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A Lollapalooza Doc That Refuses to Whitewash History

Lolla is a mostly hagiographic look at the annual festival, but it manages to get a few key moments right. By Justin Curto

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Vulture’s 2024 Summer Pop-Culture Gift Guide

Presents? For summer? Groundbreaking. By Vulture Staff

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39 Albums We Can’t Wait to Hear This Summer

From Johnny Cash rarities to Normani (finally). By Dan Reilly

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The Apprentice Gets Dumber the Longer It Goes On

Director Ali Abbasi’s portrait of a young Donald Trump never lives up to its strongest performance: Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn. By Bilge Ebiri

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Are You Ready for the Industry-ial Revolution? The third season of the most stressful show on television premieres August 11.
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The Merrily Crew Knows How to Mount a Charm Offensive Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez went on The Late Show to sing “Old Friends” and elicit awe.
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Elvis Heir Riley Keough Fights Foreclosure Auction of Graceland Securing a temporary restraining order against the sale.
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Isolation, Set to Harmony: Three Houses and The Lonely Few Blue notes from lockdown and from musicians on the road.
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Jack O’Connell Says the Amy Winehouse Biopic Isn’t ‘Pointing Fingers’ By Roxana Hadadi

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Below Deck (S11/E16) Cabin-Inspection Fever This is not how Captain Kerry wanted the season to end.
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encounter Lord Maurice Saatchi’s Big Book of Orgasms The legendary British adman wants to blow your mind. By Carl Swanson
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vulture lists 25 Essential Stephen King Short Stories The best King stories are full of heart, horror, and humanity, each riffing on the eternal question: what if? By Neil McRobert
remembrance Dabney Coleman Was the Perfect Onscreen Jerk Maybe likeability is overrated. By Matt Zoller Seitz

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All the Films Sold at Cannes 2024

Metrograph Pictures annexes Julien Colonna’s The Kingdom. By Zoe Guy

vulture movie club Bryant Park and Movies Go Together Like Peas and Carrots Starting June 10, we’re giving you a reason to look forward to Mondays. By Vulture Editors
chat room Jack O’Connell Says the Amy Winehouse Biopic Isn’t ‘Pointing Fingers’ The Back to Black star on finding compassion for the late singer’s ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil. By Roxana Hadadi
o-town The 2024 Cannes Film Festival’s Standing-O-Meter The Apprentice got around 9 minutes. Is anyone asking for a recount yet? By Bethy Squires

cannes 2024 If Only David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds Weren’t So Lifeless There’s adultery and cuckoldry and doubles and all the other good Cronenbergian ideas. But none of it really fits together. By Bilge Ebiri
cannes 2024 Terrible Billionaire Who Funded the Trump Movie Thought It Would Be Positive Reportedly “under the impression that it was a flattering portrayal of the 45th president.” By Nate Jones
splits? Can You Handle Another Bennifer Breakup? We’ve never paid more attention to Ben Affleck’s ring finger. By Justin Curto
cannes 2024 Horizon: An American Saga Is Dune: Part One for Dads Hi, I’m dads. By Bilge Ebiri
cannes 2024 The Substance Is Disgusting, Twisted, and Instantly Divisive The graphic body-horror film starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley is lighting up debate at Cannes. By Rachel Handler

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X-Men ’97 Told the Avengers They Suck

The series undermining Earth’s mightiest “heroes” is delightful fan-service subversion. By Roxana Hadadi

protect and serve looks Elsbeth’s Unserious Fashion Is So Important Underestimate a grown woman in polka dots at your own risk. By Tom Smyth
drama mama What’s the Goss About Cost(ner)? Yellowstone is back in production and Costner defends himself against alleged scheduling conflicts with Horizon. By Jason P. Frank
royalty incoming! Lady Whistledown Hasn’t Tired of Drama Everything we know about the romance, gossip, and empire waists awaiting Penelope Featherington in part two. By Alejandra Gularte
summer preview 2024 33 TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch This Summer Hit the beach or hit play on any number of new shows — you can’t go wrong either way. By James Grebey and Ben Rosenstock

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Dabney Coleman, Actor Known for Asshole Roles, Dead at 92 He bossed Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton around in the 1980 comedy 9 to 5. By Jennifer Zhan

snl What Happens If You Give a Jake Gyllenhaal a Cookie? The host threatened Andrew Dismukes into taking the fall for him after sneaking a treat before dinner. By Tom Smyth
ruh roh Zoinks! The Scooby-Doo Gang Faces Off on SNL Things turn bloody when Fred rips off what he thinks is yet another mask. By Tom Smyth
gold rush It’s Time to Bet on Slow Horses Gary Oldman’s performance is a miracle of controlled filth and subtle goodness. By Joe Reid
chat room Bridgerton’s Jessica Madsen Beats the Villain Edit “This season we’ve caught her during a time when she’s letting go of her toughness, that exterior is melting away, and she’s opening up.” By Devon Ivie

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Cam’ron Is the 24-Hour-News Pundit We Deserve

The rapper became the first talking head to take sex supplements live on CNN. By Hershal Pandya

explainers (chet’s version) Tom Hanks Is Fully Caught Up on the Kendrick Lamar/Drake Beef His son Chet Hanks explained it all to him via text message. By Alejandra Gularte
rankings All 245 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked There are at least ten stone-cold classics in her discography. By Nate Jones
fine lines Rapsody Had to Be Fearless “I had gotten in the space of, ‘Do I still want to do this? Do people even care?’” By William E. Ketchum III

the law Cassie’s Lawsuit Against Diddy, Explained Diddy claims he’s “truly sorry” for assaulting Cassie in graphic footage, after previously denying all accusations. By Zoe Guy
the algorithm Pavement Gets Their First Gold Record, Thanks to TikTok Harness your hopes on just one platform. Because we know a platform is only made for one. By Bethy Squires
album review The Curious Case of the Stereophonic Cast Recording Paying homage to a band without catalog access is usually a recipe for terrors. Will Butler’s Fleetwood Mac experiment is an impressive exception. By Craig Jenkins
the carriage scene Bridgerton Gives Us Its Most Unhinged Needle Drop Yet I think it might be a work of genius? By Meg Walters
about last night … Elle King Was Going Through a Lot During Unfortunate Dolly Parton Tribute “I had been going through something very heavy and traumatic in my life at the time.” By Zoe Guy

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SNL Tries to Protect Character Actors from Getting Punched in the Face

The SNL sketch about the niche new crime trend assures us that Jon Hamm is safe. By Tom Smyth

mourning Ego Nwodim Will Sadly Not Be Playing Jasmine Crockett on SNL But will someone else be taking on the role? Or could Crockett herself be making an appearance? By Tom Smyth
stand-up Nikki Glaser’s Jokes Need No Disclaimers In her new special, Someday You’ll Die, she calls out comedians who add caveats to their jokes to make them easier to swallow. By Hershal Pandya
cater it to the limit 25 Essential Bob’s Burgers Episodes Featuring musical numbers, puns, fart jokes, and plenty of heart. By Lillian Brown

this week in late night Sleeveless Jenny Hagel Won Late Night This Week Plus Miranda July, a great Will Forte sketch, and the Stevphens. By Bethy Squires
the other manny Let Janine Have This We all know Abbott Elementary’s romantic endgame. In the meantime, this could be a love triangle made in sitcom heaven. By Roxana Hadadi
suhcuuyyyyttttt Finally, a Recap Podcast for Us Girls Talk about a Happy Ending! By Jesse David Fox
tour diary The Concierge Comedian For the first time in his career, Zak Toscani is making a living doing comedy by performing in people’s backyards, basements, and unfinished kitchens. By Hershal Pandya
investor showcase Conner O’Malley Solves Stand-Up Comedy In his first special, he plays an AI evangelist whose new stand-up bot will one day make comedians obsolete. By Hershal Pandya

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The Merrily Crew Knows How to Mount a Charm Offensive

Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez went on The Late Show to sing “Old Friends” and elicit awe. By Jason P. Frank

theater review Isolation, Set to Harmony: Three Houses and The Lonely Few Blue notes from lockdown and from musicians on the road. By Jackson McHenry
theater We’ve Hit Peak Theater Nobody knows how to succeed on Broadway anymore. By BORIS KACHKA
theater review Yale Drama Meets the Psych Ward: Invasive Species Maia Novi applies humor, and Goop, and also Andrew Lloyd Webber, to her fraught experience as a drama student. By Jackson McHenry
theater review Here There Are Blueberries Keeps This Moment at Arm’s Length As powerful as this Pulitzer-finalist play about Auschwitz is, it studiously avoids the conversations people are having right now. By Sara Holdren

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I Got My Ticket to Stereophonic’s ‘Masquerade’ The Broadway cast, fresh from their record-breaking Tony nominations, performed their standout stomper on The Tonight Show. By Devon Ivie

broadway baby George Clooney Is Switching Roles In a Broadway adaptation of the 2005 film he directed, co-wrote, and starred in, Good Night, and Good Luck. By Jason P. Frank
immersive theater The Mysterious Fidi Coffee Shop That’s a Front for Sleep No More’s Successor Conwell Coffee Hall at 20 Exchange Place is part of Emursive’s next production, Life and Trust — but it’s also a real café and bar. By Joey Sims
theater review The Beautiful Oddness of Shimmer and Herringbone Plus: Peregrine Teng Heard’s Redemption Story. By Sara Holdren
last night on late night Mary Todd Lincoln Makes Late Night Debut, Heals Broken Nation Her children were not mentioned. By Jason P. Frank

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Books

encounter Lord Maurice Saatchi’s Big Book of Orgasms The legendary British adman wants to blow your mind. By Carl Swanson
vulture lists 25 Essential Stephen King Short Stories The best King stories are full of heart, horror, and humanity, each riffing on the eternal question: what if? By Neil McRobert
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
vulture lists 15 Romance Novels to Read After Binging Bridgerton Rakish dukes abound. By Carly Lane
obit No One Wrote About Sex Like Alice Munro In Munro’s stories, women blow it all on desire. By Madeline Leung Coleman

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Art

sexual assault Artist Kehinde Wiley Accused of Sexual Assault By Joseph Awuah-Darko, a British-born artist working in Ghana. By Bethy Squires
art review LaToya Ruby Frazier’s MoMA Show Does Too Much The photographer wants to “stand in the gap between working-class and creative-class people.” But her show’s venue makes that impossible. By Madeline Leung Coleman
favorite things Jerry Saltz’s 78 Indispensable Instagram Accounts Instagram changed our art critic’s life. Here, he recommends 78 of his favorite accounts that you should follow. By Jerry Saltz
announcements Discover Jerry Saltz’s Favorite Things Our chief art critic is writing a pop-up, subscriber-only newsletter about the cultural works that shape his outlook. By The Editors
art Maurizio Cattelan Takes the Piss Out of the Art World The Italian artist’s first solo gallery show in decades is a provocative commentary on America’s ills. By Madeline Leung Coleman