Kathryn VanArendonk
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The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2023 Oscars
The highs, lows, and whoas of the 2023 Oscars on ABC, including the best annd worst speeches and moments of the night, from Ke Huy Quan and Sarah Polley to Jimmy Kimmel hosting and a fake Jenny the Donkey. → Read More
History of the World, Part II’s Beautiful Commitment to Stupidity
Let’s celebrate how surprising and impressive it is to see a show lean this hard into total idiocy. → Read More
Review: Chris Rock ‘Selective Outrage’ Netflix Live Special
A live comedy special wants to be electric, but with Chris Rock’s ‘Selective Outrage,’ Netflix’s first attempt at the form fails to meet its own moment. → Read More
‘Kings’: Oral History of Ambitious, Ill-Fated 2009 NBC Drama
maybe? An oral history of 2009’s ‘Kings,’ the expensive, ambitiously weird drama created by Michael Green and starring Ian McShane and Sebastian Stan, on which NBC bet its prestige future and lost. → Read More
‘Mrs. Davis’ Creators Explain Peacock Show’s Origins
Mrs. Davis creators Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof map the audacious road to one nun’s crusade against AI. → Read More
‘The Last of Us’: Ellie’s Menstrual Cup Is a Perfect Upgrade
In ‘The Last of Us’ episode 6 ‘Kin,’ 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) receives a Diva Cup, a callback to the tampons she found earlier that nods to video-game resource management and item upgrades. It also gives TV Ellie a character beat all her own. → Read More
Review: ‘Party Down’ Returns, Better Than Ever
A review of season 3 of ‘Party Down,’ a revival of the Starz cult comedy featuring returning cast Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen, Megan Mullally, and Jane Lynch and new additions including Jennifer Garner. Premiering February 24 on Starz. → Read More
Review: Marc Maron ‘From Bleak to Dark’ HBO Comedy Special
In From Bleak to Dark, the typically cantankerous stand-up turns toward grace. → Read More
No, ‘The Last of Us’ Episode 3 Is Not a Bottle Episode
‘Long Long Time’ departs from the established format of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ adaptation, prompting some to incorrectly call it a bottle episode. The term means something specific, but has gotten muddled, and it’s time to set the record straight. → Read More
Review: Poker Face Shows Its Hand
Rian Johnson’s murder-mystery TV series ‘Poker Face,’ starring Natasha Lyonne as a Columbo-style detective, is radically uninterested in catching us by surprise. The first 4 episodes begin streaming on Peacock January 26, with new episodes weekly. → Read More
Jerrod Carmichael Couldn’t Make the Golden Globes Settle Down
Jerrod Carmichael made room for silence. The Golden Globes made the room a party. A review of the stand-up comedian’s performance at the 2023 awards ceremony. → Read More
The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2023 Golden Globes
The highs, lows, and whoas of the 2023 Golden Globes on NBC and Peacock. A recap including the best and worst speeches and moments of the night, from Ke Huy Quan and Jennifer Coolidge to Chloe Flower and Michelle Yeoh. → 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
Jennifer Coolidge Tried to Get Mike White to Change The White Lotus’s Ending
Before it aired last night, few people knew what would happen in The White Lotus’s season finale. At the top of that shortlist sat actress Jennifer Coolidge, who played dotty heiress Tanya McQuoid through a journey of self-discovery in last year’s Maui-set installment, then found herself at the center of a Hitchcockian murder plot on a yacht off the coast of Sicily in the climax of season two.… → 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
Matt Rogers Makes the Yuletide Gay
The comedian’s special, Have You Heard of Christmas?, is the gift that keeps on giving. → Read More
The Lee Pace Method
In an interview on the occasion of receiving Vulture’s Honorary Master of Culture degree, actor Lee Pace (of ‘Pushing Daisies,’ ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘Halt and Catch Fire,’ and ‘Foundation’) says he always leaves a bit of himself on screen. → Read More
Mike Birbiglia’s Existential Exercises
In his Broadway show The Old Man and the Pool, the comedian dives into the anxieties of aging. → Read More
Does The Crown Like the Royals or Not?
Season 5 of Netflix’s ‘The Crown’, which centers on Charles and Diana’s divorce, stretches itself to act measured in a way that ends up being kind to now–King Charles, leading us to wonder what creator Peter Morgan actually thinks of the monarchy. → 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