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Zaila Avant-garde competes in the first round of the the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals in Orlando, Florida on July 8, 2021. (JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

What Zaila Avant-garde's win means

Shalini Shankar - The Conversation
Ronan Farrow in "Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes"  (HBO)

HBO's Catch & Kill takes down Weinstein

Kylie Cheung
Protective mask hanging on a rearview mirror (Getty Images)

20 best states for summer 2021 road trip

Tasia Bass - Mental Floss
Kate Winslet in "Mare of Easttown" (HBO)

Vaping is in, smoking is out onscreen

Becky Freeman, Christina Watts - The Conversation
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The White Lotus (Mario Perez/HBO)

HBO's White Lotus is a hellish paradise

Melanie McFarland
Rafael Casal as Miles in "Blindspotting" (Starz)

Living in a country addicted to prisons

D. Watkins
Thomas Doherty and Evan Mock in "Gossip Girl" (Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max)

Finally, casual bisexuality on TV

Kylie Cheung
Sarah Shahi as Billie Connelly and Adam Demos as Brad Simon in "Sex/Life" (Netflix)

How "Sex/Life" fails miscarriage stories

Kylie Cheung
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Taylor Swift, left, and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. (Getty Images)

GOP Sen. vs. Taylor Swift feud heats up

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff in "Black Widow" (Disney+/Marvel Studios)

Black Widow's excellence is infuriating

Melanie McFarland
Mel Brooks attends the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival opening night after party in April 2018 in Hollywood (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for TCM)

12 surprising facts about Mel Brooks

Mark Mancini - Mental Floss
Richard Marx (Simon & Schuster)

Richard Marx: "I grew up in the studio"

Nicole Michael
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Serena Williams at Wimbledon 2021 (Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images)

Why do Wimbledon players wear all white?

Mental Floss - Mental Floss
The Go-Go's, circa 1980 (Kerstin Rodgers/Redferns/Getty Images)

The Go-Go's groundbreaking debut at 40

Annie Zaleski
Rachel Dolezal leaves the "Today Show" taping at the NBC Rockefeller Center Studios in 2017 (Getty Images/Ray Tamarra/GC Images)

No, you can't identify as "transracial"

Braden Hill, Stevie Lane - The Conversation
Henry Golding in "Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe: Origins" (Paramount Pictures)

10 July movies and where to watch them

Sandy C. - Hidden Remote
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Loki (Disney+/Marvel Studios)

All hail Sylvie, not your average Loki

Melanie McFarland
1996 DEAN CAIN IN LOIS AND CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (Getty Images/Warner Bros.)

Ex-Superman slams woke Captain America

Kylie Cheung
Zaila Avant-garde competes in the first round of the the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals in Orlando, Florida on July 8, 2021. (JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Spelling bee winner is a basketball star

Kylie Cheung
Patricia Barber (Jimmy Katz)

Patricia Barber's hot jazz summer

Kenneth Womack
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Attorney for the President, Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at a press conference held in the back parking lot of Four Seasons Total Landscaping on November 7, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The press conference took place just minutes after news networks announced that Joe Biden had won the presidency over Donald Trump after it was projected that he had won the state of Pennsylvania. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Four Seasons Total Landscaping concert

Kylie Cheung
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy, "Succession" (HBO)

Trailer for "Succession" new season

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Meghan McCain on "The View" (ABC/Lou Rocco)

Meghan McCain's tired legacy on The View

Kylie Cheung
Evan Mock, Thomas Doherty, Emily Alyn Lind, Eli Brown, Jordan Alexander, Savannah Smith and Zion Moreno in "Gossip Girl" (Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max)

"Gossip Girl": New look, same tired show

Melanie McFarland
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