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Lady Gaga Knows About Reheating Nachos And she is claiming the right to her cheese blend.
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NCIS (Still) Cannot Be Denied The hit procedural just cleared another ratings milestone and shows no sign of slowing down.
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DJ Funk, Ghetto House Originator, Dead at 53 He had stage 4 cancer.
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Where’s Willy? Abe Koogler’s Deep Blue Sound The orcas have vanished, and a Pacific Northwest community is puzzled.
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Jason Isbell Reimagines the Divorce Album His split from Amanda Shires marked the end of a potent redemption arc. Foxes in the Snow imagines a new path.
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What’s Behind Door Number 2523? A massive revelation has Matty reconsidering her entire mission.
The Traitors (S3/E11)

Fire Away History repeats itself in a surprisingly anticlimactic finale.
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Pressure Relief I was rooting for you, Langdon! We were all rooting for you!
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Later, Beaches Shep has finally been dumped. Can we finally retire from this never-ending trip?
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No Tears Left to Cry A character-driven plot that showcases Jennifer Love Hewitt’s many talents? We are so back.
Reacher (S3/E5)

Math Is Never Wrong The big guy gets slapped; the little guy gets stomped.
Summer House (S9/E4)

Gender and Other Constructs Kyle needs to realize that by raging out at his wife’s friends, he’s slowly ruining Amanda’s social life.
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The Lion, Lady Bird, and the Streaming Service

Greta Gerwig’s cast hasn’t been confirmed, but you know the rumors are swirling. By Jason P. Frank

movie review In the Lost Lands Is So Metal It Hurts Paul W.S. Anderson returns, this time with a postapocalyptic medieval fantasy sci-fi western fable adapted from a George R.R. Martin short story. By Bilge Ebiri
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coming soon World of Wonder Is Making a Documentary About The Vivienne Dear Viv will premiere later this year on WOW Presents Plus. By Bethy Squires
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The Pitt’s Katherine LaNasa Unpacks Dana’s Most ‘Degrading’ Moment

“How do you go home to your daughters and granddaughter and be like, ‘Mom goes to a place where they beat her up every day’?” By Jen Chaney

ratings NCIS (Still) Cannot Be Denied The hit procedural just cleared another ratings milestone and shows no sign of slowing down. By Josef Adalian
cultural pharmacopeia ‘This Show Really Faced an Uphill Battle’ Deli Boys creator Abdullah Saeed talks about putting the jokes first while examining survivor’s guilt and dodging representation discourse. By Hershal Pandya
last night on late night How Late Night Addressed Trump’s Address Bon mots from Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and more. By Bethy Squires
obits Space Ghost Coast to Coast Only Worked Because of George Lowe The false front of professionalism sold every absurd joke. By Bethy Squires

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Meghan Markle Pioneers New Frontiers in Unrelatability With Love, Meghan desperately wants your approval and playacts normalcy to try to get it. By Kathryn VanArendonk

cancel culture Every TV Show Canceled in 2025 So Far Netflix doesn’t consider the CIA show ‘The Recruit’ an asset anymore. By Jennifer Zhan
snl50 Lady Gaga Is Method Hosting SNL in New Promo Just singing everything she sees like Randy Newman. By Bethy Squires
news about the news Tom Llamas Succeeds Lester Holt as Anchor of NBC Nightly News He’ll take over the show some time this summer. By Bethy Squires
infected The Last of Us Casts Our Favorite Clock Twink Season two will also feature an increased role for weed farmer Eugene. By Zoe Guy

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Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Ultra Private Husband, Dead at 82

“He is in God’s arms now and I am okay with that. I will always love you.” By Alejandra Gularte

this is mayhem The Lady Gaga Math Does Not Add Up Everyone is counting to LG7 wrong — including the Mayhem star herself. By Justin Curto
whose tostitos? Lady Gaga Knows About Reheating Nachos And she is claiming the right to her cheese blend. By Jason P. Frank
rip DJ Funk, Ghetto House Originator, Dead at 53 He had stage 4 cancer. By Justin Curto

obits Roy Ayers, Writer of ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine,’ Dies at 84 His songs were sampled by everyone, from Tupac to Björk. By Bethy Squires
hack the planet The Hackers Who Stole the Eras Tour Two people have been charged with stealing 900+ tickets and reselling them on StubHub. By Bethy Squires
bop or flop Is Kyle Gordon’s ‘Selekta’ a Banger or Bad Bangers and Mash? “Blood on my trainers? I can’t risk it.” By Rebecca Alter and Anne Victoria Clark
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Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney Again

“Not since Harry and Meghan has Netflix given more money to someone without a specific plan.” By Hershal Pandya

my wives Gabby Windey and Robby Hoffman Got Married in a ‘Hopeless Place’ Tying the knot after fleeing the California wildfires in January By Jason P. Frank
jokes The 2025 Awards Season in Opening Monologues From Nikki Glaser at the Golden Globes to Conan O’Brien at the Oscars, and seven others in between. By Hershal Pandya
remember movie theaters? Introducing CinemaStreams, Also Known As Movie Theaters Martin Scorsese helps Conan sell his new invention, CinemaStreams, a dedicated building for movies. By Fran Hoepfner

awards szn No Time Was Wasted in Conan O’Brien’s Oscars Monologue True to form, the host brought the silly, with bits about Jeff Bezos getting kidnapped by a package thief and a giant, superfluous musical number. By Hershal Pandya
callbacks Adam Sandler Sure Does Love Saying ‘Chalamet’ Calling back to a previous award show monologue during your awards show monologue, it’s unprecedented. By Bethy Squires
stand-up 5 New Comedy Specials You Should Definitely Watch (When You Have a Moment) Looking for some stand-up recommendations? Here are some February releases that are worth your attention. By Jesse David Fox
funny videos of the month The Best Comedy Shorts of February 2025 Rounding up our favorite funny videos of the month. By Luke Kelly-Clyne and Graham Techler
this week in late night Bong Joon Ho’s Mime Work Won Late Night This Week Plus Jennifer Tilly having a Lucille Bluth moment and Jon Stewart bleeding for us. By Bethy Squires

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Sumo Is a Subculture Story That Goes Big

The backstage dynamics of an ancient, extremely ritualized sport. By Sara Holdren

works in progress Not Your High School Crucible Sadie Sink stars in John Proctor is the Villain, a Broadway comedy that upends the classic drama. By Devon Ivie
backstories Toni Morrison’s Lost Play Why did the novelist’s only staged drama disappear for so long? By Elon Green
here we (literally) go again Mamma Mia! Is Coming Back to Broadway This Summer My, my, how can you resist this? By Jennifer Zhan
chat room Wicked’s Jenna Bainbridge on Reframing Nessarose’s “Tragic” Disability Twenty-one years in, she’s the first disabled actor to play Elphaba’s sister, who uses a wheelchair, on Broadway. By Esme Mazzeo

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theater review Overexposition: On the Evolutionary Function of Shame A script that tries to do a lot of explaining. By Sara Holdren
theater The Best Hate-Watch of All Time A guide to Smash, from screen to stage. By Jason P. Frank
works in progress Closers Only Bob Odenkirk, Kieran Culkin, and Bill Burr battle for the top of the Glengarry Glen Ross leaderboard. By Rebecca Alter

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book review The Minority Report Gets a Trump-Era Update Laila Lalami’s The Dream Hotel is an alarming dystopian approximation of what we might be headed toward. By Sam Worley
book review Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Frustrating Return Her new novel Dream Count suffers from the retrograde gender politics and bad writing that has defined her career of late. By Sanjena Sathian
vulture lists 28 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your 2025 Reading List Robert Pattinson (and some clones) are heading to space. By Emily Maskell
vulture lists 5 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This Month Including a new novel that will sneak up on you. By Marshall Heyman
neighborhood news ‘So You All Got the Email …’ At the launch for Susan Morrison’s Lorne after a reply-all blizzard. By Paula Aceves

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the work of art Lisa Yuskavage Becomes the Protagonist After 35 years of painting her signature girls, the artist has turned to a new subject: herself. By Adam Moss
art review The Exhilarating Anger of Christine Sun Kim Her new show at the Whitney reveals that language is a social currency that constantly places the deaf at a disadvantage. By Jerry Saltz
remembrances Walter Robinson, Rogue Pirate of the Art World The longtime man-about-downtown died this week at age 74. By Jerry Saltz
art review Caspar David Friedrich’s Lonely Islands A retrospective at the Met captures the German romanticist’s epic melancholy. By Jerry Saltz
extremely online The Hyperpigmentation Drawing Meme Is a Work of Art Call it TikTok’s modern-day Mona Lisa. By Jennifer Zhan