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Bennett Miller Gagosian

DALL-E art at Gagosian.

on Bennet Miller's AI-generated exhibition, Harry Potter by Balenciaga, and *The Super Mario Bros. Movie.*

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Which face is real?

Hogwarts

Video games are in their baroque era.

on the au courant visual style in video games. 

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Going baroque

Rachel Sennott

Spotting online personalities in the movies.

on yet another way social media is eliminating the barriers between different spheres of public life.

All the viral people

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Will this be the return of the meet-cute? 

on MeetUp, The Breakfast, and the rise of community-forward social apps.

The new social

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Good luck banning the most popular app in the world.

on anti-TikTok legislation, the Barbie trailer, and some good links.

Hands off my TikTok

Kim Kardashian Variety

No one wants to (watch you) work anymore.

on a cultural shift, as seen on reality television.

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The end of televised hustle 

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Who's listening?

investigates the decline of podcast hype. Plus, streaming layoffs and new Lana.

Death of the podcast

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Talking male beauty with the Dewy Dudes.

interviews podcast hosts the [Dewy Dudes](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dewy-dudes/id1462113486). 

Skincare shitposting

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