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No Offense, But What Is Donnie Darko?

Donnie Darko, a movie that begins with a jet engine plunging directly into a suburban home, hit theaters shortly after 9/11, when the demand…

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Could Going to Celebrity Church Make Me Feel Better About Trump?

I arrive at the Saban at around 7 p.m., accidentally dressed for a shiva: I haven’t showered since the election, and I’m wearing no…

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Some Animals Are Good, and Some Are Bad: What I Learned from Planet Earth 2

The great thing about watching Planet Earth is that you, an adult, are secretly learning things without the stunning difficulty of actually trying to…

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Game of Thrones Recap: Arya was Blind, But Now She Sees

Jon’s soon summoned from his social-media coma so that he might hang the men who recently stabbed him to death. He asks for their last…

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Who Said It: Roald Dahl or Judy Blume?

Yesterday, as our own intrepid critic Amy Nicholson reported, the Cannes screening of The BFG drew more than 2,000 critics and fans, a crowd…

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A Night of a Thousand Fucks Given: Mandy Patinkin in Concert

It is 8:30 p.m on a Monday night in New York City, and Mandy Patinkin is yelling at a finance bro. The finance bro…

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Is Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet The Most Erotic Film of All Time, Or Was I Just a Demented 14-Year-Old?

Romeo + Juliet was singlehandedly responsible for my sexual awakening and the sexual awakening of every single teenage girl in my school. Romeo +…

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I Watched The Bachelor Finale, and It Reminded Me Why I Quit The Show Years Ago

I turned off the show for good after the second go-around for Brad Womack, whom I found uncomfortably tanned and suspected was some kind…

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The Woman with the Golden Gun: My Afternoon with a Celebrity Spray-Tan Artist

Back in April, I interviewed and subjected myself to celebrity tarot-card reader Angie Banicki, who informed me that I was a spiritual guru in…

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Joan Rivers on her Highs and Lows and Bitingly Honest Comedy

Joan Rivers is setting up what sounds like one of her notoriously naughty jokes. “I once was in a delicatessen. At the table were Woody…

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About Me

Rachel Handler

Senior editor at NY Mag/Vulture.

Former staff culture writer and podcast host at MTV News.

Former news editor at The Dissolve and weekend editor at Vanity Fair.

Clips at Grantland, Vulture, Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, and more.

Words on pop culture & lady problems & Mandy Patinkin's facial hair.

Additional clips at rachel-handler.tumblr.com.

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