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8 New Books to Read This May

Two dark-academia novels, a memoir from a Pen15 co-creator, and a debut we think will make a splash. By Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani

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A Hamlet Without an Idea in Its Skull

The National Theatre’s production comes to BAM, cut and reshuffled for no apparent reason besides novelty. By Sara Holdren

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The Best Movies of the Year So Far

2026’s highlights include a deranged sequel, an artful two-hander, and adaptations both faithful and less so. By Bilge Ebiri, Roxana Hadadi, and Alison Willmore

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The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! Tie for Most Tony Nominations

Here are the full list of nominees for the 2026 Tony Awards. By Jason P. Frank

Reality Masterminds

Our inaugural celebration of the most powerful people in unscripted television.

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Nic Vansteenberghe Knew He Made It the Day He Left the Villa “Be prepared for what comes afterward,” the Love Island USA alum warns aspiring reality-TV stars.
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Yes, AD Smith Still Has Love Is Blind Regrets “I think saying ’yes’ at the altar was when I felt the most misunderstood.”
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Stacey Rusch Names the Real Villain of Potomac “Some people are just organically made to fill that role.”
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Michelle Visage Still Has Impostor Syndrome “So much more I need to do,” says the permanent Drag Race judge.
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Rob Mills’s Hulu-verse Will Be Just Fine The platform’s head of unscripted still hopes Bachelor Nation can see Taylor Frankie Paul’s season, but he has plenty of other drama to manage.
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Taylor Hale Is Ready to Take on Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test “If I can make it through 90 days in the Big Brother house, I can do 10 days with some really intense training.”
vulture games 5:00 a.m.

Cinematrix No. 771: May 6, 2026 Can you name a Mark Ruffalo movie with a one or two-word title?
start them up 5/5/2026

The Rolling Stones Will Always Have Something to Prove Their new album, Foreign Tongues, was recorded due to a simple credo: “There’s still more in there. That’s what we do.”
the summer i turned away 5/5/2026

Don’t Try to Sneak a Peek at The Summer I Turned Pretty Movie Prime Video is asking fans to stop showing up on set.
the law 5/5/2026

Five Publishers and Scott Turow Sue Meta for Copyright Infringement Mirroring a similar lawsuit from last year.
bye bye spam 5/5/2026

Don’t Spam Maren Morris With a Taylor Swift Wedding Invite “How is this going to my number?”
bonjour 5/5/2026

Cannes Will Be Full of White Lotus Gossip We now know what the season is about and why Helena Bonham Carter left.
take a minute 5/5/2026

Whitney Leavitt Has One Last Season with Secret Lives of Mormon Wives She’ll be leaving the show after season five.
the industry 5/5/2026

David Ellison Committed to 30 Theatrical Releases No Matter What Despite Paramount’s lackluster theatrical revenue this year, he believes the WB merger could deliver on this lofty promise.

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overnights 5/5/2026

Summer House Recap: Last Night a DJ Ruined My Life Kyle’s meltdown is so epic that he manages to get the entire house to rally against him.
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The Bear Recap: Bro Trip A surprise episode drop takes us back in time, and outside Chicago’s city limits, for another glimpse into Richie and Mikey’s troubled relationship.
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Top Chef Recap: Dinner-Party Drama Back-to-back Quickfire and Elimination challenges test the eight remaining contestants, including the Last Chance Kitchen winner.
overnights 5/4/2026

Below Deck Down Under Recap: Days of Our Lives It’s the first firing of the season, and it might not be the last if Ellie continues to stir the pot.
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Euphoria Recap: Blessing in Disguise Rue’s career as an underground drug runner turns into a nightmare as Maddy helps Cassie realize her Hollywood dream.
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The Comeback Recap: The Firing Squad This week’s episode continues the show’s willingness to get into thorny territory, but the results remain mixed.
overnights 5/3/2026

Rooster Recap: Brilliant People We may never be free of the Katie/Archie/Sunny love triangle.
overnights 5/3/2026

The Real Housewives of Rhode Island Recap: Masquerade Brawl Thanks to Kelsey, we already have a Housewife who has broken up with her partner.
overnights 5/3/2026

The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Peaches on Probation The cast trip is Atlanta’s chance to prove it deserves to be at the top of the Bravo food chain, but the wives are squandering the opportunity.
overnights 5/3/2026

Saturday Night Live Recap: SNL Is Figuring Out Olivia Rodrigo’s Sense of Humor Olivia Rodrigo has everything needed to pull a pop-star-hosting double-duty performance, but SNL could have played to her strengths more.
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The Audacity Recap: Bribe To Be Duncan’s public humiliation sends him and JoAnne into scramble mode.
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For All Mankind Recap: Coup Coup Cachoo If you’re going to pull off a successful Mars coup, you’re going to want Miles, Boyd, and Aleida on your side.
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Ladies of London Season-Finale Recap: God Save the Queens Margo and Martha have the showdown we’ve been waiting for, but it’s not enough to keep the finale from feeling underwhelming.
overnights 4/30/2026

Hacks Recap: Make ’Em Laugh A trip down memory lane sends Deborah spinning out.

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theater review 5/5/2026

A Hamlet Without an Idea in Its Skull The National Theatre’s production comes to BAM, cut and reshuffled for no apparent reason besides novelty.
best of 2026 5/5/2026

The Best Movies of the Year So Far 2026’s highlights include a deranged sequel, an artful two-hander, and adaptations both faithful and less so.
book review 5/5/2026

Douglas Stuart Comes Into His Own The Shuggie Bain author finally lets his gay characters feel alive.
remix albums 5/4/2026

The Cash Grab Remix Album Is Good Again Zara Larsson and other stars are using the form to elevate their art and find new audiences.
best of 2026 5/4/2026

The Best TV of the Year So Far 2026’s highlights include transcendent weirdo comedy, not-so-epic fantasy, and a brutally timely comeback.
movie review 5/1/2026

Deep Water Is the Movie We’ll All Be Watching on a Loop in Purgatory We no longer make this type of schlocky film with anything resembling conviction or artistry. We simply don’t know how to anymore.
movie review 5/1/2026

This Documentary Uses Drone Footage in a Way I’ve Never Seen Before Lucrecia Martel’s new movie, Our Land, uses aerial footage for a new perspective on an Argentine injustice.
theater review 4/30/2026

Robert Wilson’s Last Voyage: Moby Dick In this rock-musical Melville adaptation at BAM, the late avant-gardist braves forbidden seas and barbarous coasts.
eternal questions 4/30/2026

Who Is the Real Villain of The Devil Wears Prada 2? The titular devil is just one of many candidates.
movie review 4/30/2026

Last Summer, a Lost American Classic, Returns Frank Perry’s searing 1969 teen drama deserves to be seen in proper conditions. It almost never has been, until now.
classical-music review 4/29/2026

What Can’t a Virtuoso Do? Three New York performances demonstrate dazzling musical skills — and, sometimes, their limitations.
spoilers 4/29/2026

The Boys’s Satire Is Running on Fumes This week’s guest-star gorefest-slash-Supernatural reunion winks so hard it loses sight of the show’s entertainment-industry critique.
movie review 4/29/2026

In The Devil Wears Prada 2, Economic Anxiety Meets the Red Carpet Guess who wins?
theater review 4/26/2026

Expertise and Its Limits: Kenrex and Rheology One is a performer’s tour de force that’s nonetheless mostly surface; the other is deliberately amateur and far more compelling.

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Euphoria’s Darrell Britt-Gibson Plays a ‘Ninja in a World of Cowboys’ By Rafaela Bassili

Summer House (S10/E14)

Last Night a DJ Ruined My Life Kyle’s meltdown is so epic that he manages to get the entire house to rally against him.
The Bear (S4/E11)

Bro Trip A surprise episode drop takes us back in time, and outside Chicago’s city limits, for another glimpse into Richie and Mikey’s troubled relationship.
Top Chef (S23/E9)

Dinner-Party Drama Back-to-back Quickfire and Elimination challenges test the eight remaining contestants, including the Last Chance Kitchen winner.
Below Deck Down Under (S4/E13)

Days of Our Lives It’s the first firing of the season, and it might not be the last if Ellie continues to stir the pot.
Euphoria (S3/E4)

Blessing in Disguise Rue’s career as an underground drug runner turns into a nightmare as Maddy helps Cassie realize her Hollywood dream.
The Comeback (S3/E7)

The Firing Squad This week’s episode continues the show’s willingness to get into thorny territory, but the results remain mixed.
Rooster (S1/E9)

Brilliant People We may never be free of the Katie/Archie/Sunny love triangle.
The Real Housewives of Rhode Island (S1/E6)

Masquerade Brawl Thanks to Kelsey, we already have a Housewife who has broken up with her partner.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (S17/E5)

Peaches on Probation The cast trip is Atlanta’s chance to prove it deserves to be at the top of the Bravo food chain, but the wives are squandering the opportunity.
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Streamliner

now streaming The 11 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Mayday! Mayday! Miranda’s back. By Eric Vilas-Boas
now streaming 5 New Movies You Can Finally Watch at Home This Month Turn up the volume on Undertone. By Brian Tallerico
the industry Here’s What Stands in the Way of the Paramount-WBD Merger It’s not much. But according to two experts, there are still some hurdles left. By Hershal Pandya
the industry ‘The Technical Legal Term for This: Batsh-t Crazy’ By threatening ABC, Trump’s goons are trying to make an example of Jimmy Kimmel, again. Current and former FCC insiders explain why it won’t work. By Josef Adalian

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profile The Audacity of Nene Leakes After an explosive exit and years of personal tragedy, the queen of reality TV is ready to return to the house she built. By Niela Orr
backstories The Nicest Show on Reality TV Love on the Spectrum, an unscripted series where everyone’s charming and drama isn’t the point, is somehow a Netflix hit. By Rebecca Jennings
gold rush Let’s Indulge in Some Way-Too-Early Emmy Predictions Can new seasons of Euphoria, The Comeback, and Beef bring home the gold? By Joe Reid

Movies

the summer i turned away

Don’t Try to Sneak a Peek at The Summer I Turned Pretty Movie

Prime Video is asking fans to stop showing up on set. By Alejandra Gularte

the industry David Ellison Committed to 30 Theatrical Releases No Matter What Despite Paramount’s lackluster theatrical revenue this year, he believes the WB merger could deliver on this lofty promise. By Fran Hoepfner
cast of thousands The Odyssey Is Going to Be Epic A new trailer gives us our first look at Robert Pattinson as the villainous Antinous and Tom Holland as the son “pining for a daddy.” By Jason P. Frank
trailer mix The Movie’s Called Tony, But All I See Is Antonio Banderas Matt Johnson’s Anthony Bourdain biopic features Dominic Sessa and an extremely eventful Provincetown summer. By Fran Hoepfner

power The Hollywood Feud of the Century How the fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni led to a $300 million trial that could torch both their careers. By Reeves Wiedeman
money money money The Devil Wears Prada 2 Didn’t Mean to Roast Bezos Like That Ahead of tonight’s Met Gala, screenwriter Aline Brosh-McKenna is playing coy. By Jason P. Frank
boffo b.o. Audiences Were Ready for The Devil Wears Prada 2 A female-driven blockbuster to start the summer? It actually is groundbreaking. By Bethy Squires
party report Jane Fonda Still Has the Hots for Robert Redford “I asked him, ‘Do you ever have affairs?’” By Bethy Squires
new rules The Oscars Fixed Best International Feature! Or … Did They? International features now need to either be nominated by a country or win a qualifying award at a film festival. By Fran Hoepfner

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take a minute

Whitney Leavitt Has One Last Season with Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

She’ll be leaving the show after season five. By Alejandra Gularte

profile The Audacity of Nene Leakes After an explosive exit and years of personal tragedy, the queen of reality TV is ready to return to the house she built. podcast By Niela Orr
control room The Future of Sports Is Reality TV “Sports to me is the ultimate soap opera,” says Netflix VP of nonfiction and sports, Brandon Riegg. By Nicholas Quah
confessional Everyone on Dancing With the Stars Wants to Be Maura Higgins “I feel like people who talk like her can get away with anything.” By Bethy Squires
confessional Bob the Drag Queen Still Thinks Boston Rob Is a Great Antagonist “I would say ‘loyal’ and other people might say ‘villain,’” Rob says. By Jason P. Frank

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Nick Viall Is Rooting for Reality TV’s Villains “It’s hard to get a hero without someone to root against. Villains are drastically underappreciated.” By Bethy Squires

confessional Bravo’s Next Gen NYC Stars Still Want to Prove Themselves “I don’t think I’ve made it yet, but I’m working towards it. We’ll get there.” By Tom Smyth
backstories The Nicest Show on Reality TV Love on the Spectrum, an unscripted series where everyone’s charming and drama isn’t the point, is somehow a Netflix hit. By Rebecca Jennings
confessional Top Chef Host Kristen Kish Knows You’re Listening to Her Dinner Convos “You can’t talk shit in public, you know what I mean?” By Tom Smyth
best of 2026 The Best TV of the Year So Far 2026’s highlights include transcendent weirdo comedy, not-so-epic fantasy, and a brutally timely comeback.

Music

start them up

The Rolling Stones Will Always Have Something to Prove

Their new album, Foreign Tongues, was recorded due to a simple credo: “There’s still more in there. That’s what we do.” By Devon Ivie

bye bye spam Don’t Spam Maren Morris With a Taylor Swift Wedding Invite “How is this going to my number?” By Alejandra Gularte
bye bye M.I.A. Will Be MIA From the Rest of Kid Cudi’s Tour “I wont have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase.” By Alejandra Gularte
remix albums The Cash Grab Remix Album Is Good Again Zara Larsson and other stars are using the form to elevate their art and find new audiences. By Craig Jenkins

international diplomacy Thank Paul McCartney for the Rush Reunion Because, as Alex Lifeson recalls, “never argue with a Beatle.” By Devon Ivie
my single is dropping Olivia Rodrigo Debuts New Song on Saturday Night Live Connor Storrie and Weyes Blood helped out. By Bethy Squires
my single is dropping Mr. Fantasy Staged a Riverdale Reunion for New Music Video KJ Apa must be so jealous he wasn’t invited. By Bethy Squires
where do broken hearts go Zayn Malik’s U.S. Tour Goes Sideways The singer canceled all U.S. dates on his forthcoming arena tour while he regains strength following a sudden hospitalization in April. By Fran Hoepfner
toy love story? Is Taylor Swift Writing a Song for Toy Story 5? She was wearing a horseshoe necklace three days ago. By Alejandra Gularte

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Comedy

comebacks

Netflix Comedy Chief Gives Mealymouthed Explanation for Booking Louis C.K.

But any time Tim Robinson wants to make more I Think You Should Leave, it’s open. By Jason P. Frank

last night on late night Kam Patterson Knows Who Megan Thee Stallion Should Date: Kam Patterson “Am I the man you want? Probably not. But am I the man you need? Also no.” By Bethy Squires
girl’s girl Alix Earle vs. Alex Cooper Makes It to 30 Rock “Say what you have to say, girl!” By Alejandra Gularte
roll the clip Olivia Rodrigo Finds Something Else Plaguing Her at the DMV Returning to her “Driver’s License” roots in her SNL monologue. By Alejandra Gularte

this week in late night The Queens of Prop Comedy Won Late Night This Week Plus Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at the WHCD and Jimmy Kimmel’s many pillows. By Bethy Squires
stand-up 5 New Comedy Specials You Should Definitely Watch (When You Have a Moment) Looking for some stand-up recommendations? Here are some recent releases that are worth your attention. By Hershal Pandya and Jesse David Fox
hosting duties All the Saturday Night Live Season-51 Hosts and Musical Guests Will Ferrell and Paul McCartney will close down the season. By Jason P. Frank
whcd 2026 Donald and Melania Trump Want ABC to Fire Jimmy Kimmel Over Fake WHCD Bit The late-night host jokingly referred to Melania as an “expectant widow” two days before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting. By Fran Hoepfner
best of c-span How to Watch the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Trump is attending, and Oz Pearlman is doing mentalism. By Jason P. Frank

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Theater

tomorrow is a latter day

Book of Mormon Musical Cancels Two Shows After Electrical Fire

“There’s been substantial damage on the fourth floor, in the electrical room.” By Alejandra Gularte

pew-lit-ser Bess Wohl’s Liberation Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama Daniel Kraus’s one-sentence war novel Angel Down took the Fiction award. By Jason P. Frank
stage whisperer It Turns Out Jeremy Jordan Can Dance The Broadway star has the moves as Bobby Darin in Just in Time. It’s just hard for him to accept it. By Julia Edelstein
theater review Robert Wilson’s Last Voyage: Moby Dick In this rock-musical Melville adaptation at BAM, the late avant-gardist braves forbidden seas and barbarous coasts. By Sara Holdren
what’s new? Rachel Zegler’s Evita Is Officially Coming to Broadway But don’t expect her to sing “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” off a New York balcony. By Jason P. Frank

theater review
Expertise and Its Limits: Kenrex and Rheology One is a performer’s tour de force that’s nonetheless mostly surface; the other is deliberately amateur and far more compelling. By Jackson McHenry

encounter Where Has Alden Ehrenreich Been Hiding? The Weapons actor is giving the stage performance of the season in the blistering comedy Becky Shaw. By Jackson McHenry
exits Megan Thee Stallion Ends Broadway Run Early Just two days after she broke up with Klay Thompson. By Alejandra Gularte
it all comes back Laurie Metcalf Defends Her Work With Scott Rudin “I find it hypocritical that some people want to work with him but didn’t want to be the first.” By Jason P. Frank
support the girls Megan Thee Stallion Cries Through Applause at Moulin Rouge! On the day of her public breakup from Klay Thompson, Broadway crowds were there to support her. By Jason P. Frank

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Books

book review Douglas Stuart Comes Into His Own The Shuggie Bain author finally lets his gay characters feel alive. By Sam Worley
the voice of a generation Heartbreak Feels Good in a Lena Dunham Memoir Like This The true pleasures of Famesick can be found in the most painful sections. By Fran Hoepfner
book review Making Girls Made Lena Dunham Sick Her second book is her first work to come from a place of deep hindsight. By Madeline Leung Coleman
the voice of a generation All the Gossip From Lena Dunham’s Famesick The Girls, the bad, and the ugly. By Emma Alpern
chapters ‘He Was Genius About Sex’ How the photographer Peter Hujar turned cruising into works of art. By Andrew Durbin

Books

Art

the yesteryear issue Jerry Saltz’s ’90s Slideshow “I knew nothing about photography, but I ended up making 40,000 goddamn slides.” By The Editors
the yesteryear issue Jerry Saltz’s ’90s Art World “I saw 25, 30 shows a week, made hundreds of studio visits, and everywhere I went I brought my camera.” By Jerry Saltz
the work of art Julio Torres’s Second Brain Before it became an Off Broadway show and now an HBO special, Color Theories began as scribbles in his notebooks. By Adam Moss
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