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• Hear Vulture Writers Discuss the Best Pop Culture of 2018 for Two Glorious Hours

  21-12-2018 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two-thousand-and-eighteen is just about in the books (we made it!) and so are the countless memorable entertainment moments it delivered. Hopefully, you’ve been keeping up with our Best of 2018 series for the full — and sometimes obsessively niche — recap of the year. But to expand on their lists,...More »
  
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• Gaze Upon Olivia Colman’s New Crown Photos, You Peasants

  21-12-2018 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Olivia Colman, the 2018 English queen of record, will be playing Her Majesty Elizabeth II in the upcoming third season of The Crown. Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, you can now see a new look at her in character, and at the handsome side of Tobias Menzies, who replaces Matt Smith...More »
  
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• American Dream/American Knightmare Gives Suge Knight the Last Word

  21-12-2018 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Starting seven years ago, the director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Shooter, The Equalizer) sat for a series of conversations with Suge Knight, the co-founder (with Dr. Dre and the D.O.C.) and former CEO of Death Row records, the label that launched the solo careers of Dre and Snoop Dogg, and...More »
  
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• Comedians and College Students Are Not Enemies

  21-12-2018 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  I wonder if Jerry Seinfeld knows that when he famously said colleges are too PC for stand-up comedy, he sparked a wholly unnecessary feud between stand-up comics and college students. At least in the comedy world, that’s how it feels. Earlier this month, the fire was stoked with the news...More »
  
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• 12 Movies to Watch This Holiday Season

  21-12-2018 21:50 via nytimes.com
  Our critics have been busy. Here’s what they have to say about movies in theaters now.
  
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• Peter Masterson, 84, a ‘Best Little Whorehouse’ Creator, Is Dead

  21-12-2018 21:49 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Masterson helped turn a magazine article about a bordello into a hit Broadway musical. He later directed the movie “The Trip to Bountiful.”
  
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• B2K Reuniting for Tour Straight Out of 2004

  21-12-2018 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  That “bump, bump, bump” you just heard is the sound of boy-band nostalgia knocking at your door. Billboard reports that B2K, the absolutely swoon-worthy quartet (if you were, say, prepubescent in the early aughts) fronted by Omarion, is reuniting after 15 years! Omarion, J Boog (who is just Boog now),...More »
  
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• ‘The Cool Guy’: Pop and Theater Stars Celebrate the Composer of ‘Hair’

  21-12-2018 21:19 via nytimes.com
  Galt MacDermot helped welcome rock musicians to Broadway. Then hip-hop artists like Run-DMC welcomed him.
  
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• Publishers Weekly Picks Trump Moneymakers As Persons of the Year

  21-12-2018 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  As Vulture reported earlier this month, the staff of Publishers Weekly had an especially contentious debate this year about whom to anoint their annual Person of the Year. They had, in short, the same difficulty many earthlings have reckoned with in 2018: Donald Trump. No single figure had generated more...More »
  
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• How Will Rock and Roll Find Its Future?

  21-12-2018 20:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rock and roll never really dies. It flowers, and it withers. In its fertile periods, rock is fuel feeding cultural change. The darlings of the ’60s counterculture used electric guitars to infuse their struggles with the sweat and fury of the blues. Punk rock anthropomorphized ’70s fatalism in guttural tunes...More »
  
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• Bird Box Wasn’t Written By An Algorithm — But It Sure Feels Like It Was

  21-12-2018 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  You don’t appreciate the art of a good genre contrivance until you see one pulled off poorly. There is so much “stuff” thrown at us in the opening minutes of Bird Box — someone on a radio talking about a safe-house compound, two nameless children in blindfolds, and yes, those...More »
  
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• How The Simpsons’ Christmas Debut Changed TV

  21-12-2018 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  It was the first time America heard Bart Simpson say, “Ay, caramba,” and the first time Homer shuddered in the presence of his sisters-in-law Patty and Selma. Even though the Simpsons had appeared in short segments on The Tracey Ullman Show, TV viewers didn’t meet the Simpsons in their The...More »
  
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• Cardi B Returns to Getting Money on the Pole in Her ‘Money’ Video

  21-12-2018 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cardi B doesn’t dance now because she doesn’t have to, but she’ll do it if she damn well pleases, just for fun, thank you very much. In her video for “Money,” an ode to providing for her daughter Kulture by any means necessary (alone now, sigh) and self-funding her lavish...More »
  
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• MGMT, Parquet Courts, and the End of the World

  21-12-2018 19:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  At the beginning of the 2010s, indie was still struggling to get out of bed. The turn of the decade saw the genre resurrect the slacker stereotypes that alternately defined and plagued the bedhead indie rockers of the 1980s and ’90s — back when the term more applied to defining...More »
  
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• TV Doesn’t Know How to Stop Anymore

  21-12-2018 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  As we all know too well by now, there is too much television. Too many shows, too many streaming services, too many tech companies launching their bids for original programming. But this year, it feels like another major problem has entered the fray: TV just can’t let a good thing...More »
  
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• Husbands Are a Liability, According to Movies in 2018

  21-12-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nearly every one of my favorite movies released in 2017 left me with one clear message: Call your mom. It was a directive, an imperative: Call your mom because you were a bratty, precious teenager. Call your mom because you’re having relationship problems. Call your mom because Armie Hammer didn’t...More »
  
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• This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: Joe Manganiello’s Latest Role

  21-12-2018 18:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  The true-crime podcast universe is ever expanding. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week, our crack team of podcast...More »
  
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• Lin-Manuel Miranda Got Obama to Recite George Washington on Hamilton Remix

  21-12-2018 18:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton remix series, Hamildrop, has come to an end, but it’s going out with a bang. For a gospel reworking of “One Last Time,” the extremely booked and busy Miranda casually flipped through his Rolodex and rung up none other than Barack Obama to feature on the song,...More »
  
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• Rob Lowe Doesn’t Have Any Regrets About That 1989 Opening Number

  21-12-2018 18:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rob Lowe’s 1989 Oscars opening number went down in infamy, but now the actor feels like he’s getting the last laugh. When the New York Times looked back on the ceremony’s disastrous opening number — where he and Snow White (which was unlicensed, later causing the Academy to be sued...More »
  
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• Actor Kate del Castillo sues for $60m in damages from Mexico over El Chapo meeting

  21-12-2018 18:26
  Del Castillo, who helped to set up meeting between Sean Penn and drug kingpin in 2015, also says Penn betrayed herMexican actor Kate del Castillo said she is suing former officials for $60m in “moral and material damages” because of what she calls “political persecution” against her. Related: Soap actor Kate del Castillo: from Mexican starlet to drug lord's sweetheart He behaved very badly because he didn’t protect me and put my life at risk, Continue reading...
  
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• ‘We can do it’: Yalitza Aparicio’s Vogue cover hailed by indigenous women

  21-12-2018 18:15
  Roma actor’s Vogue Mexico cover is first for country where light-skinned people dominate media landscape The indigenous Mexican actor Yalitza Aparicio has made history by appearing on the cover of Vogue Mexico, in a first for a country where light-skinned people dominate the media landscape – despite an overwhelmingly mestizo and indigenous population. Related: Roma star Yalitza Aparicio: 'I don’t think I am an actor' La vida de esta oaxaqueña pasó de la discreci&
  
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• Take a Peek at Comedian Zach Zimmerman’s ‘Private Joke Notebook’

  21-12-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Zach Zimmerman (@zzdoublezz) is a queer comedian, writer, and producer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, New York Magazine, and the New York Times. See him live at his album recording encore at Union Hall, Queer EyeRL at the Bell House, or stay in bed...More »
  
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• Park Avenue Armory Receives Nearly $2 Million in City Funds

  21-12-2018 18:00 via nytimes.com
  The funding will allow the Armory to replace its 138-year-old floors in a $4 million restoration project for its 55,000-square-foot drill hall.
  
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• Lights, Camera, Second Act! Vote for Jennifer Lopez's Best Film Role in Honor of Her Newest Rom-Com

  21-12-2018 18:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  Jennifer Lopez is back on the big screen and we are so grateful that she is.Luckily for fans of the New York City native, Lopez has been in the spotlight for decades and she hasn't...
  
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• ‘Hellboy’ and the Week’s Best (and Worst) Trailers

  21-12-2018 17:55 via nytimes.com
  The “Men in Black: International” clip is also intriguing, but “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” seems aimed solely at the novel’s fans.
  
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• On the Basis of Sex Plays Like a Rocky Movie, But It Works

  21-12-2018 17:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  The defense concedes that the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex hits its marks with the subtlety of a legal brief. But that’s not fatal. The sexism Ginsburg went up against was amazingly unsubtle, and a brief is at the heart of the film’s most momentous scenes....More »
  
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• It’s Too Late for Shipping, So Print These Gifts Out

  21-12-2018 17:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Okay, so you waited till the very end to buy holiday gifts, and now not even last-minute sales or two-day shipping will save you. You could head out into the world, braving the crowds and trying to scrounge up some kind of gift in a blind frenzy — Wait, what’s...More »
  
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• Late Night’s Year in Review Revue

  21-12-2018 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Twenty eighteen is almost over, and what have we learned? Late night will be taking the week off for Christmas, so any summary statements the guys and dolls of entertainment want to give, they gotta do it now. Each host brought specific concerns to the table. What they highlighted maybe...More »
  
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• How James Wan Sent Aquaman Underwater

  21-12-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  If the original Richard Donner Superman film promised that you’d believe a man can fly, James Wan’s Aquaman is dedicated to making you believe a man can swim really fast. The film follows the trials and tribulations of Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry, a half-Atlantean hunk who spends much of the...More »
  
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• Barack Obama Joins Lin-Manuel Miranda on a ‘Hamilton’ Remix

  21-12-2018 17:00 via nytimes.com
  The former president delivers part of George Washington’s farewell address on “One Last Time (44 Remix).”
  
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• The Unforgettable Theater Moments of 2018

  21-12-2018 16:48 via nytimes.com
  From magnificent entrances to “Seasons of Love” at the Tony Awards, the performances and scenes that had us cheering for more.
  
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• 683 Costumes, 400 Quick Changes, One Very Fast Wardrobe Team: Backstage at The Cher Show

  21-12-2018 16:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Broadway’s The Cher Show stars three women of different ages in the title role, but the fourth lead may as well be the costumes. In keeping with Cher’s close relationship with costume designer Bob Mackie, who also worked on the musical, The Cher Show incorporates more than 683 costumes, counting...More »
  
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• Miley Cyrus Updates a Problematic Christmas Carol for the #MeToo Era

  21-12-2018 16:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’ve missed Miley Cyrus inserting herself into your holiday in weirdly sexual ways, don’t worry. The singer appeared on Thursday night’s episode of The Tonight Show to throw a real wrench in Jimmy Fallon’s plans by updating a problematic Christmas classic. No, not that one. We’re talking about the...More »
  
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• Embrace the Petty With Lindsey Buckingham’s Fleetwood Mac Insult Generator

  21-12-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Any Fleetwood Mac enthusiast can tell you that the band’s virtuosic guitar hero, Lindsey Buckingham, is also a messy bitch who lives for the drama, which culminated this fall when he decided to sue his pals after they fired him from their recent tour for being a general sexagenarian curmudgeon....More »
  
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• Critic’s Notebook: Drag Queens on the Screen: There to Prove a Woman’s Authenticity

  21-12-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  “A Star Is Born,” “Dumplin’” and other stories about performers work out their ideas about what’s real by using drag stars as props.
  
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• A Word With: Hailee Steinfeld Transforms Into an Action Hero

  21-12-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Steinfeld talks about sliding into the Transformer’s seat in her latest movie, “Bumblebee,” as well as her long-gestating album.
  
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• Murphy Brown Season Finale Recap: Murphy at Midnight

  21-12-2018 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Well, good people, we’ve come to the end of the line. I can hardly believe it’s been 13 weeks, but that’s probably because the news is a fire hose, both on CNC and IRL. This sweet finale ties things up neatly, as Murphy Brown creator Diane English said from the...More »
  
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• The Stories Behind the Songs in Cold War

  21-12-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cold War, co-written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, tells the bittersweet story of two star-crossed lovers. Zula (Joanna Kulig), a beautiful and volatile blonde who may have been imprisoned for stabbing her father (“He mistook me for my mother so I used a knife to show him the difference”), cons...More »
  
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• The Definitive Ranking of Transformers Movies

  21-12-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A confession: I love the Transformers movies. These big, long, sometimes problematic, often dumb, always visually enthralling, and occasionally even emotionally stirring movies are the cinematic equivalent of a snack you can’t have in the house because you’ll just eat it all and feel ashamed. They exist to sell toys...More »
  
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• Diane Kruger Is Tired of Being Offered Nazi Movies

  21-12-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Diane Kruger broke into Hollywood with a duo of big-budget adventure dramas, Troy and National Treasure, both in 2004. And while she’s continued to pop up in large American films, like Inglourious Basterds (2009) or television shows like Fringe and The Bridge, much of her creative work still originates in...More »
  
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• The Week in Arts: Phony Ppl, ‘Destroyer,’ a Broadway Matinee Bonanza

  21-12-2018 14:00 via nytimes.com
  The Brooklyn quintet plays the Mercury Lounge; Nicole Kidman goes undercover; and the theater district has plenty of afternoon offerings.
  
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• I’m Obsessed With Julie Andrews Voicing a Racist Sea Monster in Aquaman

  21-12-2018 13:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  This December, Julie Andrews makes one of her periodic returns to the cinema in a colorful studio sequel that features magical adventures, memorable musical choices, and a scene where a woman descends from the sky. I’m talking, of course, about Aquaman, in which Andrews voices the pivotal role of the...More »
  
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• Dead bunnies and depressed Poirot: a festive TV guide for Christmas-haters

  21-12-2018 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Christmas is supposed to be the highlight of the TV year, but if you aren’t feeling particularly festive this season, do we have the programmes for you!Christmas is the highlight of the television year, because everyone knows that the best programmes are watered-down festive versions of shows your parents like, designed to be broadcast unwatched in the background while three generations of your family passive-aggressively snipe at each other about Brexit.But, if you aren’t feeling pa
  
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• The 50 best TV shows of 2018: the full list

  21-12-2018 12:03 via theguardian.com
  Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s femme fatale takes the top spot, above political high camp, breakneck drama and the water-cooler hit of the decade
  Best TV of 2018Best culture of 2018 Continue reading...
  
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• Seven Comic Books for This Season (and the Next)

  21-12-2018 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Some new graphic novels and comics nod to holidays past and those to come. Let the new tales — and some classics — unfold.
  
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• The Carpetbagger: Rob Lowe on Dancing With Snow White and Getting the Last Laugh

  21-12-2018 10:00 via nytimes.com
  The last time the Oscars went hostless, he did a duet that went down in history — and not in a good way. “I managed to convince myself that I’d killed it.”
  
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• 'Sublime on every level': your top TV of 2018

  21-12-2018 10:00 via theguardian.com
  What should sweep the awards? What did you watch on loop? And what did we ignore? From Patrick Melrose to My Brilliant Friend, here are readers’ favourite shows of the yearRead our critics’ top 50
  Finally, a grownup British show that ditched overexcited melodrama (Bodyguard and Killing Eve, I’m looking at you) for the real stuff – depth of character, hard-earned emotion and a messy story of damage, pain and addiction. But there was no po-faced moralising about drugs or ch
  
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• Dick Van Dyke on ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ and Dancing at 93

  21-12-2018 10:00 via nytimes.com
  The actor who starred in the original film dislikes the new one’s animation and says the biggest challenge wasn’t the hoofing but finally getting the accent right.
  
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• The book-to-TV adaptations to watch this Christmas, from Les Misérables to The Long Song

  21-12-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  It’s a bumper year for festive television adaptations, whether it is Sue Townsend’s Queen moving to a Midlands council estate or John Malkovich taking on PoirotThe standing of the Queen will surely be boosted most this Christmas not by her annual broadcast but by Sky’s adaptation of the peerless Sue Townsend’s satirical novel The Queen and I (Sky One, Christmas Eve). A new republican government abolishes the monarchy and the Queen and the royal family have to move into a
  
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• Russia opens investigation into the BBC

  21-12-2018 08:52 via ft.com
  Move comes after UK regulator said Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT breached impartiality rules
  
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