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The Difficult People: The Movie Table Read Was the Best Possible Cast Reunion

It was the night of the midterm elections, and Susan Lucci was a MAGA twink while an Etsy witch turned Chris Meloni gay. By Rebecca Alter

theater review

The Apple Family Awaits the Big Blue Wave in We’ll See

A coda to Richard Nelson’s 12-play real-time theatrical-drama cycle. By Sara Holdren

lingering questions

A Court of Splintered Harmony Leaves Us Hanging

Let’s talk about the political intrigue and sexual shenanigans we’ll be obsessing over until next installment Sarah J. Maas’s Valkyrie Cycle. By Maggie Fremont

the industry

Are Silicon Valley Podcasts Ready for the Techlash?

“I’m okay if people hate AI. I just want them to hate it for reasons that are true rather than false.” By Nicholas Quah

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awards chatter 11/4/2026

At Least One Awards Show Will Stay on Broadcast TV The Tony Awards extended their contract with CBS through 2032.
reality tv 11/4/2026

SLOMW’s Jen Affleck Reportedly Files for Divorce She and Zac Affleck share three kids, with a fourth on the way.
existentialism 11/4/2026

Scarlett Johansson Says Batman Role Gave Her ‘a Lot of Existential Angst’ “I don’t know why, whether it was just the role, or was just where I am in my life, or what’s going on, but it was just hard to crack it.”
2026 midterms 11/4/2026

Texas AG-Elect Once Made Mp3s for DBZ Before politics, the new Texas Attorney General–elect Nathan Johnson scored the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z.
spinoff showcase 11/4/2026

Whitney Leavitt Is Getting Her Own Reality Show Leavitt announced her departure from SLOMW during her Chicago run.
heaven's door 11/4/2026

Bob Dylan, Dressed As a Sith Lord, Gave the Pope His Memoir The two midwest legends finally met, just as the prophecy foretold.
rick dalton pointing meme 11/4/2026

The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth Is a Finchtino Tag Team Film nerds everywhere can thank Brad Pitt for this collab.
vulture 10x10 11/4/2026

The Artificial Friend Puzzle 15-Across, Three Letters: “Why don’t you ___ in your pants and then suck the ___ out of the fabric” (iconic Nathan Fielder tweet)
vulture games 11/4/2026

Cinematrix No. 953: November 4, 2026 Can you name a Brendan Fraser movie that made $100 million?
exhausted 11/3/2026

Maura Higgins Says This Was Her ‘Toughest Week’ on DWTS “I gave it absolutely everything I had.”
who's on x? 11/3/2026

Billy Evans Claims He Just Had the Sniffles in You Can See Everything He says the allergies in Austin are “no joke.”
last night on late night 11/3/2026

How Late Night Crowed Ahead of the Midterms Seth Meyers and Jon Stewart pointed and laughed at Haley Stevens, while the Jimmys focused on Trump and his reflecting pool.
false equivalencies 11/3/2026

Let These Sketches Help You Breathe Through the Midterms In viral videos mocking political false equivalencies, Carlos Greaves and Ginny Hogan envision races featuring creatures like Gulgaron the Demented.
movies fantasy league 11/3/2026

A Complete Overview of Movies Fantasy League: Season 6 You Can See Everything’s MFL journey begins…

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overnights 11/4/2026

The Lowdown Recap: Above the Law Lee’s investigation into Oklahoma’s corrupt underbelly takes a backseat to an even tougher challenge: not letting his dad push his buttons.
overnights 11/4/2026

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: Et tu, Angie? It’s a full-blown Greek tragedy when Angie suffers a breakdown that’s been brewing all season.
overnights 11/4/2026

Survivor Recap: Not My First Bro-deo An astonishing act of hubris leads to a chaotic vote — and delivers pure, gleeful Schadenfreude.
overnights 11/4/2026

Love Is Blind Season-Finale Recap: Stop The Wedding! Not every couple gets to the altar, but the ones that do make the most baffling decisions we’ve seen in years.
overnights 11/3/2026

VisionQuest Recap: Facial Recognition Vision’s surreal final identity crisis delivers long-awaited answers, even if the journey turns out to be repetitive and grating.
overnights 11/3/2026

The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Invite Only It’s a battle of the new ‘Wives when Erika and Daisy throw competing events, forcing the rest of the cast to pick a side.
overnights 11/3/2026

Dancing With the Stars Recap: We’re All in This Together Disney Night gets a Broadway spin, complete with the first team dances of the season and multiple Tony winners.
overnights 11/2/2026

Below Deck Recap: Mess with the Bull, Get the Horns Tensions run high after a miserable charter puts the entire crew on edge.
overnights 11/1/2026

The Gilded Age Season-Premiere Recap: Love in This Club The Russells have conquered New York high society, but internal scars and bitter personal struggles still threaten to undo them.
overnights 11/1/2026

The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: For Better Or Worse A look into Karen, Wendy, and Tia’s relationships shows the bleak, uncomfortable truths about the institution of marriage.
overnights 11/1/2026

Saturday Night Live Recap: Inde Navarrette Leaves SNL Obsessed Inde Navarrette crushes her SNL debut and proves she’s the Queen of Halloween.
overnights 10/30/2026

Dexter: Resurrection Season-Premiere Recap: Generation Dex After years of murdering for the greater good, doesn’t Dexter deserve a little recognition?
overnights 10/30/2026

Outlander: Blood of My Blood Recap: The Homecoming Committee Will Brian Fraser ever know peace? (No. No, he won’t.)
overnights 10/30/2026

The Great British Baking Show Recap: What I Like About Choux Despite a strong baker underperforming, Pastry Week lacks suspense and makes for a so-so episode.

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theater review 11/4/2026

The Apple Family Awaits the Big Blue Wave in We’ll See A coda to Richard Nelson’s 12-play real-time theatrical-drama cycle.
theater review 11/2/2026

Slaughterhouse Two: Waiting for Lefty and Specky Clark Clifford Odets, revived with labor songs, and Oona Doherty, in dance, get radical.
theater review 10/30/2026

In the Heights Comes Back With Its Head in the Clouds Fluttering flags and soaring imagery in the Encores! return of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical.
opera review 10/30/2026

Lincoln in the Bardo Is Chilling But Also Chilly Spookiness and virtuoso singing without a sturdy dramatic core.
theater review 10/30/2026

Musicals, But Make It Weird The Heart, Midnight, and I Became We all march to their own peculiar rhythms.
tv review 10/30/2026

The Gilded Age Has Perfected the Art of Trivial Drama Season four arrives at the fullest expression of the series’ ideal form, where every catastrophe is a blip and every hiccup is a disaster.
theater review 10/29/2026

A Few Good Men Invokes an Honor Code That No Longer Exists Instead of making Aaron Sorkin’s 1989 play freshly relevant, real life has leached away its power.
movie review 10/29/2026

Well, That Was Upsetting Queen at Sea is indie darling Lance Hammer’s first film in 18 years.
tv review 10/28/2026

Everyone on The Mob Is Having Fun, and So Am I The Hulu series is less a competition than it is a sustained bit of theater, and it works best when everyone plays along.
book review 10/28/2026

Sarah J. Maas Gave Us Part of a Book But it’s impossible to say what A Court of Splintered Harmony is trying to do.
book review 10/26/2026

Can an Author Love His Characters Too Much? In Chad Harbach’s follow-up to The Art of Fielding, his novelistic tenderness is a strength and a flaw.
movie review 10/23/2026

Clayface Is Gory Fun But Lacks Substance The latest DC Comics film doesn’t have enough character development to be particularly memorable.
movie review 10/23/2026

What If Wildwood Is Secretly About Liberal Infighting? Laika’s latest stop-motion wonder travels along the borders of something resonant without ever getting there.
theater review 10/22/2026

Bill Irwin Gets The Imaginary Invalid Up on Its Feet Molière’s farce displays the touch of a master clown.

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Love Is Blind’s Aneha Knows She Was Hypocritical With Cam By Jason P. Frank

The Lowdown (S2/E5)

Above the Law Lee’s investigation into Oklahoma’s corrupt underbelly takes a backseat to an even tougher challenge: not letting his dad push his buttons.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (S7/E8)

Et Tu, Angie? It’s a full-blown Greek tragedy when Angie suffers a breakdown that’s been brewing all season.
Survivor (S51/E7)

Not My First Bro-deo An astonishing act of hubris leads to a chaotic vote — and delivers pure, gleeful Schadenfreude.
Love Is Blind (S11/E12)

Stop The Wedding! Not every couple gets to the altar, but the ones that do make the most baffling decisions we’ve seen in years.
VisionQuest (S1/E7)

Facial Recognition Vision’s surreal final identity crisis delivers long-awaited answers, even if the journey turns out to be repetitive and grating.
The Real Housewives of New York City (S16/E9)

Invite Only It’s a battle of the new ‘Wives when Erika and Daisy throw competing events, forcing the rest of the cast to pick a side.
Dancing With the Stars (S35/E9)

We’re All in This Together Disney Night gets a Broadway spin, complete with the first team dances of the season and multiple Tony winners.
Below Deck (S13/E4)

Mess With the Bull, Get the Horns Tensions run high after a miserable charter puts the entire crew on edge.
The Gilded Age (S4/E1)

Love in This Club The Russells have conquered New York high society, but internal scars and bitter personal struggles still threaten to undo them.
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tv Paramount+ Has Criminalized Its Last Mind Criminal Minds: Evolution will end the BAU’s 20-season run next year. By Bethy Squires
now streaming The 13 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Including lots of blood, guts, and otherwise-spooky options. By Savannah Salazar
essential roles Where to Watch 12 of Patrick Stewart’s Greatest Performances He could bring equal parts gravity, humanity, and humor to any role. By Brian Tallerico
vulture asks What’s Your Favorite Gory Horror Movie? Edgar Wright, Eli Roth, and other filmmakers make the case for the 16 they love the most. By Vulture Editors

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twenty and done The Real Housewives of Orange County Is Beyond Saving Forget a reboot. Just cancel it. By Louis Peitzman
stand-up 5 New Comedy Specials You Should Definitely Watch (When You Have a Moment) Looking for some stand-up recommendations? Here are some recent releases that are worth your attention. By Hershal Pandya
theater review Slaughterhouse Two: Waiting for Lefty and Specky Clark Clifford Odets, revived with labor songs, and Oona Doherty, in dance, get radical. By Sara Holdren

Movies

existentialism

Scarlett Johansson Says Batman Role Gave Her ‘a Lot of Existential Angst’

“I don’t know why, whether it was just the role, or was just where I am in my life, or what’s going on, but it was just hard to crack it.” By Bethy Squires

rick dalton pointing meme The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth Is a Finchtino Tag Team Film nerds everywhere can thank Brad Pitt for this collab. By Jason P. Frank
who’s on x? Billy Evans Claims He Just Had the Sniffles in You Can See Everything He says the allergies in Austin are “no joke.” By Alejandra Gularte
movies fantasy league A Complete Overview of Movies Fantasy League: Season 6 You Can See Everything’s MFL journey begins… By Vulture Editors

dream roles Mckenna Grace Wants to Be a Disney Princess She’s not going to do anything to jeopardize that. By Alejandra Gularte
box office report card Everyone Saw You Can See Everything The film topped the box office in its third week of release. By Bethy Squires
villains He Could Be a Monster, Too Patrick Stewart’s neo-Nazi villain in Jeremy Saulnier’s 2016 thriller Green Room is at first bloodcurdling and then laughably pathetic. By Roxana Hadadi
now streaming The 13 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Including lots of blood, guts, and otherwise-spooky options. By Savannah Salazar
essential roles Where to Watch 12 of Patrick Stewart’s Greatest Performances He could bring equal parts gravity, humanity, and humor to any role. By Brian Tallerico

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TV

awards chatter

At Least One Awards Show Will Stay on Broadcast TV

The Tony Awards extended their contract with CBS through 2032. By Bethy Squires

reality tv SLOMW’s Jen Affleck Reportedly Files for Divorce She and Zac Affleck share three kids, with a fourth on the way. By Bethy Squires
2026 midterms Texas AG-Elect Once Made Mp3s for DBZ Before politics, the new Texas Attorney General–elect Nathan Johnson scored the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z. By Bethy Squires
Love Is Blind’s Aneha Knows She Was Hypocritical With Cam “I’m someone who needs words and reassurance all the time,” she says. “I suck at giving it. But that’s what I crave.” By Jason P. Frank
spinoff showcase Whitney Leavitt Is Getting Her Own Reality Show Leavitt announced her departure from SLOMW during her Chicago run. By Bethy Squires

confessions
James Acaster Revealed His Celebrity Traitors Identity Twice Someone get Jerry Hall on the phone. By Alejandra Gularte

twenty and done The Real Housewives of Orange County Is Beyond Saving Forget a reboot. Just cancel it. By Louis Peitzman
last night on late night How Late Night Crowed Ahead of the Midterms Seth Meyers and Jon Stewart pointed and laughed at Haley Stevens, while the Jimmys focused on Trump and his reflecting pool. By Jason P. Frank
dwts Julia Stiles Danced Her Last Dance “It’s a bummer. It’s bummer city.” By Isabella Albaig
stand-up 5 New Comedy Specials You Should Definitely Watch (When You Have a Moment) Looking for some stand-up recommendations? Here are some recent releases that are worth your attention. By Hershal Pandya

Music

heaven's door

Bob Dylan, Dressed As a Sith Lord, Gave the Pope His Memoir

The two midwest legends finally met, just as the prophecy foretold. By Devon Ivie

livmas You Seem Pretty Busy for a Girl About to Release Christmas Music Olivia Rodrigo just announced her first-ever Christmas song. By Isabella Albaig
stage whisperer We Gotta Get Harry Styles on Broadway You want to wear sparkly outfits, avoid autobiographical musical, and perform for extended periods in New York? Guess what, buddy, you can. By Jason P. Frank
mariah has defrosted It’s Tiiiime for Mariah Carey to Get Back on Top The singer defrosted both her Christmas alter ego and her punk-rocker alter ego in one video. By Isabella Albaig

neighborhood news Happy 40th, Drake! The rapper celebrated his entry into middle age with a lavish Cipriani birthday bash — complete with Hermès party favors. By Hershal Pandya
opera review Lincoln in the Bardo Is Chilling But Also Chilly Spookiness and virtuoso singing without a sturdy dramatic core. By Justin Davidson
the americas It Was the Autumn of Bryan Adams Being Pissed Off In a surprisingly barbed diss track, he jabs Trump’s “dog and pony show” and rhymes pram with Iran. By Devon Ivie
super bowl 8 Questions We Have About Jay-Z’s Super Bowl Halftime Show What about Beyoncé? And Ye for that matter? By Craig Jenkins
the big game Jay-Z Takes on the Super Bowl Halftime Show The Roc Nation founder gets to bring the romance this Valentine’s Day. By Jason P. Frank and Alejandra Gularte

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Comedy

false equivalencies

Let These Sketches Help You Breathe Through the Midterms

In viral videos mocking political false equivalencies, Carlos Greaves and Ginny Hogan envision races featuring creatures like Gulgaron the Demented. By Hershal Pandya

big red Druski Enters His Mainstream Mogul Era The digital creator and comedian has a deal with Netflix, and his first show, Collect & Praise, is premiering in less than a month. By Jason P. Frank
the law Russell Brand’s Defense Comes to a Close in His U.K. Rape Trial His lawyer says he can’t be guilty because “you would have to be a psychopath” to do what Brand is accused of. By Jason P. Frank
backstories Matt Damon and David Letterman, What Are You Doing in The Gilded Age? It took a lot of emails to make it happen. By Alex Zalben

last night on late night David S. Pumpkins and Drunk Uncle Return to Saturday Night Live Only to be interrupted by Donald Trump’s midterms push. By Bethy Squires
this week in late night A Triumph of Child Acting Won Late Night This Week Plus Gabourey Sidibe calling out Jimmy Kimmel and John Hodgman going full Mainer on The Daily Show. By Bethy Squires
cunk up the jam Citizen Kane Makes Way for Citizen Cunk Cunk on Cinema is coming, and Michael Bay is confused. By Jason P. Frank
the law Russell Brand’s Wife Tries to Defend Him in Court Laura Brand described breaking up with her now-husband in the 2000s because he cheated on her. By Jason P. Frank
the law Russell Brand Defends Himself in Rape Trial He revealed that he could not get a single person to testify on his behalf. By Jason P. Frank

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Theater

theater review

Slaughterhouse Two: Waiting for Lefty and Specky Clark

Clifford Odets, revived with labor songs, and Oona Doherty, in dance, get radical. By Sara Holdren

theater review In the Heights Comes Back With Its Head in the Clouds Fluttering flags and soaring imagery in the Encores! return of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical. By Jackson McHenry
theater review Musicals, But Make It Weird The Heart, Midnight, and I Became We all march to their own peculiar rhythms. By Jackson McHenry
theater review A Few Good Men Invokes an Honor Code That No Longer Exists Instead of making Aaron Sorkin’s 1989 play freshly relevant, real life has leached away its power. podcast By Sara Holdren
stage whisperer Let’s Get LeBron James to More Broadway Shows The recent New York transplant saw and loved Paranormal Activity. What should he catch next? By Fran Hoepfner

theater review
Billy Crystal Plays to His Base in 860 His solo play about losing his house in a wildfire is often preoccupied with keeping things light. By Jackson McHenry

obits Oscar-Nominated Actress Barbara Barrie Dies at 95 She earned Oscar and Emmy nominations for the same role in Breaking Away. By Bethy Squires
stage whisperer How to Get Broadway Tickets Without Paying $1,454.88 A new website promises to track rush-ticket lines for hopeful theatergoers. By Julia Edelstein
theater review Bill Irwin Gets The Imaginary Invalid Up on Its Feet Molière’s farce displays the touch of a master clown. By Sara Holdren
theater review Benjamin Button Needs More Bite Than This A musical with plenty of stomps and fiddles but few sharp edges. By Sara Holdren

Theater

Books

memoirs Looks Like Alex Cooper’s Husband Really Wants to Read Sofia Franklyn’s Memoir Franklyn claims he’s been trying to get his hands on a copy of the book. By Alejandra Gularte
books The Eternal Optimism of Kim Kardashian A new authorized biography of the “multipotentialite” goes deep into her ever-upbeat personality and the cracks starting to form. By Fran Hoepfner
book review Sarah J. Maas Gave Us Part of a Book But it’s impossible to say what A Court of Splintered Harmony is trying to do. By Kathryn VanArendonk
a long talk Annie Ernaux Still Feels Like an Outsider The author weighs in on the student protests, her ‘highly contested’ Nobel win, and publishing her diary entries decades later. By Jasmine Vojdani
book review Can an Author Love His Characters Too Much? In Chad Harbach’s follow-up to The Art of Fielding, his novelistic tenderness is a strength and a flaw. By Emma Alpern

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Art

coming soon Kid Cudi Wrote Himself a Basquiat Biopic They’re still perfecting the wig. By Bethy Squires
art New Show, Same Lichtenstein At the latest Whitney retrospective, a great artist is exactly who we remember. By Jerry Saltz
art review Taryn Simon’s Guggenheim Show Overwhelmed Me Father Country I Do Love You is a maximalist exploration of American foreign policy. What does it all amount to? By Stephanie Wambugu
shoppies Which of Julianne Moore’s Amazing Objects Do You Want Most? The actor’s Architectural Digest Open Door tour is a fabulous showcase of all the different kinds of chair a person can have. By Fran Hoepfner
obits Psychedelic-Poster Pioneer Peter Max Dies at 88 He made the iconic poster for New York City’s second “be-in.” By Bethy Squires