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My Lady Jane Has What Every Other Tudor Drama Is Missing

Yeah, yeah, it’s a metaphor, but more important, it’s fun. By Kathryn VanArendonk

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Ever After The Bear

Chef Andrea Terry’s restaurant might have closed, but chef Curtis Duffy’s is still very much open. By Marah Eakin

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Fancy Dance Expands the Lily Gladstone Heartbreak Canon

Erica Tremblay’s portrait of Indigenous womanhood is as idyllic as it is bristling. By Roxana Hadadi

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Nobody Wants This From Will Smith

How do we stop his post-Slap charm campaign from smothering us? By Craig Jenkins

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gold rush John Mulaney Is Here to Save the Late-Night Emmys Categories Netflix’s Everybody’s in L.A. will attempt to end political comedy’s decades-long domination of the awards. By Joe Reid
encounter ‘It’s Just a Funny Thing to Do’ Pod Save America host Jon Lovett doesn’t seem particularly comfortable with being a public figure. He went on Survivor anyway. By Jason P. Frank

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Jamie Foxx’s 2023 Hospitalization Happened After a ‘Bad Headache’

“I was gone for 20 days,” he recalled. By Bethy Squires

rip Chinatown Screenwriter Robert Towne Dead at 89 He won an Oscar for his screenplay for the 1974 film. By Jennifer Zhan
cameos RRR Fans Will Appreciate One Big Cameo in Kalki 2898 AD The Telugu-language mythological sci-fi epic has a little something for everyone. By Siddhant Adlakha
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core memory Inside Out 2 Grows a Money Island After $1 Billion Globally It’s also the fastest animation movie to reach the milestone after 19 days. By Alejandra Gularte
from the archives The Couple That Has Everything. Is Everything Enough? From 1973: Egon and Diane von und zu Fürstenberg are a contemporary version of the American Dream. By Linda Francke and Jill Krementz
coming soon Paul Mescal Is ‘Big and Strong’ in Gladiator II Movie-theater employees keep saying it’s “not November yet,” but we’re simply too seated. By Zoe Guy
splits The Accountant 2 Better Be Good Ben Affleck sources continue to say he isn’t drifting apart from his wife — he’s just working. By Justin Curto
vulture lists Every Kevin Costner Movie, Ranked The actor’s career is full of peaks, valleys, and Waterworlds. By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch

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The Acolyte’s Dafne Keen Thinks Jecki Went Out a Jedi Knight

“She was doing really well, he cheated, and she took the death with no anger and with grace.” By James Grebey

what the fak J. Crew’s Collab With The Bear Is Not for the Bears We’ve got beef … By Rebecca Alter
trailer mix King in the North Pivots to Tech Kit Harington stars in the Industry season-three teaser. By Zoe Guy
finale thoughts It Tastes Different Playing Armand Assad Zaman, the star of Interview With the Vampire’s audacious second season, guesses where his shape-shifting character can go next. By Roxana Hadadi
coming soon The Bear to Be Continued With Season 4 Following its record-breaking season-three viewership. By Zoe Guy

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exit interview ‘The Show Is Built to Make People Feel Insane’ A season-two post-immortem with Interview With the Vampire showrunner Rolin Jones. By Rebecca Alter
oral history No, They Weren’t Dead the Whole Time An oral history of Lost’s daring, divisive finale, our last truly communal broadcast-TV experience. By Jen Chaney
a song of light and fire House of the Dragon Loves Lamp Whoever upped the budget for candles, lanterns, and sconces this season, we thank you. By Roxana Hadadi and Kathryn VanArendonk
best of 2024 The Best TV Shows of 2024 (So Far) Couples (and a throuple) working through their issues, vampires with a blood-soaked panache, and a comedian we’d follow anywhere. By Jen Chaney, Roxana Hadadi, and Kathryn VanArendonk

Music

respect the classics

Play Heart and Neil Young Extra Loud Today

They have separately canceled their tours because of illnesses with Ann Wilson sharing her cancer diagnosis. By Devon Ivie

best of 2024 The Best Albums of 2024 (So Far) This year’s most notable releases are investigating deep questions and framing art as a balm for multiplying worries. By Craig Jenkins
uh oh Rick Ross Reportedly Attacked After Playing ‘Not Like Us’ At least he didn’t play it six times in a row. By Alejandra Gularte
olympics 2024 Simone Biles Is Heading to Paris (Taylor’s Version) Biles will compete in her third Olympics after securing a spot during the US trials, where she performed to Taylor Swift’s “Ready for It.” By Alejandra Gularte

rap music on trial Everything We Know About YSL’s RICO Case The trial is paused amid attempts to recuse the judge over alleged misconduct. By Zoe Guy
2024 bet awards It’s the Usher Tribute Tho … You a Mom Keke Palmer performs musical tribute to the singer a year after her ex-boyfriend failed to mind his business. By Zoe Guy
2024 bet awards The 2024 BET Award Winners Drake: 7 noms, 0 wins By Zoe Guy
my single is dropping Will Smith Debuts New, Motivational Single at BET Awards “You Can Make It” is a pep talk for everyone who’s ever slapped anyone at the Oscars. By Bethy Squires
coming soon Megan Thee Stallion Will Open 2024 BET Awards Normani canceled her performance due to an injury sustained during rehearsals. By Zoe Guy and Bethy Squires

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Lost Richard Lewis Interview Released for His Birthday (Which Is Today)

“I don’t have an act. I am the act.” By Anne Victoria Clark

gold rush John Mulaney Is Here to Save the Late-Night Emmys Categories Netflix’s Everybody’s in L.A. will attempt to end political comedy’s decades-long domination of the awards. By Joe Reid
rip Martin Mull, Clue and Arrested Development Star, Dead at 80 In addition to his many comedic roles, he was also known for his work as a painter and musician. By Jennifer Zhan
legends Let Jiminy Glick Host the Next Presidential Debate For Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s co–head writer, Martin Short’s guest-hosting week was like “comedy-nerd fantasy camp.” By Rebecca Alter

funny videos of the month The Best Comedy Shorts of June 2024 Rounding up our favorite funny videos of the month. By Luke Kelly-Clyne and Graham Techler
stand-up 5 New Comedy Specials You Should Definitely Watch (When You Have a Moment) Featuring the finale of Ali Siddiq’s Domino Effect series and Hannah Einbinder’s stand-up-special debut. By Jesse David Fox
this week in late night Jimmy Fallon Googling Chappell Roan Won Late Night This Week Plus, Mike Scollins’s heel turn on Late Night and Dakota Johnson’s wardrobe malfunction on Kimmel. By Bethy Squires
awards season The Real Winners of the 2024 Las Culturistas Culture Awards The night included performances that would make the Tonys cry with envy. By Jason P. Frank and Tom Smyth
comedians in roma getting holy Here’s How 11 Comedians Acted at the Pope’s House Featuring Chris Rock, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and some lady with a plant. By Anne Victoria Clark

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Ian McKellen Withdraws From Player Kings Performances After Hospitalization

He says he must “protect his full recovery” by not working. By Alejandra Gularte

theater review ERS’s Ulysses Is a Little Stately, a Little Plump Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. By Sara Holdren
theater review The Speaker and the Upstart Talk It Out: N/A It’s Pelosi vs. AOC onstage, and Holland Taylor, as Nancy, gets all the zingers. By Jackson McHenry
backstories Faust Goes to Fidi The producers of Sleep No More are back with the whirlwind immersive-theater project Life and Trust. gallery By Rebecca Alter
coming soon The Odes of Tammy Faye Will Play the Palace (With Christian Borle) Andrew Rannells won’t be in the Elton John Broadway show, but someone from Falsettos will be. By Jason P. Frank

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What to See on (and Off)(and Off–Off) Broadway Let Vulture’s theater desk be your guide. By Vulture Editors

exit interview ‘The Team Wanted It to Be the Next Mamma Mia!’ Corey Cott on why theatergoers and Tonys voters snubbed The Heart of Rock and Roll. By Devon Ivie
theater review Three-Sister Harmony in Find Me Here Plus an array of short-run summer shows to watch for if they return. By Sara Holdren
theater review The Drag-Ball Cats Is Good Well, now, how about that! By Sara Holdren
theater review Looking Back at Bad Men: Dark Noon and Pre-Existing Condition Colonialism and abuse, addressed onstage. By Sara Holdren

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Books

vulture lists 2024 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your Reading List Another chapter for Deadpool and a riveting Laura Lippman crime novel make the leap to streaming. By Emily Maskell
book review Taffy Brodesser-Akner Overcooks It A wealthy Jewish family gets the Succession treatment in the writer’s hectic second novel. By Emma Alpern
close read Against ‘Women’s Writing’ Rachel Cusk’s gender fundamentalism fully surfaces in her latest novel, Parade. By Andrea Long Chu
paws up lil zazzters HBO Is Making a Decade-Long Harry Potter Series Here’s which Muggles will try to make magic happen as showrunner and director. By Rebecca Alter
the library is open Put Down the Juneteenth Ice Cream and Pick Up These 18 Books A reading list for America’s latest greeting-card category. By Jordan Taliha McDonald

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Art

remembrance The Power and Grace of Barbara Gladstone The venerated gallerist worked for the love of art. By Jerry Saltz
art review Jenny Holzer’s Word Salad Her takeover of the Guggenheim reads like intellectual clickbait for the extended Trump era. By Jerry Saltz
art review Maurizio Cattelan’s Enormous Wall of Kitsch A shiny bauble meant to comment on capitalism and to sell. By Jerry Saltz
games people play Suing Richard Prince Stung when he felt ripped off by a famous artist, a photographer turned to the courts. By Choire Sicha
profile Emil Ferris Still Believes in Monsters The graphic novelist’s debut, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, was a hit. Seven years later—after a contentious lawsuit—the sequel is finally coming. By Mark Yarm