Alert Icon

Double Right Chevrons
Devouring Culture

Hot Topics:

gallery
first person

The Voice of New York Is Drill

 It’s the most captivating sound the city has heard in decades — and also the most misunderstood. Here, 19 NY drill artists set the record straight. gallery By Camille Squires
role play

Hassan Johnson Is Television’s Funniest Gangster

 From Wee-Bey on The Wire to Drew on Flatbush Misdemeanors, the actor has mastered playing terrifying characters who get laughs. By Hershal Pandya
remembrance

The Jagged Life of Anne Heche

 She lived and died like an early Hollywood star who imploded before a grande dame period could get under way. By Matt Zoller Seitz
album review

Megan Thee Stallion Takes Control of Her News Cycle

 Traumazine is a reminder there’s a human on the other side of the headlines. By Craig Jenkins

The Drill Generation

  1. What Is the Sound of Drill? By Wayne Marshall
  2. What Happens When Drill and the Justice System Clash in the Courtroom? By Victoria Bekiempis
  3. The Drill Songs to Know By Trey Alston

The Feed
  1. trailer mix
    Wednesday Teaser: The Addams Family Has Scholastic Problems and Spooky Solutions Jenna Ortega stars as the titular piranha-wielding teen.
  2. read on
    Salman Rushdie Book Sales Soar Following Attack The Satanic Verses author has reentered best-seller lists while recovering.
  4. american crisis
    Andrew Cuomo Can Keep $5 Million for COVID-19 Book, Judge Rules After an ethics panel previously said he had to give it up for reported improper use of state resources.
  5. it's a re-sabotage
    Netflix Is Reviving Competition Classic The Mole This Fall As long as no saboteurs get in the way.
  6. vulture 10x10
    The Green Puzzle 5-Down, Five Letters: Actress John Travolta once called “Adele.”
  7. the guys are fighting
    Kid Cudi Says Reuniting With Kanye West Would Take a ‘Miracle’ “I don’t see it happening. He gon’ have to become a monk.”
  9. tributes
    Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert to Stream on Paramount+ The lineup now includes the Foo Fighters, Travis Barker, and Hawkins’s son, Shane.
  10. the law
    Timbaland and Swizz Beatz Sue Triller for $28 Million in Missed Verzuz Payments The musicians sold their live series to the TikTok competitor last year.
  11. guides
    The Drill Songs to Know A mini genre primer.
  12. the law
    What Happens When Drill and the Justice System Clash in the Courtroom? Lawyers and lawmakers share their experiences.
  13. profile
    The Tragedy of Jayquan McKenley He wanted to be a drill star. He became a symbol in a culture war instead.
  14. music
    What Is the Sound of Drill? Brrrrrrrrrrap. Bang! Bam! Pow!
  15. bad boys
    Zoë Kravitz Wanted ‘Boy Next Door’ Channing Tatum to Play a Dark Character “It’s always really intriguing to have someone bring you something that literally no one else has ever thought of you for.”
  16. tweet tweet
    Rachel Zegler Lies in Snow in Hunger Games Prequel First Look Well, technically Coriolanus Snow for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
More News More News More News

Most Popular

  1. The Jagged Life of Anne Heche
  2. Better Call Saul Series-Finale Recap: The Time Machine
  3. Kim Wexler’s Curtain Call
  4. Let’s Talk About the End of Better Call Saul
  5. Only Murders in the Building Recap: All Is Not OK in NYC
  1. The Jagged Life of Anne Heche
  2. Better Call Saul Series-Finale Recap: The Time Machine
  3. Kim Wexler’s Curtain Call
  4. Let’s Talk About the End of Better Call Saul
  5. Only Murders in the Building Recap: All Is Not OK in NYC

Interview

TV Recaps
More Recaps

Vulture Lists
More Vulture Lists

Features

Streamliner
See More

Reviews

TV

Movies

Comedy

Music

Books

Arts

Podcasts

Greatest Hits

  • profile Nathan Fielder Is Out of His Mind (and Inside Yours) The comedian is known for his often hilarious, sometimes mean, always uncomfortable stunts. The Rehearsal is his grandest experiment yet. By Lila Shapiro
  • putting the atoms together ‘No Aliens, No Spaceships, No Invasion of Earth’ An oral history of Contact, the sci-fi movie that defied Hollywood norms and made it big anyway. By Rachel Handler
  • profile Hot Joel Summer Joel Kim Booster’s deliciously bawdy debut film, Fire Island, maps Pride and Prejudice’s class tensions onto the vacation hideaway for gay men. By E. Alex Jung
  • community theater ‘We Should Hate It, But It Works’ An oral history of the inexplicably star-studded, hallucinogenic ending of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. By Rachel Handler
  • feature The Undoing of Joss Whedon The Buffy creator, once an icon of Hollywood feminism, is now an outcast accused of misogyny. How did he get here? By Lila Shapiro
  • close reads Hanya’s Boys The novelist tends to torture her gay male characters — but only so she can swoop in to save them. By Andrea Long Chu