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Watch Aubrey Plaza’s Backdoor Conversation in This Exclusive Clip From The To-Do List
18 minutes ago
We're just going to throw four of your favorite names at you: Aubrey Plaza. Connie Britton. Rachel Bilson. Clark Gregg. (You're interested already, and you don't even know what the point of all this is!) What if we told you that all four of these favorite people got together to discuss sex, and that we had an exclusive clip of it? And that this was the very first clip from the new comedy The To-Do List, starring Plaza as a high schooler who's determined to work through a list of sexual goals by summer's end? It's okay if you already pressed play before finishing this paragraph; just keep in mind that the movie is out July 26. Enjoy! »
- Kyle Buchanan
The Killing Recap: In the Closet
59 minutes ago
At this point, I’m thinking that even the most diehard of fans have to admit that this is one weird show. Not because of the misty atmospherics but because no matter how important a clue that turns up is, the investigation doesn’t seem to progress. Did you ever see that 30 Rock episode where Liz’s brother, Mitch, thinks he’s permanently 17 years old and living in 1985? And everyone else helps him to believe it because they’re afraid of his suddenly finding out that he is 40? Linden is beginning to remind me a bit of that. Like maybe three years ago she failed her detective test and it sent her to the madhouse and so now everyone she knows just helps keep the fantasy alive of her being this awesome cop.This week she and Holder discovered two living witnesses to the crimes they are investigating. One was »
- Starlee Kine
Escape Plan Trailer: No Future-Jail Can Hold Stallone and Schwarzenegger
1 hour ago
Twenty years ago or so, the idea of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone teaming up for a movie would've been a big deal. Now it might not carry the same cultural cachet, but there is something cool about the idea of two of the biggest action stars ever working together to escape a futuristic jail. Stallone plays a professional jailbreak artist who gets wrongfully imprisoned and works with cellmate Schwarzenegger to get out. Opening October 18, the dream of the nineties is alive in Escape Plan. »
- Jesse David Fox
‘I’m Out’ Video: Ciara and Nicki Minaj Do Scream
1 hour ago
Last night, in addition to performing at the Bet Awards, Ciara and Nicki Minaj released the video for "I'm Out," and if you enjoy Michael and Janet Jackson's "Scream" video, the hand jive, goldfish bowls, or Nicki and Ciara "tsk tsk-ing" the camera, then you should press play immediately.(Alternately, you can just wait for the Gif board of Nicki and Ciara's "don't fuck with me" faces. Coolest attitudes.) Ciara, unexpectedly, is two for two on videos this year. »
- Amanda Dobbins
Big Brother Contestants Insanely Racist
2 hours ago
Every year, Big Brother contestants say and do deplorable and outrageous things that air on the 24/7 feed but never make it to CBS's edited broadcast. This year, that includes rank racism, misogyny, and homophobia. For example, in this clip, contestants Aaryn, GinaMarie, and Kaitlin sit around and suggest that Helen, who is Asian, "go make some rice," that "everyone loves the queers," and that Candice's "blackness" is coming out.GinaMarie, eager to be even more terrible, also casually uses the N-word and repeats the rice line. Oh, and Spencer has praised Hitler's oratorical skills and Nazi medical experiments, and likes to call women "cunts." There's plenty more where those came from, compiled by Zap2It, Bb forum Jokers Updates, and Reality Blurred. This isn't the first time Bb cast members have used hate speech, though these racist conversations have yet to make it to air. ("We really don’t want »
- Margaret Lyons
True Blood Recap: Fight the Future
2 hours ago
If there's one thing haters love to do (aside from bringing both hateration and holleration to danceries), it's talk about how True Blood is supposedly terrible now. Or at least more terrible now than it used to be. But, uh, and I'm saying this as a True Blood fan: It's always been kind of terrible? In a "this is terrible and I love it" sort of way, but still.It's always been all over the place tonally, with mismatched plotlines and more than a few worthless characters. These elements have been present from the get-go and have never wavered. Pretty much the only thing setting apart the current season from earlier ones is that rapidly waning thrill of discovery. In season one, we got to meet new people and creatures, and then see all of their clothes fall off for the first time. But six years later, we've pretty much »
- Price Peterson
Here’s What You Missed at the Bet Awards
2 hours ago
The big winners at last night's Bet Awards were Kendrick Lamar and Drake, only one of whom showed up to collect his three awards (that'd be Kendrick, who took home Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Best New Artist, and Best Collaboration for "Fuckin Problems"). But like any respectable cable awards show, the Bet Awards are not really about trophies — they are about performances. And there were so many performances. Here, come inside, see what you missed! (Warning: autoplay ahead.)The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Charlie Wilson, who performed with Pharrell, Justin Timberlake, and Snoop. (Indie Arie and Jamie Foxx also did a Wilson tribute. It's here.) Snoop and Justin got in sync (Ha!) Mariah debuted her "#Beautiful" remix with Young Jeezy and her many, many chandeliers (apparently it was her shed). Meanwhile, poor Miguel was banished to the stairs for the duration of the performance. That is what you »
- Amanda Dobbins
Charlotte Rampling on Dexter’s Dr. Vogel, Staring Down Michael C. Hall, and Getting Called Hot
3 hours ago
Who is Dr. Vogel? We know she's an expert in psychopaths helping Miami Metro track down a serial killer called the Brain Surgeon (he — or she? — scoops out the part of the brain that processes empathy). We also know that she helped Harry create Dexter's code. But who is she, really? Another Dexter groupie? A psychopath herself? Or just a well-meaning doctor played by Charlotte Rampling — an actress who never plays a well-meaning anything — to throw us off the scent of a bigger series-finale twist? These are the questions we'll be asking ourselves all season. In the meantime, we spoke to Rampling, who only started watching Dexter when she was offered the part, about staring down Michael C. Hall and happily accepting compliments for her wicked good looks.In the morgue scene, Dr. Vogel and Dexter basically have a staring contest. I imagine the producers pursuing you »
- Patti Greco
Make Your Own Blockbuster With Vulture’s Random Buddy-Action-Movie Generator!
3 hours ago
The Heat opened to an impressive $40 million this weekend, showing that the buddy movie is alive and well. (As for White House Down's softer $25.7 million debut, perhaps this shows that two's company, but four's a crowd.) And this summer is stuffed with more buddy action movies. This week, The Lone Ranger finds Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer riding high; on July 19, Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds topline supernatural action flick R.I.P.D. Two weeks later, Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg team up for 2 Guns. If Hollywood can't get enough of buddy action movies — and if they all seem to follow a similar formula of pairing a hot young upstart with a veteran Oscar winner (or Oscar-adjacent actor … sorry, Johnny Depp) — then we here at Vulture thought it was time to cut you in on all the action. Try your hand at our Buddy Action Movie »
- Kyle Buchanan
Enter the Dragon Actor Jim Kelly Dead at Age 67
3 hours ago
After a battle with cancer, actor and martial artist Jim Kelly passed away this past Saturday at age 67. Born in 1946, Kelly was a college football player before he dropped out to study karate. In 1973, he co-starred alongside Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, which he called “one of the best experiences in [his] life.” As a result of the popularity of that film and his role in it, Kelly began getting starring roles in Blaxploitation films like Black Belt Jones and Black Samurai. By the eighties, he appeared in movies more sparingly. Still, many years later, he remained a draw for autograph seekers at comic book conventions. »
- Jesse David Fox
Dexter Season-Premiere Recap: Lost and Losing It
4 hours ago
This is how the end begins — a blood-red kite thrashing against an angry sky, set to the delicate strains of “What a Wonderful World.” Look closely and you’ll see a rainbow take shape as Dexter plays with his son. It’s a faint sign of hope. Looming larger is a stark white lighthouse, suggesting Dexter needs guidance through this storm. It’s six months after his plan to execute Laguerta and frame Hector Estrada for her murder was foiled in the worst possible way. As expected, no one — not even Dexter — is doing well. Sure, Dexter’s been busy bowling, getting laid, and most surprisingly, leading Harrison’s soccer team to a championship (other than Rutgers, who would give him a coaching gig?). But when he says “I’m a survivor,” it sounds mighty ominous. Let’s revisit that line in the final episode. One pleasant surprise is some »
- Richard Rys
Cirque du Soleil Performer Falls to Her Death in Las Vegas
12 hours ago
Sarah Guyard-Guillot, a 31-year-old performer in Cirque du Soleil's Las Vegas show Ka, fell nearly 50 feet in a fatal high-wire accident on Saturday. "Guyard-Guillot was one of the artists suspended by a wire from the show’s vertical stage in the show-closing Final Battle scene. As she ascended to the top of the stage, she slipped free of her safety wire and dropped to the open, unseen pit below the performers." It's the first show-oriented death in Cirque du Soleil's three decades as a company. Guyard-Guillot was the mother of an 8-year-old and a 5-year-old. Ka performances have been suspended indefinitely. »
- Zach Dionne
A Potential Heir to the Hunger Games Franchise Emerges
13 hours ago
Maybe with Hunger Games movies still dropping through 2015, it's a little early to predict the next young-adult trilogy movie messiah. But whatever, here's one: DreamWorks has acquired The Fire Sermon, a post-apocalyptic series that hasn't even published its first installment yet. It's about a technology-less society where everyone is a twin. "One of each pair is physically perfect, and they are called Alphas, while the other, the Omega, bears some mutation. The apartheid society forces the mutated twins to settlements, even though when one twin dies, so does the other." Sounds like the birthplace of your next Katniss and Peeta/Ron and Hermione/Edward and Bella. Good luck learning about the author, Francesca Haig, though — she's got Twitter, but Amazon and Wikipedia aren't acquainted with her yet. »
- Zach Dionne
John Mulaney’s Comedy Pilot Heads to Fox
14 hours ago
Before NBC said, "Thanks, but nahhh," SNL writer and producer John Mulaney had a pilot that some were calling the next 30 Rock, and that others were calling the next Seinfeld. Now Mulaney's back in the mix at Fox. "If the network likes the new version, the project will receive a six-episode series order," Deadline reports. "I hear Fox brass are big fans of Mulaney and were interested in the project with some script and potential cast adjustments." Martin Short is still in, although Nasim Pedrad and Elliott Gould may not stick around. »
- Zach Dionne
Jay-z Announces Magna Carta Holy Grail Guests, Kanye Plans Yeezus Single
15 hours ago
Kanye West's thus far promotion-light Yeezus — which managed to top the Billboard charts regardless — is about to go mainstream with the release of "Black Skinhead" as a single. There will be an edited radio version and a music video as well. Meanwhile, Jay-z released the lyrics to one of his new songs, "BBC," from Magna Carta Holy Grail, set to debut on July 4 for owners of a certain kind of cell phone. But atop the lyrics is a little snippet that mentions that, oh yeah, the song will just feature, um, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Pharrell, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz (no one's really excited to hear Swizz Beatz talk over another Jay-z record, but it's okay), and Nas. Nas!! So that will be a good song for your summer and your life. »
- Zach Dionne
Saltz's Postcards From the Venice Biennale
16 hours ago
I arrive two weeks after the opening of the 55th Venice Biennale. By then the art world is in Basel, and it’s safe to see the 88 national pavilions and 158 artists in curator Massimiliano Gioni’s show, “The Encyclopedic Palace,” on my own. Advance word is the most glowing I’ve ever heard. We’ll see. Click through the gallery ahead to see me navigate the good, the bad, and the overhyped in a suddenly empty Venice with my new digital camera.*This article originally appeared in the July 8, 2013 issue of New York Magazine. »
- Jerry Saltz
Jenji Kohan's Week in Pop-Culture Consumption
16 hours ago
The creator of Weeds and Netflix’s new Orange Is the New Black tells us everything she watched, read, listened to, and clicked on in a week.Monday, June 10 Watched: 9 p.m.: The Source Family documentary. 11 p.m.: Mad Men. Midnight: The Daily Show. “I miss Jon Stewart. John Oliver’s accent gets to me after a while. There’s something cutesy about it that I’m not in love with.” 12:20 a.m.: House Hunters International. Clicked on: 1 a.m.: Indifferent Cats in Amateur Porn, Tumblr. “There’s no sex with cats, just cats in the background. When I watch this stuff, it’s not for titillation, it’s for fascination. But I do watch porn for titillation—don’t get me wrong.” Tuesday, June 11 Clicked on: 10 a.m.: Dangerousminds.net. “When you’re at work, you need to take breaks to see things »
- Jennifer Vineyard
The Nine Lives of Michael B. Jordan
16 hours ago
Where’s Wallace at? It’s hard not to think of that famous line from HBO’s The Wire on this rainy afternoon at the Cannes Film Festival while waiting, and waiting, for Michael B. Jordan, the 26-year-old actor still best known for playing that show’s sweet, cornrowed teenage drug dealer Wallace, who was—spoiler alert—heartbreakingly offed in season one. Jordan is “delayed,” says the publicist for his new movie, Fruitvale Station, even though he’s staying at the hotel where we’re supposed to be having lunch. All becomes clear when he finally materializes, a half-hour later, and buries his head in the publicist’s shoulder. “I’m hurting,” he groans, making no attempt to hide his hang-over. “What are you making me do now?”Jordan still bears traces of the kid who played Wallace: He’s wide-eyed and affectless, but now also handsome, buff, and a decade older. »
- Jada Yuan
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