Page Inspect

Vulture - Entertainment News - TV, Movies, Music, Books, Theater, Art

- Intelligencer
- The Cut
- Vulture
- The Strategist
-
- Curbed
- Grub Street
- Magazine

Subscribe to the Magazine Give a Gift Subscription Buy Back Issues Current Issue Contents *New York* Shop

- Subscribe
- Sign In
- Account

Profile

Saved for later

Sign Out

Menu Menu Close Close

- TV Recaps
- TV
- Movies
- Comedy
- Music
- Games
- What to Stream
- Books
- Theater
- Art
- Awards Coverage
- Podcasts
- Criticism
- Family Entertainment

- About
- Newsletters
- New York App
- Vulture Festival

Like Us Follow Us Follow Us

- NYMag.com
- New York Magazine
- Intelligencer
- Vulture
- The Cut
- The Strategist
- Grub Street
- Curbed

## Search
Search Close

TV Recaps Games Movies Comedy Theater Streaming Family

## Hot Topics:

- Gold Rush
- *The Gilded Age*
- *The Naked Gun*
- *Long Story Short*
- *KPop Demon Hunters*
- *And Just Like That …*



theater review## Shakespeare in the Park’s *Twelfth Night* is Both Pleasant and Facile
Despite a compelling performance from Sandra Oh. By Sara Holdren

video

role call## Making *Nightcrawler* Was a ‘Down-the-Rabbit-Hole’ Experience for Riz Ahmed
The actor saw a different side of Los Angeles (and hangry co-star Jake Gyllenhaal) while shooting the 2014 thriller. video By Roxana Hadadi

backstories## ‘Imagine the Worst Guy in the World Being on *The Golden Bachelor*’
This season of *It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia* doubled down on crossovers, as well as love interests for Frank. By Roxana Hadadi

extremely online## They Make Millions Acting Like Sexy Babies
How the women of the Bop House, an OnlyFans influencer collective, conjure a fantasy of young girls having a nonstop horny sleepover. By Rebecca Jennings

## Cinematrix Can you name a Margaret Qualley or Aubrey Plaza movie with a punctuation mark in the title?

## Telematrix Can you name a Jenna Ortega or Christina Ricci TV show with a one or two-word title?

## 10x10 22-Down, Four Letters: Creature that debuted in “Return of the Jedi”

The Feed

The Feed

### The Feed

News Recaps Criticism

## Latest The Feed

News-feed

- vulture 10x10 5:00 a.m.



The Spike Puzzle 22-Down, Four Letters: Creature that debuted in “Return of the Jedi”
- vulture games 5:00 a.m.



Cinematrix No. 514: August 22, 2025 Can you name a Margaret Qualley or Aubrey Plaza movie with a punctuation mark in the title?

- puzzles 8/21/2025



Camp Flog Gnaw Is Making Us Work for Their Lineup Doechii returns for a second year in a row.
- vmas 2025 8/21/2025



Mariah Carey’s Taking Us Through Every Season at the VMAs She’ll be earning her first VMA: the coveted Video Vanguard Award.
- my dream date 8/21/2025



Who’s Going to the *Love Island USA* Reunion? “We gonna do this in public like how you did,” Olandria airs someone out in the teaser.
- arrests 8/21/2025



What’s Going on With Lil Nas X? The singer was arrested for charging at officers while wandering in his underwear.
- watch your back titanic 8/21/2025



How A24 Wound Up Rereleasing the Biggest Chinese Blockbuster in History *Ne Zha 2* made billions in China. A24 hopes to replicate that success in the U.S. with an English-language version.
- rip 8/21/2025



Brent Hinds, Co-Founder of Mastodon, Dead at 51 He died in a motorcycle crash several months after leaving the band.
- ts12 8/21/2025



*The Life of a Showgirl* As We Know It Another day, another album cover.
- nonplussed 8/21/2025



Fox One Crammed As Much As It Could Under One Streaming Roof The Murdoch clan’s new streaming service has arrived.
- call corporate 8/21/2025



Extra! Extra! *The Paper* Is Coming. *The Office* spinoff is now dropping all ten episodes at once.
- streamliner 8/21/2025



ESPN’s Flagship Streaming Service Has Landed Alongside its first-ever … streaming mascot?
- streamliner 8/21/2025



Apple TV+ Is 30 Percent More Expensive Now How much do you love *The Morning Show*?
- baby bobby brown 8/21/2025



Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi Welcome Baby Brown Bongiovi And congrats to Grandpa Jon Bon Jovi.

More News see more from the feed

Recaps-feed

- overnights 8/21/2025



*Peacemaker* Season-Premiere Recap: Sliding Doors After so many failures and changes to the status quo, who can blame Peacemaker for wanting to be in a simpler, more forgiving universe?
- overnights 8/21/2025



*The Real Housewives of Miami* Recap: Unfollow The Leader The women’s behavior is so shameful that they take turns storming off in embarrassment.

- overnights 8/21/2025



*Love Island: Beyond the Villa* Recap: Swim Show, Let’s Go Kaylor does not need all this reality TV drama when she’s going through so much physical and psychological pain.
- overnights 8/21/2025



*The Real Housewives of Orange County* Recap: The Lies! The Lies! The Lies! Let’s litigate the half-truths, circumstantial evidence, phone calls with journalists, and the men getting involved in women’s business, shall we?
- overnights 8/21/2025



*Project Runway* Recap: Design to Survive Nina’s back, and she’s irritated!
- overnights 8/21/2025



*Hostage* Finale Recap: People Want the Truth It turns out the hostage crisis and coup are all over … budget cuts?
- overnights 8/21/2025



*Hostage* Recap: It’s The Least You Deserve Toussaint finally tells the truth, ditches the right-wing extremist, and helps her political counterpart. So naturally, she’s not long for this world.
- overnights 8/21/2025



*Hostage* Recap: Bonne Chance With the titular hostage crisis out of the way, the captors bring the chaos directly to Dalton and Toussaint.
- overnights 8/21/2025



*Hostage* Recap: Blood on Your Hands We must protect Old James Bond at all costs.
- overnights 8/21/2025



*Hostage* Series-Premiere Recap: Don’t Resist the Path Netflix latest political thriller follows a prime minister navigating a complex web of political and personal crises.
- overnights 8/21/2025



*Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* Recap: Candid Camera Beto’s long-awaited documentary on Starfleet gets mixed reviews.
- overnights 8/20/2025



*The Summer I Turned Pretty* Recap: Don’t Marry Him Conrad’s “Choose me, pick me, love me” speech is stellar, but it’s not enough to convince Belly to blow up her entire life.
- overnights 8/20/2025



*Love Is Blind: UK* Recap: Have a Good Life Javen and Katisha are falling apart? If only someone could have predicted this.
- overnights 8/20/2025



*Platonic* Recap: Ceased to Exist Will and Jenna’s lack of chemistry comes to a somewhat violent end.

More Recaps see more from the feed

Criticism-feed

- theater review 8/21/2025



Shakespeare in the Park’s *Twelfth Night* is Both Pleasant and Facile Despite a compelling performance from Sandra Oh.
- movie review 8/21/2025



Ron Howard Has Finally Lost His Mind With his new film, *Eden*, the Hollywood stalwart lets the craziness take over, to his eternal credit.

- movie review 8/20/2025



*Splitsville* Is a Very Precise Comedy About Some Very Chaotic Non-Monogamy Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona star in Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin’s effervescent follow-up to *The Climb*.
- gun-fu 8/20/2025



When Hong Kong Cinema Ruled the World An entire generation of classics from this golden age of action cinema is finally being restored and rereleased in the U.S.
- tv review 8/20/2025



The Defense Will Not Rest *The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox*, executive-produced by its subject, is more invested in image rehab than finding a new angle on a familiar story.
- cannes 2025 8/18/2025



*Highest 2 Lowest* Is All the Best and Worst of Spike Lee Spike Lee reunites with Denzel Washington for a movie that starts off a mess and ends up somewhere great.
- movie review 8/15/2025



Sydney Sweeney’s New Movie Is the Opposite of Her ‘Good Jeans’ Ad *Americana* is a crime drama that plays around with who owns the iconography we use to define our national identity.
- family first 8/15/2025



Vanessa Kirby’s Sue Storm Is the MVP of *The Fantastic Four: First Steps* That Sue is by far the most compelling character to watch, however, accentuates how poorly developed the rest of them are.
- theater review 8/14/2025



Revisiting *Mamma Mia!,* Where the 21st Century Never Arrives Does your grandmother know?
- movie review 8/14/2025



The Best Doc of the Year Is Like a 5.5 Hour-Long Panic Attack Julia Loktev’s *My Undesirable Friends* drops you into a group of independent Russian journalists in the last months before the invasion of Ukraine.
- movie review 8/13/2025



*Nobody 2* Is All About Bob Odenkirk’s Face The confusion in Odenkirk’s eyes speaks to both his character’s existential crisis and to this movie’s odd place in a dying subgenre.
- close read 8/12/2025



*KPop Demon Hunters* Puts the Music First These songs live in the film’s universe as diegetic pop music, not an accessory to the plot.
- tv review 8/12/2025



*Alien: Earth* Is a Faulty Hybrid As much a *Blade Runner* adaptation as an *Alien* one, Noah Hawley’s series struggles to become more than the sum of its parts.
- close read 8/10/2025



Bertha Was Right *The Gilded Age* is determined to punish her. She doesn’t deserve it.

More Criticism see more from the feed

More News More News More News

### Most Popular

- They Make Millions Acting Like Sexy Babies
- Cinematrix No. 514: August 22, 2025
- *The Summer I Turned Pretty* Recap: Don’t Marry Him
- Spooky Season Begins With *Interview With the Vampire* Season Two on Netflix
- Guillermo del Toro’s *Frankenstein* Is Alive!

- They Make Millions Acting Like Sexy Babies
- Cinematrix No. 514: August 22, 2025
- *The Summer I Turned Pretty* Recap: Don’t Marry Him
- Please Be Nice to Zohran Mamdani About His Premature Baldness
- *The Real Housewives of Orange County* Recap: The Lies! The Lies! The Lies!

## Interview

- AD Smith Explains Why the *Perfect Match* Guys Felt Safe Cheating in Front of Her By Laura Bradley

## TV Recaps

- Peacemaker (S2/E1)



Sliding Doors After so many failures and changes to the status quo, who can blame Peacemaker for wanting to be in a simpler, more forgiving universe?
- The Real Housewives of Miami (S7/E12)



Unfollow The Leader The women’s behavior is so shameful that they take turns storming off in embarrassment.
- Love Island: Beyond the Villa (S1/E7)



Swim Show, Let’s Go Kaylor does not need all this reality TV drama when she’s going through so much physical and psychological pain.
- The Real Housewives of Orange County (S19/E7)



The Lies! The Lies! The Lies! Let’s litigate the half-truths, circumstantial evidence, phone calls with journalists, and the men getting involved in women’s business, shall we?
- Project Runway (S21/E5)



Design to Survive Nina’s back, and she’s irritated!
- Hostage (S1/E5)



People Want the Truth It turns out the hostage crisis and coup are all over … budget cuts?
- Hostage (S1/E4)



It’s The Least You Deserve Toussaint finally tells the truth, ditches the right-wing extremist, and helps her political counterpart. So naturally, she’s not long for this world.
- Hostage (S1/E3)



Bonne Chance With the titular hostage crisis out of the way, the captors bring the chaos directly to Dalton and Toussaint.
- Hostage (S1/E2)



Blood on Your Hands We must protect Old James Bond at all costs.
- More Recaps

## Watch Easier Streamliner is a regularly updated overview of the best movies, TV shows, and original series for you to enjoy on the services of your choice. *Sign up here.*

## Streamliner

- nonplussed Fox One Crammed As Much As It Could Under One Streaming Roof The Murdoch clan’s new streaming service has arrived. By Eric Vilas-Boas
- streamliner ESPN’s Flagship Streaming Service Has Landed Alongside its first-ever … streaming mascot? By Eric Vilas-Boas
- streamliner Apple TV+ Is 30 Percent More Expensive Now How much do you love *The Morning Show*? By Josef Adalian
- coming soon Spooky Season Begins With *Interview With the Vampire* Season Two on Netflix Catch up before *The Vampire Lestat* takes over in 2026. By Bethy Squires

See More Streaming

## Vulture Lists

- 6 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This Month
- So You Want to Start Watching Dropout
- Every Spike Lee Film, Ranked
- Every Denzel Washington Movie, Ranked
- 63 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your 2025 Reading List
- 5 New Comedy Specials You Should Definitely Watch (When You Have a Moment)
- 13 Essential Gilded Age Period Dramas to Suit Your Fancy

More Vulture Lists

## Features

- attn tv academy *Severance* Doesn’t Work Without Milchick Tramell Tillman’s performance embodies the show’s guiding metaphor. By Nicholas Quah
- movie review *Splitsville* Is a Very Precise Comedy About Some Very Chaotic Non-Monogamy Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona star in Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin’s effervescent follow-up to *The Climb*. By Alison Willmore
- the maria bamford questionnaire Please Be Nice to Zohran Mamdani About His Premature Baldness The NYC mayoral candidate on fears, regrets, and what he’s learned from Andrew Cuomo. By Megh Wright

## Movies



watch your back titanic## How A24 Wound Up Rereleasing the Biggest Chinese Blockbuster in History
*Ne Zha 2* made billions in China. A24 hopes to replicate that success in the U.S. with an English-language version. By Chris Lee

- movie review Ron Howard Has Finally Lost His Mind With his new film, *Eden*, the Hollywood stalwart lets the craziness take over, to his eternal credit. By Bilge Ebiri
- coming soon *Spider-Man 4: Brand New Day* Has Some New Moves Tramell Tillman joins Jon Bernthal and Liza Colón-Zayas in the cast. By Jason P. Frank
- remembrance Close-Up on Terence Stamp Who else could indelibly play Superman’s enemy and an aging drag queen with such natural talent? By Matt Zoller Seitz

- it’s pronounced frankensteen Guillermo del Toro’s *Frankenstein* Is Alive! Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac star in del Toro’s long-awaited Mary Shelley adaptation. By Jason P. Frank
- movie review *Splitsville* Is a Very Precise Comedy About Some Very Chaotic Non-Monogamy Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona star in Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin’s effervescent follow-up to *The Climb*. By Alison Willmore
- gun-fu When Hong Kong Cinema Ruled the World An entire generation of classics from this golden age of action cinema is finally being restored and rereleased in the U.S. By Bilge Ebiri
- coming soon Jennifer Lopez Spins Up a Comeback With the new trailer for *Kiss of the Spider Woman*. By Jason P. Frank
- encounter How Paul Walter Hauser Became Hollywood’s Swiss Army Knife After playing a string of basement-dwelling idiots (his words), the character actor is showing off his range. By Nate Jones

Movies

## TV



call corporate## Extra! Extra! *The Paper* Is Coming.
*The Office* spinoff is now dropping all ten episodes at once. By Jason P. Frank

- what’s goin’ on down *South Park* Covers Artificial Intelligence and Human Stupidity Plus, Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg are shown in occupied D.C. bribing Trump. By Bethy Squires
- medical trauma drama *The Pitt* Season Two Is En Route “And so it begins,” Dr. Robby opens the trailer. By Jason P. Frank
- belly no! The Summer We All Watched *The Summer I Turned Pretty* Conrad only has so many chances before the finale. By Bethy Squires
- coming soon Spooky Season Begins With *Interview With the Vampire* Season Two on Netflix Catch up before *The Vampire Lestat* takes over in 2026. By Bethy Squires

- tv review

The Defense Will Not Rest *The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox*, executive-produced by its subject, is more invested in image rehab than finding a new angle on a familiar story. By Roxana Hadadi

- coming soon Is Jake Paul Literally Punching Below His Weight on Netflix? He’s fighting lightweight champ Gervonta Davis November 14. By Bethy Squires
- attn tv academy *Severance* Doesn’t Work Without Milchick Tramell Tillman’s performance embodies the show’s guiding metaphor. By Nicholas Quah
- trailer mix Thank Goodness, *The Morning Show* Looks Crazier Than Ever Whatever’s happening in season four, it’s gonna be good. By Jason P. Frank
- oui *Emily in Paris* Will Butcher Italian Even More in Season 5 Don’t worry, she’ll still be in Paris despite her new “presence” in Rome. By Alejandra Gularte

TV

## Music



puzzles## Camp Flog Gnaw Is Making Us Work for Their Lineup
Doechii returns for a second year in a row. By Alejandra Gularte

- vmas 2025 Mariah Carey’s Taking Us Through Every Season at the VMAs She’ll be earning her first VMA: the coveted Video Vanguard Award. By Alejandra Gularte
- rip Brent Hinds, Co-Founder of Mastodon, Dead at 51 He died in a motorcycle crash several months after leaving the band. By Alejandra Gularte
- ts12 *The Life of a Showgirl* As We Know It Another day, another album cover. By Alejandra Gularte

- awooga! Christine Baranski and King Princess Are More Than Perfect Strangers They’re starting rumors that they’re dating. But what if … By Jason P. Frank
- superlatives John Fogerty on the Best and Most Misunderstood Music of His Career “We all felt like we were millionaires and on top of the world. Yet there was so much unhappiness in the band.” By Devon Ivie
- we’re worrying baby Mike Love Used Brian Wilson’s Funeral to Remind Everyone He Also Wrote Hits “I didn’t feel the compassion, let’s put it that way,” Al Jardine says. “Mike’s got some serious megalomania problems.” By Devon Ivie
- katy scary Is Katy Perry’s Own Tour Attacking Her? All the mishaps and malfunctions plaguing the Lifetimes Tour. By Jason P. Frank
- respect the classics Mark Mothersbaugh Has an ‘Alternative Plan’ for Getting Devo Into the Rock Hall It involves a parking spot adjacent to the museum, the band’s remains, and lax burial laws. By Devon Ivie

Music

## Comedy



sclusie## Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett Have a New Podcast, and Their Chemistry Is Electric
“It’s gonna be a great podcast to listen to and to watch!” By Rebecca Alter

- rip Frisbee, Seth Meyers’s Dog and Andy Samberg’s Nemesis, Dead at 14 A longtime rivalry is laid to rest. By Fran Hoepfner
- it’s literally on dippy Want to Watch *Looney Tunes*? That’s All on Tubi, Folks! Tubi has 789 shorts compiled into 262 episodes. By Bethy Squires
- buffering Greg Gutfeld Is Not Part of the Late-Night Wars No one needs to echo the Fox News framing of his role on television. By Josef Adalian

- speedruns This Stand-up Comedy Video Game Is Frighteningly Realistic Watch as Remus Tarb speedruns it in the latest sketch by Hotel Art Thief. By Hershal Pandya
- this week in late night A Bullying Margaret Qualley Won Late Night This Week Plus Nicole Byer crushing her *Kimmel* guest-hosting stint and Helen Mirren’s bisexual tomatoes. By Bethy Squires
- finale thoughts Sam Reich Wanted to Put *Game Changer* in the Audience’s Hands For one episode, at least. By Nic Juarez
- boffo b.o. *South Park*’s Trump Plot Gets the Show Its Best Ratings in 25 Years Breaking news! All publicity remains good publicity. By Bethy Squires
- superlatives ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic on the Best and Most Obsessive Music of His Career “I mean, for a guy who just does goofy stuff, I put a lot of hard work into making sure I didn’t ignore or miss anything in pop culture.” By Devon Ivie

Comedy

## Theater



grand returns## Darren Criss Will Return to Broadway’s *Maybe Happy Ending* This Fall
Taking over from Andrew Barth Feldman, whose casting caused controversy, on November 5. By Jason P. Frank

- they’re illusions michael! Muppets to Finally Take Manhattan Audra. Liza. Piggy. By Rebecca Alter
- stagedoor manners Audra McDonald Says a Fan Followed Her Home From *Gypsy* “When you see an actor leave the stage door, if they don’t stop, leave them alone.” By Jason P. Frank
- theater review Revisiting *Mamma Mia!,* Where the 21st Century Never Arrives Does your grandmother know? By Jackson McHenry
- chat room Audra McDonald on Going From Momma Rose to *The Gilded* *Age*’s ‘Mama Bear’ “I said, ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute. That was Rose. That wasn’t Dorothy. I gotta tone it down a little bit.’” By Jason P. Frank

- theater review

Magic, the Gathering: *Ta-da!, Out of Order,* and *Open* Three shows full of sleight of hand, each from a creator who’s trying to execute a larger trick. By Jackson McHenry

- encounter Ben Ahlers’s Time Has Come *The Gilded Age*’s “clock twink” loves the memes, but he’s trying to look past them. By Jackson McHenry
- theater review Dead Outlaws, From Hollywood Queen to Country Lawyer Onstage this week: Elizabeth McGovern as Ava Gardner*,* *Can I Be Frank?,* and *Well, I’ll Let You Go.* By Jackson McHenry
- matters of representation *Maybe Happy Ending*’s Unhappy Casting Choice Helen J. Shen, star of of the show and Andrew Barth Feldman’s girlfriend, responded to controversy surrounding his casting. By Jason P. Frank
- on the record How Rachel Zegler Handles Controversy The young actress’s career has been full of scandals that have nothing to do with her actual talent. By Jason P. Frank

Theater

## Books

- spellcasting *Harry Potter* and the Next Generation of British Celebrities Meet the Weasley siblings. By Rebecca Alter
- today’s controversy Sally Rooney Is Only Guilty of Emotional Terrorism The Irish novelist faces outlandish accusations of terrorism after writing in support of banned protest group Palestine Action. By Fran Hoepfner
- vulture lists 6 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This Month There’s some things you need to remember about Gwyneth Paltrow. By Marshall Heyman
- vulture lists 63 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your 2025 Reading List August is all about crime. By Emily Maskell
- celebrity memoirs Kid Cudi Says His Relationship With Cassie ‘Bruised’ Diddy’s Ego “And that also made me feel good, because I was the underdog in the industry at that time,” he writes in his new memoir. By Jennifer Zhan

Books

## Art

- art The Six Female Artists With Major Solo Shows This Fall Sasha Gordon, Olivia van Kuiken, Ana Cláudia Almeida, María Berrío, Adebunmi Gbadebo, and Karen Barbour on how they prepared for their big solo shows. By Jay Kolsch
- art review A Love Letter to Vermeer The Frick’s austere new show about the Dutch master is a quiet triumph. By Jerry Saltz
- the hamptons issue 46 Artists Who Live and Work in the Hamptons Laurie Anderson, Ross Bleckner, Eric Fischl and 43 artists keeping the Hamptons from turning into Key West. By Bob Morris
- encounter ‘The Depth Is in the Pictures, Not What I Say About Them’ Rosalind Fox Solomon made haunting photographs for 50 years. She told us about her trajectory from Tennessee housewife to artist. By Christopher Bonanos
- the hamptons issue Does Larry Gagosian Like His Bookstore? The art dealer seems to think there is too much children’s stuff at BookHampton, his newest acquisition. By Brock Colyar

Art

- TV
- Movies
- Comedy
- Music
- What To Stream

Like Us Follow Us Follow Us Follow Us Follow Us Follow Us

- About Vulture
- About New York Magazine
- Newsletters
- Help
- Contact
- Press
- Media Kit
- We’re Hiring
- Privacy
- Terms
- Ad Choices
- Do Not Sell My Info
- Accessibility
- Do not sell or share my personal data

vulture is a Vox Media Network. © 2025 Vox Media, LLC. All rights reserved.