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  1. song review
    ‘Woman’s World’ Is the Stalest Sort of RetreadKaty Perry’s old formula just doesn’t work anymore.
    By Justin Curto
  2. movie review
    Fly Me to the Moon Is Just Good Enough to Make You Wish It Were BetterScarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum are terrific, and the cast is clearly having fun, but the movie is mostly just a pleasant trifle.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  3. goth talk
    We Need More Actors With Crazy VoicesOr at least more that sound like haunted toys.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  4. superlatives
    The Best and Weirdest of Phish, According to Trey Anastasio“We’re adding ingredients to an enormous bowl of soup.”
    By Jordan Hoffman
  5. this week in late night
    A Truly Demented WWHL Game Won Late Night This WeekThey called it “The Orifice,” but let’s be honest: It’s “Name That Hole.”
    By Bethy Squires
  6. encounter
    Osgood Perkins Gets Into the Family BusinessHe’s Dorky Dave from Legally Blonde. He’s also Norman Bates’s son and the next big horror-movie director.
    By Alison Willmore
  7. movie review
    Sing Sing Doesn’t Need a Movie Star’s TouchThe prison theater drama can’t square its naturalistic urges with its need to be an awardsy acting vehicle.
    By Alison Willmore
  8. my palette is dropping
    The Song of the Summer Is a ColorHow 12 recent rollouts made certain shades pop.
    By Justin Curto
  9. theater review
    Empire: The Musical Stacks Up 102 Stories, Every One a ClichéA cringey new musical about the rise of the Empire State Building.
    By Sara Holdren
  10. theater review
    Oh, Mary! Is Excellently UncivilCole Escola’s Mary Todd Lincoln farce transfers uptown, preserving the union between absurdity and hilarity.
    By Sara Holdren
  11. remembrance
    Shelley Duvall Stood OutNo one looked like her. No one sounded like her. No one thought like her. And everyone in Hollywood knew it.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  12. album review
    Zach Bryan Hits His LimitOn The Great American Bar Scene, the accidental superstar’s formula remains potent but predictable.
    By Craig Jenkins
  13. theories of relativity
    Who Are Claim to Fame’s Celeb Family Members?Our best wild — and educated! — guesses.
    By Marah Eakin
  14. profile
    Lev Grossman Takes His TimeThe author of The Magicians returns to adult fiction with The Bright Sword. It only took ten years and a transpacific move.
    By Choire Sicha
  15. what’s in a name
    One Simple Fix Could Save The BearCarmy looks like he could use some help. We have a suggestion.
    By Jesse David Fox
  16. fan theories
    Where’s Nettles?House of the Dragon has slowly been seeding important new characters, but one book favorite is still missing.
    By Nate Jones
  17. fire fight
    Some Burning Questions About DragonsExactly how hot is their blood and other issues raised by House of the Dragon’s battle at Rook’s Rest.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  18. it girl’s it girl
    The DIY Pop StarAliyah’s Interlude is fashioning a music career by skipping the typical TikToker-to-singer pipeline.
    By Zoë Haylock
  19. miss you already
    Rhaenys Could End You With One LookAnd so could her dragon, for that matter.
    By Dee Lockett
  20. superlatives
    Huey Lewis on the News’s Most Humorous and Strategic Music“We were always told that we weren’t edgy enough. I’m just not an edgy guy, I guess.”
    By Devon Ivie
  21. fire & blood & spoilers
    What to Expect Next on House of the DragonStrap in: We’re spoiling everything that happens in the Dance of the Dragons.
    By James Grebey
  22. leonard likes this post
    Bruce Hornsby Gives Greendale’s School Song an AOn Community repurposing “The Way It Is” for the Human Beings: “This stands alone. There’s nothing that sounds like it.”
    By Devon Ivie
  23. here are my dragons!
    Get to Know House of the Dragon’s Royal Air ForcesAs the Dance of the Dragons heats up, let’s review the airborne arsenals Teams Green and Black are working with.
    By Sean T. Collins
  24. role call
    Anna Faris Answers Every Question We Have About Smiley Face“I couldn’t believe that this role was for a woman.”
    By Matthew Jacobs
  25. fire & blood & points
    House of the Dragon Scorecard: Crown RoastDaemon is going to be so, so mad when he learns he missed a dragon fight.
    By Brian Grubb
  26. gold rush
    Guest in ShowFor the Emmys’ weirdest categories, The Bear and SNL are destined to dominate in comedy while drama is anyone’s guess.
    By Joe Reid
  27. chapters
    ‘Everything on That Island Wanted to Kill You’The very first crew of Survivor slept tent-less on a beach covered in rats and snakes because they smelled a hit TV show. And then it got worse.
    By Emily Nussbaum
  28. exit interview
    How Clipped Dramatized the Facts to Expose the TruthShowrunner Gina Welch on filling in the narrative gaps of the Donald Sterling affair “in a way that implicated the viewer.”
    By Jen Chaney
  29. stories from the frontline
    What It’s Like to Work With Madonna on a Movie SetSpike Lee and eight other collaborators look back on the highs and lows of the queen of pop’s Hollywood career.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  30. vulture lists
    The 20 Most Significant Episodes of LostWe have to go back (because it’s now streaming on Netflix).
    By Jen Chaney
  31. at the box office
    INSIDE OUT 2
    Kids’ Movies Are Saving the Summer Box OfficeAfter a slow start to the season, Despicable Me 4 looks set to capitalize on the If-Garfield-Inside Out 2 family-film momentum.
    By Chris Lee
  32. the girls aren’t fighting
    Let House of the Dragon’s Women Be EvilThere’s gotta be a happy medium between legendary cruelty and benevolent naïveté.
    By Nate Jones
  33. endings
    A Quiet Place: Day One
    Let’s Talk About the Boldly Fatalistic Ending of A Quiet Place: Day OneThe most daring thing about the film might be the fact that it follows a character whose fate is effectively sealed from the start.
    By A.A. Dowd
  34. something to chew on
    13 TV Conversation Starters for Your Fourth of July BarbecueSpecifically about The Bear, House of the Dragon, The Boys, and The Acolyte.
    By Jesse David Fox
  35. album review
    A Hip-Hop ‘What If …’James Blake and Lil Yachty’s new album is as astounding as it is annoying.
    By Craig Jenkins
  36. movie review
    The New Beverly Hills Cop Is a Predictable Retread, and I Don’t CareYou can (justifiably) complain about its flaws, or you can relax and groove on its recycled rhythms.
    By Jen Chaney
  37. remembrance
    No One Could Tee Up a Bullfrog Like Bill CobbsHe built a career on wise, one-shot characters, and he made everything from Demolition Man to The Sopranos better because of it.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  38. talking shift
    My Lady Jane Has What Every Other Tudor Drama Is MissingYeah, yeah, it’s a metaphor, but more important, it’s fun.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  39. staying alive
    Ever After The BearChef Andrea Terry’s restaurant might have closed, but chef Curtis Duffy’s is still very much open.
    By Marah Eakin
  40. finale thoughts
    It Tastes Different Playing ArmandAssad Zaman, the star of Interview With the Vampire’s audacious second season, guesses where his shape-shifting character can go next.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  41. 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
  42. song review
    2024 BET Awards - Show
    Nobody Wants This From Will SmithHow do we stop his post-Slap charm campaign from smothering us?
    By Craig Jenkins
  43. fire & blood & points
    House of the Dragon Scorecard: A Failure to CommunicateIf Viserys and Alicent had named their son Larry, this all could have been avoided.
    By Brian Grubb
  44. theater review
    From ERS's Ulysses.
    ERS’s Ulysses Is a Little Stately, a Little PlumpThink you’re escaping and run into yourself.
    By Sara Holdren
  45. gold rush
    John Mulaney Is Here to Save the Late-Night Emmys CategoriesNetflix’s Everybody’s in L.A. will attempt to end political comedy’s decades-long domination of the awards.
    By Joe Reid
  46. vulture investigates
    Is The Bear’s Sydney Allergic to Fennel or What?She’s either telling the truth, lying, or both.
    By Jesse David Fox
  47. legends
    Let Jiminy Glick Host the Next Presidential DebateFor Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s co–head writer, Martin Short’s guest-hosting week was like “comedy-nerd fantasy camp.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  48. reviews are in
    Let’s Talk About The Bear’s ‘To Be Continued …’ EndingWas the review good or bad or what??
    By Jen Chaney
  49. funny videos of the month
    The Best Comedy Shorts of June 2024Rounding up our favorite funny videos of the month.
    By Luke Kelly-Clyne and Graham Techler
  50. c xoxo
    Just Give In to Camila Cabello’s Pitbull SampleYes, that’s “Hotel Room Service” on “B.O.A.T.,” and it’s wonderful.
    By Justin Curto
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