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Hunter Harris is a freelance writer who covers film, music, and TV, and writes the newsletter Hung Up. She has reported on the set of Succession and profiled Julia Fox for New York.

  1. be our guest
    How the New Beauty and the Beast Is Different From the OriginalThe Beast gets a personal history, and we find out what happened to Belle’s mother.
  2. president winfrey
    If Anyone Can Convince Oprah to Run for President in 2020, It’s Van Jones“It takes a superstar to beat a superstar.”
  3. soundtracks
    Prince Wrote a Song Inspired by Love JonesPrince told the director “On the Couch” was inspired by a scene from the movie.
  4. Netflix Picks Up Unfinished Orson Welles Movie The Other Side of the WindThe Other Side of the Wind was supposed to be Welles’s comeback, a movie that would outdo Citizen Kane.
  5. free music
    Chance the Rapper Is Thinking About Selling His Music From Now onHe’s frustrated that it’s difficult for free releases to make the Billboard charts.
  6. get out
    Get Out Star Daniel Kaluuya Responds to Samuel L. Jackson’s Casting Comments“I go to Uganda, I can’t speak the language. In India, I’m black. In the black community, I’m dark-skinned. In America, I’m British. Bro!”
  7. follow-ups
    We Finally Know How Patti LaBelle Feels About Aretha Franklin’s RetirementInspired by Vulture’s deep and important journalism, the Kansas City Star asked LaBelle how she feels.
  8. reboots
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Series Is Being Rebooted for 2018No more Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, or David Fincher. Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez is taking over.
  9. world wide woman
    These Irish Politicians Have Strong Feelings About BeyoncéIrish politicians are more familiar with Bey’s catalog than supposed superfan Karlie Kloss.
  10. John Oliver Drafts a Freaky Friday Proviso for the Republican Health Care Plan“Using wish or magic not otherwise specified.”
  11. unlikely fans
    Terrence Malick Thinks Jason Derulo’s ‘Talk Dirty’ Is UnderappreciatedThe Song to Song director thinks the party track is a great love song.
  12. apologies
    Cancer Patient Included in Full Frontal Segment Doesn’t Accept Sam Bee’s ApologyThe patient’s haircut isn’t a “Nazi haircut,” as the show previously joked.
  13. Luke Evans’s Gaston Is the 18th Century’s Greatest FuccboiHe’s arrogant, charming, and can actually sing.
  14. apologies
    Sam Bee Apologizes to Cancer Patient for Accidentally Making ‘Nazi Hair’ JokeA conservative blogger featured in a recent segment got the cut while undergoing chemo.
  15. film festivals
    Your Guide to 8 of the Most Exciting Movies at SXSWSong to Song, Baby Driver, Atomic Blonde, and more.
  16. the house that jack built
    Lars von Trier Wants to Premiere His Next Feature at Cannes 6 Years After BanHe’s making a new movie inspired by Donald Trump.
  17. tribeca film festival 2017
    Tribeca Film Fest Will Have Godfather Screenings With Cast ReunionThere’s also a Reservoir Dogs screening with Tarantino, and the premiere of the Bad Boy Entertainment doc.
  18. beast mode
    Why Is the Prince in Beauty and the Beast Always Less Hot Than the Beast?Dan Stevens tried his best, but the human Beast is never hot.
  19. controversies
    Samuel L. Jackson Critiques Get Out Movie And Hollywood: Hire African-AmericansThe movie’s British star Daniel Kaluuya addressed this critique in his chat with Vulture.
  20. goodies
    What Exactly Is Going On in This Photo of Ciara, Russell Wilson and Baby Future?Which limbs belong to whom?
  21. what could have been
    The Passengers Bloopers Look Way Better Than the Actual MovieLaurence Fishburne says “Uranus.”
  22. tribeca film festival 2017
    See Tribeca’s 2017 Short Film Selections; Almost Half Are Directed by WomenFor what it’s worth: John Turturro directed a short film about hair.
  23. weekend box office
    Moonlight Gets a Well-Deserved Post-Oscars Box-Office BumpThe indie has now grossed over $25 million.
  24. Russia Won’t Ban Beauty and the Beast, But There Will Be an Age RestrictionAudience members younger than 16 won’t be able to see the movie and its “exclusively gay moment.”
  25. art imitating life imitating art
    Ice-T Spoils the Trump-Inspired SVU Episode’s Big Twist“I don’t even think it’s worth showing. It wasn’t one of our best shows.”
  26. r.i.p.
    Turner Classic Movies’ Robert Osborne Dead at 84He’d been at Turner for 23 years.
  27. intergalactic casting couch
    Michael K. Williams Officially Cast in Upcoming Young Han Solo MovieThe Wire alum will reportedly play “a key role.”
  28. movie ratings
    IMDb Adds ‘F for Female’ Rating to Over 21,000 Movies to Represent Women in FilmAmerican Honey, Frozen, and Bridget Jones’s Baby earned Triple F ratings.
  29. alternative facts
    Kellyanne Conway Compares ‘Alternative Facts’ Gaffe to Oscars Best Picture Snafu“Everybody thinks it’s just so funny that the wrong movie was heralded as the winner of the Oscars.”
  30. bffs
    The History of Michelle Williams and Busy Phillips’s Best FriendshipWhen Michelle met Busy.
  31. whoa
    Please Enjoy This Photo of an Oscar-Winning ActressShe’s deep in character!
  32. cute kids
    Every Cute Thing Moonlight’s 12-Year-Old Star Alex Hibbert Has Ever SaidMoonlight’s Little is an adorable tween who loves Andrew Garfield and hugging Mahershala Ali.
  33. tribeca film festival 2017
    The Whitney Houston Documentary Can I Be Me Is Premiering at Tribeca Film FestWhitney. ‘Can I Be Me’ will be released on Showtime later this year.
  34. the romanoffs
    Mad Men Creator Details His New Russian Royals Anthology Series, The RomanoffsThe episodic anthology will follow people who think they’re descendants of the mysterious Russian family.
  35. spill the tea
    The Oscars Stage Manager Says He Was Stunned by PwC Accountant Incompetence“When La La Land was announced, she did not try to get my attention, she did not say anything. And she’s supposed to have memorized the winners.”
  36. pranks
    Movie Theater Pranks Moonlight Audience by Playing a Few Seconds of La La LandAs if Moonlight fans haven’t been tortured enough by this.
  37. movie theaters
    Moonlight Is Expanding to More Movie Theaters This WeekendBarry Jenkins’s movie is getting the usual post-Oscars expansion.
  38. exclusive clip
    See Footage From Rikers Island in a Clip From Time: The Kalief Browder StoryThe first part of the six-part docuseries airs tonight on Spike.
  39. moonlight
    What’s Next for Everyone In Moonlight’s CastMahershala Ali is doing a movie with Tom Hardy, and Trevante Rhodes might be in the new Malick movie.
  40. trailer mix
    Netflix’s Mindhunter Trailer: Like House of Cards, But With Serial Killers“You want truffles? You gotta get in the dirt with the pigs.”
  41. books
    Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen Are Already Writing a Satirical Book About TrumpBaldwin will, of course, read the audiobook version in character.
  42. trailer mix
    Watch the Trailer for Netflix’s Five Came Back, Narrated by Meryl StreepFeaturing Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola.
  43. Gary From Chicago Went From Prison to Oscars Front Row in One WeekendHe was married by Denzel Washington during the broadcast.
  44. casting couch
    Benedict Cumberbatch to Star as Self-Destructive Playboy in Showtime’s MelroseCumberbatch will star in and executive produce Showtime’s multi-decade limited series.
  45. oscars 2017
    Patricia Arquette Slams Oscars for Excluding Her Trans Sister From ‘In Memoriam’“I think that was a real slight to the trans community.”
  46. early roles
    Long Before Moonlight, Mahershala Ali Rapped As Prince Ali — And He Was GoodBefore he was an Oscar winner, Mahershala was “Prince Ali.”
  47. trailer mix
    Watch Brie Larson and Tom Hiddleston in the New Kong: Skull Island TrailerSome advice: Don’t go on vacation to Skull Island.
  48. you’re welcome
    Celebrate Moonlight’s Oscar Win With the Cast’s Shirtless Calvin Klein AdsMahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes, and Ashton Sanders all stripped down. Alex Hibbert chills in a T-shirt.
  49. oscars 2017
    Another Oscars Blunder: The In Memoriam Segment Featured a Producer Who Is Alive“I was devastated by the use of my image in place of my great friend and longtime collaborator Janet Patterson.”
  50. oscars 2017
    The Accounting Firm Behind Oscar Voting Apologizes for the Best Picture Mix-up“We are currently investigating how this could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred.”
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