June 18, 2025

  Photo: XNY/Star Max/GC Images I’m forced to admit something shameful here, which is that when I see videos of Justin Bieber confronting paparazzi, I scroll past them with the sound off. Bieber’s ongoing war against the paparazzi, and seemingly also himself and those around him, has reached a point of thudding tediousness. He is …

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  Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images Anne Burrell, the chef and Food Network star, is dead at 55. She was found “unconscious and unresponsive” in her home by police on June 17, per People, and the cause of death is currently unknown. “Anne was a beloved wife, sister, daughter, stepmother, and friend — her smile lit up every …

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  Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Netflix, Rogue Pictures, Scream Factory, Shudder, Sony Pictures, Synapse Films, United Film Distribution Company, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. This summer, director Danny Boyle returns to the zombie series that helped reinvigorate the genre. But unlike 2002’s 28 Days Later, the appropriately named 28 Years Later isn’t emerging in a barren field. …

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  Illustration: Manshen Lo In her February Grammy acceptance speech, Chappell Roan called on record labels to “offer a livable wage and health care, especially to developing artists.” About a month later, former New York Dolls front man David Johansen died at 75, just weeks after launching a GoFundMe to cover the bills from his …

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  Photo: Reiner Bajo/Disney There is nothing more humbling or human than defeat. After weeks of twists and turns and getting away with increasingly opaque schemes, Masha has finally started to seem more like a person. She comes a quarter of the way alive after having to admit to herself that she may have misjudged …

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  Photo-Illustration: Vulture This list was originally published in 2013 and last updated in 2018. Since then, there’s been a few new and classic books worth adding. Now we have the true ultimate comedy library — at least until the next update. We can all agree on books. They make you look smart when you read …

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