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Questlove’s Sly Lives! Is a Revealing Portrait of the Hazards of Genius

You walk out of Sly Lives! feeling like you’ve genuinely learned something, but you also walk out exhilarated. By Bilge Ebiri

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OK Go Are Still on the Treadmill

They were the first musicians to bet big on YouTube. But their approach continues to raise questions about what it means to be a band. By Jesse David Fox

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A Real Manager Gives Lumon a Performance Review

Ask a Manager’s Alison Green breaks down Severance’s twisted approach to employee relations. By Sophie Brookover

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Sherlock Holmes is one of the most adapted characters in the history of literature, but what of his trusty Dr. Watson? By Rory Doherty

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Questlove’s Sly Lives! Is a Revealing Portrait of the Hazards of Genius You walk out of Sly Lives! feeling like you’ve genuinely learned something, but you also walk out exhilarated.
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Freedom in Speech: Sanaz Toossi’s English For these characters, learning a global language is both broadening and restraining.
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Half-Bach’d: Alisa Weilerstein’s Cello Mashups Newly commissioned works interwoven with the Bach cello suites don’t add up to a greater whole.
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False Tongue We’re back to classic Night Agent stuff: Peter Sutherland setting out to prevent an attack while the oblivious U.S. government tries to stop him.
Dexter: Original Sin (S1/E7)

Trash Duty How hard is it really to get rid of a dead body?
Severance (S2/E2)

A Long Weekend Hopefully, Milchick got overtime pay for all the work he did over the weekend cleaning up Lumon’s mess.
The Night Agent (S2/E7)

Treachery It’s brutal to watch Noor place her trust in the wrong people.
The Traitors (S3/E5)

Riddle Me This Danielle’s thirst for revenge against Boston Rob has totally thrown off her entire game.
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The Four Most Important Things Dr. Robby’s bedside manner knows no bounds.
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Never Enough The late coming-out arc for Bela is so good it might have saved the season.
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Everything Is Relative The series is starting to lose the simplicity that made last season such a satisfying conspiracy thriller.
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album review FKA Twigs Did This for Herself The timing of Eusexua and its knotty sexual politics is not accidental. By Craig Jenkins
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theater review Freedom in Speech: Sanaz Toossi’s English For these characters, learning a global language is both broadening and restraining. By Sara Holdren

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Let Aisling Franciosi Be Funny

Twinless is a great showcase for Franciosi’s real-deal comedic chops. By Fran Hoepfner

vulture lists Every Steven Soderbergh Movie, Ranked From Ocean’s Eleven to Presence, he’s never made anything dull. By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
the law Michael Jackson Biopic Must Reshoot the Entire Third Act After a contract surfaced barring the depiction of accuser Jordan Chandler and his family. By Jason P. Frank
now streaming The 9 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Oscar nominations are out. Time to finally catch The Brutalist. By Savannah Salazar

movie review Cinderella Was Always a Body-Horror Story Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister underlines the base grotesquerie of the original fairy tale. By Bilge Ebiri
she’s everywhere Charli XCX Is Creating The Moment She’s starring and producing in a new movie with A24. By Alejandra Gularte
puppets! Robert Eggers’s Next Creature Feature Involves Puppets He’s directing a sequel to Labyrinth. By Alejandra Gularte
movie review Flight Risk Is Not the Right Kind of Dumb This gimmicky thriller, directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg, starts falling apart almost as soon as it gets started. By Alison Willmore
sundance 2025 There’s Still Money to Be Made at Sundance — Or So Producers Hope Despite fires, strikes, and pandemic hangover, the people hoping to sell films at Sundance are, nonetheless, bullish on indie filmdom. By Chris Lee

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The Agency Makes Betrayal So Romantic

A heartbreaking cliffhanger emphasizes the series’ portrayal of love as an act of blissful self-destruction. By Roxana Hadadi

break room gossip What Exactly Is ‘Cold Harbor,’ and Other Severance Questions We are 68 percent of the way to an answer. By Brian Grubb
this week in late night Jimmy Kimmel Vamping Won Late Night This Week Plus Jesse Eisenberg’s anti-charm and a comedy-bud reunion on After Midnight. By Bethy Squires
miscommunication Chanel Ayan Thought Her Fellow Traitors Castmates Were Just Going Through It She thought everyone was just calling themselves survivors. By Alejandra Gularte
finale thoughts Taylor Kitsch Didn’t Expect a Happy Ending The American Primeval star breaks down that brutal final scene and where he thinks the Friday Night Lights reboot will find Tim Riggins. By Roxana Hadadi

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Start Making Your Reservations for The White Lotus Season 3 Carrie Coon, we’d follow you anywhere. By Rebecca Alter

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crime

Marilyn Manson Will Not Face Charges in L.A.

Accuser Esmé Bianco is “deeply disappointed” but “sadly not surprised.” By Justin Curto

new music friday Understanding Eusexua, FKA Twigs’s Philosophy of Feeling North West gets it. By Arimeta Diop
album review FKA Twigs Did This for Herself The timing of Eusexua and its knotty sexual politics is not accidental. By Craig Jenkins
reunited Bruno Mars Hosts a Sexyy Red Reunion Lady Gaga and Rosé joined Mars to cheer on Sexyy Red. By Alejandra Gularte

famous families Trace Cyrus Says Billy Ray Is ‘Not Healthy’ “Me and the girls have been genuinely worried about you for years.” By Justin Curto
vulture sports Kendrick Lamar and SZA to Pop Out at the Super Bowl Better days coming for sure. By Alex Suskind
chat room Monica Barbaro, First-Time Oscar Nominee, Is Plotting a Way to Meet Joan Baez It may or may not involve a drum circle. By Devon Ivie
we are the world Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Joni Mitchell Playing Wildfire Benefit Concert Stevie Nicks, Lil Baby, and more are also playing FireAid on January 30. By Justin Curto
classical-music review Half-Bach’d: Alisa Weilerstein’s Cello Mashups Newly commissioned works interwoven with the Bach cello suites don’t add up to a greater whole. By Justin Davidson

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Gary Gulman Clings to Grandiloquence

In his Off Broadway show, the comedian too often confuses attention for acceptance. By Kathryn VanArendonk

last night on late night Dave Chappelle Asks Trump to ‘Do Better’ in SNL Monologue It was the longest monologue in Saturday Night Live history. By Bethy Squires
remembrance Just a Bit Outside Baseball’s resident jester Bob Uecker became one of the sport’s most beloved figures—and an entertainment star along the way. By Matt Zoller Seitz
comedy review Roy Wood Jr. Comes Into Focus Lonely Flowers is a reminder that we should all just pick up the phone and call. By Kathryn VanArendonk

this week in late night Seth Meyers Repaying His Debts Won Late Night This Week Plus, Roy Wood Jr. embedding with firefighters in Compton and Julia Stiles learning who Robbie Williams is. By Bethy Squires
docuseries The Best SNL Docuseries Episode Is Obviously ‘More Cowbell’ This four-part Peacock show has a fever, and we bet you can guess what the only prescription for it is. By Jen Chaney
well deserved Presenting the Latest Mark Twain Prize Winner: Conan O’Brien The former late-night host joins the ranks of a celebrated group including Kevin Hart, Jon Stewart, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. By Hershal Pandya
a bad idea worth considering SNL Needs More Mustaches The show should return to its ‘70s roots (in this one particular way). By Jesse David Fox
the great bits Kathleen Madigan Stares Down the Abyss of Indulgence Why her 2013 bit about a cruise with Lewis Black is such a stand-up masterwork. By John Roy

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Freedom in Speech: Sanaz Toossi’s English

For these characters, learning a global language is both broadening and restraining. By Sara Holdren

willkom-mask Does the Mask Stay On? Orville Peck will star in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club on Broadway, leading to one inevitable question. By Jason P. Frank
mythic proportions Maya Hawke to Make Off Broadway Debut in Eurydice “Eurydice is a warning to not spend your life fixated on your memories,” Hawke says. By Jason P. Frank
2025 preview 18 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See in 2025 Idina Menzel in the forest, Paul Mescal in Brooklyn, and more. By Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry
playbook Where Will Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster Pop Up Next? We’ve got some ideas about where their showmance might go from here. By Fran Hoepfner

year in culture
The Bests of 2024 All the books, podcasts, and anime (plus TV, movies, music, and more) that captivated our critics (and John Waters) this year. By Vulture Editors

from the wings Life As a Millennial Stage Mom A journey into the cutthroat and adorable world of professional child actors. podcast By Lauren Hilgers
look book The Look Book Goes to Cult of Love’s Opening-Night Party The play’s cast, creative team, and supporters celebrated at Yard House in Times Square. gallery By Emily Leibert and Jeremy Rellosa
rip Linda Lavin, Tony Winner and Alice Star, Dead at 87 She won theater’s highest honor for 1987’s Broadway Bound. By Devon E. Ivie
theater review The Sit-Down Comedy of All In John Mulaney and friends deliver bright readings of slight tales. By Sara Holdren

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Books

book review Han Kang’s Latest Novel Mines Korea’s Bloody Past We Do Not Part is the very best kind of story-telling, poetic and ambiguous without ever shying away from horrible historic truths. By Robert Rubsam
cheat sheet The Rise of Rebecca Yarros, Mother of Dragon Smut What to know about the author of the breakout “Empyrean” series. By Jennifer Zhan
in conversation David Lynch on His Memoir Room to Dream and Clues to His Films “People are detectives and we have life to find clues about in the same way we would with a piece of cinema.” By David Marchese
physical media The Art Lost in L.A. Fires Count Warhol artworks, Gary Indiana’s library, and Schoenberg scores among the losses. By Justin Curto
reading is fun Maybe AJ Brown Can Be Our New BookTok The Eagles wide receiver’s sideline read Inner Excellence became an Amazon best seller. By Alejandra Gularte

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in conversation Mickalene Thomas Doesn’t Need the Whitney Biennial In conversation with an artist who has always claimed her own spaces. By Jerry Saltz
video games Come for the Art, Stay for the Art Punching Nazis is just a bonus in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. By Lewis Gordon
year in culture Vulture’s 20 Most-Read Stories of 2024 From brat summer to a scandalous fall, here’s what our readers loved most this year. By Vulture Editors
profile Lorraine O’Grady Finally Has the World’s Attention At 86, the artist had cemented her (belated) trailblazing status. By Jillian Steinhauer
art review Night Bitches Alex Katz, Matthew Barney, and Jamian Juliano-Villani face the darkness. By Jerry Saltz