Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis Aren’t Even A Little Bit Sorry
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis Aren’t Even A Little Bit Sorry

Their character letters for Danny Masterson has sparked serious outrage—but this might be a more complicated conversation that it seems

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CelebrityStacy Lee KongAshton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Danny Masterson, Debra Jo Rupp, Kurtwood Smith, Giovanni Ribisi, Billy Baldwin, Jim Patterson, Bijou Phillips, Iggy Azalea, Tory Lanez, Michelle Duggar, Josh Duggar, Leslie Rasmussen, Brock Turner, Moira Donegan, Judith Herman, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Natasha Lyonne
How Joe Jonas Became My Least Favourite Celebrity In One Easy Step
How Joe Jonas Became My Least Favourite Celebrity In One Easy Step

It must be 1963 up in here, because the Jonas Brother who’s also in DNCE just filed for divorce from his wife of four years, Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, and immediately began leaking stories about how she’s a bad mom.

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CelebrityStacy Lee KongJoe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Joan Hannington, TMZ, Page Siz, Page Six, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Pete Davidson, Kevin Federline, Jamie Spears, Britney Spears, Gigi Hadid, Streisand Effect, Taylor Swift, Timothee Chalamet, Kylie Jenner
Watch List: 50+ Shows and Movies to Stream in September 2023
Watch List: 50+ Shows and Movies to Stream in September 2023

Friday Things’ must-watch picks for Apple TV, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney Plus, Hayu Canada, Netflix Canada and Prime Video Canada in September 2023, including The Super Models, the at-home premiere of The Little Mermaid, the first season of Gen V, the final season of Sex Education, CBC’s newest docuseries Telling Our Story.

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TV and MoviesRuth YoungAmazon Prime Video, Apple TV, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney Plus, Netflix, Hayu Canada
Phrenology, Prohibition, the Hays Code—What’s the Deal With Gen Z’s Weird Conservative Streak?
Phrenology, Prohibition, the Hays Code—What’s the Deal With Gen Z’s Weird Conservative Streak?

Racist pseudoscience seems pretty opposite to Gen Z’s famously left-leaning politics. And it is! Here’s what’s really behind these TikTok trends and social media discourses.

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Internet CultureStacy Lee KongGen Z, Miles Klee, Christina Newland, Kate Hagen, Penn Badgley, Kayleigh Donaldson, Anna May Wong, Katharine Coldiron, Hays Code, Prohibition, TiKTok, Christine Sismondo, Ku Klux Klan, Nadine Smith, Google, Prabhakar Raghavan, Berenstain Bears, Grace Byron, Phrenology, Pseudoscience
I Didn’t Know How Much I Needed to See Different Ways of Grieving Until I Watched 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'
I Didn’t Know How Much I Needed to See Different Ways of Grieving Until I Watched 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'

After losing my dad as a teen, I know there are no cookie cutter experiences of grief—but often in pop culture, the way we mourn is portrayed as simple and linear. That’s why it means so much to see this teen romance get grief so right. 

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TV and MoviesSabra IsmathThe Summer I Turned Pretty, Lola Tung, Sean Kaufman, Rain Spencer, Rachel Blanchard, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us, Never Have I Ever, Mindy Kaling, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Kyra Sedgwick, Jackie Chung
On Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary, We Have to Talk About Tory Lanez, Megan Thee Stallion and Misogyny
On Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary, We Have to Talk About Tory Lanez, Megan Thee Stallion and Misogyny

Today is hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, and earlier this week, Brampton mans Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. We should definitely consider how those two things relate to one another.

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CelebrityStacy Lee KongTory Lanez, Megan Thee Stallion, DJ Kool Herc, Cindy Campbell, Tupac Shakur, Biggie, Lil Kim, MC Lyte, Common, Q-Tip, Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Kylie Jenner, Draya Michele, Chrissy Teigen, Cam'ron, DJ Akademiks, DaBaby, dream hampton, Afrika Bambaataa, Russell Simmons, Dr. Dre, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., N.W.A., Lisa Johnson, Michel'le, Tairrie B, Chris Brown, Rihanna, XXXTentacion, 6ix9ine, NBA YoungNoy, NBA YoungBoy, Quavo, Saweetie, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Tin Turner, Tina Turner, Dee Barnes, Michelle, Nicole Young, TairrieB, Kanye West, Kodak Black, Da Baby, Lil Pump, Phil Lewis, Bessel van der Kolk, Seattle Kraken, Alex Wennberg, Kierra Lewis
Bobbi Althoff and Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Celebrity Interviews Are Hilarious—But It’s Worth Thinking About Why We Love Them So Much
Bobbi Althoff and Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Celebrity Interviews Are Hilarious—But It’s Worth Thinking About Why We Love Them So Much

The funniest part of Bobbi Althoff and Amelia Dimoldenberg’s interviews is how awkward they are. But considering how much they depend on proximity to Blackness, is that also kind of… weird?

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Media, CelebrityStacy Lee KongDrake, Bobbi Althoff, Lil Wayne, Tyga, Adonis Graham, Kanye West, Caleb Pressley, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Colleen Ballinger, Jenna Marshall, Funny Marco, Forrest Kline, Armani White, Lil Yachty, Rick Glassman, Morgan Presley, Ghetts, DJ Logan Sama, Avelino, Sean Paul, Jack Harlow, Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya, Phoebe Bridgers, Kehlani, Shania Twain, Lewis Capaldi, Jonas Brothers, Jennifer Lawrence, Central Cee, Louis Theroux, Zach Galifianakis, Eric Andre, Ziwe Fumudoh
Guest Post: Ishani Nath on the Barbie Marketing Blitz—and Why It May Not Be as Feminist as It Seems
Guest Post: Ishani Nath on the Barbie Marketing Blitz—and Why It May Not Be as Feminist as It Seems

We’ll be talking about Barbie’s extensive, effective marketing strategy for years to come, but there’s one thing we’re not saying enough about: the overconsumption it’s sparking. As writer Ishani Nath puts it, it’s giving problematic in pink.

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TV and MoviesIshani NathPedro Pascal, Hot Docs, Katherine Singh, Sadaf Ahsan, Meaghan Wray, Barbie, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Drake, Kim Kardashian, Tom Cruise, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Daniel Kaluuya, Tom Hanks, Lena Dunham
Jonah Hill’s Controlling Texts Are About Way More Than What His Girlfriend Was Wearing
Jonah Hill’s Controlling Texts Are About Way More Than What His Girlfriend Was Wearing

This month, it seems like every other discourse has been about some dude who wants to dictate what women and femmes can wear—and by extension, do. But we need to talk about more than just men. This is actually about patriarchy.

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CelebrityStacy Lee KongPedro Pascal, Hot Docs, Katherine Singh, Sadaf Ahsan, Meaghan Wray, Barbie, Keke Palmer, Jonah Hill, Sarah Brady, Darius Daulton, Janelle Monae, Tracee Ellis Ross, Usher, Jessica Reed Kraus, Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Emily Nussbaum, Juvenile