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What Can This Year’s Oscar Results Tell Us About the Upcoming Emmys?

If you think about it, The White Lotus is the Anora of TV, and Severance is The Brutalist. Let us explain. By Nate Jones and Joe Reid

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What Happened with Sean “Diddy” Combs Sex-Trafficking Case Today

The afternoon’s proceeding wrapped in a little less than an hour and, aside from the not-guilty plea, was largely confined to housekeeping matters. By Victoria Bekiempis

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Chappell Roan’s Silliness Is Sincere on ‘The Giver’

Her country song sounds like a lesbian Shania Twain hit. By Justin Curto

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What Hollywood Is Saying About Disney’s Snow White Crisis

“It’s almost like they’re running away from the movie,” says an executive at a rival studio. By Chris Lee

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The Fresh Prince Is Releasing a New Album After 20 Years True story: Will Smith’s Based on a True Story is dropping later this month.
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Iggy Azalea Claims That UMG ‘Criminals’ Owe Her Millions of Dollars “Universal music mark my words you ugly bitch - You will pay me what’s owed,” she wrote on X.
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Every Cate Blanchett Performance, Ranked She’s the rare actor who can headline anything, from weepy dramas to action films to experimental art pieces to silly comedies.
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The 9 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Can love survive treason? Or Temptation Island?
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Cinematrix No. 354: March 15, 2025 Can you name a George Clooney movie with a title that begins with “the”?
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Jonathan Majors Gets Co-signs from Former Co-Stars Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew McConaughey, and Michael B. Jordan advocated for the actor in a THR piece.
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Breaks the Two-Book Curse Season three is confirmed, which means Nico di Angelo is coming to Disney+.
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The Bachelor and Its Showrunners Are Splitting Up Claire Freeland and Bennett Graebner, who have denied allegations that they ran a “toxic” workplace, are reportedly negotiating their exits.
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Even Trump Wants Live Nation to Shape Up The Live Nation–Ticketmaster case will move forward, nearly one year and one administration later.
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Thank God It’s Freakier Friday! The Freaky Friday sequel just released its first teaser. Please scream.
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11 Great St. Patrick’s Day TV Episodes to Stream Featuring (surprise!) multiple shows set at bars.
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Disturbed Just Damaged Michael Jordan’s Legacy The Bulls’ championship banners are down with the sickness.
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A Timeline of ‘Snow White’ and Its Many Controversies Enough to make anybody want a bite out of a poisoned apple.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Our Regularly Scheduled Programming The combination of little plot movement and an acting challenge makes this episode the blandest of the season
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Dope Thief Recap: Caught Up in Traffic Ray is having the worst day imaginable.
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Dope Thief Premiere Recap: Let Me Tell You a Bedtime Story Apple’s latest crime drama follows two down-on-their-luck criminals who hustled too close to the sun.
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Yellowjackets Recap: It’s Done A new group has just entered the Yellowjackets chat.
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Severance Recap: A Momentous Day The severed floor has never been warm and welcoming, but by the end of this episode it feels downright abandoned.
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Grey’s Anatomy Recap: At Last After seasons of fated romance, JoLink got engaged — and no, he didn’t bring four rings this time.
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Elsbeth Recap: Shot Through the Heart You can’t have Tracey Ullman play a murderous psychic for just one episode, right?
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Top Chef Season-Premiere Recap: Great Northern Exposure After last year’s soul searching, Top Chef gets back to basics.
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Matlock Recap: Read ’Em and Weep Matty is now determined to destroy her boss and friend.
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The Pitt Recap: A Rush of Blood The 5 o’clock hour is a real party time for tamponade devices at PTMC.
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Southern Charm Recap: Phone a Friend JT finds himself in yet another mess of his own making.
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The Wheel of Time Recap: You Can’t Go Home Again The season officially gets cooking with the introduction of a new evil queen.

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Dope Thief Pulls It Off A by-the-book crime tale transcends its genre with a central friendship that is as gooey and soft as the show surrounding it is bleak and bloody.
song review 3/14/2025

Chappell Roan’s Silliness Is Sincere on ‘The Giver’ Her country song sounds like a lesbian Shania Twain hit.
movie review 3/14/2025

Movies Aren’t Real Life, But Who by Fire Comes Pretty Close In Philippe Lesage’s mesmerizing new film, a rural getaway becomes the setting for old resentments and new calamities.
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Jack Quaid Is Perfect for the Comic Slaughterfest of Novocaine This nihilistic action comedy finds a charmingly convenient way to justify its unchecked violence and gore.
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Netflix’s The Electric State Is a $320 Million Piece of Junk The Russo brothers used to be pretty good with comedy. What the hell happened?
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Black Bag Has Renewed My Faith in Modern Cinema The slick thriller starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett makes monogamy look hot. That’s how good this Steven Soderbergh film is.
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Shout-out to Robert Pattinson’s Weird Little Voices Mickey 17 marks another entry in the actor’s pantheon of particular accents.
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A Slithery, Singing John Malkovich Is All Opus Has Going for It It’s frankly shocking that nobody has asked him to play a pop star until now.
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A New Looney Tunes Movie Has Escaped Containment Aliens are invading, and our only hopes are Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. Basically, we’re all screwed.
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Matthew McConaughey’s First Movie in 6 Years Is Bananas in the Best Way The Rivals of Amziah King is a rural comedy, a musical, and an agricultural crime drama, and it’s pretty damn wonderful.
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The Pitt Was Testing Us This is a teaching hospital, after all.
theater review 3/11/2025

Mescal and Ferran in Streetcar: Yes, Yes, Magic! Rebecca Frecknall’s production at BAM has it all.
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Lady Gaga Throws Everything in the Pot Mayhem isn’t quite the return to form it’s being sold as.
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Death of a Unicorn Is 5 Pounds of Purple Poop In a 10-Pound Bag Fantasy-creature gore may be a funny spectacle, but it’s not enough to hang a whole movie on.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race (S17/E11)

Our Regularly Scheduled Programming The combination of little plot movement and an acting challenge makes this episode the blandest of the season
Dope Thief (S1/E2)

Caught Up in Traffic Ray is having the worst day imaginable.
Dope Thief (S1/E1)

Let Me Tell You a Bedtime Story Apple’s latest crime drama follows two down-on-their-luck criminals who hustled too close to the sun.
Yellowjackets (S3/E6)

It’s Done A new group has just entered the Yellowjackets chat.
Severance (S2/E9)

A Momentous Day The severed floor has never been warm and welcoming, but by the end of this episode it feels downright abandoned.
Grey’s Anatomy (S21/E10)

At Last After seasons of fated romance, JoLink got engaged — and no, he didn’t bring four rings this time.
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Shot Through the Heart You can’t have Tracey Ullman play a murderous psychic for just one episode, right?
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Great Northern Exposure After last year’s soul searching, Top Chef gets back to basics.
Matlock (S1/E15)

Read ’Em and Weep Matty is now determined to destroy her boss and friend.
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movie review Netflix’s The Electric State Is a $320 Million Piece of Junk The Russo brothers used to be pretty good with comedy. What the hell happened? By Bilge Ebiri
movie review Black Bag Has Renewed My Faith in Modern Cinema The slick thriller starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett makes monogamy look hot. That’s how good this Steven Soderbergh film is. By Angelica Jade Bastién
more like haterboy The Summer House Three-Way Feud, Explained Here’s why Paige DeSorbo is at the center of it all. By Bethy Squires

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Critics Are Lighting The Electric State Up

Reviews are overwhelmingly negative for Joe and Anthony Russo’s latest Netflix movie. By Jennifer Zhan

now streaming The 9 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Can love survive treason? Or Temptation Island? By Savannah Salazar
movie review Movies Aren’t Real Life, But Who by Fire Comes Pretty Close In Philippe Lesage’s mesmerizing new film, a rural getaway becomes the setting for old resentments and new calamities. By Bilge Ebiri
movie review Jack Quaid Is Perfect for the Comic Slaughterfest of Novocaine This nihilistic action comedy finds a charmingly convenient way to justify its unchecked violence and gore. By Bilge Ebiri

on the record A Timeline of ‘Snow White’ and Its Many Controversies Enough to make anybody want a bite out of a poisoned apple. By Tom Smyth
movie review Netflix’s The Electric State Is a $320 Million Piece of Junk The Russo brothers used to be pretty good with comedy. What the hell happened? By Bilge Ebiri
movie review Black Bag Has Renewed My Faith in Modern Cinema The slick thriller starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett makes monogamy look hot. That’s how good this Steven Soderbergh film is. By Angelica Jade Bastién
vulture lists Every Steven Soderbergh Movie, Ranked From Ocean’s Eleven to Black Bag, he’s never made anything dull. By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
she’s everywhere Charli XCX Is Creating The Moment Rosanna Arquette, Alexander Skarsgård, and Trew Mullen have signed on in supporting roles. By Alejandra Gularte

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Breaks the Two-Book Curse

Season three is confirmed, which means Nico di Angelo is coming to Disney+. By Jennifer Zhan

breakups The Bachelor and Its Showrunners Are Splitting Up Claire Freeland and Bennett Graebner, who have denied allegations that they ran a “toxic” workplace, are reportedly negotiating their exits. By Jennifer Zhan
chat room Yellowjackets’s Steven Krueger Played the Long Game With Coach Ben “From the very beginning of the series, I knew the direction this was all heading, so physically I planned where I wanted to be at each stage.” By Ben Rosenstock
tv review Dope Thief Pulls It Off A by-the-book crime tale transcends its genre with a central friendship that is as gooey and soft as the show surrounding it is bleak and bloody. By Roxana Hadadi
vulture lists 11 Great St. Patrick’s Day TV Episodes to Stream Featuring (surprise!) multiple shows set at bars. By Marianne Eloise

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Jimmy Kimmel Asks WitchTok How to Handle the ‘Blood Worm Moon’ DO NOT charge your crystals! DO invest in crypto? By Bethy Squires

chat room How Severance’s Zach Cherry Had a Love Triangle With Himself His first time playing a romantic leading man was in a plot only Severance could pull off. By Rebecca Alter
break room gossip Who Is the Most Fed Up? And Other Severance Questions. It’s Insubordination Week at Lumon. By Brian Grubb
this week in late night Gabby Windey’s Post-Traitors Press Tour Won Late Night This Week Plus the debut of John Mulaney’s show and more stupid-game innovation from After Midnight. By Bethy Squires
he’s ba-ack Ted Lasso Back Off the Bench Jason Sudeikis teases Ted’s pivot to a women’s team. By Jason P. Frank

Music

when there's a will there's a way

The Fresh Prince Is Releasing a New Album After 20 Years

True story: Will Smith’s Based on a True Story is dropping later this month. By Jennifer Zhan

pay me what you owe me Iggy Azalea Claims That UMG ‘Criminals’ Owe Her Millions of Dollars “Universal music mark my words you ugly bitch - You will pay me what’s owed,” she wrote on X. By Jennifer Zhan
the law Even Trump Wants Live Nation to Shape Up The Live Nation–Ticketmaster case will move forward, nearly one year and one administration later. By Justin Curto
vulture sports Disturbed Just Damaged Michael Jordan’s Legacy The Bulls’ championship banners are down with the sickness. By Jesse David Fox

career advice Which Pop Stars Need to Return to Their Roots? And we’re not talking about hair. By Jason P. Frank
oh my god he a goon Playboi Carti Stops Playing, Drops New Music After years of teasing and delays, the 30-track project is here. By Justin Curto
given Chappell Roan Finally Gives Us ‘The Giver’ Billboards have popped up to promote Chappell Roan’s upcoming single. By Alejandra Gularte
ask an expert 100 Fans Are Ready to Sue Tool But is there an actual legal case if your favorite band flubs a set list? By Devon Ivie
respect the classics ‘A Big Fat No’: Two Rock Hall Voters Dissect Their 2025 Ballots “They are the turds in the punch bowl of rock and roll.” By Devon Ivie

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Comedy

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Daniel Radcliffe Is Doing Something Weird Again!

Involving Tracy Morgan, Tina Fey, and more 30 Rock alumni. By Jason P. Frank

awards szn Nikki Glaser Will Return to Host the Golden Globes White Lotus cast, she’s coming for you. By Jason P. Frank
coming soon Spinal Tap II to Hit Theaters for Band’s 41st Anniversary A teaser shows very little — other than the band turning up the dial past 11. By Justin Curto
respect the classics John Mulaney Has David Lee Roth’s Bluegrass Album on Repeat Yes, he’s embarrassed to admit it, but have you heard “Jump” on the banjo? By Devon Ivie

show me your teeth Lady Gaga Turns Las Culturistas’ Segment Against Itself “When you tell me to do things, it makes me want to cry — it makes me insane!” By Jason P. Frank
guaranteed! Vulture Is Turning La La Land Into Ha Ha Land On March 25, we’re launching Guaranteed!, a biweekly comedy show at L.A.’s Lyric Hyperion theater! By Jesse David Fox
trailer mix Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney Again The first episode, airing March 12, will feature Michael Keaton, Joan Baez, Fred Armisen, personal finance columnist Jessica Roy, and Cypress Hill. By Hershal Pandya
got that dog in him Finally, SNL Gives Marcello Hernandez a Dog to Hold Even though the dog didn’t get to ride on the scooter-suitcase with Lady Gaga. By Alejandra Gularte
new vocab Lady Gaga and Bowen Yang Put ‘Nachos,’ ‘Delulu,’ and ‘Slay’ to Rest They’re not worth being reheated. By Alejandra Gularte

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Theater

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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

theater review Mescal and Ferran in Streetcar: Yes, Yes, Magic! Rebecca Frecknall’s production at BAM has it all. By Sara Holdren
theater review How Do You Measure a Career? The Jonathan Larson Project. A revue of the Rent creator’s trunk songs and offcuts isn’t profound, but it’s moving all the same. By Jackson McHenry
theater review A Ghosts That Doesn’t Go Mad Jack O’Brien’s new Ibsen adaptation could use a couple more brainworms. By Sara Holdren
theater review Launching Into Adulthood, With Frenemies and Hummus: All Nighter Senior year is almost over, guys. By Jackson McHenry

here we (literally) go again
Mamma Mia! Is Coming Back to Broadway This Summer My, my, how can you resist this? By Jennifer Zhan

theater review Where’s Willy? Abe Koogler’s Deep Blue Sound The orcas have vanished, and a Pacific Northwest community is puzzled. By Sara Holdren
theater review Sumo Is a Subculture Story That Goes Big The backstage dynamics of an ancient, extremely ritualized sport. By Sara Holdren
works in progress Not Your High School Crucible Sadie Sink stars in John Proctor is the Villain, a Broadway comedy that upends the classic drama. By Devon Ivie
backstories Toni Morrison’s Lost Play Why did the novelist’s only staged drama disappear for so long? By Elon Green

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Books

metafiction vibes “It’s Pretty Human, But It’s Still Bad.” Analyzing OpenAI’s ‘metafictional literary short story’ with an open-minded English professor. By Emma Alpern
books Cynthia Ozick Is Undiminished Nearing 97, she’s universally praised, freshly republished, and (maybe even) more widely read than ever. She’s also a world-class emailer. By Linda Hall
cheat sheet Say ‘I Do’ to the Divorce Memoir Everyone’s writing about the end of their marriage, for better or worse. By Emma Alpern
a long talk Michelle Zauner’s Success Nearly Destroyed Her And then the Crying in H Mart film fell apart. But she’s changing her fortune with a new Japanese Breakfast album. By Delia Cai
book review Transness Gets Metaphorical in Torrey Peters’s Stag Dance She examines the messy underbelly of DIY trans culture, diving into the cringier aspects of queer growing pains. By Grace Byron

Books

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