| | | | December 27, 2018 | | Our Favorite Pop Culture Stories of 2018 Virtual Reality, Movie Dogs and the Cult of Chrissy Teigen | | | | | | | Like everyone else, we spent more time than we'd like to admit this year glued to one screen or another, attempting to make sense of our current moment (or desperately trying to forget it exists). We spoke to authors and artists, composed essays and guides, waxed poetic about Chrissy Teigen, and much, much more... Herewith: our favorite pop culture stories of 2018. In January, Thompson Brandes wrote a letter to his younger self entirely in Migos lyrics, to honor the Atlanta trio's sagacious new album, Culture II. Our resident Bachelor expert talked to the author of the show's definitive cultural history. What he discovered may surprise you. Like, if you care at all... We attempted to unpack the mythology of the one, the only, Chrissy Teigen. Hey, someone had to... Fresh off the All-Star break, we assembled the most dangerous lineup of fictional ballplayers in cinematic history. Just look at these guys. Who is the best movie dog of all-time? That's a question we tried in earnest to answer, for some reason. We sent an editor to this year's Tribeca Film Festival to check out a thrilling, if unnerving, virtual reality experience. Welcome to Happy Place. It's the most Instagrammable pop-up in America. Remember when Kanye West was sending all those vaguely philosophic tweets? We asked an actual philosopher to analyze them. Sam Eichner wrote about Donald Glover's reckoning with fame in Atlanta and his instantly iconic music video for "This Is America." And in case you missed it: here's our list of the 10 best movies of 2018 (that you can stream right now). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Aaron Davidson/Getty Images (main); FX (banner) | | | | |
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