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Soaring Costs and Banned Lunches: Trump’s Tariffs Hit Hollywood

The industry survived ’til ’25. Can it make it to 2029? By Josef Adalian

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One to One: John & Yoko Cuts Through the Beatles-Industrial Complex

Built around Lennon and Ono’s 1972 concert at Madison Square Garden — John’s last — the film presents a powerful look at their activism. By Bilge Ebiri

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There’s Always Enough Nightmare Fuel to Power the Black Mirror Universe

Creator Charlie Brooker explains season 7’s unsettling inspirations and endings, including the show’s first sequel ‘USS Callister: Into Infinity.’ By Nicholas Quah

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Video Games Like Minecraft Are Replacing Superheroes As Hollywood’s Dominant IP

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One to One: John & Yoko Cuts Through the Beatles-Industrial Complex Built around Lennon and Ono’s 1972 concert at Madison Square Garden — John’s last — the film presents a powerful look at their activism.
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World Got You Down? Head North of North. Netflix’s winning new Canadian comedy is the Black Mirror counterprogramming we need right now.
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The Wary Gaze of Amy Sherald A majestic new show at the Whitney features the artist’s gift for portraiture that seethes with subtleties.
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The White Lotus Didn’t Earn It Laurie’s monologue teaches a lesson season three failed to grasp.
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The Human Operating System What if Neopets took over humanity?
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Battle Flag The show takes a detour to focus on Perrin & Co. making their stand in the season’s biggest battle.
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We’ll Always Have Paris The technology isn’t all that far-fetched, but I have trouble believing anyone actually wants to see modern movie stars in classic Hollywood films.
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Mandela Effect The performances are great, but the problem is the technology.
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Abbott Elementary: Ava and Her Band of Teachers The Abbott community takes a stand for a real one.
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The Oscars Will Finally Recognize Stunts

A Stunt Design award is coming in 2028. By Justin Curto

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trial run James Toback Ordered to Pay $1.68 Billion After Sexual-Assault Trial Forty women testified against him in a weeklong trial. By Alejandra Gularte
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openings John Wilson’s New Movie Theater Is Made Out of Old Ones “The design of everything is pretty loud because where else can you use a lot of this material?” the filmmaker says of his new Ridgewood cinema. By Adriane Quinlan
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Will There Be An Adolescence Season 2?

Plan B is reportedly in talks with show creator Stephen Graham. By Alejandra Gularte

egg hunting Every Black Mirror Easter Egg in Season 7 The series’ interconnected universe expands further with references both familiar (“San Junipero,” always) and confusing (Barnies? Bernies?). By Brian Tallerico
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A Real-Life ER Doctor Examines The Pitt “If things were like this every day, the burnout would be hard to overcome.” By Nicholas Quah

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medical drama Noah Wyle Says The Pitt Lawsuit ‘Taints the Legacy’ of ER Sherri Crichton, widow of ER creator Michael Crichton, sued the show after an ER reboot fell through. By Jason P. Frank
vulture lists Every Black Mirror Episode, Ranked Political satires and future dystopias, soulless nihilism and life-affirming humanism — anything is possible. By Charles Bramesco
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Remotely Attend Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball on the Coachella Livestream

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the festival circuit The Thirstiest Coachella Billboards in the Desert Tyla wants to know if you’ve “got water?” By Justin Curto
respect the classics Hey, Adam Levine, Don’t Let Paul McCartney Make You Feel Bad The Beatle reviewed his attempted covers: “We did it better.” By Devon Ivie
say it ain’t so Weezer Bassist’s Wife Shot by Police, Arrested for Attempted Murder Jillian Lauren is “all right,” her husband said — and so is his band’s Coachella set. By Justin Curto

the law Soulja Boy Ordered to Pay $4 Million in Sexual-Assault Case The rapper was found liable for assault, sexual battery, and intentional affliction of emotional distress. By Jason P. Frank
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live laugh lorde Sound the New-Lorde Alarm Fifteen seconds of a new song can change your life. By Fran Hoepfner
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listen up Hold Ravyn Lenae Tight, Don’t Let Her Go “Love Me Not” has hit the Hot 100, so it’s your last chance to know about Ravyn Lenae before it was cool. By Jason P. Frank

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It’s SNL, Innit?

Lorne Michaels will executive-produce a U.K. version of the legendary American sketch show. By Hershal Pandya

bittersweet symphony The Fantasmas Cast Has Cruel Intentions Julio Torres, Julia Fox, Justice Smith, and more went all the way during a live table read of the 1999 film. By Tom Smyth
party report Friendship Came Full Circle for Director Andrew DeYoung Tim Robinson’s new movie about male friendship breakups was inspired by a real one. By Alejandra Gularte
saymo(re) Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney Again On this week’s episode: Bill Hader, Chelsea Peretti, Johnny Knoxville, human resources executive Catie Maillard, and Bartees Strange. By Hershal Pandya

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crime Russell Brand Charged With Rape, Sexual Assault in U.K. Brand maintained he’s “never engaged in nonconsensual activity.” By Justin Curto
ch-ching! Sam Says: Raise the Price of Dropout By one dollar. By Jason P. Frank

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Stranger Things Brings the Upside Down to Broadway

Demogorgon of the opera, if you will. By Alejandra Gularte

the-a-ter Broadway Legends on the Show That Got Away Idina Menzel’s Moonstruck opera and Betty Buckley’s stadium-size Annie Get Your Gun. By Zach Schiffman
the yesteryear issue The List Keepers The AIDS crisis shattered Broadway, and the scope of the loss has never been fully accounted for. Some kept their own records. By Mark Harris
theater review What’s to Discuss? Old Friends Is a Familiar Trip Through the Sondheim Canon. Led by a committed Bernadette Peters. By Jackson McHenry
rip William Finn, Falsettos Composer, Dead at 73 He also wrote A New Brain and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. By Jason P. Frank

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A Messy Breakup: Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren in The Last Five Years Nick Jonas’s pop-star casting runs up against Adrienne Warren’s sheer luminosity, and the two leads’ onstage power dynamic never feels quite right. By Sara Holdren

the yesteryear issue How Broadway Became Broadway When I started as a drama critic in 1980, I learned how little I knew about how the theater business actually works. By Frank Rich
theater review Does Betty Boop Exist in Three Dimensions? Boop! The Musical tries to get her out of her cel. By Jackson McHenry
the yesteryear issue ‘Good God, It Was Fun!’ Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Dick Van Dyke, and more legends of Broadway reprise their most memorable characters. gallery By Mark Seliger
the yesteryear issue Backstage at New York’s Broadway Legends Shoot Scenes from an unusually epic and emotional photo portfolio. By Paula Aceves

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books The National Book Foundation’s New ‘5 Under 35’ Is Here From a heady tale of non-monogamy to a haunted voice assistant, this year’s nominees confront a changing world. By Emma Alpern

vulture lists 28 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your 2025 Reading List We’re going back to Gilead for one last time. By Emily Maskell

best of 2025 The Best Books of 2025 (So Far) Including a vampire story that’s the closest thing we have to horror’s Moby-Dick. By Vulture Editors

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art review The Wary Gaze of Amy Sherald A majestic new show at the Whitney features the artist’s gift for portraiture that seethes with subtleties. By Jerry Saltz

art review Behold the Frick The newly renovated museum is bigger and better than ever. By Jerry Saltz

the work of art Lisa Yuskavage Becomes the Protagonist After 35 years of painting her signature girls, the artist has turned to a new subject: herself. By Adam Moss

art review The Exhilarating Anger of Christine Sun Kim Her new show at the Whitney reveals that language is a social currency that constantly places the deaf at a disadvantage. By Jerry Saltz

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