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The Anatomy of an Alex Cooper Interview

The Call Her Daddy host uses a consistent set of tactics to charm and disarm her guests. By Rebecca Jennings

shock and awe

Sparks Are Li’l Album-Cover Freaks

Ranking the band’s most museum-worthy artworks with the brothers themselves. By Devon Ivie

what's his take?

SubwayTakes Is Trying to Squeeze All the Juice

Social media is more saturated with the series than ever before. Creator Kareem Rahma wants to see how far the audience’s appetite will stretch. By Hershal Pandya

first person

Pee-wee and Me

The film I made about my childhood hero was four years in the making, and it almost broke me. By Matt Wolf

Captain Nathan

The Rehearsal season two has left the gate.

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since i was 17 4:12 p.m.

Lorde’s Virgin Birth The Lorde giveth an album on June 27.
hot goss 3:15 p.m.

76 Blind Items Led the Gossip Parade The Jackman-Furness divorce is finally official.
diddy trial 3:00 p.m.

Celebrity Stylist Says Diddy Frequently Called Cassie a ‘Bitch’ Today’s testimony bolsters the case that Diddy’s abuse was also verbal.
saymo(re) 2:20 p.m.

Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney Again On this week’s season finale: Adam Sandler, Joe Mande, Sean Penn, Sleater-Kinney, Fred Armisen, three 14-year-olds fighting Mulaney, and more.
last night on late night 1:29 p.m.

Nathan Fielder Thinks He Has One-Upped Sully Sullenberger “I did put down my plane safely … on land.”
all star vacation 9:34 a.m.

Survivor 50 Somehow Got Mike White to Come Back We hope he likes Coach.
queens and pawns 9:05 a.m.

Lea Michele and Aaron Tveit Are Playing Chess on Broadway Performing “One Night in Bangkok” many nights in New York.
vulture 10x10 5:00 a.m.

The Talent Puzzle 8-Down, Four Letters: Shaboozey song that features Jelly Roll
vulture games 5:00 a.m.

Cinematrix No. 428: May 28, 2025 Can you name a Blake Lively movie based on a book?
accio 2:25 a.m.

Every Muggle Who’s Been Summoned to HBO’s Harry Potter Cast Adapting these books could potentially be a decade-long chapter of their careers.
vulture sports 5/27/2025

Fresh from France, Spike Lee Joined the Celebs in Indy to Root for the Knicks Now that he’s back from Cannes, the director joined Timothée Chalamet, 50 Cent, and more celebs at Game 4.
pardons 5/27/2025

The Chrisleys to Be Pardoned by a Fellow Former Reality Star “Thank God for a president like Donald J. Trump,” Savannah Chrisley said in a video, adding that she is preparing to pick her parents up.
cannes 2025 5/27/2025

The 11 Best Movies We Saw at Cannes This Year It was the best iteration of the French festival in years.
exit interview 5/27/2025

‘It’s All a Circle’ How The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss and Bruce Miller brought June Osborne home.

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overnights 10:00 a.m.

Nine Perfect Strangers Recap: Cold Plunge Masha can’t even be bothered to watch over the people she’s forcing into going on her psychedelic retreat.
overnights 5/27/2025

The Valley Recap: Jumping the Shark Janet and Kristen’s proxy war is slowly heating up.
overnights 5/27/2025

The Handmaid’s Tale Series-Finale Recap: Epilogue Mommies always come back.
overnights 5/26/2025

Below Deck Down Under Season-Finale Recap: Bon Voyage You’d think it being the last night of the season would mean that everyone feels inclined to let go of their grudges. Not Lara.
overnights 5/25/2025

The Rehearsal Season-Finale Recap: Come Fly With Me A brilliant finale brings the season in for a personal, unexpectedly moving landing.
overnights 5/25/2025

The Last of Us Season-Finale Recap: The Monster at the End of This Season Ellie has abandoned whatever moral high ground she used to occupy.
overnights 5/25/2025

The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Freak and Fraud Reunite Phaedra makes her grand reentry with minimal accountability and maximal confessional shade.
overnights 5/24/2025

Doctor Who Recap: When in Doubt The Doctor and Belinda came home for this?
overnights 5/23/2025

RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Brooks and Dun-dun-duuun … A design challenge is a smart assignment for this particular group of queens because it means locking them in the workroom to bicker.
overnights 5/23/2025

Sirens Finale Recap: Mrs. Somebody For as unnerving as Michaela has been, the truth is that she, Simone, and Devon are just three women trying to beat the odds however they can.
overnights 5/22/2025

Top Chef Recap: The Meat Sweats The chefs honor Calgary’s rodeo tradition with pancakes and a beef-and-berry pairing.
overnights 5/22/2025

Hacks Recap: A Long Day at the Office Deborah’s job is a lot tougher without Winnie than it ever was with her.
overnights 5/22/2025

Sirens Recap: Family Matters “Persephone” brings things crashing back down to earth, throwing all our main characters together for one final chaotic night.
overnights 5/22/2025

Sirens Recap: Temptation Island Michaela distracts Simone from Ethan with a mission to stalk Peter. Unfortunately, Simone’s about as good at that as Devon is at subtle questioning.

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movie review 11:00 a.m.

See Pig and Tremble Before Your Own Mortality Let Nicolas Cage illuminate the way.
endings 5/25/2025

The Last of Us Enters Perilous Territory Season two’s cliffhanger, lifted directly from the game, will be trickier for the TV adaptation to pull off.
cannes 2025 5/24/2025

Jennifer Lawrence Gets to Act Her Age in Die, My Love Lynne Ramsay’s postpartum phantasmagoria doesn’t go somewhere so much as it runs right off a cliff, and it’s Lawrence who holds its pieces together.
cannes 2025 5/23/2025

Honey Don’t! Is Only Worth Watching For the Sexual Swagger The latest “lesbian B-movie” from Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke doesn’t have a lot else going on.
way too close reads 5/23/2025

The Final Reckoning Is Closure for Tom Cruise’s Infamous Couch Jump The new Mission: Impossible hits theaters 20 years to the day since Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch. And it dares to show him crazy in love again.
comedy review 5/23/2025

Jerrod Carmichael Takes Off the Armor Don’t Be Gay is surprisingly free of high-concept artfulness. Without it, what’s left?
cannes 2025 5/23/2025

Josh O’Connor Is at His Hangdog Dirtbag Best in The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt’s wonderful new movie features O’Connor’s best performance to date.
movie review 5/23/2025

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Is From a Different Century We mean that in the best possible way.
cannes 2025 5/22/2025

The Sublime Sentimental Value Is the Toast of This Year’s Cannes Film Festival Joachim Trier reunites with his The Worst Person In The World star Renate Reinsve for a filigree delicate drama about family, art, and trauma.
cannes 2025 5/22/2025

Yes! Is Unflinchingly Critical of Israel — Which May Make It Hard to Release As Cannes takes on the war in Gaza, no other film is as incriminating as Nadav Lapid’s latest.
tv review 5/22/2025

Sirens Will Reel You In Come for Julianne Moore in possible-cult-leader mode, stay for Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock’s sublime sister act.
cannes 2025 5/21/2025

Alpha Is a Striking Mess of a Movie Julia Ducournau’s follow-up to Titane is eerie, disturbing, and not terribly coherent.
movie review 5/21/2025

Maybe a Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Remake Wasn’t Such a Great Idea The beloved 2002 Disney animated classic is a one-of-a-kind wonder. This live-action remake feels like a shrill, soulless imitation.
theater review 5/20/2025

Divas, Sacred and Profane: Goddess and The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse Amber Iman reaches for the stars; so does a mysterious tabloid figure.

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Kara Young on Her Back-to-Back (to Back to Back) Tony Nominations By Jason P. Frank

Nine Perfect Strangers (S2/E3)

Cold Plunge Masha can’t even be bothered to watch over the people she’s forcing into going on her psychedelic retreat.
The Valley (S2/E7)

Jumping the Shark Janet and Kristen’s proxy war is slowly heating up.
The Handmaid’s Tale (S6/E10)

Epilogue Mommies always come back.
Below Deck Down Under (S3/E17)

Bon Voyage You’d think it being the last night of the season would mean that everyone feels inclined to let go of their grudges. Not Lara.
The Rehearsal (S2/E6)

Come Fly With Me A brilliant finale brings the season in for a personal, unexpectedly moving landing.
The Last of Us (S2/E7)

The Monster at the End of This Season Ellie has abandoned whatever moral high ground she used to occupy.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (S16/E12)

Freak and Fraud Reunite Phaedra makes her grand reentry with minimal accountability and maximal confessional shade.
Doctor Who (S15/E7)

When in Doubt The Doctor and Belinda came home for this?
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (S10/E4)

Brooks and Dun-dun-duuun … A design challenge is a smart assignment for this particular group of queens because it means locking them in the workroom to bicker.
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Streamliner

vampires on demand Sinners Will Come Knocking on VOD Next Week Ryan Coogler’s horror blockbuster wants to follow you home. By Savannah Salazar
now streaming The 11 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Tom Cruise nearly kills himself for the movies one last time. By Savannah Salazar
i’m jumping out a window! PSA: Most of the Mission: Impossibles Are Streaming for Free In Tom we trust. By Eric Vilas-Boas
streamliner investigates Is Your Favorite Streaming Service Cracking Down on Password Sharing? Now Max is doing it, too. We asked the rest if they’d follow suit. By Savannah Salazar

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Features

at the box office Why Disney’s Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Succeeded Where Snow White Failed Some see it as a key difference in the Disney films’ approach to the term “live-action.” By Chris Lee
anonymous in hollywood Fame and Frustration on the New Media Circuit Publicity used to be so straightforward. Now, for stars and their teams, “no one’s sure what works anymore.” By Nicholas Quah
encounter Wing Man Hot Ones’s Sean Evans lacks the scene-stealing impulse of other celebrity-interview hosts. That may be the key to his success. By Nicholas Quah

Movies

movie review

See Pig and Tremble Before Your Own Mortality

Let Nicolas Cage illuminate the way. By Bilge Ebiri

cannes 2025 The 11 Best Movies We Saw at Cannes This Year It was the best iteration of the French festival in years. By Rachel Handler and Alison Willmore
vulture lists Every Guy Ritchie Movie, Ranked A look back at the tough-guy director’s long career. By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
at the box office Why Disney’s Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Succeeded Where Snow White Failed Some see it as a key difference in the Disney films’ approach to the term “live-action.” By Chris Lee

vampires on demand Sinners Will Come Knocking on VOD Next Week Ryan Coogler’s horror blockbuster wants to follow you home. By Savannah Salazar
cannes 2025 All the Films Sold at Cannes 2025 Neon and Mubi are in a buying frenzy. By Alejandra Gularte and Bethy Squires
obits Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-Winning Documentarian, Dies at 97 He won an Oscar in 1988 for his film on Klaus Barbie. By Bethy Squires
now streaming The 11 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Tom Cruise nearly kills himself for the movies one last time. By Savannah Salazar
boffo b.o. Lilo & Stitch & Ethan Hunt Deliver Biggest Memorial Day Box Office Ever Surpassing Memorial Weekend 2013. Sorry to The Hangover Part III. By Bethy Squires

Movies

TV

saymo(re)

Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney Again

On this week’s season finale: Adam Sandler, Joe Mande, Sean Penn, Sleater-Kinney, Fred Armisen, three 14-year-olds fighting Mulaney, and more. By Hershal Pandya

all star vacation Survivor 50 Somehow Got Mike White to Come Back We hope he likes Coach. By Jason P. Frank
accio Every Muggle Who’s Been Summoned to HBO’s Harry Potter Cast Adapting these books could potentially be a decade-long chapter of their careers. By Jennifer Zhan
exit interview ‘It’s All a Circle’ How The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss and Bruce Miller brought June Osborne home. By Amanda Whiting
spellcasting HBO Found Its New Harry Potter Trio Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, and Alastair Stout will star as the Boy Who Lived and pals. By Fran Hoepfner

endings
The Last of Us Enters Perilous Territory Season two’s cliffhanger, lifted directly from the game, will be trickier for the TV adaptation to pull off. By Nicholas Quah

announcements Introducing And Just Like That … Club, a Newsletter All About the New Season Come discuss, dissect, and debate everything about season three with New York writers and editors. By The Editors
people person’s paper people Everything We Know About The Office Spinoff (That’s Mostly a New Show) Oscar Nuñez is coming back as an accountant in Ohio, actually. By Jennifer Zhan
dramatic of a change What’s Going On With JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes? Siwa denied a romance on U.K. morning show Lorraine. “It’s funny to me how straight up people get these days,” she said. By Alejandra Gularte
exit interview ‘No One Wants to Think That Their Pilot Is Weird’ How Nathan Fielder channeled a longtime personal obsession into his most ambitious project yet. By Jeff Wise

Music

since i was 17

Lorde’s Virgin Birth

The Lorde giveth an album on June 27. By Jason P. Frank

diddy trial Celebrity Stylist Says Diddy Frequently Called Cassie a ‘Bitch’ Today’s testimony bolsters the case that Diddy’s abuse was also verbal. By Victoria Bekiempis
superlatives Goose’s Most Sideways Jam, According to the Shredders Themselves The band behind so many superb, sprawling songs picks the sexiest, weirdest, and most underrated. By Jordan Hoffman
definitely maybe And Now Oasis Doesn’t Want Zak Starkey “I texted them and said, ‘Why am I not in it?’” By Devon Ivie

amas 2025 J.Lo Should Do This More Often For the AMAs opening number, Jennifer Lopez danced to a medley of hits and made out with a few people. By Alejandra Gularte
mindgames Everything Taylor Swift Could Possibly Announce at the AMAs (and Beyond) Reputation (Taylor’s Version) isn’t the only project she’s teasing. By Alejandra Gularte
awards chatter Here Are the Winners of the 2025 AMAs Billie Eilish won all seven of her nominations. By Bethy Squires and Alejandra Gularte
piano man Billy Joel Cancels Concerts Due to Brain Disorder He has been “advised to refrain from performing during this recovery period.” By Jason P. Frank
drag teen Miley Cyrus Knows Hannah Montana Is a Drag Queen Best of both worlds, indeed. By Jason P. Frank

Music

Comedy

last night on late night

Nathan Fielder Thinks He Has One-Upped Sully Sullenberger

“I did put down my plane safely … on land.” By Hershal Pandya

comedy review Jerrod Carmichael Takes Off the Armor Don’t Be Gay is surprisingly free of high-concept artfulness. Without it, what’s left? By Kathryn VanArendonk
this week in late night Jin’s Very Good Question Won Late Night This Week Plus Lisa Gilroy hosting After Midnight and John Oliver’s rant on Doctor Odyssey. By Bethy Squires
rip George Wendt, Norm on Cheers, Dead at 76 “George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend and confidant to all of those lucky enough to have known him.” By Jason P. Frank

a long talk Howdy-ho to 10 Years of Doughboys “We’re very much into beating a dead horse for the sake of beating a dead horse, just because it makes us laugh.” By Rebecca Alter
theories Can Nathan Fielder Save You From Dying in a Plane Crash? As an aviation journalist, I was skeptical of The Rehearsal. Then I talked to experts. By Jeff Wise
snl 50 SNL 50th Finale Joke Swap: Justice for Scarlett Johansson Who is staying, who is going, and were there any clues in this annual finale tradition? By Bethy Squires
international affairs Around the World in 13 SNLs A (cowbell-filled) tour through all of the international adaptations of the sketch show to date. By Hershal Pandya
this week in late night Salma Hayek Communing With Bugs Won Late Night This Week Plus, Saymo going Evel Knievel and some pope intel on The Late Show. By Bethy Squires

Comedy

Theater

queens and pawns

Lea Michele and Aaron Tveit Are Playing Chess on Broadway

Performing “One Night in Bangkok” many nights in New York. By Jason P. Frank

i had a dream The War of the Momma Roses Patti LuPone says Audra McDonald is “not a friend.” Since when? By Jason P. Frank
chat room Kara Young on Her Back-to-Back (to Back to Back) Tony Nominations After four years of Tony nominations, a Met Gala red carpet, and performing in Pulitzer Prize winner Purpose, Kara Young is still going and going. By Jason P. Frank
summer preview 2025 10 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See This Summer Shakespeare in the brand-new Delacorte, promising programming at Clubbed Thumb and Little Island, and Jean Smart on Broadway. By Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry
theater review Divas, Sacred and Profane: Goddess and The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse Amber Iman reaches for the stars; so does a mysterious tabloid figure. By Jackson McHenry

an encores! encore
Joshua Henry to Grace Broadway in Ragtime The Encores! production is transferring, with Henry, Brandon Uranowitz, and Caissie Levy in tow. By Jason P. Frank

theater review Audibly Toxic Men: Sexual Misconduct and Creditors Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber lead complementary downtown experiments. By Jackson McHenry
everything’s coming up ballots ‘It Felt Like a College Improv Group’: Two Tony Voters Debate Their 2025 Ballots “I honestly think the leading-actress nominees were the most astounding and best number we’ve ever had.” By Devon Ivie
roy g. biv Julio Torres Brings His Color Theories to New York The comedian will make his Off Broadway debut this fall, but he’s still not sure what he’ll wear. By Jason P. Frank
save the arts Michael Feinstein on Kennedy Center’s ‘Government-Sanctioned’ Cancellations He was invited to perform at a World Pride performance at the Kennedy Center before the show was canceled. By Alejandra Gularte

Theater

Books

vulture lists 6 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This Month Including a thriller this is as preposterous as it is genius. By Marshall Heyman
coming soon The Sun Hasn’t Set on the Sunrise on the Reaping Cast Kieran Culkin will play a young Stanley Tucci in the Hunger Games mid-quel. By Bethy Squires
summer preview 2025 28 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Summer Whether you want to make sense of reality or escape it — through climate fiction, searing memoirs, and tight thrillers. By Isle McElroy
chapters Twilight Was Just What an Oversexualized Generation Needed In its depictions of teenage desire, the series took a cue from chaste high-school movies of long ago. By Bruce Handy
up next ACOTAR Book 6: Everything Sarah J. Maas Has Said So Far Sarah J. Maas confirmed she’s been working on the next installment of A Court of Thorns and Roses. By Alejandra Gularte

Books

Art

announcements Introducing How to Look at Art, by Jerry Saltz A New York Night School course from our senior art critic. By The Editors
encounter The World’s Thirstiest Art Dealer Nick Hissom is over his tabloid-fodder breakup, even if he’s not ready to let go of his Cartier Love bracelet. By Ben Widdicombe
look book The Look Book Goes to Rashid Johnson’s Opening Night Nearly a thousand attended “A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” the artist’s solo exhibition at the Guggenheim. By Jeremy Rellosa
art How the Black Portraiture Boom Went Bust The racial reckoning of 2020 sent prices soaring. Now, no one’s buying. By Rachel Corbett
art How Is AI Art Different From Human Art? Two critics — one AI-skeptical, the other AI-curious — discuss the merits of art made by machines. By Jerry Saltz and David Wallace-Wells