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  1. friends in old places
    Play Something ’90sThe era where “every song felt huge” is alive in country music. It took a long back road to get there.
    By Justin Curto
  2. fall preview
    How Gwendoline Riley Makes Words FailIn her brutally funny novels My Phantoms and First Love, conversation only makes people feel more alone.
    By Rachel Connolly
  3. encounter
    ‘Have You Read Nevada?’Imogen Binnie’s first novel became a staple of trans literature. Nine years and one reissue later, how much has the culture changed?
    By Harron Walker
  4. profile
    ‘The Goal Is to Get As Bright As Possible’For the highly prolific writer Akwaeke Emezi, literary success is a spiritual calling.
    By Maya Binyam
  5. feature
    The Undoing of Joss WhedonThe Buffy creator, once an icon of Hollywood feminism, is now an outcast accused of misogyny. How did he get here?
    By Lila Shapiro
  6. feature
    Last Resort, Part 3: Get Out CleanA father and son are stuck indefinitely in Angola — until a relapse sets the stage for an unlikely breakthrough.
    By Joshuah Bearman and Rich Schapiro
  7. feature
    Last Resort, Part 2: A Classic Snatch-and-GrabStuck abroad, a father and son stare down guns, heroin withdrawal, and an impossible debt.
    By Joshuah Bearman and Rich Schapiro
  8. feature
    Last Resort, Part 1: Let’s Go to AngolaA broke music promoter and his detoxing son hatch a plan to solve all their problems. With Nas. On New Year’s Eve. In Angola.
    By Joshuah Bearman and Rich Schapiro
  9. celebrity
    The End of Kimye’s Wild RideShe thought he was an artistic genius. He wanted to “dip her ass in gold.” And now it’s over.
    By Allison P. Davis
  10. power
    Comedian Jeff Ross Accused of Sexual Relationship With Underage Girl“He liked that I was innocent.”
    By Megh Wright
  11. first person
    My AppetitesJerry Saltz on eating and coping mechanisms, childhood and self-control, criticism, love, cancer and pandemics.
    By Jerry Saltz
  12. the jokes must go on
    At Home (Where Else?) With Jimmy FallonThe late-night host makes a quarantine comeback, with an assist from his wife and kids.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  13. feature
    The Art World’s Mini-Madoff and MeBoozy nights and high-stakes art trades with Inigo Philbrick.
    By Kenny Schachter
  14. the future
    What Comes After TV?Snapchat is making hypercondensed shows specifically to watch on a smartphone. It’s harder than you’d think.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  15. language
    Why Do Corporations Speak the Way They Do?The pernicious spread of garbage language.
    By Molly Young
  16. profile
    Juice WRLD Doesn’t Want to Be Emo AnymoreThe rapper, who has died at 21, got big off of raw, sad songs.
    By Molly Lambert
  17. tv
    How Drag Became America’s New National PastimeIt’s now a full-fledged spectator sport. And drag queens now have a shot at pop stardom.
    By Matthew Schneier
  18. vulture lists
    The Most Powerful Drag Queens in America, RankedAfter talking to talent agents and managers, club bookers, and producers, we determined America’s top-100 Drag Race superstars.
    By The Editors
  19. gallery
    A Trove of ‘Lost’ New York City Crime Scene Photos, Unearthed After 82 YearsSeventy-three prints from legendary photographer Weegee were stashed in a kitchen cupboard and unseen until now.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  20. anniversaries
    The Weird Sadness of Aughts NostalgiaThe good art from the era came at the expense of great distress.
    By Craig Jenkins
  21. oscars 2019
    An Oscar Win for ‘Shallow’ or ‘All the Stars’ Would Be Significant. Here’s Why.Popular songs used to rule the original song category at the Oscars. Could a win for A Star Is Born or Black Panther change that?
    By Jen Chaney
  22. deaths
    Andrew Lincoln Didn’t Like That The Walking Dead Killed Off Steven Yeun“I regret Glenn going.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  23. Chemistry? Watch Sheila Carrasco and Eliot Schwartz in Piano LessonsThey’re the Marty and Bobbi Mohan-Culp of 2018.
    By Luke Kelly-Clyne
  24. feature
    Jerry Saltz: My Life As a Failed ArtistDecades after giving up the dream for good, an art critic returns to the work he’d devoted his life to, then abandoned — but never really forgot.
    By Jerry Saltz
  25. feature
    With Rumors, Scandal, and a Record Budget Shortfall, What Broke the Met?Just a year ago, the museum was planning an ambitious expansion and touting record attendance. Now its director has been ousted.
    By Boris Kachka
  26. close reads
    24 Is Back to Make You Fear Muslim Terrorists AgainIts arrival at this moment in American history highlights an awkward tension inherent to TV reboots.
    By Gazelle Emami
  27. president obama
    The Best of BET’s Obama CelebrationWith Leslie Odom Jr., Usher, Common, and more.
    By Jackson McHenry
  28. pop music
    Is Culture Borrowing Always Theft?Jesse Williams, Justin Timberlake, and the hotly contested new (and still-simmering old) debates over cultural appropriation in pop music. 
    By Craig Jenkins and Frank Guan
  29. art and design 2016
    The Blackest Black Ever KnownLight enters but virtually none of it escapes; 99.965 percent is absorbed.
    By Benjamin Wallace
  30. Is Richard Prince the Andy Warhol of Instagram?He always wanted to be the coolest artist in the world. But how much cred can one man appropriate?
    By Carl Swanson
  31. vulture cover story
    Can the Art World Take James Franco Seriously?In conversation with Jerry Saltz, the celebrity makes a case for his art.
    By Jerry Saltz
  32. Can the Art World Take James Franco Seriously?In conversation with Jerry Saltz, the celebrity makes a case for his art.
  33. culture cheats
    10 Tricks That Musicians and Actors Use in Live PerformancesFrom live pitch correction and in-ear cues to line feeding and hidden singers.
    By Boris Kachka, Rebecca Milzoff, and Dan Reilly
  34. theater
    A Long Conversation With the Scene-Stealers of HamiltonTalking with stars Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Christopher Jackson.
    By Jesse David Fox
  35. podcasts
    Inside the Making of Serial Season TwoHow the podcast scaled up from Adnan to Afghanistan.
    By Carl Swanson
  36. How Concussion Skirted the NFL’s Trademarks“We had great lawyers and we checked every fact, so that there was no way we can be discredited.”
    By Kat Ward
  37. In Conversation With Nancy MeyersWe sat down with Meyers for a conversation about what it’s like, and what it means, to occupy such a singular position in the movie industry.
    By Amy Larocca
  38. Samuel L. Jackson, Tarantino’s Leading ManSix collaborations in, no one understands the director’s vision better.
    By Jada Yuan
  39. Is Bobby Shmurda a Gangster or Simply ‘Guilty for Where I Live’?How an Empire-like rise plays out in real life.
    By Robert Kolker
  40. feature
    What Does the Art World Have Against Jeff Koons?Dueling New York gallery shows, followed by a career retrospective at the Whitney. But the most powerful American artist has plenty left to prove.
    By Carl Swanson
  41. feature
    Inside ‘The New Show,’ Lorne Michaels’ Early-80s Sketch Show FlopIn the Broadway Video offices, I asked a couple of staffers if they had tapes of The New Show. “Of course,” replied the taller one. “We have […]
    By Dennis Perrin
  42. celebrity
    Monetizing the Celebrity MeltdownBuying Neverland Ranch was one of many opportunities seized by Tom Barrack, a billionaire who found a market in distressed-celebrity real estate.
    By Benjamin Wallace
  43. The Surprising Persistence of ‘Women Aren’t Funny’One of my favorite interactions I’ve ever had as a comic happened when I asked a friend of mine if I could perform at a show he runs. I wrote […]
    By Molly Knefel
  44. Why You Should Be Watching The LeagueHey, comedy nerds: You should be watching The League. I have a feeling not all of you are, and that’s a problem. Some of you tuned in last […]
    By Dan Nosowitz
  45. The Comedy Consultant: 7 Strat Tips For Tweeting Your Comedy Career To the […]Leveraging the web to launch your comedy brand hasn’t been a secret since Dane Cook rode the MySpace meteorite all the way to next-lev stand-up […]
    By Alex Blagg
  46. The 55 Best Comedies Available to Watch Instantly on NetflixThe Netflix Watch Instantly feature is amazing. Whether on your computer, phone, iPad or TV, it allows you to watch thousands upon thousands of […]
    By Adam Frucci
  47. Partners in Love and Comedy WritingFor nearly five years, despite the pleas of common sense, I’ve engaged in a steamy office romance. But it’s not what you think. There aren’t […]
    By Mike Schuster
  48. Does Good Comedy Have an Expiration Date?Shakespeare might bore you to tears, but believe it or not, Puck from Midsummer Night’s Dream was one of the funniest characters of his time. […]
    By Toby Shuster
  49. feature
    The Story Behind American Psycho’s CancellationSimon & Schuster decided that Bret Easton Ellis’s slice-and-dice novel was too loathsome to print. Knopf thought otherwise.
    By Phoebe Hoban