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January 18, 2025

YouTube’s Ms. Rachel Gets Netflix Show, Drawing Cheers From Parents

Rachel Accurso, the beloved children’s YouTube star, announced a deal with the streaming service, broadening her audience and making it even easier to find her content. […]
January 17, 2025

A Timeline of TikTok’s Evolution, From Dances to BookTok to the Supreme Court

In its infancy, TikTok was often described as an app for teenagers’ dance videos. In 2025, it’s a juggernaut with 170 million users in the United […]
January 10, 2025

TikTok Alternatives: What to Know About Lemon8, Instagram and YouTube

On Friday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case that will determine the fate of TikTok in the United States. While some users and creators […]
January 6, 2025

Bethenny Frankel Uses ‘Dior Bags’ to Discuss Drones on TikTok

To weigh in on the rash of reported drone sightings without fear of content suppression, Bethenny Frankel borrowed a term from the fashion world. In the […]
December 25, 2024

The Animal Celebrities Who Surprised, Soothed and Screamed at Us in 2024

Every year has its breakout stars, and 2024 yielded a bumper crop: Glen Powell, Chappell Roan, Pommel Horse Guy. But only one had a body that […]
December 24, 2024

Mel Robbins and ‘The Let Them Theory’

As Mel Robbins tells it, the concept for her new self-help book, “The Let Them Theory,” came to her on the night of her son Oakley’s […]
December 19, 2024

Could Dean Withers Be One of the Democrats’ TikTok Bro Whisperers?

Dean Withers argues online with right-wing stars like Charlie Kirk and Ben Shapiro. His goal? To reach their young, male followers. In a YouTube video that […]
November 28, 2024

Target’s Hot Santa Ads Join ‘Hot Frosty’ in Spiced Up Holidays

A new series of ads from Target features Kris K., a “weirdly hot” version of the beloved character, continuing a trend of spicing up holiday favorites. […]
November 25, 2024

Runner Uses Strava to Create Viral Animated Video on TikTok

Using the maps from his daily runs, Duncan McCabe took the Strava art trend to new heights by creating an animated stickman that has become an […]
November 25, 2024

Behind the ‘Holding Space’ Interview for ‘Wicked’

Tracy E. Gilchrist’s interview with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo stood out among dozens of others on the “Wicked” press tour. She called it “high camp” […]