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Can You Optimize Love?

A group of tech executives, app developers and Silicon Valley philosophers is seeking to streamline the messy matters of the heart.

Is Jennifer Welch the Democrats’ Toughest Critic?

The reality TV celebrity turned left-wing podcaster Jennifer Welch is fed up with President Trump. She also expects better from the Democrats.

The Woman Who Livestreamed Her Birth on Twitch

Cady Hoffman and her husband, Bryan Loyd — Fandy and Adamax, to their Twitch followers — talk about broadcasting their daughter’s birth to almost 30,000…

Rose Byrne Explores Maternal Sacrifice in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’

Maternal sacrifice is in vogue politically. The new movie “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” shows where it can lead.

A Fox News Host Had a Baby and a Double Mastectomy. Viewers Had Opinions.

Kat Timpf got pregnant, got breast cancer, then got back to work on the political comedy show “Gutfeld!” — all as a culture war brews…

The Singular Charm of Parker Posey

For years, the "indie queen” has had trouble finding satisfying work in Hollywood’s shifting landscape. Then, along came “The White Lotus.”

At the Movies, the ‘Older Woman’ Is Growing Up

She has been called “cougar,” “Mrs. Robinson” and “your mom.” Now she’s the protagonist, and one of film and television’s most compelling characters.

How I Aged Into the Bad Christmas Movie

One December morning, a millennial critic awoke to discover that she had been begrudgingly charmed by an onslaught of Hallmark and Netflix holiday films.

The Fleeting Comforts of the Celebrity Look-Alike Contest

The culture-wide search for doubles of famous men is an election-season gift: an apolitical democratic event where — for a brief moment — everybody wins.

Book Review: ‘Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music,’ by Rob Sheffield

In “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem,” Rob Sheffield chronicles how Taylor Swift has made fans, foes and even journalists part of her story.