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Rachel Dratch's VMAs (opens the original)
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You could say the night was owned by Madonna or Taylor, but you’d be missing the real star of the 2025 Video Music Awards: Rachel Dratch. Looking like a supergalactic warrior queen who was summoned down to Earth so that Michaela Coel’s character in Mother Mary could make her this dress, she proved that your presence doesn’t need to make immediate sense so long as you’re serving. As one Twitter user put it: “Rachel Dratch STUNS at the VMAs with her ta-tas pushed up to her EARS. We LIVE.” Outsi
Inside the ‘Drop Your Buffs: Live!’ Show in NYC (opens the original)
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“Hi Sean and Evan! I know you have been so busy, but I wanted to personally congratulate and thank you for putting together the live show! I don’t really get to show that gay/loser side of myself where I’m from and it felt so exhilarating being around such like-minded folks who can be weird together. Five years ago I never would have thought subscribing to this podcast would lead to such a meaningful three-day NYC trip for myself. So thank you so much for all of your hard work, dedication, humor
A Necessary Debrief with ‘Adults’ Co-Creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw (opens the original)
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What I Want for 'The View' Season 30 (opens the original)
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The View has unimpeachably produced some of television’s most iconic moments. Sure, there’s the famed Rosie/Elisabeth split screen: “Is the world flat? I never thought about it,” Star Jones quitting on air: “Girl, please stop talking right now,” and, of course, Whoopi and Joy Behar walking off in the middle of an interview with Bill O’Reilly. But there’s also a treasure trove of deep cuts. LL Cool J curling Elisabeth, Joy and Sherri (my all-time favorite moment); the Alex Trebek </
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