COVID Didn’t Kill Live Comedy — It Drove It Underground

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In March 2020, New York Citybased comedian Bryan Yang had a few jokes about COVID-19 in his set. Yangs wife is a nurse, and they took precautions to avoid contracting the virus. Still, they both got it later that month, just as the pandemics first wave hit the city. At one point, he could only breathe with the assistance of a CPAP machine....

January 27, 2021 · 3 min · 596 words · Justin Thompson

Greetings From Somewhereand 3 More Podcasts Worth Trying

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In this weeks issue: some travel, a bank heist, and Chippendales. Tell me what youre listening to. Find meon Twitteror reach me over email:nicholas.quah@vulture.com. And boy, do I miss stepping onto a plane. Greetings From Somewherecomes in two flavors. These installments are labeled Detours. One, for instance, explores the #vanlife phenomenon. (Or, you know,The Points Guy....

January 27, 2021 · 1 min · 170 words · Jennifer Gordon

Halsey Announces She’s Pregnant: ‘Surprise!’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Got any spare good vibes? Send them straight toHalsey, who just announced that shes pregnant! she captioned her pregnancy shoot on Instagram. Shes glowing in a rainbow crocheted bra top and baggy jeans, baby bump catching some sun. The 26-year-old singer appears to have tagged the babys co-parent, screenwriter Alev Aydin, right on her belly....

January 27, 2021 · 1 min · 96 words · Emma Kelley

I’m Sorry, What Is Going on With GameStop and AMC?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Theres GameStop, but alsoAMCand Reddit? And also the wordstonks. And now itsbleeding over into other threatened companies, including AMC and BlackBerry. Am I roughly in the right area? Bilge Ebiri:Yeah, thats about it. (Does that mean AMC is completely fine now? No, not really. But then again, a lot of the short sellers werent necessarily looking at the companys fundamentals either....

January 27, 2021 · 3 min · 488 words · Chelsey Hunter

Jensen McRae’s Perfect Fake Cover of a Phoebe Bridgers Song Is Now a Perfect Real Song

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Jensen McRae is apparently not like most people. Hooking up in a car while getting vaccinated at Dodger Stadium? oh my godhttps://t.co/hnnhrz5eZC And now? McRae has gifted the world the whole damn song. If you like Phoebe Bridgers as much as we do, youll probably want to pre-order it. Related Tags:

January 27, 2021 · 1 min · 66 words · Cody Williams

Min Jin Lee and Alan Yang Join Forces for Netflix Series

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Taps : I wrote a pilot script adapting my first novel Free Food for Millionaires. Super genius @alanyang wanted to produce it. @netflix bought it. Related Tags:

January 27, 2021 · 1 min · 42 words · Sara Ballard

People Are Heavily Trading AMC Stocks Because of Reddit

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But why AMC, a movie theater chainstruggling during the COVID-19 pandemic? WheresMargot Robbie in a bubble bathto explain these things when you need her? Related Tags:

January 27, 2021 · 1 min · 41 words · Michele Smith

Say Hola to Selena Gomez’s First Spanish Project,REVELACIÓN

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Well get to dance (again) withSelena Gomezsooner than expected. We just hope shes finding time for relajacion, too. Related Tags:

January 27, 2021 · 1 min · 35 words · Victoria Adams

ShrillIs Ending on Hulu After Season 3

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. TheAidy Bryantled comedy seriesShrillwill come to an end after its third season on Hulu,Varietyreports. Related Tags:

January 27, 2021 · 1 min · 31 words · Michele George

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake CityRecap: Oh, Come On Shah

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The producers ofSalt Lake Cityhave managed to do something groundbreaking. We spend the entire hour trapped in the truly claustrophobic cycle of Jen Shahs logic. A tragic waste of Merediths blazer wardrobe. Yall, we do not get to go to the motherfucking strip club. Instead, the gang starts gathering for dinner in a private room....

January 27, 2021 · 2 min · 287 words · Carolyn Jordan

‘We’ll Never Make That Kind of Movie Again’

An oral history ofThe Emperors New Groove,a raucous Disney animated film that almost never happened. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article originally ran on January 26, 2021. you’ve got the option to listen to ithere, and follow the entire series at theDisney Dilemmahub. The soundtrack was set to feature a whole series of songs written by Sting. The legendary Eartha Kitt would be the voice of a villainous sorceress determined to blot out the sun....

January 27, 2021 · 22 min · 4627 words · Rebecca Barnett

‘What Would These Two Do on Their Last Day Alive?’ Jerrod Carmichael on His Sundance Debut

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (To call it a dark comedy is an understatement.) Last week, we called Carmichael to talk about it. It was fun to watch, and it also harshed me out. That was our No. 1 hope: Lets make something thats not fucking boring. Something that feels true, that can keep peoples attention and keep them engaged....

January 27, 2021 · 3 min · 486 words · Ronald Moore

Claire Foy Will Star in Erotic Fish AdaptationThe Pisces

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. We hope that this merman is more attractive thanOld Gregg. Related Tags:

January 26, 2021 · 1 min · 27 words · Mary Ryan