From halo hair to lip oils, everyone wants to look like Alysa Liu

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Alysa Liu, the champion figure skater and breakout star of this Olympic season, swept not only two gold Olympic medals this past month, but also everyone’s hearts and algorithms. Catching eyes and followers for their terminally…

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‘It’s been turned into something ugly’: Why fans are boycotting Scream 7

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Every Scream film ends with the killers (almost always plural) being unmasked, but the true villains of the franchise’s seventh installment were revealed over a year ago: the executives at Spyglass Media Group, who fired Melissa…

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The 7 most bleak, hopeless and depressing Mitski songs – ranked!

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “Mitski has joined the war against seasonal depression on the side of seasonal depression” reads a now-viral post as singer-songwriter Mitski teased her latest album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (watch her preview the record…

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