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Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell's latest book, Land, is both artful and canny.

Two small-budget indies, directed by zoomers, just beat the new Star Wars for the top two spots. But why?

Euphoria's finale does a major disservice to its beating heart.

On "ear sex."

"We Are Family," "Wild World" and "Tiny Dancer" are signature songs of the '70s that fell just shy of No. 1, the Top 10, and the Top 40.

Tools like Pangram claim to detect AI writing with 99% accuracy. But if we can't ever be sure, then no one knows what's true at all.

Kendrick Lamar reportedly ended Drake's career. The charts suggest otherwise--to a point.

A24's Backrooms nails the feeling of the Backrooms: drifting into an undetermined limbo that is unnavigable and inhospitable.

What's worse: wanting to keep your family home of 20 years or ceding access to your kids?

The show's creator and star, Richard Gadd, on the finale's big twist, how he feels about your fan fiction, and the one question he gets most.