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Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake before the wardrobe malfunction (Getty Images/KMazur/WireImage)

The injustice done to Janet Jackson

Melanie McFarland
Britney Spears performs at the NOW 99.7 Triple Ho Show 7.0 SAP Center on December 3, 2016 in San Jose, California. (Steve Jennings/WireImage/Getty Images)

I was in a cult and captive like Britney

Dr. Tamara MC
R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Chris Bilheimer)

Mills talks REM's standalone road album

Annie Zaleski
A woman smiles as she reaches for a container of Betty Crocker pizza dough mix in the dairy section of a grocery store, circa 1965 (Lambert/Getty Images)

The legacy of Betty Crocker at 100

Elizabeth A. Blake - The Conversation
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Pilgrims observing the Anglicans led by Thomas Morton dancing around a Maypole at Mare Mount (Merrymount) settlement, 1628. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

What was the first banned book?

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Jennifer Aniston and Mark Duplass in “The Morning Show" (Apple TV+)

The Morning Show's empty on-air moment

Melanie McFarland
Bruce Springsteen (Danny Clinch/Shore Fire Media)

Springsteen's truly legendary "No Nukes"

Kenneth Womack
"The Wheel of Time" cast (Amazon Prime Video/ Sony Pictures Television)

"The Wheel of Time" isn’t terrible

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
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John Cho in "Cowboy Bebop" (Kirsty Griffin/Netflix)

"Cowboy Bebop" is an off-key adaptation

Melanie McFarland
Jonathan Rhys Meyers in "Hide and Seek" (Saban Films)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers on being a bold boy

Gary M. Kramer
Deepfake, Deep face technology concept illustration (Getty Images/AndSim)

History, as told by AI and deepfakes

Nir Eisikovits - The Conversation
Gemma Whelan attends the BAFTAs at the Royal Albert Hall in February 2020 in London, England (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Sex scenes on GoT a "frenzied mess"

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
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Reneé Rapp, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Pauline Chalamet and Amrit Kaur from "Sex Lives of College Girls" (Jessica Brooks/Courtesy of HBO Max)

An awkward "Sex Lives of College Girls"

Melanie McFarland
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Magnolia Pictures)

Making "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn"

Gary M. Kramer
Prayers for the Stolen ("Noche de Fuego") (Courtesy of Netflix)

Netflix's moving Prayers for the Stolen

Gary M. Kramer
Philip Roth and Dave Chapelle (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Netflix)

Fuel for our endless cancel culture war

Jacques Berlinerblau
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Levar Burton (Getty Images)

LeVar Burton bags his new hosting gig

Joy Saha
Paris Hilton poses with her dog at "Extra" at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 28, 2018 in Universal City, California (Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

Paris Hilton has become her own lap dog

Melanie McFarland
Brian Cox as Logan Roy in "Succession." (Craig Blankenhorn/HBO)

Succession star regrets turning down GoT

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Nina Dobrev and Jimmy O. Yang caroling in "Love Hard" (Bettina Strauss/Netflix)

What makes "Baby It's Cold Outside" work

Hanh Nguyen
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Tom Cullen, a reporter for the Storm Lake Times in "Storm Lake" (PBS)

In "Storm Lake," a future for local news

Gary M. Kramer
A woman holds a sign quoting the Bible as anti-vaccination protesters pray and gather near Los Angeles City Hall on August 14, 2021 (DAVID MCNEW/AFP via Getty Images)

Cherry-picking Bible verses isn't new

John Fea - The Conversation
Cat Got Your Tongue? (Getty Images/Auki)

What makes a cliché a cliché?

Kirk Hazen, Jordan Lovejoy - The Conversation
Christina Ricci in "Yellowjackets" (Paul Sarkis/Showtime)

"Yellowjackets" is wild & terrifying

Melanie McFarland
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