Selena Gomez, the ex-girlfriend of Hailey’s husband Justin Bieber. The two girls were exercising with DJ Khalid and Drake’s “POPSTAR” in the background—the song that namedrops Gomez. Justin made
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Michelle Obama knows the mental gymnastics required to be the only Black First Lady. In the season finale of The Michelle Obama Podcast, she was joined by her 83-year-old mother, Marian Robinson and older brother, Craig to discuss parenting and politics. During the wide-ranging conversation, she spoke about the need Black people often feel to
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