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The Irish Oscars

In 2009, I wrote my first blog. It was the night of the Golden Globes when Tina Fey told her internet haters to suck it on a national stage, and the night Colin Farrell picked up the Best Actor for his role in In Bruges. When he got on stage, he was sniffing a tad bit or his nose was running, and he said…

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‘Pamela, a Love Story’ Is No Curated Experience

My friend Brandon often tells me - “Miranda, society peaked in the ‘90s”. And sometimes he tells me he’s jealous I got to be a teenager and a young adult then and do all the stupidly cool things people did in the ‘90s. If you give me the option to be 20 right now, today…

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Battle Royale: Harry and Meghan on Netflix

I didn’t want to be here again. Yet here we are. On Friday morning, I woke up to 24 messages in my inbox, all with the same subject — Harry & Meghan on Netflix. I watched it on Thursday night before I fell asleep in the middle of Episode 3.

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The Slapgate Chronicles

In the last 24 hours, I wondered why no one is including the two biggest victims of Will Smith’s Oscars Slapgate in its narrative. We are talking about Will and Chris and their history, Will and Jada and their marriage, Chris and his…

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Let Them Eat Cake, the 2022. Edition

In 2016, Kanye West compared Kim Kardashian to modern-day Marie Antoinette. The prophecy came to life yesterday. “Get your fucking ass up and work”. We might as well chomp on some cake while we’re up our asses.

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Don't Ask Him About Yeezys Right Now

If I have to die on any hill, the death will occur on Kanye West hill. You heard it here. It’s not even — have to, it’s I WANT TO. I chose it. I’m willing. This is my pick and I stand behind it. I put 15 years of extended pop-culture study…

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The Rihanna Phenomenon

Before I dive into the op-ed about the Rihanna pregnancy announcement phenomenon, I want to summarize it in one sentence. A comment below the post of the photographer Miles Diggs who took the pictures and first announced it, read…

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And Just Like That, We Still Hate It

This is my second piece on And Just Like That. Not sure I’ve ever covered the same subject twice, let alone twice in a row. Call it a hit piece. I can’t help it. I can’t do it once, I need to lash out this hatered in series. No, I don’t feel bad about it. Writing is a hard job. Writing television…

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Bring Back (Manly) Men

I have a confession to make: I'm only doing this subject so I can have a picture of Harry Styles in my article. Literally, this post can blah-blah something, Harry Styles, the end, and it would make sense to exist in this space. Any space. Only his name without any content…

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Happy Xmas (What Have You Done?)

"So this is Christmas. And what have you done?" Those words always hit me so much harder than any other Christmas song that was just a pile of mundane reciting of a holiday cheer, without any real meaning to it. I’m not Grinching this year, I promise. I like holidays, I like the…

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The (Power) House of Fenty

Rihanna was always a phenomenon that gave me a feeling of comfort. I rarely thought of her as a person, more like a movement. A project, an experiment, that somehow worked. She was direct, honest, some would say rude, but honestly, that word is just an excuse for people with…

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