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  1. sesame street
    Chatting With Elmo About His (Not Too) Late Night DebutA very special Zoom call with Sesame Street’s newest talk show host.
  2. The Great British Baking Show’s Kim-Joy Works Her Magic on Store-bought CookiesKim-Joy on the Great British Baking Show’s demanding shooting schedule, the worst thing Paul Hollywood ever said to her, and mental health.
  3. The 13 Most Withering Insults on ‘Big Little Lies’Oh no she didn’t.
  4. Padma Lakshmi Thinks Top Chef Is the Best Reality Show on TV“We don’t compare ourselves to other shows.”
  5. Phoebe Robinson Isn’t Ruling Out More ‘2 Dope Queens’Also, she loves Lizzo!
  6. nyc stories
    NYC Stories: David Harbour Has a Run-in With Scary Christopher WalkenWatch the Stranger Things actor recount a memorable incident involving Othello, Christopher Walken, and a sprightly squirrel.
  7. NYC Stories: Molly Ringwald Gets a Taste of NYC’s S&M UnderbellyWhen 14-year-old Molly Ringwald came to New York to shoot The Tempest, she didn’t expect an initiation into the city’s … darker side.
  8. NYC Stories: Bill Hader and Henry Winkler Have Ridiculous Memories of NYCBill Hader and Henry Winkler, stars of HBO hit Barry, have each experienced love and hate in New York City—but not in the ways you’d imagine.
  9. NYC Stories: Bill Hader and Henry Winkler Have Ridiculous Memories of NYCBill Hader and Henry Winkler, stars of HBO hit Barry, have each experienced love and hate in New York City—but not in the ways you’d imagine.
  10. Sex Educators React to Hollywood’s Sex ScenesThey’re not impressed by the peach in Call Me by Your Name.
  11. How to Clean a Dinosaur at NYC’s Museum of Natural HistoryYou’ll need a jet pack, a crane, and a can-do attitude.
  12. NYC Stories: Gillian Jacobs’s East Village Bar Crawl Doesn’t Go As PlannedThe star of Netflix series Love, recounts a spontaneous night out in her youth that went slightly awry.
  13. tribeca film festival 2018
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead Had to Bomb Onstage Before She Could Play a Comedian“I’d be like, okay, you guys didn’t like that one.”
  14. NYC Stories: José Andrés Is the Perfect New YorkerJosé Andrés is a lot of things — celebrity chef, vocal immigrant advocate, Twitter beast — and we can now add “best New Yorker” to the mix.
  15. NYC Stories: Gina Rodriguez Loves Smooching in Central ParkThere’s no denying the romantic allure of Central Park, especially not for Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez.
  16. NYC Stories: Giovanni Ribisi Falls in With a Ferrari Gang from Long IslandSneaky Pete’s Giovanni Ribisi recounts a night out in NYC that turns into an action movie — complete with Long Island dudes, Ferraris, and a death.
  17. NYC Stories: Archer’s Lucky Yates Watches New York City Break a New YorkerLucky Yates (you’ll recognize him as the voice of Dr. Krieger on Archer) recounts the day he saw the city finally grind a man down.
  18. Everything Brad Pitt Has Eaten in His MoviesMaybe you’ve noticed, but Brad Pitt eats a lot in his movies. But Brad’s onscreen munching works as a shorthand for character. Vulture breaks it down.