Practical Effects Lover Christopher Nolan Enjoys a Roller Coaster
Christopher Nolan can’t get enough thrills.
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Below Deck Mediterranean Recap: An Offer You Can’t Refuse
When I left the Akira One crew a couple of weeks ago, the team was hamstrung but managing. I guess it only took one charter for their precarious balance to fall apart.
The Next ACOTAR Installments Are Closer Than You Think
Sarah J. Maas has wiped her Instagram grid, so she means business.
Kaia Gerber Had an Exorcism Performed via Didgeridoo
Did ya know a didgeridoo is the best way to get a demon out of a small child? It worked for Kaia Gerber.
Law Roach Releases Pettiness for Prettiness
If you’ve seen celebrity stylist Law Roach as a reality-TV judge on shows like Legendary, RuPaul’s Drag Race,
Celebrities Pay Tribute to Hayden Panettiere
Hayden Panettiere’s former co-stars, friends, and admirers are paying tribute to the millennial icon following her death.
The Traitors Brings Back the Normies
The first season of the American version of The Traitors will be remembered for Survivor star Cirie Fields’s master class in how ... More »
Steve Way Hopes Furious Sets a New Bar for Disabled Characters
“Please let this whole experience be the new benchmark.”
Furious Recap: Eyes on the Subject
“He talked his way out of it, of course.” This infuriating sentence is basically the thesis of the most recent episode of Furious. In direct context, it refers to Marshall.
All-Star 10 Things I Hate About You Musical Aims for Broadway
Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen’s collaboration is set to premiere one year from now.
Tinashe Melatonin video
As if to further emphasize her lyrical contribution to Charli XCX’s remix of “B2B” in 2024, during which Tinashe declared, “Didn’t come out of nowhere,
Pluto TV Has a New (Old) Trick Up Its Sleeve for Movie Night
Open social media on a Saturday night, and there’s a good chance you’ll see MeTV’s Svengoolie trending.
The Genius of Airplane!: How to Make a Comedy by Playing Everything Completely Straight
Not every 46-year-old comedy still gets laughs, but Airplane! seems only to get funnier with the decades. Some viewers too young to have caught it in its theatrical release even take the Benjaminian view of it as the kind of great work that creates its own genre: the rapid-fire deadpan joke machine, we could call it.
The Conspiracy Puzzle
18-Across, Six Letters: Legislative body in “Star Wars” (and in real life)
Telematrix No. 155: August 17, 2026
Can you name a Larry David or Jerry Seinfeld TV show with 50+ episodes?
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam Has Digitized 840,000 Works of Art, Including Great Works by Rembrandt and Vermeer
Art may seem inessential to those who make the big decisions in times of crisis. But it never seemed more necessary to artists working in the time of plague. So it was 366 years ago when Rembrandt painted a portrait of his son, Titus, in a monk’s robe in 1660.
Hayden Panettiere, Star of Heroes and Scream, Dead at 36
Hayden Panettiere — star of Heroes, Scream, Nashville, and Remember the Titans — has died. She was 36. Her father confirmed the news to ABC.
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: Odd Woman Out
I feel such a disconnect with a certain segment of Bravo fans complaining about this extra nostalgic iteration of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip. “I don’t want to see a glorified clip show.” Sorry, can’t relate!
Lanterns Series-Premiere Recap: True Detective Comics
To say that Lanterns is True Detective by way of DC kind of gives the game away, but it really is the best way to describe a mystery two-hander of clashing superhero leads, whip-smart dialogue, and gradual reveals unfurled by a carefully moving camera.
There’s Such a Thing as Going Too Method
How far would you go to embody the physicality of a dying man? Ernest Harden Jr., who played beloved frequent flyer Louie on The Pitt, went pretty far.
Disney Is Fixing Their Most Abominable Ride
File this one under “we’ll believe it when we see it.”
Lioness Recap: Sorry for the Inconvenience
For a clandestine operation this loud and chaotic in the shadow war of global intelligence, you’d think the Lioness crew would’ve been more prepared for the possibility of the fight coming home.
Marvel Needs More Than Buzzy Casting Announcements to Save Itself
It wasn’t long ago that the reveal of a ‘Fantastic Four’ cast ignited fan hysteria, while the movie itself undershot financial expectations.
Cinematrix No. 873: August 16, 2026
Can you name an Oscar-nominated Faye Dunaway movie?
Madonna Christopher Flynn
In Madonna’s more unformed youth, a dance instructor named Christopher Flynn would enter her life and become essential to forging her path toward fame.
Robert Downey Jr. Is Still Iron Man at California Adventure
Alongside other Avengers for a new ride at Avengers campus.
Girls Ex-Men Are Now in X-Men
Christopher Abbott and Adam Driver join the MCU: Marnie Cinematic Universe.
The Simpsons May Be Heading to Halloween Horror Nights
A Universal Studios tease at D23? It’s like a Disney Channel crossover episode but for theme parks.
Every Anne Hathaway Movie, Ranked
The actor has played it all: weird misfits, alcoholic kaiju, Genovian royalty, and, yes, a magazine editor.
The 6 Movies You Shouldn’t Miss on HBO Max This August
Now that House of the Dragon is done dominating your Sundays, maybe you want to use your HBO Max to watch a movie now? As always, the HBO streaming catalogue is one of the densest in the industry, thanks largely to the remarkable history of Warner Bros.
Cinematrix No. 872: August 15, 2026
Can you name a Viola Davis or Elizabeth Debicki action movie?
Cinematrix No. 874: August 17, 2026
Can you name a Steve Buscemi or Melanie Lynskey movie that begins with A-M?
Every Single Announcement That Rolled Out of D23
We’re on the ground in Anaheim for Disney’s massive fan convention D23, a weekend of devoted nostalgia worship and a testing ground for enthusiasm on upcoming projects from all arms of the Mouse machine.
What Have They Done to Bluey?
In the world of animation, moving from the small screen to the multiplex always comes with change. Bigger budgets bring improved shading, more time to perfect fluid movements, and more ambitious set pieces, usually from more animators.
The Vampire Lestat Is Undead in Concert
If you’ve had FOMO since Lestat took the Beacon Theater stage, fear not. AMC was recording the whole thing. Who knew?
Mark Rydell, Director of On Golden Pond, Dies at 97
Mark Rydell, director of Oscar-winning On Golden Pond and Bette Midler vehicle The Rose, has died. He was 97. Midler broke the news on Instagram.
Disneyland’s Newest Chef Is a Furry, Sleepy Marty Scorsese Robot
For over a century, Disney has built its entire brand on fantasy and make-believe, and few elements of the massive global entertainment company stay as true to that mission as D23, the biannual fan-expo event.
Every TV Show Canceled in 2026 So Far
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, pickup order to lack of renewal. Here we bid farewell to the canceled shows of 2026. This post will serve as living tribute to the TV we’re going to miss in 2027. The dog days of summer came for Deli Boys on Hulu and Wonder Man on Disney.
The Bend in the River Is a Poignant, Profound Look at a Changing World
In 2003, the documentary filmmaker Robb Moss released The Same River Twice, a 78-minute-long movie that shook me to my core.
This Week in Late Night Isn’t Like Other Girls
Featuring Ainsley Bailey on The Tonight Show, excellent spon-con from Guillermo on Kimmel, and John Oliver listing America’s people.
The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend
Don’t mind me, I’m still reeling over the fact that my HBO Sundays are dragonless going forward. The channel is trying to soothe the pain by adding in some DC superheroes, but c’mon, it’s not the same.
The 12 Best Dinosaur Movies That Aren’t Jurassic Park
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for millions of years, but they haven’t always dominated cinemas to the same extent.
Troye Sivan Takes Brave Stance of Gagging for Nicole Kidman in New Music Video
Troye Sivan’s “She’s the Best” is about thinking a messy, glamorous woman in your life is the coolest and most alluring specimen you’ve ever met.
Troye Sivan She’s the Best video
Troye Sivan enlists the help of Nicole Kidman to reanimate Charli XCX’s Brat energy for “She’s the Best.”
What Eli Roth Watches (and Reads) With His Daughter
The “Ice Cream Man” director may be known for his love of horror, but he’s raising his toddler on much sweeter fare, like ‘Goodnight Moon’ in Italian.
Phoebe Bridgers Is More Vulnerable Than Ever
Lost Weekend, a 1944 novel by author Charles R. Jackson, chronicled a writer’s rapid decline and redemption in the shadow of gripping alcoholism.
Discover the Ancient Roman Shorthand Writing System with 4,000 Symbols Commissioned by Cicero
You can still type a symbol originally invented for Cicero nearly 21 centuries ago — at least if you configure your keyboard properly. The character ⁊ appears in Unicode as U+204A, but is better known as the ‘Tironian et’: the ‘et’ is Latin for ‘and,’ and the ‘Tironian’ comes from its creator, a man named Tiro, or in full, Marcus Tullius Tiro.
The Art of the Phone Call Scene
Union County’s most beautiful sequence highlights the gorgeous honesty of just watching two people chat.
Smart vs. Kudrow Is the Hottest Race at the Emmys
The one thing an awards show needs for maximum intrigue is a head-to-head battle in a major category. This year, several of the top acting categories seem weighted toward a heavy favorite.
The Neighborhood Puzzle
4-Down, Four Letters: Show whose 2015 final episode was titled “Dreams Come True”
Project Runway Recap: Miranda Priestly Would Never
Who knew it was possible: We got our first episode this season with two wins and two eliminations edited into one hour! Project Runway just pulled a “How you like them apples?” on us, and I guess I’m impressed.
The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Life of a Showgirl
Over the years, we’ve seen many ways the ladies can figure out how to share rooms on a trip. There was the Ramonja method, in which they’d scurry into the house, tear through it like a pair of show ponies with diarrhea, and immediately choose the nicest room.
All That Actress Christy Knowings Dead at 46
Christy Knowings, All That and Sesame Street star, died at the age of 46 in Los Angeles, People reports.
Selena Gomez and Her Mother Sued by Wondermind Investors
Wondermind investors are suing Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey, claiming they falsely represented their ability to run a successful mental-health and wellness company.
We Need to Talk About The End of Oak Street’s Supposed Happy Ending
The film’s epilogue raises enough questions to fill out a whole other movie.
Next Gen NYC Recap: What Happens in Vegas
When it became clear that cameras were following the Next Gen NYC kids to BravoCon, I was instantly fascinated by what this break of the fourth wall would look like.
David Ellison’s Desperate Measures
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X-Men ’97 Just Isn’t the Same Without Him
Absences are often impermanent on this show, something the third season would do well to take advantage of.
How to Spot Nicole Kidman at a Rave
People think dance music is superficial, but they’ve got it all wrong.
Everybody Is Playing Everybody on American Horror Story 13
“I bet you thought you’d seen the last of me,” Madison Montgomery says in American Horror Story: Coven. Now that line can refer to Supreme Cordelia Goode and Robichaux Academy. Also Twisty the Clown.
6 Urgent Questions We Have for Disney Ahead of D23
It’s that time again, when Disney and its thousands of devoted fans descend on Anaheim to partake in its biennial fan convention D23. There, all arms of the Walt Disney Company — the multiple studios, television, parks, streaming, gaming, music,
Zara Larsson Eurosummer
The “easy-breezy” vibes of Zara Larsson’s “Eurosummer” belie the reality of what it means to experience a summer in Europe post-2026.
The One Relationship Sterling Point Had to Get Right
“At that age, my female friendships were the most important to me, and definitely the most defining,” says creator Megan Park.
The Altruists Just Wants What’s Best for All of Us
Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison meant well, or at least that’s what they wanted people to think when they invited them to invest millions of dollars into FTX.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Recap: Planet Noir
Why is this episode in black-and-white? There are two explanations: the one provided by the episode itself and the real one. Early on, Dr.
When the US Mail Was Delivered Underground at 35 MPH Through a Network of Pneumatic Tubes (1893–1953)
Twenty years ago, United States senator Ted Stevens drew long-lasting online ridicule by describing the internet as “a series of tubes.” While some commentators noted that the analogy wasn’t quite as outlandish as it seemed, most reacted with nothing more than amused bafflement. Where had Stevens come up with that image?
Cat Cohen Needs People to Tell Her She’s Crazy
Cat Cohen is objectively fabulous. The comedian has built her career by wringing laughs out of a compulsion to share her own worst thoughts about her body, life, and career through the lens of a glamorous cabaret diva.
The 12 Must-Watch Movies on Prime Video This August
Action, sci-fi, two animated masterpieces, and a horror movie you probably haven’t seen! Amazon’s Prime Video continues to be the most unwieldy streaming service with literally hundreds of titles getting added and dropped every few days.
Telematrix No. 154: August 13, 2026
Can you name a Keri Russell TV show with a one- to three-word title?
One of the Best Preserved Ancient Manuscripts of The Iliad Is Now Digitized: See the “Bankes Homer” Manuscript in High Resolution (Circa 150 C.E.)
Each time I sit through the end credits of a film, I think about how weird auteur theory is—that a work of cinema can be primarily thought of as the singular vision of the director.
The Shards Recap: Bad Taste
When Bret pushes past his own objections to attend the titular festivities in “Robert’s Party,” his voiceover once again provides a defense. “I knew the party was vulgar,” he tells us. “And yet I also knew, even then, what a powerful anesthetic vulgarity could be.”
The Shards Recap: Telling Ourselves Stories
The series’ shift into high-school satire takes out all the dread of a serial killer prowling just off-screen.
Sean Combs Sues Over Allegedly Stolen Documentary Footage
Sean “Diddy” Combs is countersuing Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones for “stealing” footage of the rapper and giving it to Netflix for
Checking In on the DCU’s 10-Year Plan
In 2022, James Gunn and Peter Safran were named co–biggest boys of DC Studios.
Spotify Vows to Be More Transparent About When You’re Listening to Robo Bops
‘Listeners have been clear in telling us that they don’t like seeing an artist profile that seems human, only to find out that the persona is AI.’
Netflix vs. the Chocolate Factory
Could the real Golden Ticket be a box-office receipt? Netflix has scheduled its animated feature Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory for a theatrical release ahead of the 2027 holiday season.
Grand Jury Indicts Nick Reiner for Murder
This means the prosecution can skip a public preliminary hearing and go straight to trial.
Meg Stalter Should Have Been at Taylor Swift’s Wedding for Real
It’s somehow been over a month since Taylor Swift’s Madison Square Garden nuptials, and there’s still so much that we don’t know about the event.
Meet the Guys in Charge of the 4DX Movie Splash Zone
You may have seen clips on social media of people watching The Odyssey in theaters and absolutely getting their ... More »
Rich Boys Buy Big Toys
Broadway tickets: $130. Lakers tickets: $702. Buying one of the biggest Broadway and West End landlords or the whole damn Los Angeles Lakers: priceless billions and billions of dollars.
Nicholas Hoult Cast As Latest Actor to Have to Distance Self From J.K. Rowling
HBO’s cursed television adaptation of Harry Potter has claimed yet another beloved star.
Maybe Jeremy Strong Just Likes Doing Voices
Picture it: You call up your good pal Jeremy Strong; it’s been a while since you’ve chatted, and you want to catch up. But when the call is answered, there’s a Polish man on the other line. “Oh, sorry, I must have the wrong number,” you say, but alas, you don’t.
Reacher Recap: Midnight Cosmic Brawl
The more than two dozen Jack Reacher novels and now their Amazon adaptations are popular because they deliver an arrested but undeniably appealing fantasy of benevolent masculinity.
The Paper Returns for Another Season of Scoops
Is that Twisters? No, that’s just a hint of storm-chasing in the trailer for the second season of Peacock’s The Paper,
I Can’t Believe The End of Oak Street Exists
We never learn the precise location of the neighborhood in The End of Oak Street, a tangle of quiet streets and circular cul-de-sacs lined with two-story homes and lawns whose borders are only sometimes demarcated by fences and gates.
How 20 Well-Read People Make Time for Books
This article first appeared in Book Gossip, a newsletter about what the literati are really thinking. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every two weeks.
Reacher Recap: Upping the Dosage
Credit where due: To play the congressman and associates whose shady past propels Reacher’s much-improved fourth season, the show has found actors who have the not-quite-hot-or-charismatic-enough-for-Hollywood mien of politicians.
The Most Controversial Ancient Philosophy: Epicureanism
Over the years, you’ve probably heard at least a few people casually describe themselves as Epicureans. As used today, the label can refer to as little as enjoying the occasional expensive restaurant meal.
Watch Stewart Brand’s 6‑Part Series How Buildings Learn, With Music by Brian Eno
Stewart Brand came onto the cultural scene during the 1960s, helping to stage the Acid Tests made famous by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, and later launching the influential Whole Earth Catalog (something Steve Jobs described as “Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along”).
Ted Lasso Recap: Meet the Lady Greyhounds!
Because the show is titled simply after its protagonist’s name, Ted Lasso didn’t necessarily have to remain a series about an American coach leading a British soccer team.
A Winter’s Tale Ambles Onstage, Accompanied (Briefly) by a Bear
I don’t know what Shakespeare did — or if he did anything more than live a life with the usual collateral damage — but his late plays make it clear that, as mortality appeared on the horizon, he was thinking a lot about forgiving and being forgiven.
The Real Housewives of London Recap: Life’s a Witch
Panthea Parker is telling on herself again. Minutes after telling Karen in a Sprinter van that she’s not a lady and refuting Karen’s characterization that she spoke ill of her, they are sitting down listening to the strains of the electric violin.
The Office U.K. Actress Lucy Davis Shares ‘Incurable’ Cancer Diagnosis
Lucy Davis, The Office U.K. and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina actress,
A Parent’s Guide to Jackass
When Jackass premiered on MTV in 2000, it kicked off a moral panic about its effect on children; Then-Senator Joe Lieberman lobbied Viacom to cancel the series, thanks to kids injuring themselves attempting to copy the gang’s stunts.
Taylor Swift Scores Second Songwriting Hall of Fame Induction
“To be honored by this city I love so much is a beautiful thing.”
Verity Looks Like Anne Hathaway’s Terrifying Victory Lap
Anne Hathaway has covered a lot of ground in 2026. She played a global pop sensation in Mother Mary,
The Last Studio in Hollywood Might Be Moving Out
The iconic Paramount water tower may be hauled out of Hollywood if David Ellison doesn’t get his way.
No, Sam Altman Didn’t Message a Comedian on Grindr
If someone you followed online claimed to have matched with Apple CEO Tim Cook on a hookup app, would you immediately believe they were telling the truth? What if, instead of Cook, it was OpenAI CEO Sam Altman?
Carly Rae Jepsen Don’t Leave Me on the Dance Floor video
Carly Rae Jepsen offers up her third single from Day and Night (and her first single from the Night side), “Don’t Leave Me on the Dance Floor,” an ultimate “sad girl (or boy) at the club” anthem.
RIP Dobby (Again …?)
Dobby, the freed house elf turned hero in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, has died too many times to count. He died the first time in 2007 in the book version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Josephine Isn’t Afraid to Speak About the Unspeakable
It’s not often that a film at Sundance scores both the U.S. Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award (both Dramatic), but Beth de Araújo’s Josephine is not just any film.
Rory Scovel Plays Peekaboo
Rory Scovel’s new special, Show Must Go On, begins with an error. After a title card with a lyric from the band Failure, the special opens with Scovel, mid-joke, asking himself, “How the fuck does that joke start?”
How the Beatles Made their Most Acclaimed Album, Revolver, Released 60 Years Ago This Month
Among Beatles connoisseurs, it’s fair game to claim anything from Rubber Soul to Abbey Road as one’s favorite album. But even within that span of the catalog, a hierarchy of acclaim exists, and that hierarchy has been rearranged over the decades. The ecstatic reception of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band lasted at least a decade.
Travis Barker Will Drum Until He’s Dead
The drummer, as the new Travis Barker documentary, Louder Than Fear, posits, is the center of a band’s universe. By that logic, Barker is Blink-182’s beautifully tattooed ball of hydrogen.
Cinematrix No. 868: August 11, 2026
Can you name an R-rated Ray Liotta movie?
226 Ansel Adams Photographs of Great American National Parks Are Now Online
Like many American stories, the story of the National Parks begins with pillage, death, deep cultural misunderstanding, and venture capitalism.
Taylor Swift Removes Her Songs from Trump’s TikTok
It’s a tale as old as time: one person ruining the fun for everyone.
Below Deck Mediterranean Recap: Shaky Relationships
This week, Joe’s filling in for Nathan as bosun, Aesha’s filling in as a deckhand, Kayley’s filling in for Aesha as chief stew, and I’m filling in for Rafaela writing this recap. We can get through it if the crew of Akira One can.
Is Raye’s Husband at Magic Mountain?
What’s taking Raye’s husband so long? Babe, he’s in line for Tatsu.
Game Changer Recap: Wigging Out
Dropout’s weekly “behind the scenes on last week’s Game Changer” featurettes offer a lot of insight on a given episode’s origins, development, and production, but they usually gloss over one of the more fascinating issues: how the creators decide what the audience should know, and when.
Hilary Duff Rocks an Aaron Carter Shirt at Philly Concert
Throughout the “Lucky Me” tour, Hilary Duff’s t-shirts have been a nod to her past as a teen star,
Rhaenyra’s Armor Is Her Taking Up the ‘Mantle of King’
Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen has spent a season of television trying to figure out how to rule King’s Landing in her own image. Even with six dragons in tow and a massive army, she’s struggled to project an image of strength to nobles and common folk of the realm.
Wanna Meet Freaky Nikki from Obsession? Get in Line
If you broke a one-wish willow in hopes that Obsession will be a part of Universal Studios Hollywood’s
This Is Drake’s Midlife Crisis
The rapper is turning 40 in two months, so naturally he spent his Saturday night dating 20 women on a Kick stream co-hosted by one of the Nelk Boys.
‘It Gets Quite Apocalyptic Very Quickly’
From a distance, the dusty Mediterranean village on the back lot of the Warner Bros. set in the London suburb of Leavesden looks more likely to serve as backdrop to a Condé Nast Traveller photo shoot than the site of a pivotal battle in the Game of Thrones universe.
How Days of Our Lives Scrambled to Get Soap Stud John Oliver on the Air
And now, this: Barely a month after he popped up on General Hospital, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver will begin a three-episode stint on Days of Our Lives on Tuesday,
Petal Blossoms at No. 1 on the Billboard Charts
The release of her most successful album since 2019 follows Ariana Grande’s announcement that she’s leaving the public eye.
Furious Recap: What’s Your Secret?
When Fiona Apple’s album Fetch the Bolt Cutters came out in 2020, I was seven months pregnant. COVID had also just dropped. I was often lonely, angry, feeling trapped, angry, and oh-so confused and frustrated. Did I mention I was angry?
Mother Is Mother
Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott have welcomed their first child together. According to TMZ, Plaza gave birth to a baby girl during the last week of July.
The To Catch a Predator Documentary Director Reacts to Primetime
David Osit has received threatening emails from viewers since releasing Predators in 2025. What does he think of the new Robert Pattinson movie?
Brad Pitt Can Have a Little Wine as a Treat, Apparently
Brad Pitt, who only just last summer went on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert to talk about how amazing his sobriety journey has been, is back “off the wagon” (his words!) and “on the wine” (our words),
How Is House of the Dragon Going to Pull This Off?
With so much story still left to cover, expect even more changes to the source material in the fourth and final season.
How the Bird Sound Effects in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Were Created with a Pioneering Electronic Instrument, the Trautonium
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Special Effects, though viewers raised on more recent Hollywood spectacles would hardly find its mechanized and optically printed avian attackers convincing.
Tove Lo DNH
Sharing DNA with the messy bitch from “Habits (Stay High),” “DNH” flips the perspective to be from the point of view of Tove Lo caring for a messy friend rather than being the messy one this time.
Countess Luann Will Drink You Under the Table
Luann de Lesseps, 61, ex–Real Housewife of New York, cabaret star, divorcée, trilingual mother of two, former model and Connecticut nurse, and dance-pop sensation, appears at the Paris Theater just as the sun emerges in an appropriately yellow halter gown and giant Chanel sunglasses.
Who’s Laughing Now?
In his current act, the Syrian American comedian Ismael Loutfi has been telling a joke about white people who use the word inshallah.
Watch a Band Perform the Sound Effects from Pink Floyd’s “Money,” Using a Money Counter, Torn Sheets of Paper & More
When Pink Floyd recorded “Money” in 1972, Roger Waters spliced into the opening moments the sounds of cash registers, tearing paper, and jingling coins. Half a century later, the German drummer Sina Doering and her band performed those sounds live, using a bowl of loose change, a toy register, a money counter, and a sheet of paper torn on the beat. And they did it all live at Abbey Road Studios, the same place where Pink Floyd recorded Dark Side of the Moon (on which “Money” appears). Watch it above, and enjoy.
House of the Dragon Finale Scorecard: Worst-Laid Plans
Team Black? Team Green? Or just Team Dragon? Join forces and sign up for our subscriber-exclusive newsletter dissecting House of the Dragon season three.
It’s Always Been Alicent and Rhaenyra
No matter how far they drift apart, House of the Dragon’s childhood friends turned dueling queens remain the core of the show.
House of the Dragon Season-Finale Recap: The Realm Is Watching
Team Black? Team Green? Or just Team Dragon? Join forces and sign up for our subscriber-exclusive newsletter dissecting House of the Dragon season three.
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Premiere Recap: The OGs in the OC
Watching the first episode of Ultimate Girl’s Trip is like riding in a malfunctioning time machine. We’re all swirling around in a tornado, purple lightning striking everywhere as we get glimpses of the eras that we’re passing through: “Is bitch better?”
The Love Island Reunion Will Be a Literal Roller Coaster
There are going to be a lot of ups and downs during the Love Island USA reunion. Because it’ll be on a roller coaster.
Lioness Recap: Counterstrike
“No Sorrow Like the Survivor” opens with another flash-forward, picking up where the previous episode’s cold open left off. Joe has just been abducted from her car, right in front of her house.
Robert Carradine’s Family Is Suing UCLA for Wrongful Death
Lizzie McGuire and Revenge of the Nerds star Robert Carradine died by suicide in February of this year.
The Odyssey Is Christopher Nolan’s Highest-Grossing Movie Ever
Breaking Zeus’s law broke the box office. The Odyssey has officially passed.
Cinematrix No. 866: August 9, 2026
Can you name an A24 horror movie with a one- or two-word title?
Taylor Frankie Paul Completes Three Year Probation
Taylor Frankie Paul celebrated the end of her three-year probation after her domestic violence incident... More »
It’s Raining Panties with Charli XCX
She made underwear rain down in Golden Gate Park.
Peaks and Valleys
By any metric, The Valley should be blossoming. Look at the cast. Kristen Doute has never been more relatable. Brittany Cartwright has become the center of the show without the albatross of Jax Taylor hanging around her neck.
William Orbit Madonna Ray of Light
Mere months after talking about how Madonna kept ignoring his reach-outs to work on a Ray of Light II record, William Orbit passed away, making the possibility permanently impossible.
What Do the Episode Submissions Tell Us About Actors’ Emmy Chances?
This week, we got a look at all the episodes the Emmy-nominated lead and supporting actors submitted to the Academy for consideration.
Cinematrix No. 865: August 8, 2026
Can you name a Kristen Bell comedy?
Cinematrix No. 866: August 9, 2026
Can you name a Julia Roberts movie with double letters in the title?
Everybody Is Playing Everybody on American Horror Story 13
“I bet you thought you’d seen the last of me,” Madison Montgomery says in American Horror Story: Coven. Now that line can refer to Supreme Cordelia Goode and Robichaux Academy. Also Twisty the Clown.
We Need a One Night Only Prequel
The high-concept premise behind One Night Only — the movie where single people can have sex on only one night a year — is relegated to a few pitiful title cards that mostly inform us th... More »
Wonka 2 Be, or Not To Be?
The world waits with baited breath to know: will Timothée Chalamet ever Wonk again?
We Have Our New Lovers for Heated Rivalry Season 2
Welcome back to the world of Heated Rivalry, where you can’t throw a Montreal bagel without hitting a queer hockey player.
Sophia Laforteza Is Taking a Break From Katseye
A second departure has hit Katseye. Sophia Laforteza has announced her hiatus from the group the day before they’re set to perform at Head in the Clouds music festival in Pasadena.
In One Night Only, Critics See America’s Slow Slide Into Fascism
Finding a good movie is hard enough. Try doing it on the one night a year single people are legally allowed to have sex. Critics aren’t falling in love with dystopian rom-com One Night Only.
Jeremy O. Harris and Carly Rae Jepsen Go Lynchian
How the playwright brought together Alden Ehrenreich and CRJ for the sexy “Don’t Leave Me on the Dance Floor” video.
Jane Schoenbrun’s New Movie Just Might Heal the American Sexual Psyche
This conversation was originally published May 14, 2026 out of the Cannes Film Festival. We are recirculating it now timed to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’s theatrical release.
What Megan Hilty Watches (and Listens to) With Her Kids
It should come as no surprise that Megan Hilty’s 11-year-old daughter, Viola, takes musical theater pretty darn seriously.
Don’t You Dare Laugh at Tucker Harrington Pillsbury
Role Model, whose real name we can’t ever forget is Tucker Pillsbury, has a new album out today called Chuck Timely & The Hourglass.
The History of Glam Rock and How It Put an End to the Hippie Era
Cast your mind back to the distant year 2021 and recall, if you will, its music, its fashions, the obsessions of its youth. This probably won’t be a difficult task, since in most respects — the dampening effects of the pandemic notwithstanding — none of those aspects of popular culture seem any different today.
Ellie Goulding Ravers video
“Ravers,” Ellie Goulding’s third single from I Know Too Much, comes with a sweltering music video directed by Sean Price Williams.
Silo Recap: Use Your Voice
The title of this week’s Silo, “The Drive,” refers to pretty much the only thing that happens in the flashback scenes. As you may recall, at the end of the last episode we saw Daniel and Helen in a speeding minivan that was being controlled remotely.
Dafoe vs. the Dandies
This review was originally published on August 30, 2025 out of the Venice International Film Festival. We are recirculating it now timed to Late Fame’s theatrical release.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Is an Absolute Banger
This review was originally published May 14, 2025 out of the Cannes Film Festival. We are recirculating this now timed to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’s theatrical release.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Recap: Hallucination Vacation
The crew of the Enterprise has been dealing with some heavy stuff lately and could use a vacation. And, honestly, those of us watching at home might need a vacation, too, after “The Griffin Incident,” the strong but extremely dark previous episode.
Steven Van Zandt on the Best and Coolest Music of His Career
Rock and roll as a genre has never had a better consigliere than Steven Van Zandt.
Telematrix No. 152: August 6, 2026
Can you name an Emmy-nominated TV show starring Jason Sudeikis or Anthony Head?
Mark Twain Predicts the Internet in 1898: Read His Sci-Fi Crime Story, “From The ‘London Times’ in 1904”
Most people know that Mark Twain wrote about Jim and Huckleberry Finn navigating down the Mississippi. Less well known is that he occasionally dabbled in the burgeoning genre of science fiction. His 1898 short story “The Great Dark” is about a ship that sails across a drop of water on a microscope slide.
Slayyyter Brand New Chanel$ video
In “Brand New Chanel$,” her first single and video from the WOR$T MAN IN AMERICA era, Slayyyter revisits many of the old haunts from “Beat Up Chanel$.”
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Has Already Made $1 Billion
In 1878, the first movie, The Horse in Motion, was released. One hundred and 20 years later, James Cameron’s Titanic grossed $1 billion after 74 days in theaters.
The Dawn of Jane Schoenbrun
Battered cars with numbers sprayed on their sides are whipping around the dirt track of the Lebanon Valley Speedway, loose fenders flopping like overgrown bangs in the swirling dust.
Ted Lasso Is in Purgatory
After a conspicuously forced reset, this soft-reboot season backslides into the same problem that plagued the original run’s back half.
The Best Albums of the Year So Far
Vulture music critic Craig Jenkins is tracking the highlights of this year’s full-length releases across genres. Check back each month for the latest additions. Albums are organized chronologically by release date with the most recent at the top.
Cinematrix No. 862: August 5, 2026
Can you name an Oscar-winning Dustin Hoffman movie?
How Ada Lovelace, Daughter of Lord Byron, Wrote the First Computer Program in 1842–a Century Before the First Computer
I’ve never quite understood why the phrase “revisionist history” became purely pejorative. Of course, it has its Orwellian dark side, but all knowledge has to be revised periodically, as we acquire new information and, ideally, discard old prejudices and narrow frames of reference.
Ted Lasso Season-Premiere Recap: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Hey, wait a minute: What are we doing here? Didn’t Ted Lasso end with its third season? It sure seemed that way, via a series-finale-coded episode that found Ted (Jason Sudeikis) leaving England and his AFC Richmond family behind to return to his real family in Kansas City.
The Best Movies of the Year So Far
Vulture’s critics are tracking the highlights of this year in film, from blockbuster adaptations to low-budget originals and everything in between. Check back each month for the latest additions. Movies are organized chronologically by their U.S.
David Ellison Is Not a Republican or a Democrat But a Movie Lover
In the chorus of dissonant voices we’ve heard in the ongoing Warnermount merger debates, there’s one who’s lingered off to the side, biding his time ahead of his big solo, and that’s David Ellison,
Hadestown Recasts Its Hades
Geno Segers is out of the production after his controversial opinions about the LGBTQ community and women’s rights went viral.
Bowen Yang Will Star in Oh, Mary! This Fall
The first time the team at Oh, Mary! asked Bowen Yang if he wanted to play Mary Todd Lincoln, he turned down the role. It was last summer, and Yang was slated to return to Saturday Night Live for half the season.
Cinematrix No. 861: August 4, 2026
Can you name a Toni Collette comedy?
Hear the Earliest Known Piece of Polyphonic Music: This Composition, Dating Back to 900 AD, Changed Western Music
Like digging for fossils or panning for gold, the research process can be a tedious affair. But for any researcher, long days of searching and reading will eventually result in discovery. These are the moments scholars cherish. It’s the chance discovery, however rare, that makes the long hours and bleary late nights worthwhile. And some finds can change an entire field. Such was the discovery of St.
Mary Rivera, Spider-Man: No Way Home Grandma, Dead at 82
The scene stealing actress played Ned’s grandmother alongside Andrew Garfield and Zendaya.
Ariana Grande Says Her Break Came From a ‘Thoughtful and Empowered Place’
Ariana Grande addressed her upcoming break from the spotlight at Monday night’s concert in Chicago.
Sunday in the Park with George Confirms Ariana Grande Will Be Recast
“We know this cannot have been an easy decision, and she makes it with our complete understanding and support.”
Below Deck Mediterranean Recap: Men Down
With dysfunction at a historic high and morale at an all-time low, this is the absolute worst time to lose a team member.
Canadian Tate McRae Isn’t MAGA
Sometimes we forget that some of the biggest pop stars dominating the Billboard charts aren’t American; sometimes they even forget as well.
Mama Grande Still Thinks Petal Is ‘Magnificant’
Ariana Grande’s mother, Joan Grande, is sticking by her daughter’s side amid her soon-to-be break from the spotlight.
Country Music Takes Over the Charts
There is no denying that, at least in summer 2026, country music is the most popular genre in America.
Hank Green Can’t Apologize Enough for Using AI
When Hank Green ad-libbed the phrase “I appreciate the pushback” in a longer discussion about kiki and bouba in his July 29 Ask Hank Anything video,
Thank This Retired Projectionist for Those 3 a.m. Odyssey 70-mm. Imax Showings
Running a film in Christopher Nolan’s preferred format is a specialized skill that only a few projectionists left can claim.
Lollapalooza’s Coolest Girls
Lollapalooza was a diva convention. The best, buzziest, and overall most exciting acts this year were all young women who dominated their stage.
Ariana Grande Can’t Win
Her response to a swarm of post-Wicked rumors is an earnest, dark album and a music video that has created only more controversy.
How Spider-Man: Brand New Day Became the Biggest Debut in Box-Office History
Sony’s motion picture group CEO Tom Rothman on how the studio has avoided “screwing up” its crown-jewel franchise and sequel potential.
Hollywood’s Hottest Fall Drama Is the Warnermount Merger
On July 31, the legal battle over Paramount Skydance’s planned $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. inched forward.
Furious Recap: Guess Who’s Coming to Breakfast?
Female anger is erupting everywhere in the latest installment of Furious. The three women at the center of the narrative are raging in very different ways, but they’re all becoming slowly consumed by their rage.
Phil Collins, Who Was Almost Pulled From Life Support, Is Looking for Love
We knew Phil Collins’s health was in a perilous position after Genesis ended their reunion tour in 2022, but the full extent of the issues that the Rock Hall’s newest two-timer faced is, somehow,
What’s Going on With the Wonder Man Cancellation?
There are few things less wonderful than finding out your show is canceled and you need to find a new job. And yet, Disney managed to find a way to do that to Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
The Best TV of the Year So Far
Vulture’s critics are tracking the year’s TV highlights across the streaming and broadcast spectrums, from breakout hits to underseen gems and everything in between. Check back each month for the latest additions.
Watch the Evolution of Manhattan Unfold in a Timelapse Video, from 1600 to 2026
A Manhattan without skyscrapers sounds difficult, if not impossible, to imagine today. But such a place really did exist, at least up until the turn of the twentieth century.
Telematrix No. 151: August 3, 2026
Can you name a Milo Ventimiglia TV show with 50+ episodes?
Watch David Bowie & Annie Lennox in Rehearsal, Singing “Under Pressure,” with Queen (1992)
It’s common to feel like we know our artists, writers, musicians, actors… we want so badly to touch their lives in some way, as their lives touch ours. This overwhelming desire is responsible for a huge market share of our mass media, from the most tasteless tabloid hit jobs to the most respectful longform essays.
Cinematrix No. 859: August 2, 2026
Can you name an Oscar-nominated Michael or Buster Keaton movie?
Brand New Day Brings Home Brand-New Records
But can it pass Avengers: Endgame’s opening weekend?
Savannah Guthrie Is ‘Begging’ for Closure on Mother’s Disappearance
Savannah Guthrie is still hoping to get answers as to what happened to her mother when she disappeared six months ago. “We are begging for help. We are desperate.
Where Does All This Odyssey Discourse Leave Us?
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