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‘We’re All Going to Die, and I Think About It a Lot’

His Three Daughters star Elizabeth Olsen on why she keeps doing movies about grief and dying and why she’s decided, “Marvel, done.” By Rachel Handler

album review

Linkin Park’s Risky Rebirth Paid Off

An initially messy return paved the way for a balanced new album. By Craig Jenkins

ask an expert

NDAs for People Following the Zach Bryan Drama

The breakup updates aren’t going anywhere, so we asked a few NDA experts to breakdown the $12 million drama. By Claudia Rosenbaum

chapters

I Thought the Sun Rose and Set on His Sicilian Ass

Sonny Bono was one of the most charming — and possessive — men I’d ever met. By Cher

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Everybody Loves Al Green’s R.E.M. Cover And if you don’t … who hurt you?
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Merry Christmas From a Certain Carpenter No, not that one.
the law 11:14 a.m.

Diddy Accused of Witness Tampering in Sex-Crimes Case His attorneys claim prosecutors violated his due-process rights.
if i could turn back time 9:00 a.m.

14 Stunning Stories From Cher’s (First) Memoir From Warren Beatty asking her out when she was a teenager to her “chicken joke” with Carol Burnett.
vulture 10x10 5:00 a.m.

The Hella Good Puzzle 20-Across, Four Letters: Film role for Gwyneth and Anya
vulture games 5:00 a.m.

Cinematrix No. 238: November 19, 2024 Can you name a movie starring Michelle Yeoh with double letters in the title?
engagement 2:27 a.m.

Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good Announce Their Engagement The couple got together two months after Majors was arrested for domestic violence charges.
xxxmas 11/18/2024

Sabrina Carpenter Wants Her Stocking Stuffed (by Netflix) Chappell Roan is coming home for the holidays in A Nonsense Christmas.
diners drive ins and drive offs 11/18/2024

Now Who Would Steal from Guy Fieri? Someone pulled off a “double heist” and stole over $1 million worth of tequila.
death 11/18/2024

Paul Teal, One Tree Hill Actor, Dead at 35 Bethany Joy Lenz remembers casting the “shy and funny” for his six episode arc.
memeology 11/18/2024

Allow Nicole Kidman to Correct the Record on That Divorce Meme “That wasn’t real life.”
double domingo 11/18/2024

Marcello Hernández Brought Back Domingo Twice in One Weekend First on SNL and then at a Sabrina Carpenter concert in L.A.
respect the classics 11/18/2024

We Bought a Zoo Turned Elle Fanning Into a Bob Dylan Stan But she still hasn’t met the man after starring in A Complete Unknown.
vulture lists 11/18/2024

Every Taylor Sheridan TV Show, Ranked He’s become one of television’s biggest hitmakers thanks a steady stream of shows that offer a stark vision of America.

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overnights 10:33 a.m.

Below Deck Sailing Yacht Recap: Cloyce Steps Up The bar is low, but at least he’s clearing it.
overnights 11/18/2024

The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Honesty Is the Best Policy Whether consciously or subconsciously, the cast seems to understand what’s needed to keep this rebuilding season on track.
overnights 11/18/2024

Yellowstone Recap: Cattle Country With the timeline jumping around for no apparent reason, it feels like Taylor Sheridan is struggling to fill space.
overnights 11/17/2024

Somebody Somewhere Recap: Did You Manifest That? The Miller sisters get up close and personal in an episode that shows just how much they’ve come to rely on each other.
overnights 11/17/2024

The Franchise Recap: A Bridge Too Far Will Martin Scorsese ever live down comparing comic-book movies to theme-park rides in an interview once? No. Probably not.
overnights 11/17/2024

Dune: Prophecy Series-Premiere Recap: The Space Witch Project HBO’s latest series of warring houses and political intrigue goes interstellar following the Bene Gesserit’s multi-millennia-long conspiracy.
overnights 11/17/2024

Tulsa King Season-Finale Recap: An Offer He Can Refuse Dwight’s refusal to negotiate in good faith somehow makes for an exciting and shocking finale.
overnights 11/17/2024

Saturday Night Live Recap: When Charli XCX Shows Up, SNL Is Brat The fashionably bored Brit got big laughs without breaking a sweat.
overnights 11/17/2024

Lioness Recap: Apocalypse Soon Cruz and Josie bond, lioness to lioness.
overnights 11/16/2024

Cobra Kai Midseason-Finale Recap: Child’s Play Does it make sense how quickly the tournament devolves into mass chaos? Not really. But it’s Cobra Kai, so it works.
overnights 11/16/2024

Cobra Kai Recap: Blade Runner Tory and Robby are finally able to resolve their conflict … by physically fighting each other.
overnights 11/15/2024

Cobra Kai Recap: The Chozen The least Barcelona-centric installment so far is the one that kicks this stretch of episodes into gear.
overnights 11/15/2024

Cobra Kai Recap: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! The tournament is finally underway, and Miyagi-Do is flopping.
overnights 11/15/2024

Cobra Kai Midseason-Premiere Recap: National Lampoon’s European Vacation “Welcome to Barcelona, bitch.”

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album review 12:45 p.m.

Linkin Park’s Risky Rebirth Paid Off An initially messy return paved the way for a balanced new album.
book review 7:00 a.m.

Haruki Murakami Has Lost the Sauce Two new works read more like fan fiction set in the extended Murakami universe than the thrillingly strange novels he’s famous for.
theater review 11/18/2024

Shit. Meet. Fan. Tells Us Lots That We Already Know Neil Patrick Harris and Jane Krakowski star in Robert O’Hara’s self-described “blistering vulgar satire.” It delivers one of those three things.
theater review 11/17/2024

Elf: The Musical, Where They Sing Really Loud for All to Hear Everyone’s trying, but the show itself is a cotton-headed ninny-muggins.
tv review 11/17/2024

Stuck in Prequel Quicksand Dune: Prophecy’s derivativeness is both its greatest flaw and its most defining characteristic.
movie review 11/15/2024

‘Some People Call It the City of Dreams, But I Don’t’ Payal Kapadia’s new film, All We Imagine As Light, is a shimmering portrait of a Mumbai where everyone goes and nobody feels at home.
theater review 11/14/2024

The Lighter Side of Christian Nationalism: Tammy Faye Spinning an evangelist grifter into a camp icon and sorta-feminist heroine is a little hard to take right now.
theater review 11/14/2024

King Lear at the Fountain of Youth Kenneth Branagh’s production is fleet and facile.
tv review 11/14/2024

How to Get Away With More Murder Sharon Horgan delivers a second season of Bad Sisters with fewer laughs but plenty more twists.
tv review 11/14/2024

Tell Everyone About Say Nothing FX’s exploration of the Troubles captures the thrill and romance of revolution — and the cost of its violence.
art review 11/13/2024

Maps of Things Past The brilliant art-world cartographies of Loren Munk.
theater review 11/12/2024

When Robots Meet Cute: Maybe Happy Ending “It might feel like 2064 on the surface, but in its nostalgic, rechargeable heart, the show parties like it’s 1999.”
theater review 11/11/2024

A Wonderful World Is Also a Familiar One James Monroe Iglehart does a fine job embodying Louis Armstrong in a show that’s anything but improvisational.
movie review 11/11/2024

I Hate to Say This, But Men Deserve Better Than Gladiator II Ridley Scott’s sequel might make you wonder if we’ve lost the ability to treat brawny historical epics earnestly.

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Interview

We Asked Anora’s Yura Borisov About That Final Scene Inside the Car By Roxana Hadadi

Below Deck Sailing Yacht (S5/E7)

Cloyce Steps Up The bar is low, but at least he’s clearing it.
The Real Housewives of Potomac (S9/E7)

Honesty Is the Best Policy Whether consciously or subconsciously, the cast seems to understand what’s needed to keep this rebuilding season on track.
Yellowstone (S5/E10)

Cattle Country With the timeline jumping around for no apparent reason, it feels like Taylor Sheridan is struggling to fill space.
Somebody Somewhere (S3/E4)

Did You Manifest That? The Miller sisters get up close and personal in an episode that shows just how much they’ve come to rely on each other.
The Franchise (S1/E7)

A Bridge Too Far Will Martin Scorsese ever live down comparing comic-book movies to theme-park rides in an interview once? No. Probably not.
Dune: Prophecy (S1/E1)

The Space Witch Project HBO’s latest series of warring houses and political intrigue goes interstellar following the Bene Gesserit’s multi-millennia-long conspiracy.
Tulsa King (S2/E10)

An Offer He Can Refuse Dwight’s refusal to negotiate in good faith somehow makes for an exciting and shocking finale.
Saturday Night Live (S50/E7)

When Charli XCX Shows Up, SNL Is Brat The fashionably bored Brit got big laughs without breaking a sweat.
Special Ops: Lioness (S2/E5)

Apocalypse Soon Cruz and Josie bond, lioness to lioness.
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the pluck of the irish Anthony Boyle Didn’t Have To Do Much Research For Say Nothing “My mom, one of her earliest memories is the Brits raiding the house and her father getting pulled down the stairs by the British Army.” By Jackson McHenry
theater review Shit. Meet. Fan. Tells Us Lots That We Already Know Neil Patrick Harris and Jane Krakowski star in Robert O’Hara’s self-described “blistering vulgar satire.” It delivers one of those three things. By Sara Holdren
scene report Oscar Season Kicks Off With Trump Impressions and a Bond Tease Everything we saw and heard at the 2024 Governors Awards, the first big event on the awards campaign trail. By Jason P. Frank

Movies

memeology

Allow Nicole Kidman to Correct the Record on That Divorce Meme

“That wasn’t real life.” By Justin Curto

scene report Oscar Season Kicks Off With Trump Impressions and a Bond Tease Everything we saw and heard at the 2024 Governors Awards, the first big event on the awards campaign trail. By Jason P. Frank
respect the classics We Bought a Zoo Turned Elle Fanning Into a Bob Dylan Stan But she still hasn’t met the man after starring in A Complete Unknown. By Justin Curto
the pluck of the irish How the Irish Came to Rule Pop Culture Artists from the island continue to punch above their weight. Online, they’ve gained a rep as the “good Europeans.” By Nate Jones

vulture festival 2024 Kevin Smith Is Getting Closer and Closer to Dogma 2 And Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will be guilted into starring, trust. By Bethy Squires
vulture festival 2024 Saturday Night Live Was Director School for Julio Torres “We treated every sketch as if they were a little short film.” By Bethy Squires
vulture festival 2024 Mike Myers, King of Catchphrase Comedy, Doesn’t Write Catchphrases Intentionally “Remember ‘Get in my belly?’ That was improv. It wasn’t Ladies and gentleman, my next catchphrase!” By Bethy Squires
vulture festival 2024 Elizabeth Olsen Sees Marvel as ‘Insurance’ to Make Indie Films It’s not a matter of “one for them, one for me,” it’s about the freedom to do both. By Justin Curto
november blues? Can Red One’s Box Office Break Into the Green? Maybe it’s a little too early for a Christmas movie. By Alejandra Gularte

TV

if i could turn back time

14 Stunning Stories From Cher’s (First) Memoir

From Warren Beatty asking her out when she was a teenager to her “chicken joke” with Carol Burnett. By Justin Curto

the pluck of the irish Anthony Boyle Didn’t Have To Do Much Research For Say Nothing “My mom, one of her earliest memories is the Brits raiding the house and her father getting pulled down the stairs by the British Army.” By Jackson McHenry
xxxmas Sabrina Carpenter Wants Her Stocking Stuffed (by Netflix) Chappell Roan is coming home for the holidays in A Nonsense Christmas. By Bethy Squires
death Paul Teal, One Tree Hill Actor, Dead at 35 Bethany Joy Lenz remembers casting the “shy and funny” for his six episode arc. By Alejandra Gularte
vulture lists Every Taylor Sheridan TV Show, Ranked He’s become one of television’s biggest hitmakers thanks a steady stream of shows that offer a stark vision of America. By Noel Murray

history lessons
How Say Nothing’s Characters Compare to Their Real Life Counterparts A closer look at where and how FX’s new adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s nonfiction book veers into fiction. By Sophie Brookover

houston texas baby Beyoncé Got Us — and Netflix — a Christmas Gift She’ll be playing halftime at the streamer’s Christmas NFL game in Houston. By Justin Curto
vulture festival 2024 Does the New Cruel Intentions Go There? “To me, growing up, it was the naughty film.” By Jason P. Frank
tv review Stuck in Prequel Quicksand Dune: Prophecy’s derivativeness is both its greatest flaw and its most defining characteristic. By Roxana Hadadi
vulture festival 2024 The You’re The Worst Burn Book The reunited cast and creator name-drop the worst LA has to offer. By Bethy Squires

Music

respect the classics

Everybody Loves Al Green’s R.E.M. Cover

And if you don’t … who hurt you? By Devon Ivie

the law Diddy Accused of Witness Tampering in Sex-Crimes Case His attorneys claim prosecutors violated his due-process rights. By Justin Curto
blondes What a Girl Wants Is to See ‘Brina and Xtina Live Blondes definitely have more fun. By Alejandra Gularte
his pretzel logic Donald Fagen Defines Yacht Rock: ‘Go F- - - Yourself’ Maybe don’t ask the Steely Dan front man about the genre. By Devon Ivie

superlatives Cyndi Lauper on the Freest and Most Provocative Music of Her Career “They looked at me and were like, What the heck?” By Devon Ivie
my single is dropping Mark Zuckerberg Celebrates His Wife With a ‘Get Low’ Cover The giant statue of her was better. By Bethy Squires
an englishman in las vegas Sting Won’t Make the Sphere His Hive Unlike his peers, the musician doesn’t see the appeal of the world’s hottest venue: “I don’t want to be overpowered by visuals.” By Devon Ivie
tekashi 6ix9ine Of Course Tekashi 6ix9ine Is Going Back to Jail He just can’t help it. By Victoria Bekiempis
respect the classics The Rock Hall Was Cold As Ice to Foreigner “Somehow, I couldn’t sing a rock song at the Rock Hall of Fame when I’m being inducted? It doesn’t make any sense to me, and it sticks in my craw.” By Devon Ivie

Comedy

double domingo

Marcello Hernández Brought Back Domingo Twice in One Weekend

First on SNL and then at a Sabrina Carpenter concert in L.A. By Hershal Pandya

vulture festival 2024 Katt Williams: ‘If I’m at the Diddy Party, I’m There to Tell’ Sounding off on Mike Tyson vs. Logan Paul, his infamous Club Shay Shay interview, and more. By Hershal Pandya
snl 50 Paul Mescal to Gladi-eat on Saturday Night Live With Shaboozey as musical guest. By Jason P. Frank
this week in late night Late Night With Seth Meyers Delivers the Best Topical Comedy for This Moment This week, Seth and his team ran the table while the table was actively on fire. By Bethy Squires

vulture lists A Definitive Ranking of Friends Thanksgiving Episodes Missing toes, Brad Pitt, and Chandler in a box. By Brian Boone
brat Charli XCX Tells Marcello Hernandez Her ‘Real Name’ on SNL Spoiler: It’s giving “Charles Entertainment Cheese.” By Alejandra Gularte
real news The Onion Won the Battle for Infowars With support from the families of Sandy Hook massacre victims. By Justin Curto
yikes Dick Van Dyke Cool With Being Dead for Trump Presidency “Fortunately, I won’t be around to experience the four years.” By Bethy Squires
active participation Are We Talking About the Same Show? Jason Sudeikis thinks Ted Lasso’s season-three critics lack imagination because they did not engage with the show like “live theater.” By Hershal Pandya

Theater

theater review

Shit. Meet. Fan. Tells Us Lots That We Already Know

Neil Patrick Harris and Jane Krakowski star in Robert O’Hara’s self-described “blistering vulgar satire.” It delivers one of those three things. By Sara Holdren

theater review Elf: The Musical, Where They Sing Really Loud for All to Hear Everyone’s trying, but the show itself is a cotton-headed ninny-muggins. By Jackson McHenry
theater review The Lighter Side of Christian Nationalism: Tammy Faye Spinning an evangelist grifter into a camp icon and sorta-feminist heroine is a little hard to take right now. By Sara Holdren
theater review King Lear at the Fountain of Youth Kenneth Branagh’s production is fleet and facile. By Sara Holdren
theater review When Robots Meet Cute: Maybe Happy Ending “It might feel like 2064 on the surface, but in its nostalgic, rechargeable heart, the show parties like it’s 1999.” By Sara Holdren

theater review
Worlds on the Brink: Walden and A Woman Among Women Amy Berryman and Julia May Jonas invoke and gut renovate Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller (not to mention Thoreau). By Sara Holdren

theater review A Wonderful World Is Also a Familiar One James Monroe Iglehart does a fine job embodying Louis Armstrong in a show that’s anything but improvisational. By Jackson McHenry
stella!!!!! Yes, Paul Mescal Will Star in A Streetcar Named Desire in New York But, no, despite previous reports, it will not be on Broadway. By Jason P. Frank
theater review Soho Rep Closes Out the House With Give Me Carmelita Tropicana! It’s the final show at Walkerspace, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Alina Troyano’s play is a wild goodbye whoop. By Sara Holdren
movie review The Piano Lesson Can’t Quite Live Up to August Wilson’s Play Malcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson is a worthwhile and occasionally quite moving adaptation. But it lives uncomfortably between two forms. By Bilge Ebiri

Books

book review Haruki Murakami Has Lost the Sauce Two new works read more like fan fiction set in the extended Murakami universe than the thrillingly strange novels he’s famous for. By Bailey Trela
books Samantha Harvey Wins Booker Prize for Space-Station Novel Orbital It’s the second-shortest book to be awarded the prize. By Emma Alpern
books Literary Assassin Revealing the secret histories of Joan Didion, Donna Tartt, and Eve Babitz. By Lili Anolik
paws up lil zazzters HBO Is Making a Decade-Long Harry Potter Series And has reportedly reached out to a potential Dumbledore. By Rebecca Alter
obits Bastard Out of Carolina Author Dorothy Allison Dies at 75 She was a voice for poor, rural queer people across the country. By Bethy Squires

Art

art review Maps of Things Past The brilliant art-world cartographies of Loren Munk. By Jerry Saltz
art Kehinde Wiley Can’t Believe This Is Happening to Him He built an empire out of painting young Black men into art history. Can it survive accusations of sexual assault? By Rachel Corbett
art review Maybe KAWS Is Not So Bad After All His collection of outsider art, on display at the Drawing Center, is a marvel. By Jerry Saltz
tributes Gary Indiana’s Exuberant Venom The late critic and novelist documented the seedy vanities and sorrows of American life with bitchiness and, sometimes, sympathy. By Brandon Sanchez
art review The Met’s Siena Renaissance Show Is a Masterpiece Go see it now. By Jerry Saltz