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When Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the national anthem of a preseason NFL game just over a year ago, he did so at the end of a hostile summer that claimed the lives of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two unarmed black men who were gunned down by law enforcement. The 49ers quarterback […]

When Amazon’s Forever debuted earlier this month, it announced itself with a kernel of discord hidden within. Viewers reaching the show’s sixth episode found it stripped of its main characters—June (Maya Rudolph) and Oscar (Fred Armisen), a married couple trapped in unchanging circumstances—and instead angling its view in a different direction. “Andre and Sarah,” directed […]

If you heard anything about the Justice League last weekend, it was probably regarding the new trailer that dropped on Sunday for the upcoming movie. But what you might not have heard is that the Justice League—Wonder Woman, Batman, The Flash, Cyborg, Superman, even Aquaman—was out in full force at New York Comic Con. "DC" […]

Ah, fall. A wonderful time of football, things inexplicably getting pumpkin spice flavoring, and way more new TV than anyone could ever possibly watch. Seriously, there are a gajillion channels and streaming networks now, how can anyone dream of knowing what to turn on? Between all the superheroes, strictly-for-adults animated programs, and 1990s reboots out […]

Having Hope Van Dyne be front-and-center in Ant-Man and the Wasp was a big deal. Before that film, a female hero had never had her name on a Marvel Cinematic Universe film. Her appearance, and subsequent success, shifted the Marvel movie landscape in way that hadn’t happened in 19 previous films. So yeah, it was […]

If you're a fan of online music journalism, Tuesday was not a great day. Twitter, never adept at evading controversy, went on a suspension spree, freezing the accounts of popular music outlets Fader and Pigeons & Planes, along with more than 20 other smaller accounts. The crime wasn't posting graphic content, or doxxing people, or […]

Fifteen sharks swirl in figure eights beneath me. But I’m not peering over the side of a boat or secured in an underwater safety cage. I’m snorkeling in the open ocean, 3 miles off the North Shore of Oahu. Ocean Ramsey, a shark behaviorist and cofounder of One Ocean, bobs in the waves beside me. […]

Man, these short Game of Thrones seasons are brutal, aren't they? Now that the fantasy series is in its final run, HBO is cramming more action into fewer episodes and making them longer—at nearly 80 minutes, Sunday's finale "The Dragon and the Wolf" is the show's most lengthy yet. It's exciting and all, but sheesh, […]

Sure, other things happened last week—ABC decided to keep making Roseanne but without Roseanne Barr; some nerds came up with a plan to remake Star Wars: The Last Jedi; that guy from Saturday Night Live got engaged to Ariana Grande—but, honestly, there’s only been one story that people were really talking about, and it’s not […]

Unless a moviegoing-miracle occurs, you have just a few days left to become FilmStruck: On November 29, the movie-streaming service—which hosts everything from hard-to-find foreign films to vintage Warner Bros. musicals—will be shut down by Warner Media overlords AT&T. Though the provider’s subscriber base reportedly consisted of about 100,000 cinephiles, FilmStruck’s demise prompted an online […]