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Things we are charmed by.

The Dirt staff shares what we’re streaming, reading and eating.

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World Building

Worlds are the new brands.

on “worldbuilding” as the new brand-building.

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Worldbuilding, Pt. 1

Maury

The visual legacy of tabloid talk shows.

on the sets of *Maury* and *Jerry Springer*, home to thousands of paternity-related revelations. 

Maury! Maury!

Mark Zuckerberg in the Metaverse

Music moodboards and zeitgeist maps.

helms our dispatch, recapping the latest news in digital culture. This week: the metaverse as metaphor and more Taylor Swift.

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Midnights' metaverse

A Little Life

Opening night at A Little Life.

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Hey Jude

The indomitable human spirit

Do not abandon hope.

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Probably nothing label

Q&A with Probably Nothing founder Jeremy Fall, and more streaming news.

interviews web3 record label Probably Nothing founder Jeremy Fall. Plus, Lee Sachs on crime dramas from abroad, and the latest in the streaming world.

Web3 record label / Crime drama recs

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The tables make the man.

on what restauranteur Keith McNally's four-legged design choices teach us about having character.

The Many Tables of Keith McNally

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