The depressing male phenomenon at the center of this season’s ‘Love Is Blind’ viral drama

Sure, “Love Is Blind” is designed to be the TV-equivalent of an emotional dumpster fire. But the maturity gap so apparent in this season has touched a collective nerve.

Noor Noman

Why a baby monkey’s rejection broke the internet — and me

The question worth asking isn’t why a baby monkey is so adorable. It’s why so many of us fell apart watching him.

Yvonne Liu

Trump’s locker-room ‘joke’ was bad. The men’s hockey team made it worse.

On the last day of the Olympics, many fans were able to put aside their feelings about personal politics and just celebrate this win as Americans. And then we were snapped right back to reality.

Kavitha A. Davidson

Kid Rock’s ‘Halftime’ show is what happens when Christianity, celebrity and MAGA collide

Trinity Broadcasting Network serves a global Pentecostal and charismatic audience with a taste for the glamour of celebrity culture —  and a high tolerance for scandalous figures.

Leah Payne

There’s more to the Beckham family fallout than public pettiness

As the divide between the haves and the have-nots widens, celebrities may find their problems — no matter how justified — more likely to become fuel for a culture increasingly frustrated by the beneficiaries of societal inequality.  

Rachel Simon

Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-ICE anthem is no ‘Blowin’ in the Wind.’ And that’s OK.

Maybe it doesn’t matter that “Streets of Minneapolis” will most likely be forgotten in a few days. Maybe, in fact, that’s exactly what we need right now.

Jeff Slate

Teyana Taylor’s Oscar-nominated role has a major problem

Those of us who care about the representation of Black women on the big screen are justified in having mixed feelings about the role that’s getting Taylor such attention.

Robyn Autry

Photos of the year: How these moments defined 2025

From heart-wrenching to uplifting, photojournalists around the world braved extraordinary conditions to bear witness and ensure that no story went unseen.

Emily Steinberger

‘Heated Rivalry’ fans are going a little crazy over this sleeper HBO hit. They may have a point.

The 2020s may be America’s decas horribilis, but all hope is not lost — at least not when you have a hockey romance like this to watch over the holidays.

Ani Bundel

A viral high school trend is turning up the heat. Let this be the holiday we finally take a break.

School is letting out and anxiety is spiking. Maybe it’s time to stop “liking” everyone else’s family plans and start loving our own.

Stephanie Ruhle