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Obamacore
So where the heck was Taylor Swift???

– Alyx Gorman and Michael Sun
We can't stop talking about...
Why does Bennifer's feel so sad?
Endings  
Why does Bennifer's feel so sad?
It was genuinely nice seeing two middle-aged stars reunite 18 years after their wedding was called off. But as we all know, we can't have nice things.
Grieving song  
In tragedies – Sydney aquarium filled with song when sea birds mourned the death of beloved gay penguin Sphen.
Living long  
Rest in peace also to world's oldest person, Maria Branyas Morera, who died this week. Her secret to lasting 117 years? No dickheads.
Sperm begone  
When a straight couple doesn’t want more kids (or any), who should get a permanent procedure?
Cook this
Hideously delicious celeriac
Hideously delicious celeriac
Alice Zaslavsky’s salt baked butterflied celeriac, slathered in cheat’s bechamel, may look like the baby from Eraserhead, but it's also easy, cheesy and cheap at the moment.
Extremely online
Extremely online
The real winners of the DNC were the wife guys, though close behind was the ghost of Obama haunting films, TV, books, culture. Call it Obamacore, call it the Glee renaissance. Just don’t call it indie sleaze? 

Reads! On the long tail of girl maths; on Sydney’s hospo reckoning; on trash both metaphorical and extremely, extremely literal. Robots! They can be lonely too – or homophobic, or downright rude. When all else fails, there’s Anne Carson.
The funniest things on the internet
Clare Cavanagh's tour of her tabs
Clare Cavanagh's tour of her tabs
The standup looked through her TikTok history and found only women's football and Taylor Swift theories. She worked a lot harder on this than she expected.
Top of the list
An album – minted star  
After 14 years, Sabrina Carpenter has finally hit the big leagues. We talked to her about her sudden ascent and her new album Short’n’Sweet.
After 14 years, Sabrina Carpenter has finally hit the big leagues. We talked to her about her sudden ascent and her new album Short’n’Sweet.
Another album – sad guitar  
Pain, death, suffering, the thrills of life – or just another Saturday for Nick Cave, who releases his new Bad Seeds album Wild God in a week. Get a taster from this immaculate review.
Pain, death, suffering, the thrills of life – or just another Saturday for Nick Cave, who releases his new Bad Seeds album Wild God in a week. Get a taster from this immaculate review.
A film – thrills bizarre  
Zoe Kravitz’ directorial debut Blink Twice is stuffed with stars: Alia Shawkat, Christian Slater, and of course her very own beau Channing Tatum. It’s a Peele-esque #MeToo thriller set in a tropical idyll – and it’s in cinemas.
Zoe Kravitz’ directorial debut Blink Twice is stuffed with stars: Alia Shawkat, Christian Slater, and of course her very own beau Channing Tatum. It’s a Peele-esque #MeToo thriller set in a tropical idyll – and it’s in cinemas.
A doco – Hollywood tsar  
This new homage to Faye Dunaway could probably afford to be a little dishier on the hair-raising antics of its star – but still, any Dunaway is better than none. Faye is streaming on Binge.
This new homage to Faye Dunaway could probably afford to be a little dishier on the hair-raising antics of its star – but still, any Dunaway is better than none. Faye is streaming on Binge.
This week's weirdest story
Dull scrolling
Dull scrolling
Ceaselessly swiping through videos increases feelings of boredom, according to study.
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