Harry Styles isn't the leader of a fashion revolution, but neither is Billy Porter
Marginalized members of the LGBT community were pushing the binaries of gender fashion long before celebrities moved in.
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The underground world of debt collection in South Korea
In the show Squid Game, the poor compete to the death for money to pay their debts. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with L.A. Times reporter Victoria Kim on the underground world of South Korea's loan sharks.
Netflix employees are staging a walkout as a fired organizer speaks out
The Netflix employee resource group supporting trans and nonbinary people is demanding better representation, both on-screen and in management.
Billy Porter makes peace with himself: 'I set myself free, honey. No more secrets'
Fourteen years after his initial diagnosis, the Pose actor revealed publicly that he is HIV-positive. Porter says being open about his health status felt like a rebirth. His new memoir is Unprotected.
Behind-the-scenes workers in Hollywood avert a strike
Crew members in the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees have reached a deal. A strike would have shut down much of the film and TV production across the country.
'Succession' season premiere recap: The Roys are racing to hell. Who's leading?
The third season of Succession kicks off with the entire Roy family, plus some of their associates, on the road to ruin. We rank the characters in order of the speed at which they are hurtling along.
IATSE vice president believes tentative deal will be 'overwhelmingly ratified'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Miller, of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, about a deal they struck with Hollywood studios, averting the threat of a labor strike.
What 'Squid Game' gets right and wrong about Pakistani migrant workers
One of the characters in the global Netflix hit is Ali Abdul, a Pakistani migrant working (and exploited) in South Korea. Pakistanis are weighing in on the character — and the casting.
It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question
The first Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book was published in October 1979. Fans are looking back at how the series has endured in popularity and why it's still relevant.
'Dune': A sweeping, spectacular spice-opera — half of one, anyway
Denis Villeneuve's take on Frank Herbert's novel of galactic intrigue and revolution manages to be both epic and introspective, though it doles out its story with gravid deliberateness.