One Nation's dramatic return to the national stage seems to have dashed any sense of restraint or shame about ties to wealthy donors.

The summer of 2026 has been dominated by upstart horror films Hokum, Obsession, and Backrooms, so the return of Scary Movie—the genre-spoofing series that began in 2000 under the stewardship of ...

“I got called a ‘bop’ today,” reads a student’s post on Reddit. “I know I’m probably just being dramatic about this, but I can’t help but feel very upset.” The term bop is being bandied around both ...

Our staff's favorite songs from a year of booming rap singles, delicate piano-rock ballads and irresistible pop singles that brought you-know-what back to the front of top 40. In the wake of the ...

The Bravo TV empire, which turns 20 this month, has also been a gold mine for the internet. Credit...Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Renstrom for The New York Times Supported by By Derrick Bryson ...

Come tomorrow, most internet memes will seem so yesterday, but Hilary Duff can’t seem to get this one to go away. As the Disney alum continues her pop career revival, she reflected on a moment from ...

When future historians look back and try to understand just how bizarre politics were in 2025, a useful period to revisit would be early July. That’s when Elon Musk, shortly after his acrimonious ...

A strange question has lingered on the internet for years—“Would you rather have a gay son or a thot daughter?” First used as a provocative meme around 2021, it resurfaced again and again across ...

If you’ve ever wondered what the young people around you are talking about nowadays, you’re not alone. It's tough to keep up with language when it’s constantly evolving. To see which new words and ...

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...