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The Crime of the Century (HBO)

Big Pharma's opioid "original sins"

Alli Joseph
Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon and Andy Taylor (back) of Duran Duran in 1983 (Fin Costello/Redferns)

"Hungry Like the Wolf" began a new era

Annie Zaleski
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Historical figures with coded diaries

Jane Alexander - Mental Floss
Ben Daniels and Josh Duhamel in "Jupiter's Legacy" (Marni Grossman/Netflix)

The rise of a superhero autocracy

Hanh Nguyen
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Ziwe (Showtime)

Showtime's iconic "Ziwe" is a must-watch

Melanie McFarland
(Getty/vm)

Women's sexual identities are changing

Sean G. Massey, Mei-Hsiu Chen, Sarah Young - The Conversation
"The Tinder Swindler" victims Cecilie Fjellhoy, Ayleen Charlotte and Pernilla Sjöholm photographed on Dec. 3, 2021 at Black Book, Soho, London (Joshua Wilks/Netflix)

13 documentaries about con artists

Ashlie D. Stevens, Paige Harriss
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the Axel Springer Award 2020 in Berlin (Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images)

"SNL" throws Elon Musk a bone

Melanie McFarland
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Pat Metheny (Photo courtesy of Pat Metheny)

Pat Metheny steps away from improv

Kenneth Womack

Why we call hit movies "blockbusters"

Michele Debczak - Mental Floss
Unsolved Mysteries (Netflix)

A brief history of "Unsolved Mysteries"

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Shrill (Hulu)

"Shrill" unpacks internalized fatphobia

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Two college graduates on campus (Getty Images)

As a new graduate, I should be terrified

Manuela Lopez Restrepo
Josh Duhamel in "Jupiter's Legacy" (Steve Wilkie/Netflix)

Netflix's self-serious superhero stinker

Melanie McFarland
Jason Statham in "Wrath of Man" (MGM)

Jason Statham fires up "Wrath of Man"

Gary M. Kramer
Nancy Wilson (Jeremy Danger)

"We didn't attach sexual identity to it"

Nicole Michael
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Millie Bobby Brown in "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

Watch a "Stranger Things" villain return

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Tom Hiddleston in Marvel's "Loki" (Marvel/Disney+)

Marvel's "Loki" may have longevity

Sarabeth Pollock - Winter is Coming
Busy Philipps, Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Paula Pell in "Girls5Eva" (Heidi Gutman/Peacock)

Feel-good comedy "Girls5eva" sings

Melanie McFarland
David Oyelowo behind the scenes on "The Water Man" (Karen Ballard/RLJE Films)

Oyelowo won't "shut up, make movies"

D. Watkins
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Anderson Cooper on "Jeopardy!" (Jeopardy Productions)

New "Jeopardy!" host will be chosen soon

Ashlie D. Stevens
Sons of Sam: Descent into Darkness (Netflix)

Son of Sam may not have acted alone

Ashlie D. Stevens
Katja Herbers in "The Columnist" (Film Movement)

Who hasn't wanted revenge on trolls?

Gary M. Kramer
Taika Waititi attends the premiere of "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under" (Don Arnold/WireImage/Getty)

Taika Waititi stars in Blackbeard comedy

Sarabeth Pollock - Culturess
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