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What, Like It's Hard? Yes, Being a Harvard Student Has Been Difficult Lately, Thanks for Asking

1 month ago | rollingstone.com | Maria Fontoura

By Avery G. D. Pratt, Charlotte Y. Levy, Hamza T. Masoud, Sterling E. Hoyte May 4, 2025 David L.
We Still Have a Lot of Questions About That 'White Lotus' Finale

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Jodi Guglielmi |Maya Georgi |Maria Fontoura |Alan Sepinwall

2 hours agoSo, ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Was BadI was waiting until the finale to see if my suspicions were right about this season and yes, in fact, season 3 of The White Lotus was not good. It was bad. The White Lotus season 3 is full of decent individual moments and some good individual performances, but the way this was scripted was awful …12 hours agoAimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins Shared Their Heartfelt Reactions to the White Lotus Finale“To me, ours was a love story.” Spoilers below.
We Still Have a Lot of Questions About That ‘White Lotus’ Finale

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jodi Guglielmi |Maya Georgi |Maria Fontoura |Alan Sepinwall

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysSam Nivola in the Season Three finale of 'The White Lotus.' - Credit: Stefano Delia/HBOThe Season Three finale of The White Lotus aired Sunday night, finally answering the season-long question: Who the heck dies in the end?
This ER Doctor Says the Mass Casualty Protocols on 'The Pitt' Are Spot-On. The CPR, Not So Much

2 months ago | rollingstone.com | Maria Fontoura

April 5, 2025 Emergency department doctors (including Patrick Ball, center, as Dr. Langdon) try to restrain a patient with a gun amid a mass casualty event on 'The Pitt.' Warwick Page/MAX Everybody’s favorite new hospital drama has received tons of praise within the medical community for its accuracy, authenticity, and attention to detail. This is a show that knows its ECMO from its LUCAS. To the rest of us, the jargon sure sounds convincing, but we’re also left wondering, “Is ‘degloving’...
This ER Doctor Says the Mass Casualty Protocols on 'The Pitt' Are Spot-On. The CPR, Not So Much

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Maria Fontoura

2 days agoPlus, we talked to Doctor Marc Grossman, the EMS medical director with the true story behind last week's brain surgery. Looking for a recap of episode 13? We have you covered. If you've been following along with Esquire's coverage of The Pitt, you'll remember that I took a special interest in last …
The Best, Worst, and Most WTF Moments of the 2025 Golden Globes

Jan 5, 2025 | rollingstone.com | Maria Fontoura

America’s favorite kinda-serious but not-that-serious awards show, the Golden Globes, returned tonight, offering Hollywood the chance to — as host Nikki Glaser put it — “celebrate the best of film and hold space for television.” And that’s just what the 2025 Golden Globes did. Shōgun, Baby Reindeer, and Hacks held the most space in the TV categories; The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez took home multiple prizes, and Demi freaking Moore won her first-ever prize for acting.
10 Books We Can't Wait to Read This Year

Jan 4, 2025 | rollingstone.com | Maria Fontoura

A new year brings with it a plethora of new weird moments to acknowledge and even more to ignore. There’s the upcoming sociopolitical scene: grappling with the malcontent that’s led Donald Trump to the White House again, bracing for deportations, corporate marauding, and more cultural upheaval. But there’s also a new heft of offerings from both established authors and first-time novelists.
'He Had No Fear': Ryan Wedding's Path From Olympic Athlete to Drug Lord

Jan 4, 2025 | rollingstone.com | Maria Fontoura

Skip to main content Illustration by MATTHEW COOLEY T he hit man called himself Mr. Perfect. He had been given the list.
Is the Rom-Com Dead? Not Quite Yet

Dec 27, 2024 | rollingstone.com | Maria Fontoura

This year, for the first time in a while, a movie gave me the boost of serotonin that only hits my brain when I’m watching a great rom-com. It happened near the end of the Netflix film Hit Man, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Glen Powell and Adria Arjona. Powell plays Gary Johnson, a college professor moonlighting as a fake hit man to help cops catch people who are trying to hire a contract killer.
Sex Made a Comeback in Film and TV in 2024

Dec 23, 2024 | rollingstone.com | Maria Fontoura

With every generation comes a moral panic about sex. Usually, the fear is that young people are having too much of it, or that the art they’re consuming — movies and TV, music, even video games — is encouraging reckless and immoral behavior. But the arrival of Gen Z, the first generation to grow up fully online, has upended that narrative.