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E. Alex Jung is a features writer at New York and Vulture who joined the staff in 2013. He has profiled Michaela Coel, Bong Joon Ho, and was nominated for a National Magazine Award for his piece on Anthony Veasna So.

  1. great debates
    Iron Fist’s Finn Jones Quits Twitter After Debate Over Race“Our show incorporates and celebrates actors from all different backgrounds.”
  2. exclusive
    Watch the Fire Island Trailer: The Instagays Are Coming!This is the future liberals want.
  3. Susan Sarandon on Feud and Why Everyone Gets So Mad at Her About Politics“It’s just a way to not deal with reality.”
  4. Top Chef’s Brooke Williamson and Shirley Chung on the Season 14 FinaleAnd whether they’ve been underestimated as women in the kitchen.
  5. trailer mix
    New Trainspotting 2 Trailer: 20 Years Later, Ewan McGregor Is Still Fine As Hell“Do you still take heroin?”
  6. long conversations
    David Hyde Pierce on When We Rise, Frasier’s Legacy, and Coming Out“I didn’t come out to my parents. I didn’t accept or embrace that trope.”
  7. tea
    Ryan Murphy Remembers a Homophobic Meeting With a WB Executive“I literally was stunned into silence and he was being really, really brutal to me.”
  8. trailer mix
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 Trailer Announces Its Move to VH1Bye, Logo.
  9. The Walking Dead’s Josh McDermitt on Negan and Eugene’s ‘Mullet of Life’“I ring my mullet sweat into a Dixie cup and someone pounds it like a shot of whiskey!”
  10. chat room
    Asia Kate Dillon on Billions, Nonbinary Gender Identity, and Making TV HistoryDillon is the first nonbinary actor to play a nonbinary character on television.
  11. emotional food journeys
    What It’s Like to Eat Sheldon Simeon’s Food With Top Chef Judge Gail SimmonsA five-course dinner at the James Beard House.
  12. The Get Down Trailer: The Boys Are Still Here to BoogieThe show returns April 7.
  13. This Is Us’ Jermel Nakia on Playing the Younger William“For me, it was one of the most powerful episodes.”
  14. the vulture tv podcast
    The TV Villains You Love to Hate, Plus Big Little LiesAll on this week’s Vulture TV Podcast.
  15. chat room
    Girls’ Ebon Moss-Bachrach on Desi’s Drug Addiction and ‘Suspect Folksiness’“I think, perhaps, I’m in touch with a sort of questionable earthiness.”
  16. outrage calibration
    How Mad Should You Be About The Great Wall?A guide to properly calibrating your outrage.
  17. casting couch
    How Riverdale Found Its (Hot) Archie Andrews“There was a sexual energy to them that I look for.”
  18. party chat
    Bette Davis Asked Ryan Murphy If He Wanted to Hold Her Oscars (Of Course He Did)“It put me on a path, because she was so unusual and never bent to what people thought she should be.”
  19. chat room
    Giovanni Ribisi On Sneaky Pete, Working With Bryan Cranston, and Friends“I made this promise to myself that I would never do hour-long episodic television for networks.”
  20. Allison Williams and More on the Scenes in Girls They Are Proudest Of“There were no real lines for it, and that was really challenging.”
  21. 100 jokes
    The Humor at the Heart of RuPaul’s Drag EmpireFrom the start, RuPaul has built his success on comedy and the idea of flawed reality.
  22. chat room
    Riverdale’s K.J. Apa on His Dye Job, His Abs, and Why He Ships Archie and Betty“Someone has to have abs on the show.”
  23. Lady Gaga Will Do Lots of Claw Hands on the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 PremiereDon’t be a drag, just be a queen.
  24. look book
    All of Jude Law’s Looks in The Young PopeThe costume designers tell us how they created each one.
  25. the vulture tv podcast
    Why Riverdale Makes for Such a Perfect Teen SoapMoody teenagers!
  26. encounter
    How Vincent Rodriguez Went From Bit Player to Romantic Lead“I remember when I had ten bucks in my pocket and all I could eat is Chipotle.”
  27. rupaul’s drag race
    If It Smells Fishy, It’s Because RuPaul’s Drag Race Announced Its Season 9 CastHold onto your wigs and meet the 13 queens vying to become America’s Next Drag Superstar.
  28. chat room
    Christina Ricci on Playing Zelda Fitzgerald“Who wouldn’t have a fucking nervous breakdown?”
  29. wishes
    5 Tips for Netflix’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy RebootCall it Gay Eye for the Straight Guy.
  30. the vulture tv podcast
    The TV Shows and Characters We’ve Changed Our Minds On“I now realize that Emily Gilmore is always right and the real heroine of the show.”
  31. gift
    All the Rita Moreno GIFs From One Day at a Time You Need in Your LifeGoals.
  32. history lesson
    So, Who Is Really the Youngest Pope of All Time?Benedict IX was once called “a demon from hell.”
  33. vulture cover story
    Billy Eichner Is Trying to Talk to YouThe Billy on the Street creator on screaming with purpose, comedy under Trump, and taking celebrities down a peg.
  34. Billy Eichner Is Trying to Talk to YouThe Billy on the Street creator on screaming with purpose, comedy under Trump, and taking celebrities down a peg.
  35. chat room
    The OA’s Emory Cohen Defends the Movements“You gotta watch this show with your heart, not your head.” 
  36. close reads
    One Day at a Time’s Coming-Out Story Is So GoodWhen kids come out on TV, parents rarely get their stories told.
  37. chat room
    Kenya Barris on Creating Black-ish’s Election Episode in Record Time“We’re used to things not going our way.”
  38. racism
    Steve Harvey Actually Thinks His Hack Jokes About Asian Men Are Funny“You like Asian men? I don’t even like Chinese food!”
  39. party chats
    Viola Davis Won’t Dignify a Trump Question By Talking About Him“I will, believe it or not, remove Trump from the equation, because it’s bigger than him.”
  40. reading the rainbow
    The Gentle Queerness of Netflix’s The OAIt’s often a sense of alienation that forces queer people to seek out and build other worlds. 
  41. guides
    How to Do ‘The Movements’ From The OA: A GIF GuideFor whenever you’re feeling angry or want to bring someone back from the dead.
  42. candy
    Billy Eichner Asks the Gays If They Care About John Oliver (Meh.)“I have no idea who that is.”
  43. most anticipated of 2017
    The 23 TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2017From The Young Pope to Twin Peaks, it’s the most exciting TV of 2017.
  44. tune-in notice
    See Carrie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds TV MarathonHBO, ABC, and Logo will air remembrances of their work.
  45. in memoriam
    Relive Debbie Reynolds’s Best Musical MomentsThe Hollywood icon died Wednesday at the age of 84.
  46. in memoriam
    George Michael Was the Gay Icon We Didn’t Know We NeededAt a time when the mainstream associated gay sex with the AIDS crisis, Michael was finally a pop icon who exalted its joys.
  47. kennedy center honors
    Kevin Spacey Can Do the Perfect Al Pacino Impression, and Now So Can You“Whoa! How did that happen?”
  48. roll clip!
    Let’s Remember That Time When Carrie Fisher Lovingly Roasted George Lucas“Every time I look in the mirror I have to send you a check for a couple of bucks.”
  49. r.i.p.
    George Michael Rehearsing Queen’s ‘Somebody to Love’ Will Wreck YouDavid Bowie is watching in the background.
  50. car crashes
    Miles Teller Was Very Angry After Car Crash“You fucked up my truck!”
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