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‘Star Wars’: How disco-dancing Stormtroopers and Richard Pryor changed movie marketing forever

Long ago in a galaxy far, far away, Stormtroopers shuffled onto the Donny and Marie stage to sell George Lucas’s revolutionary Episode IV – A New Hope.

Patrick Hamilton – 5/29/2026

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‘Backrooms’: How a surprisingly unsettling 2019 post led to one of 2026’s most anticipated films

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‘Reformed optimizer’ makes compelling case for why optimization culture is ‘killing us’

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‘SNL’ cast can’t keep it together during a sketch where Ego Nwodim battles her steak dinner

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Trendy ‘grandma showers’ get a lot of flack online, but when can they be a good thing?

Heather Wake – 9/30/2025

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Legendary 2000s pop punk band fights the ticket monopoly with throwback ‘house party’ tour

Evan Porter – 5/27/2025

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Artist makes everyday spaces magical by cleverly adding pixelated, old-school pop-culture icons

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 2/5/2025

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High school teacher gives his students a pop quiz on 90s slang words and it was ‘on fleek’

Heather Wake – 3/6/2025

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A hotel worker tried to enter her room with a message about her car, but she didn’t have one

Jacalyn Wetzel & Upworthy Staff – 5/28/2026

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People are sharing quotes from their favorite comedians. These 23 are pure gold.

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 5/27/2026

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Drug-free sprinter wins ‘Enhanced Games’ and delivers a message to anyone looking for a shortcut

Evan Porter – 5/26/2026

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13 truckers parked side by side in the middle of the night to save a life

Eric Pfeiffer & Upworthy Staff – 5/25/2026

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Frugal people share the best money-saving advice from parents and grandparents they still use

Emily Shiffer & Upworthy Staff – 5/25/2026

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