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Australian prosecutors dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo came to be smuggled into Australia eight years ago, the government said Wednesday.

When the court case between ex-spouses Johnny Depp and Amber Heard was livestreamed, it opened a window into a celebrity marriage gone wrong. Culture writers Kat Tenbarge and Izzy Ampil discuss the new Netflix docuseries about the defamation case, and look back on the internet’s vitriolic attacks on Amber Heard.

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“Tonight, the sun will begin to set before 8 P.M. once again, a milestone that always fills us with some low-level dread.”

HIT: When Joe Tuscano first entered the newsroom at the Observer-Reporter, Jimmy Carter was still president, "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Caddyshack" were in movie theaters, Paul McCartneys "Coming Up"

Gwyneth Paltrow's ski crash trial has been in progress for more than a week, and inexplicably, America can't stop watching it. On one side of the case is 76-year-old...

From Kelly Link's latest collection of reimagined fairy tales to a brilliant debut about an ambitious swimmer.

Nepo babies are all the internet can talk about due to a viral New York Magazine article. Here is the resulting conversation explained in memes.

Writer Shaznay Martin slammed the 'Avatar' franchise and director James Cameron for alleged 'racism' and messages of colonialism in the films.