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  1. wakes
    Stanford Blatch’s Last BowThe stars and creatives of Sex and the City and And Just Like That … remember their friend and colleague Willie Garson.
  2. role call
    Paul Bettany Answers Every Question We Have About A Knight’s Tale“You can imagine: We were all young and in the Czech Republic all together having a ball. It never really felt like work at all.”
  3. party report
    Angelica Ross Reveals Pose Isn’t Quite Ready to Say Good-bye to Candy After All“The audience is going to get everything they’re looking for out of this third season.”
  4. new year new you
    How Headspace Hopes to Manifest a Calmer 2021Conceived and produced amid the chaos of 2020, Netflix’s animated Guide to Meditation is designed to help viewers tackle whatever 2021 may hold.
  5. endings
    The Fantasy Ending of I’m Thinking of Ending Things, ExplainedThe movie’s choreographer, production designer, and composer insist that the ballet at the end of Charlie Kaufman’s Netflix feature is the key.
  6. shantay you stay home
    Drag Race’s Season 12 Queens Are Feeling the Fantasy in Quarantine“This is not how I expected to be spending the first couple months of being a RuGirl.”
  7. black royalty
    Nubia Proclaims ‘Black Queens Matter’ in Drag Race and BeyondA new revue masterminded by Drag Race alums aims to celebrate and elevate “Black royalty” in a way the franchise and its fans often fail to do.
  8. party report
    John Lithgow Describes the ‘Real Horror’ of Bombshell’s Minidress Scene“We just embraced the project.”
  9. party report
    Charlize Theron Has ‘Mad Love for Republicans’ — If They Don’t Like Trump“I have Republican friends!”
  10. party report
    How Richard Kind ‘Captures the Essence’ of Rudy Giuliani in Bombshell“With great trauma comes great humor.”
  11. party report
    There’s a Reason Kate McKinnon Wasn’t Cast to Play a Real Person in Bombshell“It’s caricature, but it always is more layered than that.”
  12. his dark materials
    Lin-Manuel Miranda’s His Dark Materials Mustache Was His IdeaFor his big entrance into the HBO series, Miranda tapped into Lee Scoresby’s yeehaw energy through the transformative power of facial hair.
  13. party report
    How the ‘Wells for Boys’ Boy Got Cast in Marriage Story“He’s an amazing guy and a terrific actor.”
  14. party report
    Rita Moreno Was a Mentor for Ariana DeBose, West Side Story’s New Anita“We talked about all things Anita.”
  15. black oklahoma!
    Watchmen’s Alternate Universe Has a New Spin on Oklahoma!Much like our world’s Sexy Oklahoma!, the series’ all-black production of the famed musical has social commentary on its mind.
  16. party report
    Laura Dern ‘Almost, Literally’ Moved in With Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach“I had the time of my life.”
  17. tv
    Pose Isn’t Just Giving an AIDS History Lesson“There are a lot of parallels to today’s political landscape,” says writer and producer Our Lady J.
  18. party report
    The Cast of Tales of the City Got Those Hooded Blankets As Wrap Gifts“It’s a Bloodie-good blanket!”
  19. party report
    Mj Rodriguez Is Still ‘Gagged’ She Got to Work With Patti LuPone on Pose“Not only is she the funniest thing ever, she’s the sweetest.”
  20. party report
    Ashley Park Is Ready to Make Thoroughly Modern Millie Thoroughly ModernAnd by modern we mean not racist.
  21. party report
    Michael Shannon Once Cut Himself Onstage Doing Frankie and JohnnyAudra McDonald found him a Band-Aid.
  22. fosse/verdon
    How Fosse/Verdon’s Characters Compare to Their Real-Life CounterpartsWe’ve combed through Fosse/Verdon’s expansive cast to highlight the 15 real-life figures you need to know.
  23. party report
    Debra Messing Would Love to Be Impersonated on ‘Snatch Game’“That would be the highest honor.”
  24. party report
    John Lithgow Thinks the Clintons Would Have a Hard Time at His New PlayHe says it would be “tough.”
  25. party report
    Not Even Star Wars Could Prepare Keri Russell for Broadway“It’s like training for the Olympics.”
  26. party report
    Jesse Eisenberg Is Two Weeks Away From Finishing Zombieland 2 ShootThe actor promises the ten-year journey to creating a cult sequel will pay off for longtime fans.
  27. production design
    How PEN15 Achieved Its Pitch-Perfect Early-2000s Middle-School AestheticProduction designer Grace Alie explains how she used old Teen Beat magazines, Troll Dolls, and cloud print to reflect Maya and Anna’s internal lives.
  28. no day but yesterday
    Did You Catch All the Changes in Rent: Live?Maureen super cheated.
  29. party report
    Armie Hammer Cooked for the On the Basis of Sex Cast to Get Into Character“She was mesmerized by the way he handled that knife.”
  30. party report
    Tyler Perry Called Up Colin Powell to Get His Blessing to Play Him in Vice“The guy has gravitas.”
  31. party report
    The Widows Cast Is Just As Obsessed With the Dog As You Are“It was a comfort, it was a joy.”
  32. party report
    Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale on What They’d Do If Trump Came to Their Play“I would hope that it would crack his heart open.”
  33. party report
    Hugh Jackman Would ‘For Sure’ Play P.T. Barnum in a Greatest Showman Musical“My theatrical bones know that that would work.”
  34. party report
    Willem Dafoe on Playing van Gogh: ‘Today’s 70 Is Yesteryear’s 40’“My point is: 37 wasn’t young in those days.”
  35. party report
    Andrew Lloyd Webber Hasn’t Met Taylor Swift, But Likes That She’s a Cat PersonHe hints at who she’ll be playing in the Cats movie.
  36. party report
    John Krasinski’s Favorite Episode of The Office Is a ClassicIt involves a slap.
  37. party reports
    Mary Beth Peil Sides With Diana Rigg in That Lauren Ambrose My Fair Lady Dispute“The show must go on, and you signed up for it.”
  38. chat room
    Sean Baker on Making This Summer’s Indie Hit, TangerineIt’s the movie about trans sex workers that was shot an iPhone.