Sterling K. Brown on That ‘No-Holds-Barred’This Is UsFinale Confrontation

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Randall and Kevin Pearson really went there in theThis Is Usseason-four finale. (Were all in a very good place, Brown reports of his family. Everyone is asymptomatic and as happy as we know them to be.) I know youve done work with the National Alliance on Mental Illness. And now were in the midst of a very anxiety-filled moment in the history of the world....

March 24, 2020 · 3 min · 625 words · Brenda Edwards

The Best, Worst, and Most Questionable of *NSYNC, According to Lance and Chris

Superlatives A Vulture series in which artists judge the best and worst of their own careers. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Twenty years ago this month,*NSYNCreleased theirhistory-making second albumNo Strings Attached. I knew the Ariana sample was happening because we have to approve them. We just had no idea what it was gonna sound like. It was so sexy. The fact she used a sample from my favorite song makes me love her even more!...

March 24, 2020 · 6 min · 1092 words · Marie Randolph

This Is UsSeason Finale Recap: The First Birthday

This Is Us Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This Is Ussure loves symmetry in its storytelling. Plus, Adult Baby Jack is back and hes having a baby. Even the characters on this show ache for these clean, orderly distinctions. You know, that whole turning lemons into lemonade thing. So what do they decide to do on the one-year anniversary of that speech?...

March 24, 2020 · 3 min · 609 words · Savannah Robles

This One Line FromCloserPlays on a Loop in My Head

In which Hunter Harris attempts to exorcise the movie quotes haunting her brain. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Up till now, I have used this column for (mostly) chaotic good. I have written about lines thatmake no senseand lines thatmake too much sense. Today I have decided to use this column for not-good some would even say evil. We are talking aboutCloser....

March 24, 2020 · 3 min · 569 words · Anthony Clark

Trevor Noah’s Coronavirus Self-Care Tip Is Avoid the News

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Seriously, just stop.The Officeisa nice alternative.Wheel of Fortune?Terrific choice. So is literally anything else. Im trying to inform my audience, and Im trying to stay informed, Noah explained. But I still dont believe anybody should be watching the news 24 hours a day. The truth is, news has to tell you news. So theyre going to find you bad things to tell you 24 hours to make the thing continue....

March 24, 2020 · 1 min · 116 words · Steven Black

Upright Citizens Brigade’s Founders Address Mass Layoffs

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. We have been trying to reach out personally to employees over the last 48 hours before sending anything publicly. Like you, we are reeling from the effects of COVID-19 and what it is doing to the world. This is not a decision we made lightly. We are a theater and a community and this was the last thing we wanted to do....

March 24, 2020 · 1 min · 206 words · Jerome Green

Vanderpump RulesRecap: It’s a No From Me, Daug

Vanderpump Rules Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I am happy to report, ladies and gentle gays, that our long national nightmare is over. But Jax and Brittanys Never-Ending Wedding Extravaganza 2020 is officially finished. That doesnt mean Brittany still isnt trying to milk it for all its worth. She made Jax carry her over the threshold of the house shes already been living in for a year....

March 24, 2020 · 3 min · 520 words · Dominique Ball

6ix9ine Requests Early Release From Prison Due to Coronavirus Scare

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The letter comes just one day after news that Harvey Weinsteintested positivein his upstate prison. Lazzaro also notes that 6ix9ine had bronchitis and sinusitis last October. Now thatfall is the new summer, Tekashi 6ix9ine will actually be out right on time. Were committed to keeping our readers informed.Weve removed our paywall from essential coronavirus news stories....

March 23, 2020 · 1 min · 74 words · Nancy White

A Few Thoughts on WatchingCatsAlone

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. My answer is a firm maybe. EliotsOld Possums Book of Practical Cats, and the poems sounded delightful. Depicting the aristocrats (or should I sayaristocats?) of Eliots time, they were arch but droll, the feline aspect providing the perfect satirical distance. Sharing the space was all. But the effect is to overhype every image: Look here!...

March 23, 2020 · 2 min · 223 words · Stephanie Patterson

Better Call SaulRecap: Driver’s Ed

Better Call Saul Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The only problem is shes never fully been behind the wheel. That goes double for her dynamic with Jimmy, which has always hinged on his many whims. So, heading into next weeks episode, Jimmy and Kim might be getting married. Or is it Saul that shes settling down with? Mike, fortunately, has a plan for that....

March 23, 2020 · 1 min · 132 words · Timothy Smith

Dua Lipa Will Show Up a Week Early With New AlbumFuture Nostalgia

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Asevents get canceled and postponed right and left,Dua Lipasaw an opening and she took it. The future is now! When she needs to (figuratively) show up, no pandemic can get in the way.

March 23, 2020 · 1 min · 48 words · Greg Moran

Everything I Watch Reminds Me of the Coronavirus. Why Can’t I Look Away?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Screens are our tether to reality right now, our connection to whats beyond our boxed-in lives. Too much screen time is bad in normal times, but these are not normal times. Screen time is all we have. Just like our understanding of time, though, what we watch on those screens is making things blurry. Watching a comedy that should provide light escapism somehow manages to remind us of COVID-19....

March 23, 2020 · 2 min · 389 words · Adam Mcbride

For Edgar Wright, Every Day Is a Zombie Fantasy Now

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I live in the center of London, and where I am, its gone really dead. All of the bars and restaurants and cinemas and theaters are shut. Most offices are shut, with everybody working from home. The entire planet has suddenly got wise of the idea of vegetables being good for you. In the U.K., Boris Johnson took a very timid approach to the shutdown....

March 23, 2020 · 3 min · 586 words · Sydney Hahn