The Decade That YouTube Changed TV
In the last 10 years, traditional celebs have begun clamoring for a spot on the erstwhile cat video haven, even as it's churned out stars of its own.
In the last 10 years, traditional celebs have begun clamoring for a spot on the erstwhile cat video haven, even as it's churned out stars of its own.
I spent the year watching movies instead of TV. Next year, you should too.
On January 1, YouTube videos for kids will look much different. But will it be better?
Cats is a case study in how not to adapt a musical.
An oral history of Cats, the Broadway show composed Andrew Lloyd Webber, as told by its original cast, crew, and creative team.
A recap of the 2010s, told in three parts. In part two, Obama's second term: an era of new voices, new controversies and new shades of pink.
In the last twenty years, fandom and mass culture have basically merged. Fans and fandom spent the 2000s fighting for legitimacy and proving their combined worth. And corporations? Well, they spent the 2010s learning how to co-opt fandom to silence critics, manipulate press and make even more money.
The insides of the iconic starship is stunningly detailed. A Star Wars fans gives a tour of what's under the hood.
A young comedy superfan interviews Mulaney about his new Netflix kids TV show.
After an abbreviated stint at "Saturday Night Live" and a little-seen Comedy Central series, Robinson could have faded into obscurity. Instead, he created the best sketch comedy show in years.
These days, we roll our eyes at Cats. But from the moment it opened, it was a smash.
Here are our picks for the characters who will stick with us from this decade.
From obvious standouts like J.Lo and Joe Pesci to less-heralded performers like Jessie Buckley and, uh, CGI alligators, here are the most winning film roles of the year.
Slave Play doesn't provide easy answers. Instead, it asks the (largely white and affluent) audience to consider its own potentially myopic views on race.
Theater was on life support. Then the big British imports started to arrive.
Also a six-minute song whose only lyric is "Ah." Welcome to the opera!
Narrowing down the 25 best TV episodes from the past 10 years is maybe a silly thing to do. But we tried it anyway.
The show is an unflinching reminder that a comic book can do more than simply feel like it speaks to my experience.
There are more options for new holiday programming than ever before this 2019, and they began in October. What to watch, and where?
Reviewing Mike Birbiglia's new Netflix comedy special "The New One," in which the comedian reflects on life before and after becoming a father.
An author pays homage to the two irreplaceable voices who informed her love of good movies.
One day at the 2019 "Sopranos" fan festival — a reminder that the greatest show of all time is about so much more than the mob.
Long live the first princess of pop.
Every detail of Edward Hopper's "Western Motel" has been brought to life at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, where you can spend the night.
This is a place about a story. It feels, well, maybe not real. Stranger than that, it feels like Star Wars.
The two actors grill each other on their recent movies and what draws them to roles: "I love finding something where I have absolutely no idea how to do it."
What I learned about humor after analyzing dozens of comedians, from Stephen Colbert to Ali Wong.
We can't speak. (Or hear anymore, for that matter.)
Doesn't cost that much, but you really gotta love a 'coaster to go to all this trouble.
The role-playing game has made a surprising return to mainstream culture.
The movie became a touchstone for an industry not yet bogged down by post-9/11 war movies, recession, and the Disney-Marvel Animated Superhero Industrial Complex.
This is impressive on multiple levels.
Why was Paula Deen allowed to be the authority on Southern cooking for over a decade?
As it turns out, ABC's live and animated production of "The Little Mermaid" was a lot less live and a lot more animated than we had all come to expect.
The directors claim that he was perfect for the role, but it's a troubling change in Hollywood.
Also featuring Chris Evans's worst nightmare: "a bunch of lesbians that don't care that he's hot."
Vulture's crack team of undersea critics breaks down the best, worst, and most baffling moments from last night's show.
Sofar claims to be "reimagining the live event experience." It's more like a typical promotion company, but born of classic sharing economy-era schemes.
We all really need to work on our trivia.
"What I like about this film is that no matter where I am in my life, I'm not watching the film 'Click.'"
Seven weeks and five elimination later and Sean Spicer is still on Dancing With the Stars?
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, no media executive plotted to reach disillusioned conservatives. Most had no inkling that this potential audience existed.
Bernie's back in action, and last week he talked to Desus & Mero about the big issues on his mind.
"They were like, 'You can't do that on the show, you can't do that on the show.' And then I did it on the show."
It's a brief tease, but this promo for "Hunters" holds a lot of promise.
It's far from the first film that posits a machine could learn to care for humans, but this T-800 decides to change his ways largely as a product of…ennui?
"The longing I felt for James Dean and everything he represented to me wasn't some tickle of butterflies in the belly. It was thirst."
Somehow this pairing is…perfect?
Happy Halloween. Sleep well!
From "Hercules in New York" to "Terminator: Dark Fate," we ranked them all.
The unconventional method that Laura Turner found to manage her anxiety is actually backed up by science.
Netflix doesn't want to be known for a particular kind of comedy. It wants to be the home of all comedy brands.
It has moments of brilliance, but "Jesus Is King" falls apart when old Kanye jockeys for position with new Kanye.
Lodge 49 feels a little like a miracle — to watch it is to doubt that what your eyes are seeing is real.
What can we expect from a new season of one of TV's most incisive shows on subjects from women's rights to mental health?
For years these friends have all dressed up as characters played by the same actor — Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey, and Bill Murray, to name a few.
Okay, there aren't a zillion, but it sure looks like it. This is truly impressive.
There are plenty of examples of songs that change keys upward, but the downward key change is rarer — and a lot more interesting.
Pop's most enigmatic star visits her idol at his Beverly Hills home to talk about songwriting, Seventies LA, and how live shows are like sex.
Proponents of high frame rates believe that it provides clearer, smoother, more realistic images onscreen. Too bad the tech ended up killing Will Smith's movie.