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July 8, 2023

How the 'Joy Ride' cast brought debauchery to an Asian American friends trip

The stars of the R-rated comedy "Joy Ride" — including Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu — comment on the sex-positive raunch fest that puts Asian American leads in the spotlight.

A user's guide to Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)'

Taylor Swift's third studio LP remains a dense and sprawling collection of songs about a life — creative, professional and romantic — lived squarely in the spotlight.

Gentrification 'is a form of cannibalism.' 'The Horror of Dolores Roach' makes it literal

For star Justina Machado, Prime Video's new "Sweeney Todd" homage is more comedy than horror, even though its themes are deadly serious.

On the brink of a possible SAG-AFTRA strike, some actors are wary of AI. Here's why.

Hollywood studios are showing growing interest in artificial intelligence, but the industry's organized labor groups have qualms about automation.

No such thing as a 'crackhead': Drawing stories and lessons from the last drug epidemic

Donovan X. Ramsey discusses his book, "When Crack Was King" — the story of the crack epidemic through four survivors — and draws lessons for the opioid epidemic.

How Peg Yorkin's feminism changed the world

The end of Peg Yorkin's high-powered Hollywood marriage was only the beginning of her feminist campaign to change the world.

Inside the growing movement to digitize LGBTQ+ stories: 'We're reverse-engineering new memories' of the past

ONE Archives and its "Periodically Queer" podcast are among the efforts to digitize LGBTQ+ stories and physical records.

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