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  1. origin stories
    When I Fell in Love With Hip-HopAt a block party, in a basement, at a funeral. Twenty-five rappers recall the exact moment their lives “changed forever.”
    By William E. Ketchum III
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    Unraveling the Most Legendary Writers’ Room Story Ever“Who Jackie?” has been retold in comedy circles for nearly 30 years — much to the surprise of the Roseanne writer who said it.
    By Joe Berkowitz
  3. backstories
    The Making of Harley Quinn’s Deranged Visit to Crime AlleyThe team behind “Batman Begins Forever” wanted “the world record for killing Bruce’s parents.”
    By Esther Zuckerman
  4. villain origin stories
    HBO Max Is Giving the Penguin a ‘Scarface-Like’ Origin StorySay hello to his little friend (a penguin).
    By Rebecca Alter
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    How a Bookstore Became the Unlikely Birthplace of Alt-ComedyIn the 1990s, a group of misfit comedians who didn’t fit in at clubs created their own.
    By David Peisner
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    Gigi Hadid Says Zayn Caught Their Baby Girl, You Know, on Her Way Out“I was so exhausted, and I looked up and he’s holding her.”
    By Zoe Haylock
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    The Most Influential American Comedy Factory You’ve Never Heard OfIn the late 1990s, Boom Chicago took root in Amsterdam — and with it, the careers of many of today’s TV and movie standouts.
    By David Peisner
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    How a 25-Year-Old Film School Grad’s Spec Script Became RatchedEvan Romansky explains how his nurse Ratched origin story wound up in the Ryan Murphyverse and how it changed along the way.
    By Jackson McHenry
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    Don’t Get It Twisted: The Ultimate Guide to the Joker’s Origin StoriesTwo words: CHEMICAL VAT.
    By Rebecca Alter
  10. origin stories
    A Fashion Historian Explains This Season’s ShoesArchival context for contemporary styles.
    By Valerie Steele
  11. origin stories
    A List of Every Part of Han Solo’s Backstory That Gets Explained in SoloFrom how he got his name to how he met Lando.
    By Nate Jones
  12. origin stories
    How Truth or Dare Came From an Actual DareDirector Jeff Wadlow accepted the challenge of making a movie based on nothing but a title.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
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    Star Wars Logo Designer Discusses Its Nazi RootsGeorge Lucas asked for something “intimidating.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  14. origin stories
    Chance the Rapper Was Cursed by His Grandma, But in the Good WayThe prayer that forged a modern superhero.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  15. It Seems the Cigarette Industry Helped Create the Type A PersonalityA strange origin story for an enduring self-concept.
    By Melissa Dahl
  16. captain america civil war
    Civil War Smartly Eschews Origin StoriesIf only more superhero movies followed its lead.
    By Abraham Riesman
  17. ya novels
    A Pair of X-Files Origin Stories Are Coming to You in Book FormAgent of Chaos and Devil’s Advocate will follow Mulder and Scully as teens.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  18. the industry
    Emma Stone Might Be Disney’s Next Cruella de VilThe studio’s forthcoming live-action movie is slated to be an origin story.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  19. so that’s how that happened
    Here’s How the Fresh Prince Carlton Dance Came to BeAlfonso Ribeiro explains his inspiration.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  20. origin stories
    This Is the Email That Spawned Run the Jewels’ Iconic LogoThere were a couple of options.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  21. comic-book movies
    Thankfully, the New Spider-Man Movie Won’t Be an Origin StoryIf you were hoping to play a radioactive spider, you’re out of luck.
    By Nate Jones
  22. origin stories
    The Legacy of X-Men’s ‘Days of Future Past’The origins of a revolutionary story arc.
    By Abraham Riesman
  23. origin stories
    Watch Carrie Meet Samantha for the First TimeIn season two of The Carrie Diaries.
    By Lindsey Weber and Abraham Riesman
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    Inside Gob’s Arrested Development Chicken Dance“Picture three grown men hopping around, working out what it would be … “
    By Denise Martin
  25. origin stories
    Django Started As a New Yorker–Style Essay?About the film Birth of a Nation.
    By Jesse David Fox
  26. Origin Stories
    The Man Behind the McNuggetThe truth is sold in packages of four, six, nine, and twenty pieces, but also twelve-ounce cans.
    By Hugh Merwin
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    Bryan Cranston, Witness to Human MiseryHe watched a man die in the street, at 71st Street and Central Park West.
    By Margaret Lyons
  28. Richard Ayoade Explains Becoming a Comedian at Law School“When I was at university, they had a club that does comedy that I became involved in. I was in a very privileged position in that they got to […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  29. origin stories
    How Harvey Weinstein Learned to Be a BullyThe French taught him how.
    By Carl Swanson
  30. The Origin and Early Programs of Comedy CentralTV is usually a tightly-controlled, highly-regulated corporate appendage, except during the loose, early days of a new network, when everybody […]
    By Brian Boone
  31. Booya
    A Tale of Pizza and ComeuppanceWe bet whoever turned down Paulie Gee is kicking himself now.
    By Jenny Miller
  32. origin stories
    Jon Hamm Wasn’t Always Don Draper, You KnowHe was one of Lorelei Gilmore’s gentleman callers on ‘The Gilmore Girls,’ too.
    By Mark Graham
  33. origin stories
    Steve Martin and Paul Simon, the Act That Almost WasStupid creative differences, we curse thee!
    By Mark Graham
  34. origin stories
    Wilco’s New LP to Feature ‘Wilco (The Song)’We hope it’s as catchy as “Hey Hey, We’re the Monkees”!
    By Mark Graham
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    Joaquin Phoenix’s Rap Roots RevealedI’ll blow up your face like Louis Armstrong!
    By Mark Graham
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    So How Come David Fincher Got a Special Thanks in the Credits of Wall-E, Anyway?We hope it had nothing to do with the Old-Man Baby.
    By Mark Graham