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Covers:  Criminal justice, police reform, civil rights, voting rights, baseball, basketball, sports, analytics, internet culture
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Freelance journalist & data scientist. Bylines @TheAtlantic, @vicenews, @theintercept, @slate, etc. PhD in genetics.

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Freelance data journalist with bylines many places. Formerly FiveThirtyEight and before that a PhD in evolutionary genetics.

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Who Are the Most Franchise-Focused Actors Ever?

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By Ben Lindbergh Verified, Rob Arthur Verified
| The Ringer Verified
Getty/Ringer illustration As his scene-stealing—no, film-stealing—performance in Gladiator II has reminded millions of viewers, Denzel Washington has long been a franchise unto himself. For the first 40 years of his career, though, Denzel didn’t do franchise films. Not until his 2014 thriller, The Equalizer, received a sequel, 2018’s The Equalizer 2, could Denzel officially be said to have starred in a big-screen series.
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The Sexless State of Cinema, by the Numbers

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By Justin Sayles Verified, Rob Arthur Verified
| The Ringer Verified
The great directors tend to have their great muses: Scorsese has the mob, Leone had the American West, De Palma has Hitchcock. For Sean Baker, his greatest artistic muse is the world’s oldest profession. Or, perhaps more accurately: sex work in all its many forms. This isn’t an entirely new observation, nor is it meant to be reductive. Baker’s work—which includes Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket—is dripping with empathy for its characters.
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Can Hollywood Sequel Its Way to Box Office Success?

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By Ben Lindbergh Verified, Rob Arthur Verified
| The Ringer Verified
Ringer illustration Is the box office busted, or back? It depends on which week you ask. As the movie theater industry reels from the double body blows of the COVID-19 pandemic and last year’s writers and actors strikes, forecasts for the future of cinema fluctuate wildly with each weekend’s gross.
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