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Heartwarming, Heartbreaking: “Heartstopper” Season 2 Takes Its Characters to New Heights by Bringing Them to Gutwrenchingly Emotional Lows

Our comfort show just got more complex. Here’s everything Heartstopper Season 2 gets so so right about queer adolescence

Nick and Charlie in Paris in Season 2 of Heartstopper

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SPOILER ALERT: BINGE HEARTSTOPPER SEASON 2 BEFORE READING THIS. SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE

So you got what you wanted. And the thing you hoped for, dreamed about — the thing you thought would make everything else in your life perfect, you have that too. So, now what?

This is the question Heartstopper Season 2 poses. Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) ends season one with his dream not-so-straight crush, rugby lad Nick Nelson (Kit Connor), becoming his boyfriend and promising to come out for him. Everything is perfect. And Charlie is determined to be the thing that keeps it perfect.

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Unfortunately, I Finished Watching The Idol

But at what cost?

I mentioned in my last article about The Idol that I felt this sick curiosity as a writer to watch the show. If you didn’t gather from my review of episodes 1-3, I was quickly reminded why sometimes you need to listen to the general public. Sam Levinson and The Weeknd’s Max original is something of a car wreck, and (SPOILER ALERT!) episodes 4 and 5 are much worse, for different reasons.

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What If We Just...Paid Writers More?

The SAG strike officially begins

We are entering day 73 of the Writer's Guild strike, where writers for all your favorite TV shows have stopped writing altogether in the midst of contract negotiations. Yes, that indeed means your fave shows are being delayed...you may as well say goodbye to Euphoria, which now is projected to be released in 2026 due to the strike. (Safe to say they could cancel it at this point.)

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All Of My Thoughts While Watching The Idol

I watched The Idol so you don’t have to

As a writer, there are times when you almost feel morally obligated to complete a task that no one else wants to do. In this case, I fed the inexplicable, dark need within the depths of my soul to watch Sam Levinson and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye’s show on Max, The Idol.

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What’s Going On With Lily-Rose Depp?

The it-girl actress cementing her icon status at Cannes

Lily-Rose Depp at Cannes Film Festival

By Denis Makarenko // Shutter

We’ve been talking a lot about It Girls this summer. There are Fashion It Girls like Bella Hadid and Zendaya. There are eternal empresses like Chloe Sevigny. And with the tornado-like trend-cycle permeating style and pop culture, cultural ephemera breeds icons like Sofia Richie for the quiet luxury crowd.

And this summer, you simply can not talk about It Girls without talking about Lily-Rose Depp.

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