Illustration: Jo Hale/Redferns Don’t provoke the Bard — he has a mean uppercut. Bob Dylan’s fondness for boxing has been well documented over the years, so much so that we’ve been waiting on our invite to use his fabled Santa Monica gym. Sean Penn, though, didn’t need to leave his house for such a …
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Ben Blackall/Netflix The opening minutes of House of Guinness are a collage of some of the most typically Steven Knight things ever put onscreen. If you’re familiar with the prolific British writer’s fondness for grimy historical dramas embellished with as much street brawling as possible, you may be able to envision the tone. The …
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos; Getty Images/Netflix/Disney Utkarsh Ambudkar is a man in demand. Not just on TV — though he is there, with his roles on hit shows like Never Have I Ever and Running Point — but in real life, where he’s a father of three. While chatting for this interview, we were interrupted …
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Photo: Ben Blackall/Netflix It’s the day of Arthur and Olivia’s wedding, a celebration of the happy couple’s new union. What could possibly go wrong? For starters, it might turn out that seemingly everyone in attendance is working some kind of agenda, whether subtly or out in the open for all to see. Anne and …
Photo: Brook Rushton/Amazon No, those aren’t their stunt doubles: That’s the very real cast of Spaceballs 2. Spaceballs, a broad, silly, ridiculous parody of Star Wars, introduced “Ludicrous Speed,” “Just plain Yogurt,” and “Lord Helmet” to the galaxy. Now, nearly 40 years later, the Schwartz awakens. We don’t know a ton about the upcoming …
Photo: Ben Blackall/Netflix Hey, remember Arthur’s genius plan to win the election by buying a bunch of votes using a low-tech system involving used train tickets? This may shock you, but it did not work. Sure, Arthur won the election. But six months later, as the opening title informs us, that win has come …
Photo: Paramount+ On Wednesday night, for the second evening in a row, I cleared my schedule to watch the latest installment of a linear TV broadcast that was neither an awards show nor live sports. Tuesday had been Jimmy Kimmel Live! on the occasion of his return from suspension; Wednesday was South Park. There …
Photo: MEGA/GC Images For weekly updates on all the most pivotal and dramatic moments from Diddy’s trial, sign up for our newsletter: Court Appearances: United States v. Diddy, and check out the rest of our trial coverage here. Sean “Diddy” Combs’s lawyers doubled down on claims that his actions were protected by the First …
Illustration: CBS via Getty Images Can Nate Bargatze make it make cents? More than a week later, the host of the 2025 Emmys is still trying to break down the thought process behind taking money away from the Boys & Girls Club of America if a celebrity took longer than 45 seconds to accept …
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Focus Features, MGM, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company There aren’t that many American auteurs, mostly because the movie industry doesn’t want them. And yet, Paul Thomas Anderson doesn’t just exist — he keeps turning out brilliant, sprawling, strange features he’s able to convince studios to fund despite …
