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Every Paul Thomas Anderson Movie, Ranked

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7 Big Questions About the Oscar Hopefuls at New York Film Festival

The event is a chance for would-be contenders to make an impression before awards season kicks off. Here’s what’s at stake for films hoping to do so. By Joe Reid

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‘I Look in the Camera. And I Hump My Ass Off.’

Penn Badgley on the art of filming a sex scene for You. By Penn Badgley

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Well, That Was the Most-Watched Jimmy Kimmel Live! Ever

6.26 million people not named Brendan Carr tuned in for the late-night host’s much-anticipated return to TV. By Josef Adalian

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Alien: Earth Clings to Childish Things In throwing out Ridley Scott’s prequel mythology to engineer a “parallel story,” Noah Hawley’s series was deprived of the chance to grow up.
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Is Immigration Really So Lonely? Kiran Desai’s highly anticipated novel seems to think so, but it doesn’t quite cohere.
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The Pan-American Philharmonic: Dudamel Starts With a Big Sweep Ives, Lanzilotti, Bartók, Corigliano — in his first week, the new music director dives into a polyglot, diverse palette of Americana.
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Cardi B Gets the Best Revenge Messy, unguarded, and vicious, Am I the Drama? is just like the rapper.
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Patricia Lockwood’s Pleasant Fever Dream Will There Be Ever Be Another You is a purposefully disorienting novel, studded with passages of extreme beauty.
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The Lowdown Ambles Toward Glory A spiky character study of Ethan Hawke’s dirtbag “truthstorian” reveals itself as a surprising showcase for Sterlin Harjo’s creative vision.
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It’s a Queen Thing, in Saturday Church and Galas Productions that aim for queer inspiration and camp.
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House of Guinness (S1/E3)

The Courtship of Arthur Guinness Arthur finds a wife to help his political career, but his secrets are still going to be a problem.
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Complications The Guinness siblings are dealing with a lot. Scheming! Torture! Blackmail! Fizzy gin cocktails!
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First Round It’s a new era for the Guinness family, and each sibling has a different idea of what that means.
The Golden Bachelor (S2/E1)

Kiss Now and Kiss Later Mel might have put his foot in his mouth before the season, but the ladies are quick to forgive and just as quick to make out.
Platonic (S2/E9)

The Anus of Los Angeles Sylvia could stay home today and read Charlie’s book, like she said she would, but she chooses to kayak the L.A. River with Will and Katie instead.
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Red Flags The idea of Roddy having an attractive girlfriend is so alarming that it forces Slough House to hit the club and see what’s going on.
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Walking, Talking Blood Bags To deal with the fallout of Jordan’s decision from last week, Cipher whips up a disturbing solution: Marie and Jordan will duke it out on live TV.
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it has substance A Gucci Movie Without Lady Gaga? Demi Moore leads a cast so stacked you almost forget it’s spon-con. By Jennifer Zhan
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Meet Your RizGod

Survivor’s newest star is far more endearing than his nickname suggests. By Jason P. Frank

what’s goin’ on down South Park’s First Post-Charlie Kirk Episode Is About Financial Apps Plus Satan is still pregnant with Trump’s baby. By Bethy Squires
vulture lists The Best British Spy Shows to Stream Right Now Espionage and escapism, what more can you ask for? By Vulture Editors
streamliner Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule The show features Jessica Chastain’s character infiltrating white-supremacist cells across America. By Eric Vilas-Boas
streamliner Jessica Chastain Disagrees With Apple Pulling The Savant “We’re not aligned on the decision to pause the release of The Savant,” the actor wrote in an Instagram post. By Eric Vilas-Boas

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Alien: Earth’s Babou Ceesay Hopes ‘Man at Sea’ Morrow Gets to Figure It Out “Why isn’t he dead? What’s going to happen now? Hopefully we get a second season and that moment gets taken somewhere.” By Nicholas Quah

endgame Every The Summer I Turned Pretty Couple, Ranked Laurel + Cleveland 4 eva. By Sarah John
he’s back! Jimmy Kimmel Goes All in on Free Speech in His Return to Late Night “A government threat to silence a comedian the president doesn’t like is anti-American.” By Alejandra Gularte
fun facts Fact-checking High Potential’s Crime-Solving Trivia Uncovering the truth behind every little factoid Morgan drops in season two. By Bethy Squires
endings Alien: Earth Clings to Childish Things In throwing out Ridley Scott’s prequel mythology to engineer a “parallel story,” Noah Hawley’s series was deprived of the chance to grow up. By Roxana Hadadi

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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Welcome a Smurfette to Their Village

Rocki Irish Mayers was born on September 13. A Virgo. By Bethy Squires

the wrecking crew Carol Kaye Wants the Rock Hall to Kiss Her Bass The bassist is boycotting her induction and refuses to attend the ceremony. By Devon Ivie
from the desk of dr. may Queen Want to Be Kings of the Sphere Brian May is planning a residency because “the stuff that we could bring to this would be stupendous.” By Devon Ivie
the law Yung Miami Calls Diddy a ‘Good Man’ in Letter to Judge The rapper defends her ex-boyfriend ahead of Diddy’s sentencing. By Jason P. Frank

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famous families Priscilla Presley Describes the Night Lisa Marie Died in Memoir The press tour for Softly, As I Leave You rejects the dark lawsuit against the once-matriarch of the Presley family. By Jason P. Frank
classical-music review The Pan-American Philharmonic: Dudamel Starts With a Big Sweep Ives, Lanzilotti, Bartók, Corigliano — in his first week, the new music director dives into a polyglot, diverse palette of Americana. By Justin Davidson
album review Cardi B Gets the Best Revenge Messy, unguarded, and vicious, Am I the Drama? is just like the rapper. By Craig Jenkins
superlatives Good Charlotte on Their Most Maryland Song “We get really uncomfortable when you start putting a label on us.” By Roxana Hadadi

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Jimmy Kimmel Live! Will Return to TV Tonight

The news comes almost a week after it was pulled from airing on ABC “indefinitely.” By Josef Adalian

last night on late night Late-Night Hosts Stand With Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech John Oliver told Disney CEO Bob Iger that history will remember “the cowards who definitely knew better but still let things happen.” By Alejandra Gularte
reactions Hollywood Comes to Jimmy Kimmel’s Defense Andor’s Dan Gilroy agrees with the comparisons to his show. By Bethy Squires
ask an expert So, Can Jimmy Kimmel Sue the FCC? Answering your free-speech questions because none of this is normal. By Victoria Bekiempis

buffering Iger’s Choice Disney and ABC need to decide if they’re willing to back Jimmy Kimmel even if it means taking a (big) financial hit. By Josef Adalian
this week in late night How 4 Late-Night Writers Are Feeling Post–Kimmel Suspension “The people who have the most money and power are the first to give up, and, frankly, that should be mortifying for them.” By Bethy Squires
streamliner NBC Has Subscribed to The Paper The Peacock show is getting a full-season run on broadcast. By Josef Adalian
hosting duties Saturday Night Live Books Bad Bunny, Amy Poehler, and Sabrina Carpenter The first three hosts and musical guests of season 51 are in. By Jason P. Frank
trailer mix Tim Robinson Witnesses a Big Problem in The Chair Company Check out the trailer for his HBO comedy series co-created with Zach Kanin. By Hershal Pandya

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Coming Up in Our Next Segment: Weather Girl

A solo show that is not only TV-savvy but TV-ready. By Sara Holdren

theater review It’s a Queen Thing, in Saturday Church and Galas Productions that aim for queer inspiration and camp. By Jackson McHenry
matters of representation Maybe Happy Ending’s Unhappy Casting Choice The Broadway show’s choice to cast a white actor is still receiving criticism, including from Constance Wu. By Jason P. Frank
theater review Yasmina Reza’s Art Returns, Loaded With Blanks Plus a review of Celine Song’s early play Family. By Sara Holdren
theater review A Rare Bird Returns: Ibsen’s The Wild Duck At TFANA, a production that starts off too tamely but gradually finds the play’s explosive power. By Sara Holdren

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

theater review Orange You Glad I’m Telling You to See Color Theories? A solo showcase of Julio Torres’s best weirdness. By Sara Holdren
theater review Old Gods Try a Little Tenderness in The Brothers Size Tarell Alvin McCraney’s rich drama comes back to New York. By Sara Holdren
fall preview 2025 Hopecore, Bad Dads, and Moms Gone Mad Ten trends happening across pop culture this fall.
fall preview 2025 30 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See This Fall A revived Chess, a new Versailles, and a promising year for the nonmusical play. By Jackson McHenry

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book review Is Immigration Really So Lonely? Kiran Desai’s highly anticipated novel seems to think so, but it doesn’t quite cohere. By Sanjena Sathian
book review Patricia Lockwood’s Pleasant Fever Dream Will There Be Ever Be Another You is a purposefully disorienting novel, studded with passages of extreme beauty. By Paul McAdory
vulture lists 8 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This Month Turns out it’s kind of nice to have a mellow celebrity reading poems in your ear. By Marshall Heyman
close read The Anxiety Plaguing Male Fiction Writers A recent batch of novels attempts to speak to the disaffected male reader, for better and for worse. By Robert Rubsam
books The National Book Foundation’s 2025 Fiction Longlist Featuring two debut novels and one story collection. By Emma Alpern

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Art

encounter Mary Boone, Who Ruled Galleries in the ’80s, Is Back “I was a woman selling unnecessary, glamorous things to rich people. What’s not to hate?” says the art dealer. By Carrie Battan
art review Making the ’60s Weird Again The Whitney’s boisterous survey breathes new life into a stagnant decade. By Jerry Saltz
encounter Coco Fusco Refuses to Be Pigeonholed The artist gets her first U.S. survey after years of creating work that defies political orthodoxy. By Madeline Leung Coleman
fall preview 2025 10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See This Fall Some shows thrill, some surprise, some confuse — bless them all. By Jerry Saltz
art The Six Female Artists With Major Solo Shows This Fall Sasha Gordon, Olivia van Kuiken, Ana Cláudia Almeida, María Berrío, Adebunmi Gbadebo, and Karen Barbour on how they prepared for their big solo shows. By Jay Kolsch