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Alec Baldwin’s Lawyer Plays Footage From Rust During Opening Statements

Alec Baldwin “played make-believe with a real gun and violated the cardinal rules of firearm safety,” the prosecution alleged. By Victoria Bekiempis

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When You Wish Upon a Star … Your TV Deals Come True?

In the late 1980s and ’90s, a struggling Disney righted the ship by rediscovering its magic. Striking gold with television certainly helped, too. By Neil Janowitz

what's in a name

One Simple Fix Could Save The Bear

Carmy looks like he could use some help. We have a suggestion. By Jesse David Fox

overnights

The Acolyte Recap: The Seizin’ of the Witch

Getting the Jedi perspective on the Mae-Osha origin story fills in some gaps but also opens some new ones. By Noel Murray

Flesh Vessels

Bodies are weird.

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coming soon? 7/10/2024

Horizon 2 Is Holding Its Horses Kevin Costner’s sequel is no longer releasing in theaters on August 16 as planned.
theories of relativity 7/10/2024

Who Are Claim to Fame’s Celeb Family Members? Our best wild — and educated! — guesses.
en 'vogue' 7/10/2024

Vogue Hires Self-Described ‘Silly Goose’ Jack Schlossberg The TikToker (and grandson of JFK) is now a political correspondent.
where's the beef? 7/10/2024

A Complete Track-by-Track Timeline of Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s Feud Kendrick drops Easter eggs in the “Not Like Us” music video.
love is love 7/10/2024

Mulaney Marries Munn With Malcolm and a mystery.
the law 7/10/2024

What’s Going on With Alec Baldwin’s Rust Manslaughter Trial? The second trial in the Rust-tragedy saga kicked off with opening statements today.
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viral infections 7/10/2024

Yes, the ‘Hawk Tuah’ Girl Does Have Representation Now She signed with the Penthouse — and has already been cashing in.
grotesquerie 7/10/2024

Travis Kelce Takes the Field for Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie He previously revealed he has “a big role in the show.”
last night on late night 7/10/2024

Wait, Why Hasn’t Rashida Jones Ever Hosted SNL? It just feels wrong.
carole cast 7/10/2024

Daisy Edgar-Jones Is Moving So Far Away From the Carole King Biopic But the Beautiful musical adaptation is reportedly still going ahead.
trailer mix 7/10/2024

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield Have a Car-Accident Meet-Cute The trailer for We Live in Time is sweet before it turns sad.
lumon+ 7/10/2024

Severance Heads Back Into the Office for Season Two The new teaser reveals a date and a brunette Gwendoline Christie.
vulture 10x10 7/10/2024

The Wonderful Puzzle 9-Down, Six Letters: Animated siblings Peanut, Butter, and Jelly, for three
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Cinematrix No. 106: July 10, 2024 Can you name a Russell Crowe movie with a city or state in the title?

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Eve Best Saw Rhaenys’s ‘Kamikaze Mission’ As a ‘Relief’ By Roxana Hadadi

TV Recaps

The Real Housewives of Dubai (S2/E6) With Friends Like These The ladies and their families show the harsh realities of such a glamorous lifestyle.
Sunny (S1/E2) Highly Pathological Suzie’s decadelong relationship with the possibly-dead Masa comes into clearer focus.
The Acolyte (S1/E7) The Seizin’ of the Witch Getting the Jedi perspective on the Mae-Osha origin story fills in some gaps but also opens some new ones.
Sunny (S1/E1) User Error Depression is one thing humans will always do better than bots.
Presumed Innocent (S1/E6) Reasonable Doubts Raymond and Mya are way better lawyers than Tommy and Rusty.

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fan theories Where’s Nettles? House of the Dragon has slowly been seeding important new characters, but one book favorite is still missing. By Nate Jones
it girl’s it girl The DIY Pop Star Aliyah’s Interlude is fashioning a music career by skipping the typical TikToker-to-singer pipeline. By Zoë Haylock
on the record The Disappearing of Rose Hanbury A timeline of the Marchioness of Cholmondeley’s media coverage shows reports of an alleged affair with Prince William have quietly disappeared. By Ellie Hall
extremely online This Is Going to Ruin the Tour Do the internet’s biggest moments from last month deserve that hawk tuah or nah? By Kate Lindsay

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coming soon?

Horizon 2 Is Holding Its Horses

Kevin Costner’s sequel is no longer releasing in theaters on August 16 as planned. By Jennifer Zhan

the law What’s Going on With Alec Baldwin’s Rust Manslaughter Trial? The second trial in the Rust-tragedy saga kicked off with opening statements today. By Victoria Bekiempis
carole cast Daisy Edgar-Jones Is Moving So Far Away From the Carole King Biopic But the Beautiful musical adaptation is reportedly still going ahead. By Jason P. Frank
trailer mix Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield Have a Car-Accident Meet-Cute The trailer for We Live in Time is sweet before it turns sad. By Zoe Guy

sequelitis The Conjuring 4 Will Be Ed and Lorraine Warren’s Last Case Possessing theaters September 5. By Bethy Squires
the festival circuit Anderson .Paak (and Hopefully His Wig) to Take TIFF The festival announced five more movies, including a .Paak-directed comedy inspired by his own life. By Jason P. Frank
trailer mix Denzel Washington Gives Us a Giggle in Gladiator II For a trailer full of visual spectacle, two words from Denzel Washington steal the show. By Jason P. Frank
coming soon Lena Dunham Is No Longer Making the Polly Pocket Movie Everything we know about this entry in Mattel’s toy cinematic universe. By Bethy Squires
come on barney let’s go party What Else Is In the Mattel Films Toy Box? The Lena Dunham-directed Polly Pocket movie is no more. By Bella Arnold

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TV

theories of relativity

Who Are Claim to Fame’s Celeb Family Members?

Our best wild — and educated! — guesses. By Marah Eakin

grotesquerie Travis Kelce Takes the Field for Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie He previously revealed he has “a big role in the show.” By Tom Smyth
lumon+ Severance Heads Back Into the Office for Season Two The new teaser reveals a date and a brunette Gwendoline Christie. By Rebecca Alter
last last night on late night Will Céline Dion Perform at the 2024 Paris Olympics? Hoda Kotb told us everything she knows on WWHL. By Bethy Squires
jay-z style retirement Meredith Grey Will Continue as Narrator Emeritus of Grey Sloan Memorial They drove a dump truck full of money up to her house, one assumes. By Bethy Squires

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Rhaenys Could End You With One Look And so could her dragon, for that matter. By Dee Lockett

fan theories Where’s Nettles? House of the Dragon has slowly been seeding important new characters, but one book favorite is still missing. By Nate Jones
fire fight Some Burning Questions About Dragons Exactly how hot is their blood and other issues raised by House of the Dragon’s battle at Rook’s Rest. By Roxana Hadadi
last night on late night Please Watch Seth Meyers Discuss Mothra as Donald Trump And the 2024 election, we guess. And also Godzilla! By Bethy Squires
feud: kardashians Kim Kardashian Will Practice Law (on a Ryan Murphy Show) As a divorce attorney in a procedural, opposite Halle Berry and Glenn Close. By Jason P. Frank and Bethy Squires

Music

where's the beef?

A Complete Track-by-Track Timeline of Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s Feud

Kendrick drops Easter eggs in the “Not Like Us” music video. By Tom Smyth

five foot wonder Sabrina Carpenter’s Working Late This Fall She released the track list to Short n’ Sweet, out August 23. By Justin Curto
it girl’s it girl The DIY Pop Star Aliyah’s Interlude is fashioning a music career by skipping the typical TikToker-to-singer pipeline. By Zoë Haylock
election 2024 Oh Good, the Fyre Fest Guy Is Getting Involved in the Presidential Race Or trying to, at any rate. By Bethy Squires

good news babe It’s a Good (Luck Babe) Week on the ‘Hot 100’ Shaboozey hits No. 1 and Chappell Roan breaks the top ten. By Jason P. Frank
superlatives Huey Lewis on the News’s Most Humorous and Strategic Music “We were always told that we weren’t edgy enough. I’m just not an edgy guy, I guess.” By Devon Ivie
leonard likes this post Bruce Hornsby Gives Greendale’s School Song an A On Community repurposing “The Way It Is” for the Human Beings: “This stands alone. There’s nothing that sounds like it.” By Devon Ivie
(flyana) boss baby Half of Flyana Boss Is Pregnant Folayan revealed her baby bump in a video teasing a new track for us to bump. By Jennifer Zhan
explainer A Guide to the Many Lawsuits Against Ye He’s been at the center of at least 13 major lawsuits in just two years. By Zoe Guy

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Comedy

love is love

Mulaney Marries Munn

With Malcolm and a mystery. By Jason P. Frank

last night on late night Late Night Finally Tackles President Biden’s Debate Disaster Would you believe two separate hosts made a “Hawk Tuah” reference? By Hershal Pandya
patriot act two Here’s What a Hasan Minhaj–Hosted Daily Show Would Look Like The comedian asks Elizabeth Warren about President Biden’s mental fitness in the premiere episode of his YouTube series. By Hershal Pandya
role call Anna Faris Answers Every Question We Have About Smiley Face “I couldn’t believe that this role was for a woman.” By Matthew Jacobs

something to chew on 13 TV Conversation Starters for Your Fourth of July Barbecue Specifically about The Bear, House of the Dragon, The Boys, and The Acolyte. By Jesse David Fox
definition What Is a Bottle Episode? The people on the internet are wrong. Or are they? By Kathryn VanArendonk
from the archives From the Archives: Eddie Murphy Live The razor-edged king of late-night comedy, profiled in 1982. By Chet Flippo
birthdays Lost Richard Lewis Interview Released for His Birthday (Which Is Today) “I don’t have an act. I am the act.” By Anne Victoria Clark
gold rush John Mulaney Is Here to Save the Late-Night Emmys Categories Netflix’s Everybody’s in L.A. will attempt to end political comedy’s decades-long domination of the awards. By Joe Reid

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Theater

health

Ian McKellen Withdraws From Player Kings Performances After Hospitalization

He says he must “protect his full recovery” by not working. By Alejandra Gularte

theater review ERS’s Ulysses Is a Little Stately, a Little Plump Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. By Sara Holdren
theater review The Speaker and the Upstart Talk It Out: N/A It’s Pelosi vs. AOC onstage, and Holland Taylor, as Nancy, gets all the zingers. By Jackson McHenry
backstories Faust Goes to Fidi The producers of Sleep No More are back with the whirlwind immersive-theater project Life and Trust. gallery By Rebecca Alter
coming soon The Odes of Tammy Faye Will Play the Palace (With Christian Borle) Andrew Rannells won’t be in the Elton John Broadway show, but someone from Falsettos will be. By Jason P. Frank

theater
What to See on (and Off)(and Off–Off) Broadway Let Vulture’s theater desk be your guide. By Vulture Editors

exit interview ‘The Team Wanted It to Be the Next Mamma Mia!’ Corey Cott on why theatergoers and Tonys voters snubbed The Heart of Rock and Roll. By Devon Ivie
theater review Three-Sister Harmony in Find Me Here Plus an array of short-run summer shows to watch for if they return. By Sara Holdren
theater review The Drag-Ball Cats Is Good Well, now, how about that! By Sara Holdren
theater review Looking Back at Bad Men: Dark Noon and Pre-Existing Condition Colonialism and abuse, addressed onstage. By Sara Holdren

Theater

Books

books Alice Munro’s Daughter Opens Up About Abuse in Family Andrea Robin Skinner says her stepfather sexually abused her at age 9, but her mother stayed with him after it came to light. By Zoe Guy
chapters ‘Everything on That Island Wanted to Kill You’ The very first crew of Survivor slept tent-less on a beach covered in rats and snakes because they smelled a hit TV show. And then it got worse. By Emily Nussbaum
best of 2024 The Best Books of 2024 (So Far) A sizzling, propulsive new novel from Miranda July, the introspective follow-up to There There, and a debut novel with a killer hook. By Vulture Editors
vulture lists 2024 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your Reading List Another chapter for Deadpool and a riveting Laura Lippman crime novel make the leap to streaming. By Emily Maskell
book review Taffy Brodesser-Akner Overcooks It A wealthy Jewish family gets the Succession treatment in the writer’s hectic second novel. By Emma Alpern

Books

Art

remembrance The Power and Grace of Barbara Gladstone The venerated gallerist worked for the love of art. By Jerry Saltz
art review Jenny Holzer’s Word Salad Her takeover of the Guggenheim reads like intellectual clickbait for the extended Trump era. By Jerry Saltz
art review Maurizio Cattelan’s Enormous Wall of Kitsch A shiny bauble meant to comment on capitalism and to sell. By Jerry Saltz
games people play Suing Richard Prince Stung when he felt ripped off by a famous artist, a photographer turned to the courts. By Choire Sicha
profile Emil Ferris Still Believes in Monsters The graphic novelist’s debut, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, was a hit. Seven years later—after a contentious lawsuit—the sequel is finally coming. By Mark Yarm