By nature of a long and often Wonder Bread history for the halftime show, which took ages to warm to hip-hop, a Jay special presents the game with one of its raunchiest catalogues of hits to pull from.
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
28 Oct. 2026
After losing its appeal of Judge James Donato’s verdict, Google was faced with a number of remedies, like allowing third-party billing and sharing app catalogs with rival stores.
Several dictionaries also partake in the annual tradition of choosing a single word to represent the cultural moment.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2026
Performed by legends Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, the silly song is a tongue-twister for kiddos, and the titular word, which means ‘extraordinarily good, wonderful’ even made its way into some real deal dictionaries.
Partly inspired by her time working as a museum security guard, they are often accompanied by water bottles, cushions, books, or other belongings that give a sense of the presence of the person who sits there.
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Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
27 Oct. 2026
Sam Wasson, one of Hollywood’s preeminent historians and biographers, has published searching books on the lives and works of Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Mazursky, Blake Edwards and Roman Polanski.
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