the approval matrix

Cokehead Chekhov, ScarJo’s Skin Care, Hank the Free Bear

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Our guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable. Tap or click each image below to enlarge.

Photo: Kremlin.RU (Putin); JDimas/Wikimedia (Abbott); Dimes Square; Public Domain (Mueller); NBC (West Wing); Ballotpedia (Marte); Robertba/Flickr (Second Sight); Giuseppe Milo/Flickr (Subway); Larryfishkorn/Flickr (Homeless); Academy Awards; Amazon
Photo: Metropolitan Museum/Charles Ray; NATO (Zelensky); Faith Ringgold / New Museum; Macmillan (Rice); U.S Women’s Soccer; Telfar TV; Maria Baranova (Daughter in Law); Esopus; Bryan Derballa (Stephanie Foo); NBC Sports (Bing Dwen Dwen)
Photo: Truth Social/Apple; PBS; Wendy Show (Wendy Williams); Josh Hawley.com (Hawley); Tinder, Bitcoin; ABC/Rick Rowell (Rossum); Lou Stejskal/Flickr (Witherspoon); Netflix (Swindler); Oliver Bildesheim (Trucker); The Outset
Photo: Lucy Dacus/Ebry Yildiz (Dacus); HBO (Eurphoria); Steven.i (Britney); Orange Crush; Netflix (Love is Blind); Tears for Fears; Daniel Sandoval/Flickr (Questlove); Paramount+/ MTVE Studios (3 Months); Lucy Dacus/Ebry Yildiz (Dacus); HBO (Eurphoria); Steven.i (Britney); Orange Crush; Netflix (Love is Blind); Tears for Fears; Daniel Sandoval/Flickr (Questlove); Paramount+/ MTVE Studios (3 Months); ZumaPress/Alamy (Delvey)

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