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This Picture of Dorian Gray Leaps Off the Wall

Brimming with color and directorial innovation, fabulously embodied by Sarah Snook. By Sara Holdren

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Only Hayao Miyazaki Should Be Allowed to Turn People Into Pigs

The newest wave of AI-generated art goes against everything the filmmaker and Studio Ghibli stand for. Not that that’s stopping anyone. By Fran Hoepfner

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What Working on Princess Mononoke at Studio Ghibli Taught Me

In the middle of one of their most crunched productions, Studio Ghibli’s masters showed a young French animator the ropes. By Eric Vilas-Boas

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‘I Probably Shouldn’t Even Be Answering This Question’

Michael Mann on why American critics dismissed Thief, and what’s going on with Heat 2. By Bilge Ebiri

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All the Kennedy Center Cancellations Under Trump The opera Fellow Travelers joins Hamilton on a growing list.
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MrBeast Starts a New Chapter as a James Patterson Co-Author Their joint thriller novel is reportedly already at the center of an eight-figure bidding war.
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Machine Gun Kelly Celebrates the Birth of His ‘Celestial’ Baby with Megan Fox He welcomed his daughter after apparently receiving some unwelcome questions from his ex’s other ex, Brian Austin Green.
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Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Laughed His Way Through Drummond’s Last Stand “When I was filming, I was like, This is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. I had to shut down,” says the Severance actor.
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Grey’s Anatomy Recap: Dream Houses and Relationship Nightmares Good news: Meredith and Nick just bought a gorgeous new house! Bad news: Most of our other couples are really going through it.
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Summer House Recap: Head to Toes The Jesse-Ciara-West dynamic continues to be complicated and messy, thanks to Jesse’s lack of boundaries.
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The Studio Recap: Back to One! A brilliant and exhausting half-hour of television digs into Matt’s insecurity as an executive.
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This Picture of Dorian Gray Leaps Off the Wall Brimming with color and directorial innovation, fabulously embodied by Sarah Snook.
close read 3/27/2025

Common Side Effects’s Tiny Blue Mushroom Contains a World of Hurt The animated series may revolve around a fantastical fungus, but its frustrated rage toward America’s health-care system is as real as it gets.
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The Studio Laughs to Keep From Crying Beneath the broad farce of this Hollywood satire lies wistful nostalgia for an industry in decline.
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Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Made a Loveless Love Album I Said I Love You First is more interested in throwing you off the couple’s trail than letting you in.
stand-up 3/25/2025

The Hypocrisy-Joke Trap Comics don’t have to square the contradictions they obsess over onstage, but they often miss the point — and better jokes — for easy laughs.
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Money in Its Purse, No Heart on Its Sleeve: Denzel Washington in Othello Kenny Leon’s production, co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is low on ideas and lower on energy.
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Baffling and Beautiful, Misericordia Is the Strangest of French Thrillers Beloved in France, Alain Guiraudie’s fascinating new film is a confounding genre hybrid about sublimated (and not so sublimated) desires.
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How to Live Inside a Mall for 4 Years The enormously entertaining Secret Mall Apartment reveals how a group of artists built a secret condo inside a Providence shopping mall.
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Dead Men Do Tell (Funny) Tales: Operation Mincemeat A genuinely funny musical about one of World War II’s oddest espionage gambits.
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Job Insecurity Who among us hasn’t jumped the gun and bought a PS5 before securing a job?
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Savior Complex Finally catch your breath after last week’s episode? Don’t get used to it.
Reacher (S3/E8)

Bash of the Titans Maybe it was too much to expect the season to end with anything other than a colossal bloodbath.
The Wheel of Time (S3/E5)

Dream Weaver Even as we zoom in from location to location, the performances keep the series from spiraling out of control.
Summer House (S9/E7)

Head to Toes The Jesse-Ciara-West dynamic continues to be complicated and messy, thanks to Jesse’s lack of boundaries.
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buffering Max’s Big Bet on The Pitt Paid Off A lean, mean procedural can be the right medicine for streaming. HBO and Max chief Casey Bloys explains why he took a chance on one. By Josef Adalian
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boulder? i hardly knew her

Sundance Film Festival Goes for Boulder

Colorado was one of three finalists for the new host, including Salt Lake City. By Jason P. Frank

coming soon One Battle After Another Continues Its Fight Leonardo DiCaprio will not be playing a character named Zoyd Wheeler, it turns out. By Jason P. Frank
coming soon Zendaya Will Be Barry Jenkins’s Baby in Ronnie Spector Biopic Be My Baby will immerse viewers in the Ronnie and Phil Spector marriage. By Bethy Squires
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once upon a time Disney’s Live-Action Princess Movies Are Trapped in the 2010s These decadent yet chintzy nostalgia pieces with delusions of forward momentum once ruled the box office. Not anymore. By Darren Franich
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shaken not stirred James Bond Targets New Producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman will take over the franchise under Amazon. By Jason P. Frank
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Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Laughed His Way Through Drummond’s Last Stand

“When I was filming, I was like, This is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. I had to shut down,” says the Severance actor. By Devon Ivie

this is me crying Survivor Can Still Make Jeff Probst Cry “Seeing Jeff get so emotional about the situation … that was the moment when it hit me, that this is a moment that is going to be remembered.” By Jason P. Frank
close read Common Side Effects’s Tiny Blue Mushroom Contains a World of Hurt The animated series may revolve around a fantastical fungus, but its frustrated rage toward America’s health-care system is as real as it gets. By Roxana Hadadi
zoinks! They’re Riverdale-ing Scooby-Doo Netflix will make a live-action Scooby-Doo series, set at summer camp. By Bethy Squires
merch madness Duke Isn’t Happy About The White Lotus’s Merch Use The Blue Devils don’t want to be associated with that particular white devil. By Jason P. Frank

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Garcelle Beauvais Leaves RHOBH on Shockingly Good Terms “Andy Cohen says I can come back anytime.” By Jason P. Frank

coming soon Only Murders in the Building Adds (Another) Two-Time Oscar Winner Renée Zellweger joins the cast in an unnamed role. By Jason P. Frank
late night Taylor Tomlinson’s After Midnight Is Coming to an End CBS has no plans yet to fill the time slot with another late-night show. By Hershal Pandya
infected The Last of Us Season Two Waits For No One Abby’s backstory will be revealed earlier than it is in the game, according to co-creator Neil Druckmann. By Zoe Guy
everything we know A Malcolm in the Middle Revival: Yes, No, Maybe, I Don’t Know? Francis and Reese are returning, but Dewey has been recast. By Michael Savio

Music

extremely online

How TikTok Fell So Deeply in Love With a Janet Jackson Track from 2001

A timeline of how “Someone to Call My Lover” got to its current viral moment. By Jennifer Zhan

chat room Destroyer’s Dan Bejar Still Isn’t Sure What He’s Doing “The idea that this is something that has structured my life for so long is pretty weird.” By Justin Curto
rocknomics You Can Kiss Gene Simmons’s Ass for $12k Per Day He insists his roadie experience is a bargain, because “you can set up amplifiers and drums to your heart’s content.” By Devon Ivie
where do broken hearts go This Is Almost Better Than a One Direction Reunion Zayn Malik sang “Night Changes” on the ten-year anniversary of his departure from the band. By Fran Hoepfner

bam! Chappell Roan Has a Fan Force Field Around Her “I think I made a big enough deal about not talking to me that people do not talk to me.” By Jason P. Frank
the festival circuit Which Artists Are Gonna Be Outside This Summer? Outside Lands is the latest music festival to drop a 2025 lineup with Tyler, the Creator as a headliner. By Jennifer Zhan
chat room Mike Campbell Doesn’t Know How He Got So Lucky The Heartbreaker on his unspoken bond with Tom Petty, “sideman syndrome,” and Bob Dylan being jealous of “The Boys of Summer.” By Devon Ivie
the industry Napster Is Still Worth Over $200 Million? In 2025? For the metaverse, at least. By Justin Curto
album review Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Made a Loveless Love Album I Said I Love You First is more interested in throwing you off the couple’s trail than letting you in. By Craig Jenkins

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Won’t You Enjoy Live Comedy With Vulture Tonight?

We have shows in L.A. (the debut of Guaranteed!) and New York (Pretty Major) this evening. Come by! By Hershal Pandya

tv review The Studio Laughs to Keep From Crying Beneath the broad farce of this Hollywood satire lies wistful nostalgia for an industry in decline. By Nicholas Quah
stand-up The Hypocrisy-Joke Trap Comics don’t have to square the contradictions they obsess over onstage, but they often miss the point — and better jokes — for easy laughs. By Hershal Pandya
awards Conan O’Brien Accepts the Mark Twain Prize With ‘Unceasing Silliness’ Read the comedian and late-night legend’s full speech. By Jen Chaney

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acceptance speeches Conan O’Brien Wants Us to Be More Like Mark Twain In his Mark Twain Prize for American Humor acceptance speech, he made his case. By Bethy Squires
new look who dis Ben Stiller’s Vision Is Why Adam Scott’s Hair Looked So Good in Severance Stiller had a “very specific idea” for Mark S’s hair throughout the series. By Alejandra Gularte
vulnerability It’s Time to Meet the ‘Real’ Kyle Mooney The SNL alum has released an album of songs where he bares it all. By Hershal Pandya
this week in late night Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s Newlywed Game Won Late Night This Week Plus Katt Williams on The Tonight Show and the best Everybody’s Live call yet. By Bethy Squires

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theater review

Money in Its Purse, No Heart on Its Sleeve: Denzel Washington in Othello

Kenny Leon’s production, co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is low on ideas and lower on energy. By Sara Holdren

theater review Dead Men Do Tell (Funny) Tales: Operation Mincemeat A genuinely funny musical about one of World War II’s oddest espionage gambits. By Sara Holdren
theater review The Buena Vista Social Club Gets Bigger and Smaller on Broadway Revising Cuba’s past with a trimmed book, but more thrilling dance. By Jackson McHenry
theater review We See You, Andrew Scott The actor creates a full, heartbreaking world inside his solo performance of Vanya. By Sara Holdren
theater review A Storied Black Family Faces Itself in Purpose A household very much like Jesse Jackson’s has a brutal, if overdetermined, birthday celebration. By Jackson McHenry

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Mescal and Ferran in Streetcar: Yes, Yes, Magic! Rebecca Frecknall’s production at BAM has it all. By Sara Holdren

sure Donald Trump Claims He ‘Never Liked Hamilton Very Much’ Anyway After Lin-Manuel Miranda chose not to stage it at the Kennedy Center under Trump’s new board. By Jason P. Frank
coming soon How Sweet It Is (to Get a James Taylor Jukebox Musical) Written by Pulitzer winner Tracy Letts and directed by Tony winner David Cromer. By Jason P. Frank
mask 4 unmasked Orville Peck to Go Mask Off for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club The masked cowboy will be an unmasked emcee. By Jason P. Frank
another suitcase another show Don’t Cry for Rachel Zegler, Argentina Zegler will play Eva Perón in the West End production of Jamie Lloyd’s Evita. By Jason P. Frank

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beast mode MrBeast Starts a New Chapter as a James Patterson Co-Author Their joint thriller novel is reportedly already at the center of an eight-figure bidding war. By Jennifer Zhan
we tell ourselves stories A First Look Into the Joan Didion Archives Her papers and John Gregory Dunne’s open to researchers at the New York Public Library today. By Christopher Bonanos
chat room Bob the Drag Queen Doesn’t Play About Harriet Tubman His debut novel imagines the abolitionist as a modern hip-hop artist, and he’s already writing a stage adaptation with a dream cast in mind. By Jennifer Zhan
vulture lists 5 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This Month A hare, an ‘80s movies star, and Careless People. By Marshall Heyman
encounter Can Simon & Schuster Become the A24 of Books? The imprint’s new publisher is betting on it. By Cat Zhang

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Art

the work of art Lisa Yuskavage Becomes the Protagonist After 35 years of painting her signature girls, the artist has turned to a new subject: herself. By Adam Moss
art review The Exhilarating Anger of Christine Sun Kim Her new show at the Whitney reveals that language is a social currency that constantly places the deaf at a disadvantage. By Jerry Saltz
remembrances Walter Robinson, Rogue Pirate of the Art World The longtime man-about-downtown died this week at age 74. By Jerry Saltz
art review Caspar David Friedrich’s Lonely Islands A retrospective at the Met captures the German romanticist’s epic melancholy. By Jerry Saltz
extremely online The Hyperpigmentation Drawing Meme Is a Work of Art Call it TikTok’s modern-day Mona Lisa. By Jennifer Zhan