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I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator (Steam/KFC/Psyop)

How Colonel Sanders became a sex symbol

Ashlie D. Stevens
Damon Dash, CEO of Roc-A-Fella Records, and rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard (aka. ODB & Dirt McGirt)(R) attend a news conference to announce ODB's signing with Roc-A-Fella Records at the Rihga Royal Hotel May 1, 2003 in New York City. The controversial rapper was released from prison earlier today after being incarcerated for over two years. (Scott Gries/Getty Images)

O.D.B. and the stigma of mental illness

Emily Rems - Poptarts
The Testament by Margaret Atwood (Sophie Giraud/Hulu/McClelland & Stewart)

Hope for Gilead in "The Testaments"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Joaquin Phoenix attends the "Joker" Premiere at cinema UGC Normandie son September 23, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Phoenix walks out of "Joker" interview

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Sylvester Stallone stars as 'Rambo' in RAMBO: LAST BLOOD (Lionsgate/Yana Blajeva)

"Rambo" creator slams "Last Blood"

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Jharrel Jerome and Asante Blackk in the Netflix limited series, "When They See Us." (Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix)

The power of Jharrel Jerome's Emmy

D. Watkins
Billy Porter accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for "Pose" at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

These wins made the 2019 Emmys watchable

Melanie McFarland
John Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) in season 8 of Game of Thrones (Helen Sloane/HBO)

A final "Game of Thrones" Emmy battle?

Melanie McFarland
Shelly Oria, editor of the #metoo movement anthology "Indelible In The Hippocampus" (T Kira Madden/McSweeney's Publishing)

"#MeToo was our rehearsal space"

Nicole Karlis
Dex Parios – a strong, assertive and sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, gambling debt and a brother to take care of – works as a PI in Portland, Oregon. With only herself to rely on, she solves other people’s messes with a blind eye toward her own, finding herself at odds with the police and in the firing line of criminals, on the series premiere of “Stumptown,” WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25 (ABC/David Bukach)

Law, be a lady for us!

Melanie McFarland
Claire from "Fleabag" (Amazon Studios/BBC)

The true hero of "Fleabag" is Claire

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Cast members of the television sitcom "Friends" pose for photographers at the studios of Channel 4 in London Wednesday, March 25, 1998. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

4 reasons why we can't replicate Friends

Martie Cook, Manuel Basanese - The Conversation
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
Actress Felicity Huffman arrives at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, April 3, 2019. (AP/Steven Senne)

Huffman: White is the color of remorse

Michael Orsini, Linda Mussell - The Conversation
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
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

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