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I’m Being Crushed Under the Weight of Keeping Track of All These Celebrities
If there are thousands of famous people, millions of people are celeb-adjacent. And every day I learn about a dumb thing one of them did.
American Nepo Babies Have Nothing on the British
From Benedict Cumberbatch to “Bridgerton”, the posh and parentally blessed are everywhere in UK entertainment.
Please Stop Making Hot Actors Play Normal People
Actors are now so consistently fit that films are continually having to “ugly up” demi-gods. It's not fooling anybody.
Actors Reveal the Horrors They Had to Go Through in Bollywood
“The movie went on to be the biggest hit but I went into complete depression about my body, feeling insecure, hating my belly and my thighs.”
How Extras Got Cut Out of the Hollywood Actors Union Drive
Today, background actors work in precarious conditions, without guaranteed hours or healthcare benefits, but there was once hope for a union.
3 Days as an Indoor Server at a Private Social Club in NYC
Pushy guests, itchy masks, and acting dreams collide for one man waiting tables in Manhattan.
Mumbai’s Creative Culture is Eroding as Artists and Actors Go Back to Their Hometowns
As the pandemic wrecks the metropolis with a crushing cost of living, we speak with those who had once migrated to the ‘City of Dreams’ to find fame and fulfilment.
Akshay Kumar — the Messiah No One Asked For
The Bollywood superstar's latest offering is one in the line of many worthy causes overshadowed by his ego.
Queer Indians Review Queer Bollywood Characters
“Not all of us who are effeminate are vulgar and cheap and will rub our butts in your faces.”
Robert Downey Jr. Is Finally Getting Back to Serious Acting, Thank God
After spending ten years playing Tony Stark, it's time for the actor to return to what he does best.
What (And Who) Is Cooking in Bollywood?
The past decade in Hindi cinema has seen portrayals of a woman’s relationship to food alternating between being a source of her oppression and that of her liberation, with the latter often lying just outside the kitchen.
An Entirely Serious Investigation: Which Group of Non-Rappers, Rap the Best?
Love Island contestants? Actors? Basketball players? We put them to the test.