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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  ## Samantha Cooney  ## Samantha Cooney Articles500Collections1 *  Jun 28, 2024 ### [All of Netflix's Real Estate Reality Shows](https://time.com/6991849/netflix-real-estate-shows/) From Selling Sunset to Owning Manhattan, real estate reality shows offer escapism with just the righ... [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Apr 16, 2024 ### [Taylor Swift's Best Bridges, Ranked](https://time.com/6966929/taylor-swift-best-bridges/) The 25 best Taylor Swift song bridges [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Oct 25, 2023 ### [The Best Taylor Swift Vault Songs, Ranked](https://time.com/6327597/taylor-swift-best-vault-songs/) With each re-recorded album, Taylor Swift has also released songs that almost made the cut. Here are... [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Nov 11, 2021 ### [What's the Best Song on _Red_? Three Passionate Taylor Swift Fans Debate](https://time.com/6116569/red-songs-ranked-taylor-swift/) In honor of the release of Taylor's Version [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Aug 24, 2019 ### [How to Watch the 2019 U.S. Open Finals for Free](https://time.com/5641513/watch-us-open-2019-free/) Including when to catch the men's singles finals *  Nov 12, 2018 ### [How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Became a Pop Culture Icon](https://time.com/5386238/ruth-bader-ginsburg-pop-culture-icon/) [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 8, 2018 ### [Diego Luna on _Narcos_, Mexican Cinema and the Conflict at the Border](https://time.com/5448785/diego-luna-narcos/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Oct 23, 2018 ### [These Candidates Made History in the 2018 Midterms](https://time.com/5395686/historic-candidates-midterms-2018/) Including Jared Polis, Marsha Blackburn and Michelle Lujan Grisham [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Oct 3, 2018 ### [Trump's Attack Against Christine Blasey Ford Mischaracterizes How Memory Works, Experts Say](https://time.com/5414222/christine-blasey-ford-memory-assault/) 'Memory is not like a tape recorder' [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Sep 25, 2018 ### [Judge Sentences Bill Cosby to Three to 10 Years in Prison](https://time.com/5404565/bill-cosby-sentenced-prison/) He was also designated as a sexually violent predator [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Sep 25, 2018 ### [Read Bill Cosby Accusers' Victim Impact Statements](https://time.com/5405903/bill-cosby-accusers-victim-statements/) 'Maybe you will find peace when you make amends with me' [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Sep 25, 2018 ### [Andrea Constand Says Bill Cosby 'Crushed' Her Spirit](https://time.com/5405798/andra-constand-bill-cosby-victim-impact-statement/) 'I wanted to do the right thing, even if it was the most difficult thing I've ever done' [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Sep 23, 2018 ### [Bill Cosby Could Be Sentenced to 30 Years or Just Probation. His 60 Accusers Will Be Watching Closely](https://time.com/5402867/bill-cosby-sentencing-hearing/) 'We can't go back to the old ways' [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Sep 17, 2018 ### [Sean Penn Criticized After Saying the Spirit of #MeToo Movement 'Is to Divide Men and Women'](https://time.com/5398448/sean-penn-metoo-dividing-men-and-women/) His comments received criticism [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Sep 13, 2018 ### [Here Are Some of Women Who Made History in the Midterm Elections](https://time.com/5323592/2018-elections-women-history-records/) Including Sharice Davids, Kristi Noem and Ayanna Pressley [POLITICS](/section/politics/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/","name":"Samantha Cooney"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"},"name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"description":"","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3125c23205695e7/69894082bc6cfc43bb3e798f/s_cooney.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/","sameAs":["https://x.com/sammcooney"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```