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The Internet's Crystal Ball: When Fan Fiction Accidentally Became Investigative Journalism

The Internet's Crystal Ball: When Fan Fiction Accidentally Became Investigative Journalism

While professional entertainment reporters were chasing press releases, teenage writers on Tumblr and AO3 were crafting wild celebrity conspiracy theories that turned out to be disturbingly accurate predictions. From secret relationships to career implosions, the internet's collective imagination has become Hollywood's most reliable early warning system.

Plot Twist: Cable TV Just Won the Streaming Wars by Doing Absolutely Nothing

Plot Twist: Cable TV Just Won the Streaming Wars by Doing Absolutely Nothing

While Netflix, Disney+, and friends spent a decade and billions of dollars "disrupting" television, they somehow managed to reinvent cable TV with extra steps and higher prices. Turns out the real winners of the streaming revolution were the cable companies who just sat back and watched everyone else do their homework for them.

Pour One Out for the Stars: Why Every A-Lister Suddenly Wants to Sell You a Drink (Or a Snack)

Pour One Out for the Stars: Why Every A-Lister Suddenly Wants to Sell You a Drink (Or a Snack)

Ryan Reynolds is selling you gin. Kendall Jenner wants you to sip her tequila. And somewhere, a celebrity you haven't thought about since 2011 is quietly launching a hot sauce line. Hollywood's biggest stars have developed a serious appetite for the food and beverage industry, and the results range from genuinely brilliant to spectacularly baffling. We investigated so you don't have to.

Digg, Reddit, and the Greatest Self-Destruction in Internet History

Digg, Reddit, and the Greatest Self-Destruction in Internet History

Once the undisputed king of the early internet, Digg had it all — traffic, buzz, and a devoted community of power users who could make or break a story overnight. Then, in one of the most spectacular acts of corporate self-sabotage the web has ever seen, it handed its crown to Reddit and spent the next decade trying to remember where it left its keys.