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TMZ Redefines Celebrity Dirt
Harvey Levin runs a gossip site that operates like an intelligence agency. How did it become so powerful?

The Strange and Dangerous Right-Wing Freakout Over Ancient Apocalypse
How a Netflix series about the hunt for the lost city of Atlantis became yet another front in the culture war—and the latest example of elite conservatives going weird.

What corporate thrillers tell us about the '90s economy
PLUS: Has Forum Brain crossed the gender divide?

The Binge Purge
TV’s streaming model is broken. It’s also not going away. For Hollywood, figuring that out will be a horror show.

Inside TV’s Retrial of OJ Simpson: A Saga of Race, Redress and, Yes, Robert Kardashian’s Kids
Twenty years after the football player's acquittal, John Travolta, Cuba Gooding Jr and the players behind FX's 'American Crime Story' reveal for the first time how their very 2016 rearview examination of the case reveals a whole other reality. Plus: Season 2's topic (Katrina) revealed.

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Turns Autofiction Into Thrilling Sci-Fi
The Hollywood maestro’s latest is filled with excitement and sentimentality.

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shoc…

THE SOCIAL RECKONING – Official Teaser Trailer (HD)
Conspiracy Brokers: Understanding the Monetization of YouTube Conspiracy Theories
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3485447.3512142 WWW '22: Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2022, Virtual Event, Lyon, France, April 2022
Crisis at Marvel: Jonathan Majors Back-Up Plans, ‘The Marvels’ Reshoots, Reviving Original Avengers and More Issues Revealed
Marvel has enjoyed a nearly uninterrupted string of hits ever since it started independently producing its movies with 2008’s “Iron Man.”

Why this OnlyFans rival is building in Miami after $10 million investment
The startup attracted funding from a range of investors, including Tinder co-founder Sean Rad, former Shutterstock CEO Jon Oringer and the electronic music duo The Chainsmokers.
One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein$dVol. 1
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Publisher's Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1) The Underworld -- 2) Booze and Blackmail -- 3) Organized Crime and the State of Israel -- 4) Roy Cohn's "Favor Bank" -- 5) Shades of Gray -- 6) A Private CIA -- 7) A Killer Enterprise -- 8) Clinton Contra -- 9) High Tech Treason -- 10) Government by Blackmail: The Dark Secrets of the Reagan Era -- Documents -- Index -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Back Cover

Confronting New York City's Lies About Toxic Air After 9/11
Plus, a selection of some of the best writing on 9/11, and more news to take you into the weekend.

How The Internet’s Favourite AI Employee Went Rogue
Why ‘Flooding the Zone’ Works for Trump - Dame Magazine
Trump’s allies openly described a strategy to overwhelm the press with simultaneous crises. The structure of modern journalism makes it work

ATmosphere Report #147 - Year's end reflections - Connected Places
Some themes I'm watching for 2026: censorship resistance, the politics of interoperable spaces, and who gets to shape how atproto talks about itself.