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Kelly McClure

Email: kmcclure@salon.com

Kelly McClure is Salon's Senior Culture Editor, where she helps further coverage of TV, film, music, books and culture trends from a unique and thoughtful angle. Her work has also appeared in Vulture, Vanity Fair, Vice and many other outlets that don't start with the letter V. She is the author of one sad book called "Something Is Always Happening Somewhere." Follow her on Bluesky: @WolfieVibes

A collection of some of our staff picks. (Photo illustration by Salon / Courtesy of Netflix, Apple TV+, Darren Vargas, Penguin Random House)

The best of 2025 . . . so far

Kelly McClure, Natalie Moore, Coleman Spilde, Melanie McFarland, Hanh Nguyen, Erin Keane, Andi Zeisler, Amanda Marcotte, Bennett Taren, Alex Galbraith, Ashlie D. Stevens
Various characters from HBO shows (Photo Illustration by Salon / Courtesy HBO)

Lesbians are still getting crumbs this Pride Month, but at least there’s more of them

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Detective working at a desk in her office (Andrii Lysenko/Getty Images)

Stephen King’s most anxious character is also his most heroic

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Lili Taylor birdwatching. (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Courtesy Mike Fernandez)

Lili Taylor’s “Turning to Birds” champions the little things and warns of “Terminator Sparrows”

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Jennifer Beals at Salon's studio in New York (Photography by Jill Greenberg for Salon)

“A firewall against erasure”: Jennifer Beals on “The L Word” book fans demanded

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Violet (Meghann Fahy) and Henry (Brandon Sklenar) in "Drop" (Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures)

From AirDrop anxiety to tapeworm fairytales: 4 faves from The Overlook Film Festival 2025

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L-R: Anisa Harris as Teen Robin, Courtney Eaton as Teen Lottie, Sophie Nélisse as Teen Shauna, Samantha Hanratty as Teen Misty and Vanessa Prasad as Teen Gen in "Yellowjackets" (Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+ with Showtime)

Rescue is a shame for the teens on “Yellowjackets” because wherever they go, there they are

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L-R: Sophie Thatcher as Teen Natalie and Steven Krueger as Ben Scott in "Yellowjackets" (Colin Bentley/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME)

“Yellowjackets” is at its best when its characters are doing their worst

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King Charles III (Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

King Charles collaborates with Apple Music for radio show, revealing his love of reggae and pop

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Michelle Trachtenberg attends The Art Of Elysium's 13th Annual Celebration - Heaven at Hollywood Palladium on January 04, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for The Art of Elysium)

Michelle Trachtenberg missing from Oscars in memoriam segment

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Paul Tazewell accepts the Costume Design award for "Wicked" onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025, in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

“Wicked”‘s Paul Tazewell becomes first Black man to win Oscar for costume design

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Kanye West is seen on May 13, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by MEGA/GC Images)

Kanye West’s online storefront shut down after peddling swastika shirts

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L-R) Ice Spice, Ashley Avignone, and Taylor Swift attend Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Taylor Swift gets booed at Super Bowl, with Trump in attendance

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Jesse Eisenberg speaks onstage during a Screening of Searchlight Pictures' "A Real Pain" at Curzon Soho on February 01, 2025 in London, England. (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for The Walt Disney Company Limited)

Jesse Eisenberg is over being associated with “problematic” Mark Zuckerberg

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Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer attend the Global premiere of Amazon Original "Good Omens" at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on May 28, 2019 in London, England. (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer sued over human trafficking and sexual assault allegations

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Direstor, David Lynch in San Francisco, California to promote his arguably strangest film to date, "Inland Empire," on January 19, 2007. (Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

“Golden sunshine and blue skies all the way”: The light of David Lynch will never go out

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Let's not watch the Presidential inauguration this time (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Turn the channel on the inauguration with these counterprogramming suggestions

Melanie McFarland, Hanh Nguyen, Kelly McClure, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Nardos Haile, Nicholas Liu, Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Treasury building (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Chinese hackers behind “major incident” at US Treasury, documents stolen

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“Win or Lose” (Disney/Pixar)

Disney decides against transgender arc in Pixar’s “Win or Lose” series

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Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led from the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Luigi Mangione indicted on first-degree murder charge, facing life in prison for CEO shooting

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Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann (James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

Suspected Gilgo Beach killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with additional murder

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks with the media before a meeting with Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and House and Senate Republicans in the Capitol Visitor Center. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Marjorie Taylor Greene called out for belief that vaccines cause Autism

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Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola in "The White Lotus" Season 3 (Fabio Lovino/HBO)

“The White Lotus” third season teaser promises mystery and a pill-popping Parker Posey

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Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led from the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Luigi Mangione documentary underway in collaboration with “Going Clear” director, Alex Gibney

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