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Friday, November 13, 2026 3:04 PM ET

Slate - Entertainment

true - For Years, Sly Stallone Has Been Telling a Famous Story About the Making of Rocky. It's a Bunch of Baloney. Mike Sielski - Did the struggling actor really sell his dog, Butkus, to get by while writing his breakout film? The truth is much weirder.

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Many of the Year's Biggest Movies Have One Thing in Common—and It's Something We Supposedly Hate -- Nadira Goffe

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One of Pop's Hottest Groups Has Become a Dangerous Mess. Fans Need to Pull the Plug. -- Nadira Goffe

19 hours ago

One of the Best Shows on TV Has a New Spinoff. It's Worth Your Time. -- Scaachi Koul

1 day ago

When MTV Asked Whitney Houston for Her Earliest Memories of the Network, She Didn't Pull Any Punches -- Brandon Tensley

1 day ago

Amazon's Lord of the Rings Series Is Going Full Romantasy. Tolkien Lovers, Shield Yourselves. -- Laura Miller

2 days ago

Ben Shapiro's Screenwriting Debut Is Here. It's ... a Movie, All Right. -- Rebecca Onion

2 days ago

Fanfiction Isn't Dead, But One of Its Biggest Platforms Might Be -- ICYMI

2 days ago

SNL Had a "First" This Weekend. It Says a Lot About the State of Hollywood. -- Nadira Goffe

3 days ago

"No Kids" Was Supposed to Be for Weddings and Cruises. I Never Thought Baby Brands Would Go There, Too. -- Maggie Lange

5 days ago

One of the Biggest Books of the Year Has Proved Polarizing for an Unexpected Reason -- Rebecca Onion

6 days ago

Livestreaming Killed The Cable News Star -- ICYMI

2 days ago

Netflix's New Movie Is Being Compared to Parasite, but It Resembles Other Masterpieces Even More -- Sam Adams

7 days ago

It's One of the Most Frequently Taught Novels in American English Classes. It Was Also a Psyop. -- Luke Winkie

6 days ago

Texas Just Elected an Attorney General With a Power Level Over 9000 -- Nitish Pahwa

7 days ago

Fans Waited Five Years for a Sequel to One of Books' Biggest Series. Now That It's Here, They're Not All Pleased. -- Nadira Goffe

8 days ago

There's Only One Man I Want to See Win Best Actor This Year -- Dana Stevens

8 days ago

Seven Years Ago, It Was a Fantasy Only a Gay Romance Novel Could Dream Of. After Tuesday Night, It's a Reality. -- Madeline Thames-Ducharme

8 days ago

He Was the Greatest Boxer of All Time. Amazon's New Show Captures That Magic. -- Franklin Schneider

9 days ago

The Internet Is Collapsing, and I'm Relieved -- ICYMI

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