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  1. review roundup
    Is Wicked Popular with Critics?Did the movie musical impress the right cohorts?
    By Alejandra Gularte
  2. overnights
    Grey’s Anatomy Recap: Stayin’ AliveThis week, a heat wave leaves Seattle sweatier than a disco club while patients (and a couple of doctors) fight for their lives.
    By Laura Bradley
  3. theater review
    Old Patterns and Bold Stitches: The Blood QuiltKatori Hall’s family-inheritance drama stays within a familiar grid.
    By Sara Holdren
  4. overnights
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Season-Premiere Recap: Sophomore SlumpThe girls are back and operating at warp speed to prepare for Renee Rapp’s departure.
    By Christina Grace Tucker
  5. coming soon
    Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer Are Bringing One Tree Hill BackChad Michael Murray isn’t on board but wants the reboot “for the fans.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  7. theater review
    Divas at Dusk: Death Becomes Her as Broadway CampThe musical adaptation of the Streep-and-Hawn movie is relentlessly eager for you to laugh with and at its dueling lead actresses.
    By Jackson McHenry
  8. overnights
    9-1-1 Mid-season-Finale Recap: Breaking BradWhy was the episode of Hotshots more entertaining than the 9-1-1 episode we got?
    By Louis Peitzman
  9. coming soon
    The Rock Is About Power, Drive, MoanaEverything we know about the new live-action version’s cast and release date. You’re welcome!
    By Jason P. Frank
  10. aaaaaaah
    AMC Will Try to Stop Theater Kids From Singing During WickedYeah, good luck!
    By Jason P. Frank
  11. cameos
    Did You Catch All Four Cameos in the Wicked Movie?One short day, four fun cameos.
    By Louis Peitzman
  12. pee-break guide
    When Should You Take Your Bathroom Breaks During Wicked?There’s no rest for the wicked, but there can be pee breaks.
    By Zoe Papelis
  13. endings
    It’s Thumbs-down for the Forgettable Ending of Gladiator IIThe final fight is satisfying neither as spectacle nor dramatic payoff. It just kind of … happens, and then the movie ends.
    By A.A. Dowd
  14. endings
    Wicked’s Cliffhanger Ending, Explained (and What to Expect in Part Two)Wicked tells only half a story, but we’re not exactly in the dark about what happens next.
    By Louis Peitzman
  15. buffering
    Welcome to SpinCoNotes on the debundling of NBCUniversal.
    By Josef Adalian
  16. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: Kiss Kiss, Bangs BangsWho would have thought Mary would be the one to mediate peace in the group?
    By Sarah Hagi
  17. fact check
    Ask a Roman-History Professor: Were There Ever Sharks in the Colosseum?Gladiator II director Ridley Scott famously does not care about historical accuracy in his films but we had to ask.
    By Louis Peitzman
  18. popular
    Every Musical Number in Wicked, RankedSome of the movie’s best moments happen when John M. Chu finds a new cinematic language for its famous songs.
    By Louis Peitzman
  19. scene report
    The Party Goes Late at the 75th National Book AwardsSipping prosecco amid the black-tie crowd at the packed publishing-world event in lower Manhattan.
    By Emma Alpern
  20. uh-uh. not guilty.
    Jussie Smollett’s Conviction Is OverturnedHe’s out of jail permanently.
    By Jason P. Frank
  21. gagachella
    Lady Gaga, Green Day, and Post Malone Will Bring the Chaos to CoachellaAnd Travis Scott will “design the desert,” whatever that means.
    By Justin Curto
  22. the vulture transcript
    The You’re The Worst Cast Would Like Their Movie NowStephen Falk and his actors are ready for a follow-up film, if FX is ready to pay for it.
    By Jen Chaney
  23. ring ring … banana phone!
    It’s One Banana, Michael. What Could It Cost? $6.2 Million?Comedian, the piece of fruit taped to a wall, sold to a crypto bro at auction.
    By Jason P. Frank
  24. cmas 2024
    The 58th Annual CMA Awards - Show
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 CMA AwardsIt was a remarkably stale affair.
    By Justin Curto
  25. movie review
    When an American Pursues Bulgarian DreamsIn The Black Sea, Crystal Moselle and Derrick B. Harden co-direct a lovely ode to finding one’s place even when feeling out of place.
    By Jen Chaney
  26. books
    Percival Everett Can’t Be Pinned DownHis masterful new novel, James, cements his status as one of our most idiosyncratic writers.
    By James Yeh
  27. pawty report
    Nightbitch Director Marielle Heller Got the Perfect Pooch to Play Amy Adams“I knew I wanted some red in the hair.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  28. profile
    ‘I’m Not Letting You Laugh at Me. I’m Perfect.’Twenty years into his stand-up career, Anthony Jeselnik remains the king of crossed lines.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  29. adaptive behavior
    ‘Your Nose Is Pressed Up Against the Ambiguity of It’How Patrick Radden Keefe and Joshua Zetumer captured Say Nothing’s contradictory portrait of The Troubles onscreen.
    By Nicholas Quah
  30. remember that time
    Have You Ever Seen Anything Like the Pool Fight in The Strangers: Prey at Night?The four-minute sequence is thrilling and operatic, the kind of instantly iconic set piece most slasher movies dream of.
    By Louis Peitzman
  31. the pluck of the irish
    The Best Irish Novels From the Past 15 YearsWhich works by Sally Rooney, Colm Toibin, and Claire Keegan among others, reign supreme?
    Edited by Tomi Obaro
  32. vulture 10x10
    The Tennessee Puzzle6-Across, Five Letters: Answers on “Jeopardy!”
    By Stella Zawistowski
  33. vulture games
    Cinematrix No. 240: November 21, 2024Can you name a movie starring Paul Giamatti that made $100 million?
    By Joe Reid
  34. coming soon
    2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals
    Podcasters Do Movies Now?Theo Von’s writing, directing, self-producing, and starring in Busboys with David Spade.
    By Bethy Squires
  35. my single is dropping
    Kesha Is Hell-Bent for Leather in ‘Joyride’ Music VideoPlus a tease of her next single, “Delusional.”
    By Bethy Squires
  36. overnights
    The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras Recap: Family MattersJosh goes through every emotion this week.
    By Emma Sharpe
  37. overnights
    Survivor Recap: Shots Through the HeartGabe and Genevieve’s dominant gameplay finally catches up to them.
    By Brian Moylan
  38. vulture investigates
    Who Are the Thirsty Celebrities on The Masked Singer?Our best guesses for season 12.
    By Marah Eakin
  39. mind equals blown
    Robert Pattinson Joins Tomdaya in New Nolan FlickNo title, no logline, but yes Robert Pattinson.
    By Jason P. Frank
  40. what happened here
    'Free Fire' - Closing Night Gala - 60th BFI London Film Festival
    A Breakdown of Armie Hammer Allegations, Controversies, and Time-share DramaOn the latest ep of his podcast, Hammer’s mother Dru talked about buying him a vasectomy for his 38th birthday.
    By Lydia Wang
  41. (not) coming soon
    Euphoria Season 3 Is Finally HappeningBut not with Storm Reid.
    By Zoe Guy
  42. clairo shade
    Post Malone
    Post Malone, Lady Gaga, and Green Day Will Headline CoachellaGet ready to rock, rave, and possibly even rodeo.
    By Justin Curto
  43. everybody’s in la
    The Stars of Vulture Festival 2024Behind the scenes with Paris and Nicole, Quinta Brunson, Mike Myers, and more.
    Photographs by Sinna Nasseri
  44. diddy update
    A Guide to the Many Lawsuits Against DiddySix new sexual-assault cases — including one from as recently as 2022 — bring the total to 31.
    By Claudia Rosenbaum
  45. mystery and intrigue
    Anne Hathaway Is Back in BookTokShe will star in an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Rebecca-esque Verity.
    By Jason P. Frank
  46. vulture lists
    Every Ridley Scott Movie, RankedSizing up the director’s decades-long career.
    By Scott Tobias
  47. coming soon
    Rust Premieres, Three Years After Fatal ShootingWhat we know about the film’s completion and debut following Halyna Hutchins’s death.
    By Zoe Guy
  48. scene report
    Rust Didn’t Choose to Echo Its Tragedy, But It Courses Through the FilmThe finished movie is an appropriately unvarnished western, starring a lead actor visibly shaken by his experience making it.
    By Nick Newman
  49. a long talk
    Replacing Halyna Hutchins on Rust Was the Challenge of a LifetimeCinematographer Bianca Cline on why the film had to be finished after her predecessor’s tragic death on set.
    By Laura Bradley
  50. overnights
    Shrinking Recap: Trending Upward“Fucked-up people are good at helping fucked-up people.” Leave it to Paul to distill this show’s main theme so eloquently.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  51. trailer mix
    Anthony Jeselnik Is Thoroughly Applauded in Bones and AllYour first look at the comedian’s first special in five years, out November 26 on Netflix.
    By Hershal Pandya
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