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  1. the festival circuit
    The Ultimate Guide to 2025’s Can’t-Miss Music FestivalsPlan ahead for marquee acts, tolerable travel, and … punk-rock bowling? Let’s go.
  2. the festival circuit
    2025 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 1
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of Coachella 2025Yo Gabba Gabba!, Benson Boone flips, and free Erewhon shots.
  3. vulture parents
    ‘How Do I Get My Kids to Want to See This?’Benny Safdie knew his sons wouldn’t be interested in Flow if he pushed it too hard. He needn’t have worried.
  4. 2025 preview
    37 Albums We Can’t Wait to Hear in 2025What to expect when you’re expecting LG7.
  5. eyes on the ball
    The Best Streaming Services for Every Kind of Sports FanWhether you want to watch the NFL, the World Series, or darts.
  6. remember that time
    Hurley and the Hot Pocket Outlived Lost’s Wildest Lore“We never thought in a show that won an Emmy for great drama, the Hot Pocket would rise to meet Locke in a wheelchair, no.”
  7. fall preview 2024
    34 Albums We Can’t Wait to Hear This FallWe’ll always have Paris (Hilton’s new record).
  8. chasing that high
    Why Twisters Became a 4DX Hit and Dune: Part Two Didn’tThe immersive theatrical format had its best opening weekend yet thanks to the disaster movie — and it’s being brought back for a second round.
  9. snl
    Celebrate the Olympics With These 17 Classic SNL SketchesFeaturing John Belushi, Nancy Kerrigan, Jennifer Lopez, and expert commentator Leslie Jones.
  10. the disney dilemma
    ‘All Anybody Wanted to Talk About Was That Commercial’Former quarterback Phil Simms takes us behind the scenes of the 1987 Disney ad that overshadowed his first Super Bowl victory.
  11. vulture lists
    The Stoner Canon: Over 100 Trippy Movies, Albums, Books, TV Shows, and MoreThe ultimate guide to experiencing the high.
  12. the festival circuit
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of Coachella 2024LOW (complimentary): Lil Uzi Vert voguing.
  13. cord cutters: a live story
    How to Pick a Live-TV Streamer That Can Kill Your Cable BillWhether you want the Oscars, news, sports, or just to lazily channel surf like the old days.
  14. appreciations
    A Lifetime of Norman LearRita Moreno, John Amos, Valerie Bertinelli, and other collaborators reflect on working with the 101-year-old TV legend.
  15. anonymous in hollywood
    How Much We Make in HollywoodAs the strike stretches on, 19 writers, actors, and crew members shared their hopes, fears, frustrations — and salaries.
  16. superlatives
    Rivers Cuomo on the Best, Worst, and Most Misunderstood of Weezer“That’s a totally unique song. It’s like what only a cool rock band could do.”
  17. vulture lists
    15 Warm-Weather Movies to Stream While You’re Snowed InPhysically in the cold, mentally in the Caribbean.
  18. vulture investigates
    Is Tom Brady MIA From the NFL Because of The Masked Singer? An InvestigationLet’s not forget that a pro footballer appearing on The Masked Singer isn’t a new thing.
  19. rev up your engine
    How Top Gun’s Famous Volleyball Scene Led Kenny Loggins to the ‘Danger Zone’The story behind the film’s hard-charging anthem, as told by the king of ’80s soundtracks.
  20. appreciations
    Gilbert Gottfried, Remembered by Those Who Knew Him“He was not a negative person in any way, shape, or form. He was a great spirit. He was so unique. That’s the word for Gilbert: unique.”
  21. hardest things
    The Hardest Sequel I Ever WroteThe writers behind Blade Runner 2049, Batman Returns, the John Wick sequels, and more on their toughest franchise gigs.
  22. coachella 2022
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of Coachella 2022From Harry Styles’s Shania Twain cameo to … a metal version of the Simpsons theme?
  23. coachella 2022
    18 Artists to Watch at CoachellaDust your flower crowns off.
  24. vulture lists
    12 Meat Loaf Stories That Proved He Lived One Hell of a LifeWarning: The late Meat Loaf was known to embellish a story or two.
  25. hear to please
    How to Give Spotify, Apple, and Other Music-Streaming Services As GiftsThe perfect present for anyone still clinging to their CDs.
  26. stand-up
    Inside the Extremely Unfunny War Between Comedians and Spotify“For them to then pull down our work, it’s so nasty. It’s so corporate. It’s so ‘F - - - you.’”
  27. tl;dw
    12 Get Back Moments You Need to Know to Act Like You Watched the Whole ThingGet back … your time with this handy cheat sheet.
  28. egot watch
    Okay, Now Who Will Award Jon Batiste for His Musical Talents on Colbert?In the wake of his Grammy-nom sweep, here are some of his best musical moments on the late-night show.
  29. becoming bill
    How Impeachment Transformed Clive Owen Into Bill Clinton“I have a memory of Clive in his full Clinton prosthetics chasing me down a hallway of the West Wing set because he was so excited.”
  30. rip
    20 Times Norm Macdonald Was the Best TV GuestFeaturing classic clips from Letterman, Conan, and more.
  31. fall preview 2021
    79 New Albums We May or May Not Hear This FallAlso, meet your new festival season. Dress accordingly.
  32. vulture lists
    14 Charlie Watts Stories That Prove He Was the Rolling Stones’ RockLike that one time he punched Mick Jagger for calling him “my drummer.”
  33. q&a
    Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen, Together, Hopefully ForeverThe rock powerhouses on their fast friendship, first song as a duo, and future.
  34. chat room
    Titus Welliver on Bosch’s Last Chapter — and Harry Bosch’s Next One“The beauty of the character is that he’s consistent. He stays the same, because he’s a bit of a dinosaur, so he can only evolve so much.”
  35. appreciations
    Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Season 1
    A Tribute to ‘Good King’ ConanTwelve comedians reflect on O’Brien’s incredibly influential late-night legacy.
  36. filmmaking
    The Hardest Mare of Easttown Scene to FilmSeries director Craig Zobel breaks down why the shocking end to episode five took two sets and three days to get right.
  37. summer 2021
    56 Albums We Can’t Wait to Hear This SummerAnd — gasp! — the return of live music???
  38. superlatives
    Jason Isbell on His Best and Most John Prine–Borrowing Work“Back then I was thinking, Man, I’m about to blow these old fuckers away.”
  39. movie magic
    How to Un-Cast an ActorWhen an Army of the Dead star got called out, director Zack Snyder decided to scrub him from every scene — and swap in Tig Notaro.
  40. the gold rush
    The Hardest Ending I Ever Wrote, As Told by Six ScreenwritersAhead of this weekend’s Oscars, we asked Sofia Coppola (On the Rocks), Darius Marder (Sound of Metal), and more about landing the proverbial plane.
  41. legends
    A Final Conversation With Anne BeattsA week before her death, the original SNL writer still had too many stories to tell.
  42. backstories
    The Hardest Day on the Set of NobodyTo make a fight scene on a city bus as realistic as possible took true strategizing. Director Ilya Naishuller tells us how he made it happen.
  43. beat for the gods
    How Coming 2 America’s Makeup Team Crafted Eddie Murphy’s Wild ProstheticsBelieve it or not, making Eddie Murphy an old white guy is pretty tough.
  44. jokes
    8 Comedians Break Down Their Favorite Stand-up Closer EverFeaturing jokes by Gary Gulman, Maria Bamford, Dave Chappelle, and more.
  45. stand-up
    COVID Didn’t Kill Live Comedy — It Drove It UndergroundAfter Governor Cuomo classified live comedy as not “essential,” some NYC club owners decided to roll the dice.
  46. how everything works
    How Sound of Metal Reimagined the Silence in Hearing LossSound designer Nicolas Becker looked to stethoscopic mics, fetal memories, and a centuries-old school for the deaf in France.
  47. how everything works
    9 Engineers on the Hardest Song They Ever MixedMusic-industry veterans on the tracks that were tough to crack.
  48. scary stuff
    Unsolved Mysteries’ 10 Creepiest Cases, According to Its Co-CreatorTerry Dunn Meurer guides us through the spontaneous combustions, random murders, and unexplained disappearances that still haunt her.
  49. chenquieh
    Who’s Who in Borat 2: A Guide to Every Notable CameoAll the characters, normies, and public figures in the order they appear in Sacha Baron Cohen’s Subsequent Moviefilm.
  50. q&a
    Run the Jewels Can Tell You the Exact Moment 2020 Went to CrapNow allow Killer Mike and El-P to make it right, performing RTJ4 for the first time on Adult Swim to run the vote.
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