Photo: Philippe Antonello/Prime Video The television fan raised on Gilmore Girls and still demanding justice for Bunheads is intimately familiar with the tropes of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s aesthetic universe: fast talking, overflowing pop-culture references, and parental dynamics pulled so taut they could be plucked like a harpsichord string. There’s probably a lot of coffee, as …
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Ryan Bakerink/WireImage, Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Images The year 2012 has aftershocks that scientists are still working to observe: Not only was it the year that saw the premiere of HBO’s Girls, it is also the year that “Call Me Maybe” took over the entire summer. Now, those things are colliding in …
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Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Throughout his rise in music, Jelly Roll has been open about the time he spent in prison for robbery and drug charges. But now, he’s one step closer to being pardoned for those crimes. Tennessee’s Board of Parole unanimously recommended a pardon for the rapper turned country singer (born Jason …
Photo: MTV RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars is going supersized, with not only more queens than ever before, but also a lot more rules. The All-Stars season-ten cast features 18 queens, branded as “Tournament of All-Stars.” “The queens will be divided into three groups of six, each competing in their own bracket across three episodes,” …
Photo: Netflix Get ready to dance, dance, dance with your hands above your head, Wednesday fans. The Jenna Ortega–led show is finally heading back to Netflix in 2025, after first premiering way back in 2022. “It’s been incredible to create a show that has connected with people across the world. Thrilled to continue Wednesday’s tortuous …
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Photo: Brandon Todd/NBAE via Getty Images In his 2006 short-story collection Tales of the Out & the Gone, Amiri Baraka details the Afrofuturist concept of “rhythm travel,” in which a man can journey within refrains of music to legacies past, present, and future. It’s a powerful piece of speculative fiction rooted in concepts Baraka previously …
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Illustration: Jane Rosenberg/REUTERS On Monday, April 28, jury selection will begin in the federal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, who’s facing five counts of sex trafficking, forced labor, and racketeering. It’s the culmination of a stunning and disturbing series of allegations against one of the world’s best-known music moguls. Victoria Bekiempis, a …
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Photo: Apple TV+ Some disasters take the form of shitsplosions, and others happen bit by bit, with one thing going wrong after another until a full-on collapse can no longer be averted. “The Pediatric Oncologist,” the sixth episode of The Studio’s first season, contains both varieties. For Matt, the shitsplosion is safely contained within …
Photo: Kat Nijmeddin/Disney via Getty Images Does he know it’s not called Dancing With the Snakes? Best known for being the son of late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, Robert Irwin is officially stepping into the limelight, and he’s doing it shirtless. Irwin, 21, is the first to join the cast of the 34th season …
Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd. It’s time once more to visit that far, faraway galaxy, and nothing in all of Star Wars makes the various planets and moons feel as complex and lived-in as Andor. Tony Gilroy’s masterful series is so good that the sci-fi Star Wars of it all sometimes seems irrelevant compared to the …
