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01The soft-launch photo op is now a full launch 02The stadium-pop takeover: a generation rewires the encore 03Inside the Met after-party that broke every feed at once 04The tiny-bag takeover: why every It-girl is carrying nothing 05The club remix rescuing the power ballad 06The summer blockbuster that is not: how a $9 indie ate the box office 07The comment section is the new red carpet 08The feud that was a marketing plan all along 01The soft-launch photo op is now a full launch 02The stadium-pop takeover: a generation rewires the encore 03Inside the Met after-party that broke every feed at once 04The tiny-bag takeover: why every It-girl is carrying nothing 05The club remix rescuing the power ballad 06The summer blockbuster that is not: how a $9 indie ate the box office 07The comment section is the new red carpet 08The feud that was a marketing plan all along

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The summer blockbuster that is not: how a $9 indie ate the box office

No franchise, no IP, no superhero. Just one camera, one director, and a marketing team that knew exactly where to whisper.

By Marcus HaleJun 17, 2026 / 8 min

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Prestige reality TV is eating Sunday night

Jun 16, 2026 / 7 min

Rows of deep red seats in a dark cinema auditorium

The neon game show that became appointment TV

Jun 12, 2026 / 5 min