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Zoey Deutch in Not Okay. (Photo by Nicole Rivelli/Searchlight Pictures)

Zoey Deutch in Not Okay.

Influencers in the wild.

on Hulu’s Not Okay and the attention economy.

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Vaguely ok

Daniel Kaluuya in Nope, 2021. (YouTube/Universal Pictures)

Daniel Kaluuya in Nope

Nope, a now-rare kind of horror movie.

on the pure spectacle of Jordan Peele’s Nope, and how it pushes back against trends in modern horror.

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Horsing around

Timabaland's Has a Meaning video

Rappers and their Bored Apes.

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Past their primates

Kris Jenner

The teachings of Kris Jenner.

takes the Kardashian matriarch’s MasterClass.

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You're doing amazing, sweetie

Ken Leung as Eric Tao in Industry Season 1, 2020. (HBO)

Ken Leung in Industry Season 1

An interview with Industry's costume designer.

chats with Industry’s new costume designer, Colleen Morris-Glennon, and considers buying a skirt suit.

Pierpoint & Co. grails

Alicia Vikander in Irma Vep, 2022. (Carole Bethuel/HBO)


Alicia Vikander in Irma Vep

The remake within a remake of Irma Vep.

on Olivier Assayas’s Irma Vep miniseries, a less cynical Hollywood remake.

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Les Vampires

Revisiting Industry (cover image)

The show that launched this very newsletter.

Monday marks the season 2 premier of HBO’s Industry. The oldest Dirtbags will recall that Dirt launched in December 2020 with a week of content about Industry season 1. Before you dive in to season 2, revisit some of our greatest hits.

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Revisiting Industry

Davide and Ekin-Su kissing, Love Island

Smooth brains in the villa.

on the questionable pleasures of a post-Brexit Britain’s number-one export: Love Island.


Live, laugh, 'Love Island'

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