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  1. performance anxiety
    The Crying GameHow do actors learn to sob on cue? And can I? Oprah’s acting coach, a soap star, a famous clown-class graduate, and others explain.
    By Rachel Handler
  2. finale thoughts
    Jennifer Jason Leigh on Letting Fargo’s Ice Queen MeltIf only a little bit.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  3. ac-ting
    Cole Escola! Is! Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!And Conrad Ricamora is Mary’s Husband.
    By Jason P. Frank
  4. acting!
    Patrick Stewart’s ‘Looking Forward’ to Trying Mumblecore“There is this reducing of the volume and the drama and so forth, but not the speed.”
    By Bethy Squires
  5. acting up
    Henry Winkler Says Therapy Is to Thank for His Barry Performance“When you know yourself, you know everyone. We are all the same. You know every character that is well written.”
    By Tom Smyth
  6. performance review
    Mark Hamill Is Doing So Much in Fall of the House of UsherAnd it is so good.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  7. acting
    Ranking Kim Kardashian’s Actress Era(Keeping Up With) The Kardashians is the best acting school in America.
    By Carrie Wittmer
  8. sex scenes
    It’s All in Franz Rogowski’s GazeThe star of the summer’s most intimate, explicit movie, Passages, reveals what’s behind his now-famous stare.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  9. remembrance
    The Eyes of Angus CloudHe did not seem “of” Euphoria. Yet somehow that made him the most believable actor on the show and one of the most distinctive on TV.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  10. chat room
    Reservation Dogs Got Lane Factor Hooked on Acting“I can’t really see myself doing anything else now.”
    By Roxana Hadadi
  11. ranking
    The 50 Most Definitive Performances in Wes Anderson’s FilmsIncluding voice performances and narrators but excluding Mordecai the falcon.
    By Joe Reid
  12. chat room
    Mrs. Davis’s Chris Diamantopoulos Pushed for JQ’s Banana Hammock“I mean, come on, this guy wears a snap-at-the-crotch, orange wrestler’s jumper. This guy’s not wearing nice-looking Calvin Kleins.”
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  13. hollywood
    Christina Applegate Says She’s ‘Probably Not Going to Work On-Camera Again’“This is a progressive disease.”
    By Charu Sinha
  14. performance review
    Who Can Top Rachel Weisz?She’s giving the greatest performance of her career in Dead Ringers, proving Rachel Weisz’s ideal scene partner is Rachel Weisz.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  15. lawsuits
    Lawsuit Alleges Lee Strasberg Institute Covered Up a Sexual AssaultA former student alleges the then–artistic director “raped and sexually assaulted” her in the early 1970s.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  16. performance review
    The Self-possession of Angela BassettShe has an unmatched ability to portray the interior complications and cultural reverberations of Black women’s anger — onscreen and off.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  17. sexual harassment
    Grace Van Dien To Focus on Twitch After On-Set Sexual HarassmentThe Stranger Things star said she will be more “selective” on future projects.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  18. performance review
    Paul Mescal Is Our Disappointment HeartthrobOther heartthrobs exude swagger or sex, but Mescal emanates something more devastating: the irresistible promise of eventually letting you down.
    By Alison Willmore
  19. possessions
    Austin Butler’s Elvis Voice, Awards-Season Sweetheart, Is Out of a JobA moment of silence for the bit.
    By Zoe Guy
  20. best of 2022
    The Best Movie Performances of 2022From the deliciously jittery Jake Gyllenhaal to a perfectly arch Rebecca Hall to Taylor Russell as a cannibal, and so much more.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  21. best of 2022
    The Standout TV Performances of 2022Individually and collectively, these 14 performers embody what made this year’s television interesting and special.
    By Jen Chaney, Roxana Hadadi, and Kathryn VanArendonk
  22. vulture festival 2022
    Lee Pace Gives Us a Crash Course in Home BuildingOur toxic trait is thinking we could help Lee Pace build a home from scratch.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  23. acting!
    Bill Nighy Will Be Acting Until They Bury HimAnd not Method, either!
    By Bethy Squires
  24. party report
    The White Lotus: What Is Ethan Doing on his Computer?Ethan is more enamored with his computer than with his wife, Aubrey Plaza.
    By Bethy Squires
  25. method
    Christian Bale Can’t Act If He Gets to Know His Co-starsThat or he just doesn’t want to hang out with anyone in Amsterdam.
    By Zoe Guy
  26. a long talk
    Kim Wexler’s Curtain CallBetter Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn looks back on six seasons spent getting inside ‘an extremely inscrutable character.’
    By Jen Chaney
  27. remembrance
    The Jagged Life of Anne HecheShe lived and died like an early Hollywood star who imploded before a grande dame period could get under way.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  28. remembrance
    It Was Easy to Believe Ray LiottaThe beauty of his acting came from the laser-focused attention he brought to every assignment — no matter how noble or absurd.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  29. roy family method
    Matthew Macfadyen Shouts Out Succession Actors Who Aren’t Method“That’s not to say that’s wrong. That’s just not useful.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  30. acting
    What Makes a Great, or Terrible, Audiobook Performance?The case for doing less.
    By Mimi Kramer
  31. small stories
    The Diamond Desk, Surveillance Shots, and 7 Other Stories About Making SeveranceVoices from onscreen and behind the scenes break down the small details shading in the series’ enigmatic world.
    As told to Roxana Hadadi, Jackson McHenry, and Kathryn VanArendonk
  32. pivots
    Before He Was Ukraine’s President, Zelensky Was Ukraine’s PaddingtonThe former comedian voiced the animated bear in Ukrainian dubs.
    By Justin Curto
  33. ‘acting’
    Sebastian Stan’s Nipples Did Not Go Method for Pam & TommyIn this economy?
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  34. close reads
    What Is the Allure of Kendall Roy?Succession’s would-be No. 1 boy is a deeply broken soul, and the sympathy he inspires is anything but simple.
    By Jack King
  35. the italian job
    Lady Gaga ‘Lived As’ Patrizia Reggiani for Over a Year for House of Gucci“It’s not an imitation, it’s a becoming.”
    By Justin Curto
  36. chat room
    Jung Ho-yeon Says Squid Game ‘Changed Me for the Better’“I’ll say something and instantly realize, this is not me speaking, this is Sae-byeok in me speaking.”
    By K-Ci Williams
  37. she’s acting here
    What Is Jessica Chastain Up To?An attempt to arrive at a grand unified theory of the Scenes From a Marriage actress, if physics allows for such a thing.
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. chat room
    Squid Game’s Wi Ha-jun Is Dying to Find Out What Happened to Hwang Jun-ho“Return back alive.”
    By K-Ci Williams
  39. role call
    Drea de Matteo Answers All Our Questions About That Episode of The SopranosYou know the one.
    By Mara Reinstein
  40. in memoriam
    Death of a StorytellerRare is the actor who can locate the specific in the universal and vice versa. Michael K. Williams was that actor.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  41. role call
    Rosie O’Donnell Answers Every Question We Have About Sleepless in SeattleOn forgetting her lines in front of Nora Ephron, attending the premiere with Madonna, and embracing the “funny friend” role.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  42. chat room
    Heels’ Chris Bauer Knows Wild Bill Is ‘Alive and Well in Me’“This character has set up on an old porch in my heart. He’s sitting there in a rocking chair and drinking from a jug, waiting to pounce again.”
    By Whitney Friedlander
  43. role call
    Blair Underwood Answers All Our Questions About Sex and the City’s Dr. Robert“I didn’t think it was too soon. He wasn’t asking her to marry him — he was just giving her a big ol’ cookie!”
    By Mara Reinstein
  44. role call
    Hayley Mills Answers Every Question We Have About The Parent TrapThe actress talks working with Walt Disney, life as a teen icon in the ’60s, and her new memoir about a Hollywood that no longer exists.
    By Tolly Wright
  45. acting
    Master of None’s IVF Episode Understands the Value of a Great NurseHow the wonderful Nurse Cordelia, played by Cordelia Blair, went from a single-scene role to episode four’s most consistent, calming presence.
    By Jen Chaney
  46. fruit ninja
    A Celebration of Jean Smart’s Sad-Funny Work on Mare of EasttownHelen Fahey just wants to play Fruit Ninja in peace.
    By Jackson McHenry
  47. interview
    Jana Schmieding Brought the Cool Native Auntie Vibes to Rutherford FallsThe actress talks Ed Helms’s face, nuanced characters, and the Hollywood lie that fat people can’t snag Dustin Milligan-level hotties.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  48. lawsuits
    James Franco Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit Reaches a Settlement DealFranco was accused of coercion into sexual acts in his position as an acting teacher.
    By Rebecca Alter
  49. banned
    SAG-AFTRA Permanently Bans Donald Trump From ReadmissionIn case he’s looking for his next career move.
    By Halle Kiefer
  50. acting
    Mary Steenburgen’s iPad Is the Real Star of Happiest SeasonIt’s the one element of this film that is absolutely, unimpeachably perfect.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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