Jen Chaney
Vulture
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Melanie Lynskey Has Never Been on a Set as Overwhelming as The Last of Us
Melanie Lynskey discusses her two-episode arc in ‘The Last of Us,’ Kathleen’s motivations and goals after finding Henry, and getting attacked by a Clicker Child. → Read More
Review: ‘Shrinking’ Desperately Needs You to Like It
A review of Shrinking, the new Apple TV+ comedy starring Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, and Jessica Williams and co-created by Bill Lawrence of Ted Lasso fame. First two episodes begin streaming on January 27, with weekly episodes after that. → Read More
Who’s Going to Win at the 2023 Comeback Golden Globes?
After the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s recent scandals and reform efforts, the Golden Globes feel harder to predict than ever — not just who’s going to win but who’s going to show up. → Read More
The Standout TV Performances of 2022
Individually and collectively, these 14 performers embody what made this year’s television interesting and special. → Read More
The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2023 Golden Globe Nominations
Fresh off last year’s cancellation, the Golden Globes have returned to NBC promising to do better. They’ve added new members to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. And now they’ve got nominations for best of film and TV of 2022. → Read More
In 2022, Good TV Was a Gut Feeling
In conversation about their individual lists of the best television of the year, Vulture’s critics discuss what informed their respective best-ofs, what this year in TV was like, and what they were most disappointed to leave off. → Read More
Borat Showed Up at the Kennedy Center Honors to Make the Bidens Uncomfortable
Sacha Baron Cohen came to the Kennedy Center Honors as Borat, then paid tribute to U2 while also making some jokes about President Biden, Donald Trump and anti-semitism. → Read More
Christine McVie’s Perfect Voice
She was Fleetwood Mac’s most reliable songwriter, but the ache in the late musician’s voice was just as important as her words. The keyboardist, who died Wednesday, elevated the work of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. → Read More
‘Can We Do It One More Time?’
Dead to Me creator Liz Feldman discusses the ending of the Netflix series starring Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini and James Marsden, and how Judy’s cancer, Jen’s pregnancy, and their friendship through grief were informed by her real life. → Read More
Disenchanted Can’t Conjure the Magic of the Original
The title tells you how you’re going to feel after you watch it. → Read More
The Crown Wades Into a Royal Mess
A review of season five of ‘The Crown,’ starring Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, and Dominic West as Prince Charles. → Read More
In Surrender, Bono Embraces His Contradictions
Faith and doubt are running threads in ‘Surrender,’ a memoir with chapters named after forty U2 songs. Bono explores his marriage to Ali Hewson, his political leanings, and his relationship with the Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. → Read More
‘There Are a Fairly Limited Number of Ways This Could End’
‘The Patient’ creator-writers Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg discuss the final moments of finale “The Cantor’s Husband,” their choices to make Alan (Steve Carell) Jewish and Sam (Domhnall Gleeson) a foodie, and the meaning of that Holocaust imagery. → Read More
A Few Questions for That House of the Dragon Finale
The finale of House of the Dragon season 1 felt like a return to appointment TV, and “The Black Queen” will likely be remembered as the episode that kicked off the Dance of the Dragons in earnest. Vulture’s TV critics share their biggest takeaways. → Read More
The 25 Best Halloween Sitcom Episodes to Stream During Spooky Season
The great sitcom tradition of Halloween episodes has produced tons of classics worth revisiting, from ‘Bob’s Burgers’ to ‘Cheers’ and ‘The Office.’ Here’s a list of the best streaming Halloween episodes you can watch right now. → Read More
We’ve Drunk This Blood Before
A discussion of AMC’s ‘Interview With the Vampire’ and Showtime’s ‘Let the Right One In’ and whether the two succeed at freshening up familiar vampire stories. → Read More
You Need This Pinhead Like You Need, Um, Pins in Your Head
Hulu’s Hellraiser, the remake of Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic, plays it way too safe. → Read More
The Sax Man’s Tribute to Reservation Dogs’ Lost Boy
The season-two finale’s closing Tim Cappello performance is both a sly wink and a poignant eulogy. → Read More
What Will and Should Win at the 2022 Emmy Awards
A look at who is most likely to win, and who should win, at the 2022 Emmy Awards, where Ted Lasso, The White Lotus and Succession are among the nominees. → Read More
Where Were You When Harry Styles (Allegedly But Probably Didn’t) Spit on Chris Pine?
And will we ever get to the bottom of the most important mystery of our time? → Read More