The Ties Were Black, the Lies Were White … and Now So Is Taylor Swift’s Profile Picture

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Update, February 4, Grammys night:Bloggers plan, God (Taylor Swift) laughs. While winning her13th Grammy, Swift announcedThe Tortured Poets Department.The new, non-Reputationalbum will drop April 19. Im going to go and post the cover right now backstage, Swift said, thendid just that. Or maybe shes just trying out a new filter! Nonetheless, Swifties are ready for it....

February 4, 2024 · 1 min · 73 words · Matthew Buchanan

True DetectiveRecap: Night Country Now

True Detective Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Were all in Night Country now, Otis Heiss growls at Liz toward the end of this weeksTrue Detective. She sits so close to a blinking Christmas tree that the colored lights must make a mesmerizing blur. By Christmas the last day of the first full week of night its harder to remain agnostic....

February 4, 2024 · 4 min · 834 words · Kimberly Griffin

Why Did the Grammys Red-Carpet Show Talk About AI So Much?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. He wasnt entirely clear on their motivation, the robots simply revolted. Maybe its because we made them write ad copy. The 2024 Grammys red carpet used generative AI to create copy for the Grammy social channels. Could a human do that? AI also did research for the red-carpet presenters, who gave computer-programmed compliments to artists....

February 4, 2024 · 1 min · 111 words · Robert Nguyen

‘Padam Padam,’ You Hear It and It Wins

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Thankfully,Kylie Minogueled the gays to victory this year. Thankfully for all the Pride revelers out there, Padam Padam was victorious. It marks Minogues second Grammy. Her first came in 2004 for Best Dance Recording for her song Come Into My World. Related Tags:

February 4, 2024 · 1 min · 58 words · Kathy Rodgers

WhyMaestroBecame the Oscar Villain (andOppenheimerDidn’t)

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Want proof that we did indeed go through a post-2020vibe shift? (Last weeksBarbiekerfuffleshould disabuse us of that notion.) Thats right Im talking aboutMaestro. Though Ive made it my job to follow these things, I confess I did not see theMaestrobacklash coming. Its about how going into a relationship with your eyes fully open is still no defense against getting hurt....

February 3, 2024 · 2 min · 373 words · Anthony Livingston

AnArchitectural DigestHome Tour Turned Spy Show

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This review was originally published on February 2, 2024.Mr. & Mrs. Smithhas since received 16nominations for the 2024 Emmy Awards. Read all of Vultures Emmy-racecoveragehere. In the2005 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie movieMr. & Mrs. Smith, two married spies discover theyve been assigned to kill each other. Espionage and all the accompanying machinery sit on the surface this is a movie about upper-middle-class marriage....

February 2, 2024 · 2 min · 353 words · Mrs. Sarah Potter DVM

Brew a Cuppa and Relax With These 12 Cozy Murder Mysteries

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Mysteries make sense of a senseless world. Thats why we love them. They tell us there are puzzles out there that can be solved. I find that my anxiety levels and my mystery-show consumption are a 1:1 correlation. The more stressful the real world, the more I revert to some British sleuths domain. And Im not the only one....

February 2, 2024 · 4 min · 661 words · Steven Riley

Carl Weathers,RockyandMandalorianStar, Dead at 76

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The linebacker turned actors manager, Matt Luber, confirmed he died in his sleep, perThe Hollywood Reporter. Carl was an exceptional human being who lived an extraordinary life,he saidin a statement. He was a beloved brother, father, grandfather, partner and friend. A year later, Weathers earned a bachelors degree in drama after studying during off seasons....

February 2, 2024 · 1 min · 111 words · Elizabeth King

Catherine O’Hara’s Improv Skills Won Late Night This Week

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Happy uncanny valley to this, the most liminal week of late night. 5.After MidnightClaps Back This was the most truly onlineAfter Midnighthas felt. The clapbacks were well-observed, but what most intrigued me about this clip was the meta-narrative. The guy fucking around and then finding out. Itsdiscourse like thisthat makes the internet the heaven/hell twofer it is....

February 2, 2024 · 1 min · 170 words · Jerry Morales

DaveIs Going Soft for a While

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. WheneverDavedoes come back… We need a SelGo cameo, stat! Related Tags:

February 2, 2024 · 1 min · 26 words · Loretta Kirby

Dramatizing Desire and Addiction inJonahandThe White Chip

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Rachel Bondss writing inJonahis at its best when characters are describing their fantasies. calf muscle and then all of a sudden or, or, or my desk lamp! Sort of looks like a boob and then or! Is one more real than the others? Whats a memory and whats an invention? Can fantasy, given enough investment, overtake reality?...

February 2, 2024 · 2 min · 264 words · Kayla Christian

ExpatsRecap: Ashes, in Time

Expats Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Charly eventually invites Mercy for a stroll and a friends music performance. Is this reaction laced with some kind of homophobic assumption? Perhaps this is just an unfortunate implication. But nothing out of the ordinary leads to this scenes denouement, when she inexplicably makes her exit. However, this is the only time the episode really muddies its dramatic waters....

February 2, 2024 · 1 min · 103 words · Anna Jones

Grammys Accused of Covering Up Sexual Abuse

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The Los AngelesTimeshas reportedthat the Academy covered up an alleged culture of sexual abuse with NDAs and payments. Katz was reportedly one of the key figures involved in the cover-up. The Academy still honored Katz at the Special Merit Awards, though he did not attend. A representative for Greene denied McIntyres allegations to theTimes. (The Academy later cleared Greene in its own investigation....

February 2, 2024 · 1 min · 193 words · Dale Morris