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A new article in Slate takes a closer look at Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" and the long-lost genre it represents. Above, Carpenter performs during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, on April 12, 2024. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the film Tuesday. Kevin Baker/A24 hide caption
Dionne Brown as Queenie Jenkins in the show Queenie, based on the novel by Candice Carty-Williams. Hulu hide caption
Asa Jennings as Peter Watson in The Swan. -/Netflix hide caption
ATEEZ performs at the Sahara Tent during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., in April.
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The Philharmonik is the winner of the 2024 Tiny Desk Contest. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
If you love Vanderpump Rules you will love Brian Moylan's recaps of the show. Above, Scheana Shay, left, Ariana Madix and Lala Kent. Casey Durkin/Bravo hide caption
Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in the action comedy The Nice Guys. Daniel McFadden/Warner Bros. hide caption
Richard Gadd in Baby Reindeer on Netflix. Netflix hide caption
Wayne Brady as The Wiz Jeremy Daniel hide caption
Kristen Wiig in Palm Royale on Apple TV+. Apple TV+ hide caption
A snake (cake?) from the third season of Is It Cake? Netflix hide caption
Joel Kim Booster recently returned as a guest on the podcast Depresh Mode. He's shown above at Sundance in January 2024. Mat Hayward/Getty Images for IMDb hide caption
Sara Bareilles, left, Paula Pell, Busy Philipps and Renée Elise Goldsberry in Girls5eva Season 3. Emily V. Aragones/Netflix hide caption
Pauli Murray is the subject of the documentary My Name Is Pauli Murray. Pauli Murray Foundation hide caption
The cast of DesiQuest, a Dungeons & Dragons actual-play show on YouTube. DesiQuest hide caption
Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) and Dodin Bouffant (Benoît Magimel) in The Taste of Things. Stéphanie Branchu/IFC Films hide caption
Scotty Lyon (Sienna King), left, and Dorothy "Dot" Lyon (Juno Temple) in Season 5 of Fargo. Michelle Faye/FX hide caption
Maya Erskine voices Mizu in Blue Eye Samurai. Netflix hide caption
Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Jack Dawkins in The Artful Dodger. John Platt/Hulu hide caption