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Hanh Nguyen is an Executive Editor, Culture & Food at Salon and an the award-winning culture critic whose work has also appeared on IndieWire, TVGuide.com and The Hollywood Reporter. She co-hosts the "Good Pop Culture Club" podcast, which examines the good pop that gets us through our days, from an Asian American perspective. Follow her on Bluesky @hanhonymous

Rose Matafeo in "Starstruck" (HBO Max)

“Starstruck” creator Rose Matafeo shares her rom-com secrets, including how to woo a funny woman

Hanh Nguyen
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in "The Fast and the Furious" (Universal/Getty Images)

Tracing the evolution of “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, movie by movie

Hanh Nguyen
Melissa Barrera, Stephanie Beatriz, Leslie Grace, Dascha Polanco and Daphne Rubin-Vega in "In the Heights" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

“In the Heights” reclaims Latina beauty and honors its roots

Hanh Nguyen
Tom Hiddleston in "Loki" (Disney+ / Marvel Studios)

The existential crisis of “Loki”

Hanh Nguyen
Tig Notaro in "Army of the Dead" (Netflix)

How Tig Notaro became a badass action star at age 50

Hanh Nguyen
Ben Daniels and Josh Duhamel in "Jupiter's Legacy" (Marni Grossman/Netflix)

“Jupiter’s Legacy” writer on the rise of superhero “autocrats” and looking a gift god in the mouth

Hanh Nguyen
Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) and Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs) in "Invincible" (Amazon)

14 of the best animated shows for adults from the last decade

Ashlie D. Stevens, Mayu Evans, Hanh Nguyen
Maria Bakalova and Rudy Giuliani in "Borat 2: Subsequent Moviefilm" (Amazon)

Rudy Giuliani and MyPillow’s Mike Lindell win big at the Razzies, which honors the worst in film

Hanh Nguyen
Tesla head Elon Musk (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Elon Musk will host “Saturday Night Live,” but viewers just want him to stay in his Tesla lane

Hanh Nguyen
Callum Woodhouse in the Season 1 finale of "All Creatures Great and Small" (PBS/Playground Television UK Ltd & all3media)

“All Creatures Great and Small” writer on the show’s yuletide finale, gentle peril & Season 2 plans

Hanh Nguyen
Kate Phillips as Eliza and Stuart Martin as William Wellington in "Miss Scarlet & the Duke" (PBS )

“Miss Scarlet & the Duke” creator on the reality of Victorian women & hopes for the show’s future

Hanh Nguyen
Andrew Gower in "Miss Scarlet & the Duke" (Masterpiece/PBS)

“Miss Scarlet” and the case of the Victorian outsiders

Hanh Nguyen
Regé-Jean Page and Adjoa Andoh in "Bridgerton" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

From race to incels, the modern “Bridgerton” twists hold a mirror up to today’s shortcomings

Hanh Nguyen
Gal Gadot and Chris Pine in "Wonder Woman 1984" (Warner Bros.)

“Wonder Woman 1984” is “chaotic” and “delightfully cheesy”: Reviews of this year’s superhero sequel

Hanh Nguyen
Judy Ho in "House of Ho" (HBO Max)

Challenging patriarchal practices makes “House of Ho” more than just a Vietnamese Kardashians clone

Hanh Nguyen
Blake Lee and Ben Lewis in "The Christmas Setup" (Lifetime)

TV’s first crop of queer Christmas movies range from saccharine fun to superficial flops

Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fanny packs are back, baby! A weird fashion silver lining in a sweatpants year

Hanh Nguyen
(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ronan Farrow’s voices (and other audiobook delights) helped me get through this year

Hanh Nguyen
Amy Adams in "Hillbilly Elegy" (Lacey Terrell/Netflix)

“Hillbilly Elegy” is “poverty-class cosplay” and “laughably bad” – reviews of Netflix’s adaptation

Hanh Nguyen
Zita Hanrot and Marc Ruchmann in "The Hookup Plan," "Harley Quinn," and Jason Sudeikis in "Ted Lasso" (Netflix/DC Universe/Apple TV+)

Comfort TV: 9 comedies to binge as an escape from our nation’s madness

Melanie McFarland, Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon in "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix)

The fluidity of “The Queen’s Gambit” is its secret weapon

Hanh Nguyen
Anya Taylor-Joy and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix)

“The Queen’s Gambit” is the sexiest and most thrilling TV show about chess you’ll ever watch

Hanh Nguyen
Deaf U (Netflix)

Netflix’s “Deaf U” wants viewers to see “there is no one right way to be deaf”

Hanh Nguyen
Millie Bobby Brown in "Enola Holmes" (Legendary/Netflix)

Sherlock’s teen sister channels “Fleabag” for Netflix’s fourth-wall-breaking feminist romp

Hanh Nguyen
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