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Lindsay Lohan Is Basically a Good Actor Again

Netflix’s Our Little Secret is the perfect stepping stone for her to start doing real movies again. I turned it off thinking, She’s ready. By Rachel Handler and Jackson McHenry

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Some Unsolicited Ideas for Ariana Grande’s Next Movie

Nobody is doing it like Ariana in Wicked, and accordingly, we must invent some new projects for her. By Rachel Handler

the charts

What’s So Special About Country-Rap?

How “Old Town Road” and “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” became the longest-running No. 1s in history. By Justin Curto

movie review

The Seed of the Sacred Fig Is Furious, and It Wants You to Be, Too

The boldness of Iranian girls and women is the inspiration and essence of Mohammad Rasoulof’s new film. By Roxana Hadadi

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coming soon 11/27/2024

Paddington 3 Moves to Valentine’s Day Release Talking bears, they’re just like us.
one nation under wings 11/27/2024

Why Kamala Harris Didn’t Go on Hot Ones or Joe Rogan One was a denial, one was a scheduling issue.
world class sinner 11/27/2024

The Weeknd’s Final Album? Everything We Know Hurry Up Tomorrow finally has a release date.
raise your glasses high 11/27/2024

The Vanderpump Rules Cast Says Goodbye to SUR And why is Lala Kent so calm about it?
the law 11/27/2024

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Denied Bail Yet Again Combs remains incarcerated after requesting bail from four judges following his September 16 arrest.
tiering me apart 11/27/2024

How Far Will Moana 2 Go? We’re making it out of Motunui with this one.
meet 25 percent of the beatles! 11/27/2024

Barry Keoghan Is a Starr Ringo let it slip that the actor will play him in the four-part Beatles film series.
vulture parents 11/27/2024

Vulture’s 2024 Kids’ Gift Guide We’ll continue to bang the Yoto Player drum.
book review 11/27/2024

The Perfect Fantasy Novel for These Uncertain Times The last book in Tad Williams’s influential Osten Ard series has a strong anti-authoritarian streak.
now streaming 11/27/2024

The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Thanksgiving Holiday A bountiful feast of entertainment.
streamliner 11/27/2024

Want to Watch the Charlie Brown Holiday Specials? It Will Cost You. They’ve all moved behind a streaming paywall.
the law 11/27/2024

Wendy Williams’s Guardian Says She Couldn’t Consent to Lifetime Doc Williams’s guardian has filed a complaint over Where Is Wendy Williams?
movies fantasy league 11/27/2024

Did Wicked and Gladiator II Just Trade Places in the Oscar Race? Winning the narrative war is how you end up winning awards.
the present moment 11/27/2024

How to Give Netflix, Hulu, and Other Streaming Services As Gifts Give the gift of Squid Game.

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overnights 11/27/2024

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: There’s Something About Mary Mary’s development all season culminates into one of the heaviest moments in Salt Lake City history.
overnights 11/27/2024

Survivor Recap: Wobble, Wobble The 90-minute format doesn’t suit episodes in which the vote feels inevitable.
overnights 11/27/2024

Shrinking Recap: Mic Drop The lead-up to Tia’s death and its aftermath get put into greater, more tragic perspective.
overnights 11/27/2024

Bad Sisters Recap: Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Busybodies The Garvey sisters are starting to become undone.
overnights 11/26/2024

The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Thank God for Planned Parenthood Just when I thought Erin couldn’t be more wrong, she does something so incredibly right and good that it’s making me question reality.
overnights 11/26/2024

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Best Friends for Never Let’s break down the Dorit versus Kyle argument, point by point.
overnights 11/26/2024

What We Do in the Shadows Recap: Video Village Seduced by the siren of show business and Pictionary.
overnights 11/26/2024

Below Deck Sailing Yacht Recap: Knot Cutting It Everyone’s a bit sleep-deprived after last week’s crash cliffhanger, but that’s no excuse for Emma’s continued lack of initiative.
overnights 11/25/2024

The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Mamma Mia Mia’s efforts to make good television are starting to weigh on her castmates.
overnights 11/24/2024

Somebody Somewhere Recap: The Joel Anderson Effect Joel gets Sam to put herself out there again despite Sam’s penchant for giving up on herself because that’s the magic of Anderson.
overnights 11/24/2024

The Franchise Season-Finale Recap: The Pitch Daniel’s efforts might have saved Tecto and the Maximum-verse, but it’s unclear whether it was enough to save himself.
overnights 11/24/2024

Dune: Prophecy Recap: The Agony and the Ecstasy Despite some spice-y sex and lots of palace intrigue, it’s still unclear what this show is trying to be about.
overnights 11/24/2024

Yellowstone Recap: Cause of Death The series finally gets on track by focusing on the Dutton failchildren.
overnights 11/24/2024

Lioness Recap: From Special Op to Black Op Capturing a major cartel family member and doing a little bit of Guantanamo-style torture? Just another day in the office for our Lioness crew.

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book review 11/27/2024

The Perfect Fantasy Novel for These Uncertain Times The last book in Tad Williams’s influential Osten Ard series has a strong anti-authoritarian streak.
movie review 11/27/2024

Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Is More Challenging Than You Might Expect For such a hot movie, this Daniel Craig–starring William S. Burroughs adaptation sure feels emotionally sealed off.
movie review 11/27/2024

The Seed of the Sacred Fig Is Furious, and It Wants You to Be, Too The boldness of Iranian girls and women is the inspiration and essence of Mohammad Rasoulof’s new film.
album review 11/26/2024

You Wanted the Beast, You Got the Beast Kendrick Lamar’s jittery, claustrophobic new album understands the value of being a hero and a villain.
movie review 11/26/2024

What’s a Girl Gotta Do to Get Some Conflict in Moana 2? The sequel to the 2016 hit needs better songs and better bad guys.
theater review 11/24/2024

We Are Your Robots: Do Androids Dream of Electric Guitars? Siri, show me a good play with music.
review 11/22/2024

Were JonBenét Ramsey’s Parents Railroaded? A new Netflix documentary seems to think so. But it’s not very convincing.
movie review 11/22/2024

Flow Is an Animal Adventure That’s Endearing and a Little Too Pretty The Latvian animated film is a wordless survival story that lets its animals act like animals.
endings 11/22/2024

The Ending of Alien: Romulus Is an Abomination By Design Fede Álvarez’s legacy sequel pulls off a satisfying trick, splicing the old and new to create something genuinely freakish.
movie review 11/22/2024

Alien: Romulus Gets the Job Done, But at What Cost? It’s a movie engineered mostly to provide basic genre thrills and keep the IP alive so the now-Disney-owned Fox can generate more Alien movies.
movie review 11/22/2024

Blitz Is the Worst Movie Steve McQueen Has Made By any wider standard, that means that the World War II drama is still not bad at all.
performance review 11/22/2024

Denzel Washington Should Always Have a Little Shawl Only one element of Gladiator II is serving the pomposity and archness the movie needs: Denzel Washington and his many, many lavish fits.
au hasard dillamond 11/22/2024

The ‘Wicked’ Movie Made One Huge Improvement to the Stage Show Something good is happening in Oz.
thumb down 11/22/2024

Gladiator II Should’ve Let Paul Mescal Kiss The “dream of Rome,” yeah, whatever. The dream of Lucius and Ravi, though!

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If You Think That’s How Becky Lynch Is Going Out, You’re Wrong By Anne Victoria Clark

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (S5/E11)

There’s Something About Mary Mary’s development all season culminates into one of the heaviest moments in Salt Lake City history.
Survivor (S47/E11)

Wobble, Wobble The 90-minute format doesn’t suit episodes in which the vote feels inevitable.
Shrinking (S2/E8)

Mic Drop The lead-up to Tia’s death and its aftermath get put into greater, more tragic perspective.
Bad Sisters (S2/E4)

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Busybodies The Garvey sisters are starting to become undone.
The Real Housewives of New York City (S15/E9)

Thank God for Planned Parenthood Just when I thought Erin couldn’t be more wrong, she does something so incredibly right and good that it’s making me question reality.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (S14/E2)

Best Friends for Never Let’s break down the Dorit versus Kyle argument, point by point.
What We Do in the Shadows (S6/E8)

Video Village Seduced by the siren of show business and Pictionary.
Below Deck Sailing Yacht (S5/E8)

Knot Cutting It Everyone’s a bit sleep-deprived after last week’s crash cliffhanger, but that’s no excuse for Emma’s continued lack of initiative.
The Real Housewives of Potomac (S9/E8)

Mamma Mia Mia’s efforts to make good television are starting to weigh on her castmates.
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Streamliner

streamliner Want to Watch the Charlie Brown Holiday Specials? It Will Cost You. They’ve all moved behind a streaming paywall. By Savannah Salazar
the present moment How to Give Netflix, Hulu, and Other Streaming Services As Gifts Give the gift of Squid Game. By Savannah Salazar, Emily Palmer Heller, and Eric Vilas-Boas
streamliner A 2024 Blu-ray Gift Guide for Movie Lovers That Criterion Closet collection is looking real good. By Brian Tallerico
now streaming The 41 Best Reality Shows on Netflix Love Is Blind, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, The Great British Baking Show, and more. By Laura Bradley

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why’d you make this film? Just How Queer Is Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Anyway? I didn’t recognize the William Burroughs I knew in it. So I got on a Zoom with the director. By Ira Silverberg
game plans Can Hulu Crack Stand-up Comedy Specials? A look inside how the streamer views curation, moderation, money, and “giving comedians their flowers.” By Hershal Pandya
the proper ploys Is Ariana Grande Going to Be Stuck Like This Forever? Grande’s borderline-Method commitment to being Glinda is admirable and hilarious, but what’s the larger endgame here? By Fran Hoepfner

Movies

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Paddington 3 Moves to Valentine’s Day Release

Talking bears, they’re just like us. By Zoe Guy

meet 25 percent of the beatles! Barry Keoghan Is a Starr Ringo let it slip that the actor will play him in the four-part Beatles film series. By Devon Ivie
movie review Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Is More Challenging Than You Might Expect For such a hot movie, this Daniel Craig–starring William S. Burroughs adaptation sure feels emotionally sealed off. By Alison Willmore
now streaming The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Thanksgiving Holiday A bountiful feast of entertainment. By Savannah Salazar

movies fantasy league Did Wicked and Gladiator II Just Trade Places in the Oscar Race? Winning the narrative war is how you end up winning awards. By Joe Reid
why’d you make this film? Just How Queer Is Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Anyway? I didn’t recognize the William Burroughs I knew in it. So I got on a Zoom with the director. By Ira Silverberg
the proper ploys Is Ariana Grande Going to Be Stuck Like This Forever? Grande’s borderline-Method commitment to being Glinda is admirable and hilarious, but what’s the larger endgame here? By Fran Hoepfner
the law Marilyn Manson Drops Evan Rachel Wood Defamation Suit “His attempt to silence and intimidate Ms. Wood failed,” her attorneys said. By Justin Curto
rip Jim Abrahams, Writer-Director of Airplane! and Hot Shots!, Dead at 80 Along with Jerry and David Zucker, he was known for his take on the spoof movie. By Michael Savio

Movies

TV

raise your glasses high

The Vanderpump Rules Cast Says Goodbye to SUR

And why is Lala Kent so calm about it? By Jason P. Frank and Bethy Squires

streamliner Want to Watch the Charlie Brown Holiday Specials? It Will Cost You. They’ve all moved behind a streaming paywall. By Savannah Salazar
the law Wendy Williams’s Guardian Says She Couldn’t Consent to Lifetime Doc Williams’s guardian has filed a complaint over Where Is Wendy Williams? By Jason P. Frank
the present moment How to Give Netflix, Hulu, and Other Streaming Services As Gifts Give the gift of Squid Game. By Savannah Salazar, Emily Palmer Heller, and Eric Vilas-Boas
game plans Can Hulu Crack Stand-up Comedy Specials? A look inside how the streamer views curation, moderation, money, and “giving comedians their flowers.” By Hershal Pandya

remember that time
‘We’re All At the Mercy of the Cowbell Sketch’ Twenty-four years later, Blue Öyster Cult’s front man on the agony, ecstasy, and relief of the SNL favorite. By Devon Ivie

trailer mix Squid Game Isn’t Done Playing with Player 456 This Christmas, here comes gore. By Jason P. Frank
bravo bravo bravo What’s Next for Vanderpump Rules? Does this mean that Jax Taylor is, once again, the number one guy in the group? By Brian Moylan
vulture recommends Did I Dream This Gritty Wizard of Oz Miniseries? Syfy’s Tin Man feels like being transported back to a wilder, riskier era of TV. By Emma Stefansky
chat room If You Think That’s How Becky Lynch Is Going Out, You’re Wrong The WWE superstar knows that letting fans peek behind the curtain can hook them even more. By Anne Victoria Clark

Music

world class sinner

The Weeknd’s Final Album? Everything We Know

Hurry Up Tomorrow finally has a release date. By Bethy Squires

the law Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Denied Bail Yet Again Combs remains incarcerated after requesting bail from four judges following his September 16 arrest. By Victoria Bekiempis
oh my oh my god Um, Is NewJeans Okay? The deadline for their second ultimatum is approaching, but their label’s “irreplaceable” ex-CEO has already resigned. By Jennifer Zhan
i hate these blurred lines They’re Trying to Take Miley Cyrus’s ‘Flowers’ Cyrus has filed to dismiss a lawsuit over similarities between her track and Bruno Mars’s “When I Was Your Man.” By Jason P. Frank

album review You Wanted the Beast, You Got the Beast Kendrick Lamar’s jittery, claustrophobic new album understands the value of being a hero and a villain. By Craig Jenkins
where’s the beef? Drake Is Taking His Kendrick Lamar Beef to Court Now also accusing UMG of defamation over “Not Like Us.” By Justin Curto
videology Punches Were Thrown in the Making of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Squabble Up’ Video As advertised. By Justin Curto
good city m.a.a.d kid Kendrick Lamar Sure Sounds Bitter “I cut my granny off if she don’t see it how I see it.” By Matthew Ismael Ruiz
where’s the beef? Drake Has Moved On to Beefing With … Steve Lacy? What does “fragile opp” even mean? By Justin Curto

Music

Comedy

100 jokes

Airplane!’s Creators Reveal the Origins of ‘Don’t Call Me Shirley’

It may have saved the entire production. By Abraham Josephine Riesman

flagrant Which White Comedian Caught Kendrick Lamar’s Wrath? We have a few guesses. By Hershal Pandya
his mom says he’s cool Milhouse Van Houten’s Most Milhouse Lines, Ranked In honor of retiring voice actor Pamela Hayden, let’s revisit all the times Bart’s little wiener friend brought pathetic pathos to The Simpsons. By Bethy Squires
this week in late night Chris Fleming’s Experimental New Play Won Late Night This Week Plus, quick-change BTS on The Tonight Show and Stephen Colbert and Josh Brolin’s book fight. By Bethy Squires

a long talk The Comedian vs. the Crowd Disruptive audiences nearly drove James Acaster from stand-up. Instead, he decided to embrace the hecklers. By Hershal Pandya
the vulture transcript The You’re The Worst Cast Would Like Their Movie Now Stephen Falk and his actors are ready for a follow-up film, if FX is ready to pay for it. By Jen Chaney
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
coming soon Podcasters Do Movies Now? Theo Von’s writing, directing, self-producing, and starring in Busboys with David Spade. By Bethy Squires
trailer mix Anthony Jeselnik Is Thoroughly Applauded in Bones and All Your first look at the comedian’s first special in five years, out November 26 on Netflix. By Hershal Pandya

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Theater

theater review

We Are Your Robots: Do Androids Dream of Electric Guitars?

Siri, show me a good play with music. By Sara Holdren

theater review Old Patterns and Bold Stitches: The Blood Quilt Katori Hall’s family-inheritance drama stays within a familiar grid. By Sara Holdren
theater review Divas at Dusk: Death Becomes Her as Broadway Camp The 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
theater review Out to Sea and Back With Swept Away The story of a whaling expedition that turned horrifying, musicalized by the Avett Brothers. By Sara Holdren
theater review Shit. Meet. Fan. Tells Us Lots That We Already Know Neil Patrick Harris and Jane Krakowski star in Robert O’Hara’s self-described “blistering vulgar satire.” It delivers one of those three things. By Sara Holdren

theater
What to See on (and Off)(and Off–Off) Broadway Let Vulture’s theater desk be your guide. By Vulture Editors

theater review Elf: The Musical, Where They Sing Really Loud for All to Hear Everyone’s trying, but the show itself is a cotton-headed ninny-muggins. By Jackson McHenry
theater review The Lighter Side of Christian Nationalism: Tammy Faye Spinning an evangelist grifter into a camp icon and sorta-feminist heroine is a little hard to take right now. By Sara Holdren
theater review King Lear at the Fountain of Youth Kenneth Branagh’s production is fleet and facile. By Sara Holdren
theater review When Robots Meet Cute: Maybe Happy Ending “It might feel like 2064 on the surface, but in its nostalgic, rechargeable heart, the show parties like it’s 1999.” By Sara Holdren

Theater

Books

book review The Perfect Fantasy Novel for These Uncertain Times The last book in Tad Williams’s influential Osten Ard series has a strong anti-authoritarian streak. By Sarah Jones
the work of art How Jonathan Franzen Learned to Write a Franzen Novel To finish The Corrections, he had to kill his protagonist — and his idea of what a book should be. By Adam Moss
paws up lil zazzters HBO Is Making a Decade-Long Harry Potter Series The streamer stands by J.K. Rowling’s “right to express her personal views.” By Rebecca Alter
scene report The Party Goes Late at the 75th National Book Awards Sipping prosecco amid the black-tie crowd at the packed publishing-world event in lower Manhattan. By Emma Alpern
books Percival Everett Can’t Be Pinned Down His masterful new novel, James, cements his status as one of our most idiosyncratic writers. By James Yeh

Books

Art

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
art The Extremely Chaotic Life of Jamian Juliano-Villani Less than six months after her Gagosian solo show, the downtown artist-slash-gallerist lost her gallery and all her money. By Jay Bulger
art review Maps of Things Past The brilliant art-world cartographies of Loren Munk. By Jerry Saltz
art Kehinde Wiley Can’t Believe This Is Happening to Him He built an empire out of painting young Black men into art history. Can it survive accusations of sexual assault? By Rachel Corbett
art review Maybe KAWS Is Not So Bad After All His collection of outsider art, on display at the Drawing Center, is a marvel. By Jerry Saltz