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Slaughterhouse Two: Waiting for Lefty and Specky Clark

Clifford Odets, revived with labor songs, and Oona Doherty, in dance, get radical. By Sara Holdren

encounter

The Gilded Age’s New ‘It’ Girl

With her character at the top of the social scrum, Kelley Curran can finally have some fun. By Jackson McHenry

backstories

Matt Damon and David Letterman, What Are You Doing in The Gilded Age?

It took a lot of emails to make it happen. By Alex Zalben

overnights

The Gilded Age Season-Premiere Recap: Love in This Club

The Russells have conquered New York high society, but internal scars and bitter personal struggles still threaten to undo them. By Alice Burton

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Hila Klein Files for Divorce from Ethan Klein Less than two weeks after she revealed he was having an affair.
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James Acaster Revealed His Celebrity Traitors Identity Twice Someone get Jerry Hall on the phone.
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Adam Brody Loves Progressive Politics and His Wife Hot Girls (and Brody) Organize.
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Looks Like Alex Cooper’s Husband Really Wants to Read Sofia Franklyn’s Memoir Franklyn claims he’s been trying to get his hands on a copy of the book.
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Druski Enters His Mainstream Mogul Era The digital creator and comedian has a deal with Netflix, and his first show, Collect & Praise, is premiering in less than a month.
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It’s Tiiiime for Mariah Carey to Get Back on Top The singer defrosted both her Christmas alter ego and her punk-rocker alter ego in one video.
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Russell Brand’s Defense Comes to a Close in His U.K. Rape Trial His lawyer says he can’t be guilty because “you would have to be a psychopath” to do what Brand is accused of.
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The Make It So Puzzle 14-Across, Six Letters: Captain played by Patrick Stewart in two TV series and four movies
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Below Deck Recap: Mess with the Bull, Get the Horns Tensions run high after a miserable charter puts the entire crew on edge.
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The Gilded Age Season-Premiere Recap: Love in This Club The Russells have conquered New York high society, but internal scars and bitter personal struggles still threaten to undo them.
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The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: For Better Or Worse A look into Karen, Wendy, and Tia’s relationships shows the bleak, uncomfortable truths about the institution of marriage.
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Saturday Night Live Recap: Inde Navarrette Leaves SNL Obsessed Inde Navarrette crushes her SNL debut and proves she’s the Queen of Halloween.
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Dexter: Resurrection Season-Premiere Recap: Generation Dex After years of murdering for the greater good, doesn’t Dexter deserve a little recognition?
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Outlander: Blood of My Blood Recap: The Homecoming Committee Will Brian Fraser ever know peace? (No. No, he won’t.)
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The Great British Baking Show Recap: What I Like About Choux Despite a strong baker underperforming, Pastry Week lacks suspense and makes for a so-so episode.
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Dark Matter Season-Finale Recap: Into the Great Unknown The season ends pulling on our heartstrings, but it will have to start answering questions moving forward.
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Cupertino Recap: The Split This episode places a gigantic bet on Michael and Olivia’s clashing styles amounting to something greater than the sum of their parts.
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War Recap: Stars — They’re Just Like Us For two former power players, Carla and Morgan spend an awful lot of time getting bossed around by their own lawyers and staff.
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Real Housewives of Orange County Season-Finale Recap: The Skytop’s the Limit The end-of-season party feels less like a celebration and more like a funeral.
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The Traitors: New Blood Recap: The Game Finally Moves Forward Victor slowly wins over the castle, and the Traitors’ alliance has never been weaker.
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The Lowdown Recap: Never Split Up Thankfully, the series’ newcomers own the episode, because Lee’s antics are even more repulsive than usual.
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Survivor Recap: Soul Crushing Can we just get to the merge already?

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Slaughterhouse Two: Waiting for Lefty and Specky Clark Clifford Odets, revived with labor songs, and Oona Doherty, in dance, get radical.
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In the Heights Comes Back With Its Head in the Clouds Fluttering flags and soaring imagery in the Encores! return of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical.
opera review 10/30/2026

Lincoln in the Bardo Is Chilling But Also Chilly Spookiness and virtuoso singing without a sturdy dramatic core.
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Musicals, But Make It Weird The Heart, Midnight, and I Became We all march to their own peculiar rhythms.
tv review 10/30/2026

The Gilded Age Has Perfected the Art of Trivial Drama Season four arrives at the fullest expression of the series’ ideal form, where every catastrophe is a blip and every hiccup is a disaster.
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A Few Good Men Invokes an Honor Code That No Longer Exists Instead of making Aaron Sorkin’s 1989 play freshly relevant, real life has leached away its power.
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Well, That Was Upsetting Queen at Sea is indie darling Lance Hammer’s first film in 18 years.
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Everyone on The Mob Is Having Fun, and So Am I The Hulu series is less a competition than it is a sustained bit of theater, and it works best when everyone plays along.
book review 10/28/2026

Sarah J. Maas Gave Us Part of a Book But it’s impossible to say what A Court of Splintered Harmony is trying to do.
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Can an Author Love His Characters Too Much? In Chad Harbach’s follow-up to The Art of Fielding, his novelistic tenderness is a strength and a flaw.
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Clayface Is Gory Fun But Lacks Substance The latest DC Comics film doesn’t have enough character development to be particularly memorable.
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What If Wildwood Is Secretly About Liberal Infighting? Laika’s latest stop-motion wonder travels along the borders of something resonant without ever getting there.
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Bill Irwin Gets The Imaginary Invalid Up on Its Feet Molière’s farce displays the touch of a master clown.
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Below Deck (S13/E4)

Mess With the Bull, Get the Horns Tensions run high after a miserable charter puts the entire crew on edge.
The Gilded Age (S4/E1)

Love in This Club The Russells have conquered New York high society, but internal scars and bitter personal struggles still threaten to undo them.
The Real Housewives of Potomac (S11/E4)

For Better Or Worse A look into Karen, Wendy, and Tia’s relationships shows the bleak, uncomfortable truths about the institution of marriage.
Saturday Night Live (S52/E4)

Inde Navarrette Leaves SNL Obsessed Inde Navarrette crushes her SNL debut and proves she’s the Queen of Halloween.
Dexter (S11/E1)

Generation Dex After years of murdering for the greater good, doesn’t Dexter deserve a little recognition?
Outlander: Blood of My Blood (S2/E7)

The Homecoming Committee Will Brian Fraser ever know peace? (No. No, he won’t.)
The Great British Baking Show (S17/E6)

What I Like About Choux Despite a strong baker underperforming, Pastry Week lacks suspense and makes for a so-so episode.
Dark Matter (S2/E10)

Into the Great Unknown The season ends pulling on our heartstrings, but it will have to start answering questions moving forward.
Cupertino (S1/E4)

The Split This episode places a gigantic bet on Michael and Olivia’s clashing styles amounting to something greater than the sum of their parts.
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theater review In the Heights Comes Back With Its Head in the Clouds Fluttering flags and soaring imagery in the Encores! return of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical. By Jackson McHenry

Movies

dream roles

Mckenna Grace Wants to Be a Disney Princess

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box office report card Everyone Saw You Can See Everything The film topped the box office in its third week of release. By Bethy Squires
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essential roles Where to Watch 12 of Patrick Stewart’s Greatest Performances He could bring equal parts gravity, humanity, and humor to any role. By Brian Tallerico
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more gore How 22 Bloody Horror Scenes Were Described in Their Screenplays Movies’ most macabre moments are often surprisingly flowery on the page. By Matthew Jacobs

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confessions

James Acaster Revealed His Celebrity Traitors Identity Twice

Someone get Jerry Hall on the phone. By Alejandra Gularte

big red Druski Enters His Mainstream Mogul Era The digital creator and comedian has a deal with Netflix, and his first show, Collect & Praise, is premiering in less than a month. By Jason P. Frank
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Patrick Stewart, Captain of Stage and Screen, Dead at 86 He will be remembered for the gravitas he brought to both the highest of prestige and the most mainstream of hits. By Jason P. Frank

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remembrance Patrick Stewart Let Us Take TV Seriously His gravitas allowed viewers to see the goofiest, most easily disregarded medium as a work of art. podcast By Kathryn VanArendonk
this week in late night A Triumph of Child Acting Won Late Night This Week Plus Gabourey Sidibe calling out Jimmy Kimmel and John Hodgman going full Mainer on The Daily Show. By Bethy Squires
tv review The Gilded Age Has Perfected the Art of Trivial Drama Season four arrives at the fullest expression of the series’ ideal form, where every catastrophe is a blip and every hiccup is a disaster. By Kathryn VanArendonk

Music

livmas

You Seem Pretty Busy for a Girl About to Release Christmas Music

Olivia Rodrigo just announced her first-ever Christmas song. By Isabella Albaig

stage whisperer We Gotta Get Harry Styles on Broadway You want to wear sparkly outfits, avoid autobiographical musical, and perform for extended periods in New York? Guess what, buddy, you can. By Jason P. Frank
mariah has defrosted It’s Tiiiime for Mariah Carey to Get Back on Top The singer defrosted both her Christmas alter ego and her punk-rocker alter ego in one video. By Isabella Albaig
neighborhood news Happy 40th, Drake! The rapper celebrated his entry into middle age with a lavish Cipriani birthday bash — complete with Hermès party favors. By Hershal Pandya

opera review Lincoln in the Bardo Is Chilling But Also Chilly Spookiness and virtuoso singing without a sturdy dramatic core. By Justin Davidson
the americas It Was the Autumn of Bryan Adams Being Pissed Off In a surprisingly barbed diss track, he jabs Trump’s “dog and pony show” and rhymes pram with Iran. By Devon Ivie
super bowl 8 Questions We Have About Jay-Z’s Super Bowl Halftime Show What about Beyoncé? And Ye for that matter? By Craig Jenkins
the big game Jay-Z Takes on the Super Bowl Halftime Show The Roc Nation founder gets to bring the romance this Valentine’s Day. By Jason P. Frank and Alejandra Gularte
punk’d Taylor Swift Forgives Brad Paisley’s Haunting Tour Prank He filled her tour bus with live crickets: “For months I couldn’t sleep.” By Alejandra Gularte

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the law

Russell Brand’s Defense Comes to a Close in His U.K. Rape Trial

His lawyer says he can’t be guilty because “you would have to be a psychopath” to do what Brand is accused of. By Jason P. Frank

cunk up the jam Citizen Kane Makes Way for Citizen Cunk Cunk on Cinema is coming, and Michael Bay is confused. By Jason P. Frank
the law Russell Brand’s Wife Tries to Defend Him in Court Laura Brand described breaking up with her now-husband in the 2000s because he cheated on her. By Jason P. Frank
the law Russell Brand Defends Himself in Rape Trial He revealed that he could not get a single person to testify on his behalf. By Jason P. Frank

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theater review

In the Heights Comes Back With Its Head in the Clouds

Fluttering flags and soaring imagery in the Encores! return of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical. By Jackson McHenry

theater review Musicals, But Make It Weird The Heart, Midnight, and I Became We all march to their own peculiar rhythms. By Jackson McHenry
theater review A Few Good Men Invokes an Honor Code That No Longer Exists Instead of making Aaron Sorkin’s 1989 play freshly relevant, real life has leached away its power. podcast By Sara Holdren
stage whisperer Let’s Get LeBron James to More Broadway Shows The recent New York transplant saw and loved Paranormal Activity. What should he catch next? By Fran Hoepfner
obits Oscar-Nominated Actress Barbara Barrie Dies at 95 She earned Oscar and Emmy nominations for the same role in Breaking Away. By Bethy Squires

theater review
Benevolent Associations in Chinatown: King of the Yees Lauren Yee’s wheels-within-wheels, plays-within-a-play intergenerational tale skips the solemnity in favor of irreverence and giddy wit. By Sara Holdren

stage whisperer How to Get Broadway Tickets Without Paying $1,454.88 A new website promises to track rush-ticket lines for hopeful theatergoers. By Julia Edelstein
theater review Bill Irwin Gets The Imaginary Invalid Up on Its Feet Molière’s farce displays the touch of a master clown. By Sara Holdren
theater review Benjamin Button Needs More Bite Than This A musical with plenty of stomps and fiddles but few sharp edges. By Sara Holdren
theater review Billy Crystal Plays to His Base in 860 His solo play about losing his house in a wildfire is often preoccupied with keeping things light. By Jackson McHenry

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Books

memoirs Looks Like Alex Cooper’s Husband Really Wants to Read Sofia Franklyn’s Memoir Franklyn claims he’s been trying to get his hands on a copy of the book. By Alejandra Gularte
books The Eternal Optimism of Kim Kardashian A new authorized biography of the “multipotentialite” goes deep into her ever-upbeat personality and the cracks starting to form. By Fran Hoepfner
book review Sarah J. Maas Gave Us Part of a Book But it’s impossible to say what A Court of Splintered Harmony is trying to do. By Kathryn VanArendonk
a long talk Annie Ernaux Still Feels Like an Outsider The author weighs in on the student protests, her ‘highly contested’ Nobel win, and publishing her diary entries decades later. By Jasmine Vojdani
book review Can an Author Love His Characters Too Much? In Chad Harbach’s follow-up to The Art of Fielding, his novelistic tenderness is a strength and a flaw. By Emma Alpern

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Art

coming soon Kid Cudi Wrote Himself a Basquiat Biopic They’re still perfecting the wig. By Bethy Squires
art New Show, Same Lichtenstein At the latest Whitney retrospective, a great artist is exactly who we remember. By Jerry Saltz
art review Taryn Simon’s Guggenheim Show Overwhelmed Me Father Country I Do Love You is a maximalist exploration of American foreign policy. What does it all amount to? By Stephanie Wambugu
shoppies Which of Julianne Moore’s Amazing Objects Do You Want Most? The actor’s Architectural Digest Open Door tour is a fabulous showcase of all the different kinds of chair a person can have. By Fran Hoepfner
obits Psychedelic-Poster Pioneer Peter Max Dies at 88 He made the iconic poster for New York City’s second “be-in.” By Bethy Squires