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The Hard Pass is an independent publication launched in January 2026 by Mike Ryan. Mike was a contributing editor at Movieline, then senior entertainment writer at HuffPost, then senior entertainment writer at Uproxx. He's written for Vanity Fair, Wired, Elle, GQ, and Empire. Now he has a newsletter. This is that newsletter.

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