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Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

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Entertainment

“Stranger Things” is already getting a spin-off. Here’s everything we know about “Tales From ’85” so far

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“Bring on the chaos”: Fans react to the return of “Malcolm in the Middle”

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Disappointed “Stranger Things” fans demand to see original cut as theories about lost plot lines grow online

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“Smallest audience ever”: Trump’s first Kennedy Center Honors post name-change pulls in half the audience of last year

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Tim Cook’s “Pluribus” tweet sent fans into a frenzy over “AI” use—Apple stepped in to clarify

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“We’re about to witness the most romantic yearning yet”: Fans react to latest “Bridgerton” trailer

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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Everything we know about “The Boys” video game—so far

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Anna Good

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Culture

“And it shows things?”: Grandmother loses it over getting “Heated Rivalry” as a “Christmas present”

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“Pushing Daisies” might be getting a Season 3. Here’s what we know so far

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“Veep” is getting a prop sale, and fans are already shopping Selina Meyer memorabilia

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“I felt bad about it”: The complicated origins of Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series

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10 Bowen Yang moments that broke the internet on “Saturday Night Live”

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Susan LaMarca

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Fans of “Survivor” can’t believe the 50th season includes cameos from MrBeast and Jimmy Fallon: “Thought it was a skit from a parody account”

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“Damage control”: Hudson Williams and Jordan Firstman make peace in Los Angeles, but fans say the PR moment felt forced

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“Designed to just harvest my data”: LG TV consumers discover the latest update downloaded Microsoft Copilot—and can’t be deleted