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How critics' end-of-year lists get made
The voting, jockeying and quiet consensus behind every annual top-ten list.
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How Streaming Platforms Use Celebrity Cameos to Drive Viewership
A famous face in a small role can turn an episode into an event. How celebrity cameos help streaming platforms win attention and subscribers.
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Costume Design Awards: Why the Oscars' Overlooked Category Matters
The Oscar for costume design is easy to overlook, yet its rules and winners reveal how movies build belief. Here is why the category matters.
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Family Feud with Celebrities: Why Star Editions Work
Star editions of Family Feud have won viewers for five decades. How celebrity game show spin-offs work, from 1970s specials to the primetime revival.
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The business of a hit song, from studio to chart
A hit song is a creative work and a company asset at once. Here is how the money and the charts actually move.
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How a long-read celebrity profile gets made, from first call to cover
Months of reporting, one honest conversation, and a lot of patience sit behind every cover feature you read.
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Trendsetter: what it takes to start a movement
From a niche signal to a mainstream wave: the anatomy of the people who move culture first.
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Why entertainment news podcasts took over commutes
Daily shows now turn overnight casting news into a twenty-minute listen. Here is how that production line actually works, and why the commute became its natural home.
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What Does a Film Critic Do All Day?
Screening schedules, notes, drafts and deadlines — the daily rhythm of criticism, apart from the aggregators and the hot takes.
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Fashion trends that keep coming back: a timeline of the return
Slip dresses, wide legs, archive gowns. The same looks return every couple of decades, and the reasons are older than any one trend.