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Anna Wintour and Tina Brown (George DeSota/Liaison/STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

The Anna Wintour and Tina Brown rivalry

Thomas Maier
Journalists Jodi Kantor (L) and Megan Twohey attend the Hearst 100 at Michael's Restaurant on December 11, 2017 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Hearst Magazines)

How they brought down Harvey Weinstein

Amanda Marcotte
Youths chat at a cafe modeled after the "Central Perk" cafe in the "Friends" sitcom (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Why millennials and Gen Z love "Friends"

Melanie McFarland
Sylvester Stallone stars as 'Rambo' in RAMBO: LAST BLOOD (Lionsgate/Yana Blajeva)

"Rambo: Last Blood": A MAGA fever dream

Matthew Rozsa
Seann William Scott as Evan in the Momentum Pictures’ horror thriller BLOODLINE (Photo courtesy of Momentum Pictures)

Seann William Scott goes dark and gory

Gary M. Kramer
Justin Trudeau, Kay Ivey and Ralph Northam (AP Photo/Salon)

White people have a blackface problem

Bryan Crable
Richie Castellano in the documentary "Narrowsburg" (Narrowsburg/Courtesy of publicist)

Tiny town conned out of Hollywood dreams

Gary M. Kramer
Wu-Tang: An American Saga -- "I Declare War" - Episode 109 --The Shaolin and the Wu Tang could be dangerous. Bobby (Ashton Sanders), and Dennis (Siddiq Saunderson), shown. (Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu)

The necessary American saga of Wu-Tang

D. Watkins
Laura Carmichael stars as Lady Hexham, Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Grantham and Michelle Dockery stars as Lady Mary Talbot in DOWNTON ABBEY, a Focus Features release. (Liam Daniel / © 2019 Focus Features, LLC)

"Downton Abbey": A fan service folly

Melanie McFarland
Production still from the Netflix limited series "Unbelievable" (Netflix)

Netflix's new must-watch: "Unbelievable"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Shane Gillis (Getty Images/AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

"SNL" has never been "too liberal"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
DSC04585.ARW (Yana Blajeva)

Watch these anticipated movies this fall

Compiled by Salon staff
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/Joker in "Joker" (YouTube/Warner Bros. Pictures)

No plans for a "Joker" sequel

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
"Pulp Fiction" (Miramax)

He turned down "Pulp Fiction"—no regrets

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Sean Spicer and Lindsay Arnold on the season premiere of ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" (ABC/Eric McCandless)

Sean Spicer's double "DWTS" humiliation

Ashlie D. Stevens

Scooby-Doo turns 50

Kevin Sandler - The Conversation
Shane Gillis on Comedy Central Stand Up (Comedy Central)

Shane Gillis fired from "SNL." Sad!

Melanie McFarland
Ric Ocasek and Eddie Money (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh/Darron Cummings)

More loss for the MTV generation

Mary Elizabeth Williams
James Corden and Bill Maher (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Michael Kovac/Getty Images)

Corden puts Bill Maher in his place

Ashlie D. Stevens
2020 candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden gave a powerful speech about race during commemorations of the Birmingham, Ala. 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. (MSNBC)

The Joe Biden wokeness paradox

D. Watkins
(Getty/Marilyn Nieves)

The bizarre social history of beds

Brian Fagan - The Conversation
Shot of a young man studying in a college library and looking stressed (Getty Images/ People Images)

Why college students are so stressed

Sophia A. McClennen
Still from Amazon Prime Video's "Undone" (Amazon Prime Video)

The rules of TV are coming "Undone"

Melanie McFarland
(Getty/g-stockstudio)

Pining for the days of letter-writing

Randy Malamud - The Conversation
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