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Audrey Hobert Says She Scripted It All

The rising pop star, known for her shrewd lyrics, is a screenwriter at heart. She’s already drafting her next chapter. podcast By Carrie Battan

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Life After Melvyn Bragg

After 28 years and 1,083 episodes, Bragg is leaving his popular BBC podcast, In Our Time. His replacement is hoping you’ll stay for the next 1,000. By Nicholas Quah

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Not So Lucky Number 7 After a surprising loss is classified as death by misadventure, Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent is the only person who refuses to accept the idea.
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The House Always Wins The wasteland’s true big bad is finally emerging from the shadows.
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The Bone Temple’s Big Ending Reveal Isn’t a Surprise, But It Is a Delight

That cliffhanger was spoiled months ago, but that doesn’t make it any less satisfying to experience. By Louis Peitzman

unsolved mysteries Teyana Taylor Recants Leonardo DiCaprio Mystery Mouthing Reveal “Who else are you chewing your invisible gum with?” By Jason P. Frank
vamping The Marty Supreme Vampire Alternate Ending Is Real If I had two nickels for every Oscar-worthy movie that had a vampire sequence set during the rise of MTV … By Bethy Squires
bright suns Disneyland Is Holding a Skywalker Family Reunion at Galaxy’s Edge To quote another sci-fi franchise, Disneyland is getting timey-wimey with its Star Wars land. By Bethy Squires

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touching grass Obex Will Make You Nostalgic for Old Technology Albert Birney’s latest film is full of dated tech: old keyboards, clicky TVs, and ASCII art. By Fran Hoepfner
reveals Leonardo DiCaprio’s Mystery Mouthing at the Golden Globes: Solved! “I was probably just laughing and kiki-ing back and had no clue what he was saying.” By Jason P. Frank
easter eggs Robert Pattinson Is the Only British Person Josh Safdie Knows And he had a secret role in Marty Supreme. By Rebecca Alter

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Love Island: All Stars Resumes Production

The series was delayed for several days due to safety concerns around wildfires nearby. By Alejandra Gularte

cast away The White Lotus Season-4 Cast Is Checking In Chris Messina looks likely to join Helena Bonham Carter in France. By Jason P. Frank
drama George R.R. Martin Has an ‘Abysmal’ Relationship With HOTD The author’s admitted ego has been hard to please when it comes to showrunner Ryan Condal. By Savannah Salazar
snl Mike Myers Sought Expert Help for His Elon Musk Impression “I found myself doing a goofy South African Bond villain to Dr. Evil,” James Austin Johnson remembers. By Jesse David Fox
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Your Survivor 50 Cast Survival Guide Forty-nine seasons’ worth of players and relationships, all gathered here in a handy-dandy cheat sheet. By Jason P. Frank

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arrests Timothy Busfield Enters No Plea in First Court Appearance on CSA Charges All he said in his five minutes before a judge was “Thank you, your honor.” By Alejandra Gularte
scandoval Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval (Mostly) Settle Lawsuit Over Shared Home A tentative “conditional” agreement has been reached over the $2 million modern farmhouse in Valley Village. By Bethy Squires
tv review Ponies Is for the Besties Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson’s chemistry makes the incoherent spy drama series worth the ride. By Roxana Hadadi

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Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. is coming this March. By Jason P. Frank

going analog Bandcamp Bans AI-Generated Music Begone, bot! By Bethy Squires
final bows Trevor Noah Is Closing Out His Grammys Run He’s hosting the show for the sixth and last time. By Alejandra Gularte
all aboard Which ‘Phenomenal Actor’ Is Batty Enough to Play Ozzy? The Osbourne family has cast their patriarch for what should be a very tame and normal biopic. By Devon Ivie

close read Zach Bryan Doesn’t Need to Play It So Safe “Bad News” could’ve made a strong statement about this administration. Instead, it’s a cop-out. By Craig Jenkins
the law L.A. Reid Settles Sexual Assault Lawsuit The same day the trial was scheduled to begin. By Alejandra Gularte
watermelon sugar hi? The Harry Styles Drought Is Almost Over The singer teased new music with signs that said “We Belong Together” posted all over the globe. By Fran Hoepfner
bye for good Ariana Grande Mourns the Wicked (Press Tour) For the first time in a clock tick, Grande isn’t wearing Glinda pink. By Bethy Squires
tributes Diehard Deadhead Andy Cohen Remembers Bob Weir And how good he looked in shorts. By Bethy Squires

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The 2026 Awards Season in Opening Monologues

Nikki Glaser and Chelsea Handler were both asked to return as hosts this year. Their Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards monologues showed why. By Hershal Pandya

i’m everywhere i’m so ilya Connor Storrie Is Ready to Do Bits The Heated Rivalry star is using his promo work to reveal a very un-Ilya sense of humor. By Jason P. Frank
the great bits Laurie Kilmartin Gets Away With It Her 2017 Conan set shows what truly edgy comedy looks like. By John Roy
gotcha! Wanda Sykes Uses Ricky Gervais’s Absence to Thank the Trans Community Gervais won a Golden Globe but didn’t show up to give a speech. By Jason P. Frank

nikki b. jerkin Nikki Glaser Gets Celebs to Laugh at Themselves The comedian returned to host for the second year in the row and even got Leonardo DiCaprio cracking up. By Fran Hoepfner
this week in late night A Duet of Heated Rivalry Bits Won Late Night This Week Plus John Oliver’s RHOSLC obsession and Tracy Letts getting nostalgic with Stephen Colbert. By Bethy Squires
first person ‘Are We Participating in a Thing That Is Not Even Working?’ Chris Gethard on the end of the middle-class comedy job. By Chris Gethard
hiiiiiiyah! The Muppet Show Revival Will Get Things Started With Sabrina Carpenter The special will air February 4 on Disney+ and ABC. By Bethy Squires
where’s the beef? Comedians Should Be Spicier Onstage 2025 proved that they love talking smack on podcasts. But feuds are more thrilling when channeled into stand-up. By Hershal Pandya

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Look, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey Are Making a Hat

The Wicked co-stars will play George and Dot in the West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George. By Jason P. Frank

hello 12 hello 13 Just How Long Could an Adrien Brody Tonys Speech Be? He’s making his Broadway debut in The Fear of 13 alongside Tessa Thompson. By Jason P. Frank
another one Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center Just the latest group fleeing the (sigh) Trump-Kennedy Center. By Bethy Squires
theater review 30 Years Later, Is Bug Still Catching? The new production of Tracy Letts’s 1996 play, with Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood, is muted where it needs to make us squirm. By Sara Holdren
leaving for good Stephen Schwartz Won’t ‘Set Foot’ in the Trump-Kennedy Center The Wicked composer is leaving, for good. By Bethy Squires

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Oh Good, It’s Called the Trump-Kennedy Center Now Democratic representative Joyce Beatty attempted to object to the Center’s new name at the board meeting but was muted. By Jason P. Frank

politics Kennedy Center President Asked for $1 Million in Damages After Musician Canceled Chuck Redd canceled his Christmas Eve performance at the last minute due to the Trump name change. By Alejandra Gularte
merry christmas! Does The Nutcracker Usually Have Tony Hawk? Hey, it makes as much sense as Mother Ginger. By Bethy Squires
the law Playwrights Horizons Sued Over BIPOC Night Discount Ed Blum, the lawyer who led a Supreme Court case against affirmative action, is taking on New York theater discounts. By Jason P. Frank
one night in boston Heated Rivalry Is Chess What’s hockey if not literally a cold war? By Rebecca Alter

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author’s note Colleen Hoover Insists Her New Book Isn’t About Herself Woman Down follows a “frustrated author” facing “viral backlash over her latest film adaptation.” By Jennifer Zhan
announcements Book Gossip Is Going Biweekly New York’s newsletter about what the literati are really thinking is entering a new chapter. By Jasmine Vojdani
book review Promising Young Women Buzzy author Madeline Cash shows great potential in this morbidly funny debut novel about a trio of sisters and their unhappily wed parents. By Niela Orr
score! There’s a New Heated Rivalry Book on the Way Unrivaled has a cover, a synopsis, and a 2026 release date. By Alejandra Gularte
must reads 8 New Books You Should Read This January A Faustian tale from Knausgaard, a debut novel from Forever Magazine’s Madeline Cash, and a memoir about homeschooling in Texas. By Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani

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2026 preview 10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2026 Will the New Museum actually reopen? By Jerry Saltz
art review The Crazed Cataclysms of Nicole Eisenman Her paintings at David Zwirner are delirious indictments of politics, art, and money. By Jerry Saltz
furniture Bianca Censori Made Some Medical Sex-Dungeon Furniture The designer and wife of Kanye West says it’s about “collapsing the distinction between object, body, and idol.” By Clio Chang
reasons to love new york How the Painter Sasha Gordon Marshaled Her Monsters “People assume I’m a bitchy, confident artist when I’m actually really afraid of everything.” By Adam Moss
rip Frank Gehry, World-Famous Postmodern Architect, Dead at 96 Gehry is one of only two architects to guest star on The Simpsons. By Bethy Squires