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10 Weekend Reads

ritholtz.com The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • The King’s Dominion (The real Succession): His…

Fox News shows that not even Tucker Carlson is bigger than the network

economist.com S ago the most popular cable-television host had a prime-time show on Fox News. Liberals abhorred him; conservatives tuned in to see him rail against “political correctness”…

Vice's biggest mistake

substack.com Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you've received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the…

Luke Kirby Felt “Destined” to End Lenny Bruce That Way on ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

vanityfair.com This post contains spoilers for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s series finale. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Lenny Bruce has always been dreamy. Sprinkled like pixie dust across…

House Democrats Are Clearly Not Happy With Joe Biden’s Handling of the Debt Ceiling Fight

vanityfair.com After months of bitter stalemate over the debt ceiling, Republican negotiators, who are using the risk of economic calamity to extract spending cuts from Democrats, unveiled…

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Rachel Brosnahan on the Finale, Midge’s Fame, and Susie’s Backstory

vanityfair.com Midge has come a long way since she was a broken-hearted housewife who, in the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel premiere six years ago, drunkenly grabbed a mic at a New York comedy…

Jimmy Finkelstein Claps Back at The Messenger’s Critics and Defends Ambitious Growth Targets: ‘It’s Hard to Imagine That We Can’t Do It’

thewrap.com In the wake of the mass criticism in media around The Messenger, Jimmy Finkelstein is sticking up for his new venture. “I sold The Hill a year and a half ago,” Finkelstein…

‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Earns Its Name in the Series Finale

vanityfair.com This post contains spoilers for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s series finale. The four words that gave The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel its name weren’t uttered until the final act of…

‘The Secrets of Hillsong’: How Did the Church Get Here

vanityfair.com In February of 2021, Vanity Fair published “Carl Lentz and the Trouble at Hillsong,” by contributing editor Alex French and staff writer Dan Adler, who had spent much of…

Broadcasting and narrowcasting in Florida

cjr.org Last week, Donna Deegan, a Democrat, was elected mayor of Jacksonville, Florida. Various news outlets characterized her victory as an upset—the city has been led by a…

'The Little Mermaid' remake's biggest changes to the original

theweek.com Disney's return trip under the sea takes fans into some uncharted waters. The live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid" starring Halle Bailey is a faithful adaptation of…

Christina Ricci on That Devastating ‘Yellowjackets’ Finale: “It Was Torturous”

vanityfair.com Yellowjackets season two ended the same way season one did: with the death of a major character. But unlike last year’s chilling ending for Jackie (Ella Purnell), this…

Laura Ingraham Stifles Laughter at ‘Jackals on the Left’ Framing DeSantis as ‘Scarier Than Trump’: ‘A Parody of Itself’ (Video)

thewrap.com Fox News host Laura Ingraham laughed at “jackals on the left” news commentators, saying they believe Ron DeSantis could be a worse option than Donald Trump as president. The…

“The Good, The Bad, The Fabulosity, The Ugliness, The Absurdity”: Geena Rocero on Her New Memoir, ‘Horse Barbie’

vanityfair.com The mordant irony of her location is not lost on Geena Rocero. When Vanity Fair reaches her by phone, the filmmaker, model, and activist is perched in a guest room on a…

Will Succession’s Series Finale Answer These Burning Questions?

vanityfair.com With a body buried and a stolen presidency nearly clinched, only a single, supersized episode of Succession remains. The HBO hit’s fourth and final season has unveiled a few…

Natalie Portman and Todd Haynes Don’t Want to Be ‘Vampires on People's Lives’

vanityfair.com When Natalie Portman was sent the script for May December, she knew there was only one person she wanted to direct it. Written by Samy Burch, May December follows an actress…

‘Succession’ Creator Jesse Armstrong Claims He “Doesn’t Enjoy Seeing My Characters Suffer”

deadline.com Succession showrunner Jesse Armstrong has created some of the most despicable characters known to modern TV but he claimed this afternoon he “doesn’t enjoy seeing them…

HBO’s ‘Succession’ Is Ending. The Murdoch Family Drama Plays On

vanityfair.com As the Succession finale nears, host Brian Stelter catches up with Vanity Fair executive editor Claire Howorth about the stunning plot twists in the fictional drama—and…

‘Succession’ Star J. Smith-Cameron Reveals What She Will Miss About The HBO Series

forbes.com With Succession’s series finale premiering this Sunday on HBO and on its newly rebranded Max streaming service, there seems to be a lot of loose ends left to tie up. With…

What Disney changed (and didn’t) in The Little Mermaid remake

vox.com Halle Bailey as Ariel is the only thing in The Little Mermaid remake that’s better than the original. | Disney The original Little Mermaid is a perfect movie. Disney thought…

How the New York Times Union Finally Got a Pay Raise

vanityfair.com Tuesday night, after protracted negotiations and public disputes, the bitter labor fight within The New York Times came to an end: The staff union, which represents more…

Vanity Fair Under Fire For ‘Deranged’ Headline Comparing Elon Musk to Infamous Racist David Duke

mediaite.com Vanity Fair is being skewered for a story comparing Twitter owner Elon Musk to infamous Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. “Report: Ron DeSantis Will Formally Announce His 2024…

Remembering Tina Turner

vanityfair.com Tina Turner died Wednesday after a long illness. “She passed away peacefully at her home in Kusnacht, near Zurich, Switzerland. With her, the world loses a music legend and…

Five Takeaways From Cannes, From Johnny Depp’s Bizarre Return to a Revival of Extravagant Parties

variety.com There’s just something about Cannes. No film festival can rival it for delivering old-school Hollywood glamour. And the 76th edition hasn’t suffered from a lack of star…

Inside Another Fabulous Cannes Party: Dancing David Zaslav, Leonardo DiCaprio and Scarlett Johansson

variety.com The upper deck at France’s Hotel Du-Cap-Eden-Roc offers a stunning coastal view of nearby city Cannes, the kind that Jay Gatsby would covet to peep Daisy Buchanan. On…

Oh, Rats: Hamptonites Are Freaking Out Over Vermin

vanityfair.com The beach set of the Hamptons are really good at keeping things they don’t like out of view: chain retail, cell towers, and the less monied, to name a few. But the residents…

How 25 Dubious Basquiats Created a Massive Museum Scandal

vanityfair.com On a Friday in June 2022, a swarm of federal agents piled out of government vans and into the Orlando Museum of Art, a 98-year-old institution abutted by several lakes in…

Details of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s ‘private’ engagement revealed

pagesix.com Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Jeff Bezos proposed…

A Very Brief History of the Birkenstock Arizona

vanityfair.com Do you remember your first pair of Birkenstocks? Whether you first slid your feet into the contoured footbed while watching an episode of Saved by the Bell after school or…

“We Have to Run Everywhere”: David Pepper on Why We Have to Think Smaller to Save Democracy

vanityfair.com Voters booted Donald Trump from office in 2020, and they also rejected several of his handpicked candidates in subsequent elections—including last fall’s midterms. But…

Diana Silvers Dressed for the Future and the Past For Vanity Fair and Prada’s Cannes Film Festival Party

vanityfair.com As if being on the French Riviera for the Cannes Film Festival isn’t glamorous enough, actor Diana Silvers attended Vanity Fair and Prada’s exclusive party over the weekend…

Sam Levinson Believes 'The Idol' Will Be “The Biggest Show of the Summer”

vanityfair.com The Idol may have its detractors, but its cast and creators are sticking by it. During a press conference for the HBO series at Cannes Film Festival, The Idol creators Sam…

Florence Pugh Has “Definitely” Been on Chaotic Movie Sets: “The Film Feels Wrong”

vanityfair.com Nearly a year after the headline-making release of Don’t Worry Darling, a press cycle fueled by rumors of behind-the-scenes tension, star Florence Pugh says she’s no…

Matt Damon Calls Off ‘Oppenheimer’ vs. ‘Barbie’ Social Media Rivalry: ‘People Are Allowed to Go See Two Movies in a Weekend’

variety.com Social media has been having a field day with “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” ever since it was revealed that Universal and Warner Bros. would be opening the two tentpoles on the…

Original Ariel Voice Actor Jodie Benson Defends ‘Little Mermaid’ Remake Updating Song Lyrics to Include Consent and More: ‘It Was a Must’

variety.com Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid” is both a faithful and expanded adaptation of the studio’s 1989 animated classic, which featured an iconic voice performance from…

The Weeknd and Sam Levinson’s ‘The Idol,’ Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Plays Like a Sordid Male Fantasy: TV Review

variety.com What The Weeknd wants, The Weeknd gets in “The Idol,” a skintastic, dark-side-of-showbiz fable that perpetuates the myth that pop stars are corporate puppets with no say in…

‘The Idol’ Review: Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd in an HBO Series That’s More Regressive Than Transgressive

hollywoodreporter.com The trailers set us up for a memorable and haunted time. In the first teaser for the highly anticipated HBO series The Idol, a title card announced the show as a product of…

‘The Idol’ Review: Lily-Rose Depp Is Riveting As a Pop Star On The Verge In Sam Levinson’s Cryptic HBO Show

deadline.com It’s hard to know what to say about Sam Levinson’s already controversial HBO series except that it says quite a lot about the increasingly attention-grabbing antics of the…

‘The Idol’ Receives Standing Ovation at Cannes Film Festival

billboard.com HBO’s controversial drama series The Idol made its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival on Monday night (May 22), where it received a standard-measure five-minute standing…

Sam Levinson's 'The Idol' Debuts To Divisive Reactions

thewrap.com One of the biggest premieres at this year’s Cannes Film Festival isn’t for a movie but rather a TV show as audience members geared up to witness the first episode of HBO’s…

“It’s Almost Like It Isn’t About Me”: Susanna Kaysen on Writing Girl, Interrupted, 30 Years Later

vanityfair.com “Time is very weird,” says Susanna Kaysen, best known for her first memoir, Girl, Interrupted. “It just seems impossible that it’s 30 years ago that it came out. Of course,…

Experts Weigh In on Warhol Decision

nytimes.com Experts are still weighing how the Supreme Court’s copyright decision in a case involving Andy Warhol, left, might factor in pending cases like those filed against Richard…

Aubrey Plaza Has Not Watched All of The White Lotus Yet

vanityfair.com Aubrey Plaza doesn’t necessarily love watching herself on camera. “It’s really weird,” she tells Vanity Fair. “I’ve seen too much. I’ve done too much.” But Plaza got over…

Brandon Taylor on Sowing Chaos and Overcoming Doubt

vanityfair.com Brandon Taylor’s new novel, The Late Americans, bloomed from a moment of intense frustration. “I was sitting in a seminar one day feeling really cranky and frustrated about…

Aubrey Plaza Refuses to Use Streamers Because They Make Her ‘Really Angry,’ Buys Films and TV Series on iTunes Instead

variety.com Warner Bros. Discovery is on the eve of launching Max, its new streaming service that combines the already-existing platforms of HBO Max and Discovery+. But don’t expect…

Jude Law Is Keeping Some of His Henry VIII Transformation Secrets to Himself

vanityfair.com At the Cannes Film Festival, Jude Law looked like his usual self: the handsome British actor with a mustache, some stubble and the sparkling blue eyes that always seem to…

‘Succession’ Episode 9: What Is Logan Roy’s Legacy?

vanityfair.com It’s finally time to lay Logan Roy (Brian Cox) to rest. On the penultimate episode of Succession, the Roy children band together for Logan’s funeral—a profoundly emotional…

Succession: Kieran Culkin Barely Prepared for Roman’s Big Funeral Scene

vanityfair.com Warning: Spoilers for Succession season four, episode nine to follow. Before Kieran Culkin began filming Succession’s pilot, he made one distinct character choice about…

Cannes: First Look at Jude Law as Henry VIII in Firebrand

vanityfair.com We’ve seen Jude Law take on many looks over the years, starring in the Sherlock Holmes and Fantastic Beast franchises, along with everything from The Talented Mr. Ripley to…

Mads Mikkelsen on His Indiana Jones De-Aging: “I Sense a Smell of Plastic”

vanityfair.com At the red carpet gala premiere for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in Cannes, Mads Mikkelsen seemed right at home, which is no surprise since he’s a Cannes veteran.…

Cannes Day 6: Martin Scorsese and Todd Haynes Battle for Auteur Supremacy

thewrap.com Two highly anticipated movies debuted at Cannes on Saturday, practically back-to-back, and critics were whipped to a frenzy with praise for them. Martin Scorsese’s “Killers…

Inside Vanity Fair’s Cannes Party With Robert DeNiro, Storm Reid, and More

vanityfair.com The unseasonal rain that soaked Cannes all day Saturday was no match for the return of Vanity Fair’s party at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, our first such celebration of…

‘May December': First Reactions High for the Return of Todd Haynes in ‘Campy’ Dark Comedy

thewrap.com Todd Haynes’ “May December” debuted at Cannes on Saturday. The dark comedy marks the return of Haynes to the narrative film world after a three-year absence (the 2019…

A Clear-Cut Win for Artists or a Stifling Effect on Artistic Creation? How Copyright Law Experts View the Supreme Court’s Warhol Decision

variety.com Purpose and character. These are now solidly enshrined as the buzzwords of copyright law on the heels of the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling earlier this week in the case…