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Alex Abad-Santos

Alex Abad-Santos

Senior Correspondent

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    The new Peanuts movie will put Snoopy in 3D. This is not as bad as it sounds.The new Peanuts movie will put Snoopy in 3D. This is not as bad as it sounds.
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    It’s not making me feel as sad as I thought it would.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Marvel’s fix for its sexist Spider-Woman cover? Putting a logo over her butt.Marvel’s fix for its sexist Spider-Woman cover? Putting a logo over her butt.
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    This doesn’t seem to be a good solution.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Katherine Heigl’s terrible new show State of Affairs, gif-splainedKatherine Heigl’s terrible new show State of Affairs, gif-splained
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    In her new show, State of Affairs, Katherine Heigl flounders as a CIA official.

    By Kelsey McKinney and Alex Abad-Santos
    Technology
    Hodor from Game of Thrones got the Google Easter egg he deservesHodor from Game of Thrones got the Google Easter egg he deserves
    Technology

    Hodor. Hodor. Hodor.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    How to Get Away with Murder has the hottest gay sex on television. That’s progress.How to Get Away with Murder has the hottest gay sex on television. That’s progress.
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    The sex Connor Walsh is having is as stylized and eroticized as everyone else’s romps — something we usually don’t see on television.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    #Pointergate: what happened after the mayor of Minneapolis posed with a black man#Pointergate: what happened after the mayor of Minneapolis posed with a black man
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    It’s been called the “most racist news story of 2014.” Here is a brief guide to the scandal.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    What we learned from Marvel’s new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailerWhat we learned from Marvel’s new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer
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    We’re getting to know Ultron, bit by bit.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    One sentence that proves Piers Morgan shouldn’t be writing columns about the n-wordOne sentence that proves Piers Morgan shouldn’t be writing columns about the n-word
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    He wants to tie up and beat the n-word … like a slave.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    The Lena Dunham child abuse controversy, explainedThe Lena Dunham child abuse controversy, explained
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    This story is bigger than just this episode. It touches on two simultaneous debates that have swirled around Dunham and her work since her HBO show premiered in 2012.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Movies
    The Theory of Everything wants Stephen Hawking to break your heartThe Theory of Everything wants Stephen Hawking to break your heart
    Movies

    The Theory of Everything, James Marsh’s biopic about the indomitable Stephen Hawking, isn’t a movie concerned with the scientist’s contributions to theoretical physics or cosmology.

    By Alex Abad-Santos