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  1. big chats
    Cooper Koch Told Erik Menendez ‘I Get It, and I Stand With You’But that was before the show came out.
  2. rip
    Acting Legend Dame Maggie Smith Dead at 89“An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end.”
  3. detective fierce
    Fact-checking the RHONY Women’s New TaglinesSnopes wasn’t going to do it.
  4. departures
    Hoda Kotb Is Leaving Today … Next YearShe teased that she’ll be staying in the NBC family — give her a sitcom!
  5. mandatory viewing
    WHOOPI GOLDBERG, SARA HAINES, ANA NAVARRO, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, JOY BEHAR, SUNNY HOSTIN, ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN
    Even Joe Biden Seemed Surprised He Was on The ViewLess surprising is that Alyssa Farah Griffin got him to ramble about age.
  6. rumors
    Kim Porter’s Kids Say New Memoir Taking Over Amazon Is ‘Simply Untrue’All four of Porter’s children claim that Kim’s Lost Words was not written by their mother.
  7. vice versa
    Ilona Maher Danced Dirty Last NightOn Dancing With the Stars, lifts are for everyone.
  8. halfway there
    New Harley Quinn to Drop New Album, HarlequinLG 6.5 will be a “companion album” with Joker: Folie à Deux.
  9. audra’s turn
    The Gypsy Casting Team Loved Broadway’s The NotebookTwo Allies will both star in the Gypsy revival opposite Audra McDonald.
  10. promising young man
    Heathcliff Is Supersize NowJacob Elordi is saying “g’day” to starring in another Emerald Fennell movie.
  11. oh hello again
    Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Return to Broadway (as an Actor)Alongside David Cross, Jimmy Fallon, and Aidy Bryant for a ‘Comedy About Love.’
  12. gimme all your money
    The Golden Globes Are Still Pay to PlayCan we borrow a dollar? We’re trying to get What We Do in the Shadows a Golden Globe or six.
  13. my crystal ball
    Let’s Wildly Speculate About The Great British Bake Off (Based on No Baking)Who will win this season of GBBO? We’ve got no expertise but have lots of opinions.
  14. the tortured posters department
    Zach Bryan Ding-Dong-Ditched the Swifties“Don’t drink and tweet. Don’t drink and tweet!!”
  15. encounter
    Jon Lovett
    ‘It’s Just a Funny Thing to Do’Pod Save America host Jon Lovett doesn’t seem particularly comfortable with being a public figure. He went on Survivor anyway.
  16. consultants
    Predicting the Love Is Blind Season 7 RomancesBased on only a first look. Pod rules don’t apply.
  17. nerd wins
    Pommel-Horse Guy Now Ballroom BoyStephen Nedoroscik smiled wide on Dancing With the Stars, surrounded by Rubik’s Cubes.
  18. i hate these blurred lines
    They’re Trying to Take Miley Cyrus’s ‘Flowers’Cyrus is being sued over similarities between her track and Bruno Mars’s “When I Was Your Man.”
  19. girl erased
    Disney Put Inside Out 2 Through Conversion TherapyReportedly adjusting her relationship with Val to seem “less gay.”
  20. escandalo
    The Drag Race Queens Weren’t Being Shady (This Time)Can’t a girl get a drink?
  21. rip
    Celebrities Visit SiriusXM - September 11, 2019
    Tito Jackson of the Jackson 5 Dead at 70Guitarist and founding member of the family band is survived by three sons.
  22. winner winner
    Shōgun Makes History: 2024 Emmy Awards WinnersIt was also a great night to be a baby reindeer.
  23. journalism lives!
    Did That Anti–Lady Gaga Facebook Group Really Exist?“Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous” is officially famous.
  24. the law
    2024 Toronto International Film Festival - "Megalopolis" Premiere
    Francis Ford Coppola Sues Variety for $15 MillionOver a report that included video of the director allegedly sexually harassing female extras on the set of Megalopolis.
  25. in competition
    So You Think You Can Sundance?The search for the next great host is down to a final three … including Park City.
  26. award shows
    2024 MTV Video Music Awards - Show
    The 2024 MTV Video Music Award WinnersTaylor Swift encouraged people to vote during her Video of the Year acceptance speech.
  27. beach read book club
    ‘Too Much Hugging and Learning’Our book club discusses the ending of Long Island Compromise.
  28. last night on late night
    Late Night’s Familiar With Master DebatersAll of them have been through two Trump presidential-election cycles before this. How did their experience pay off?
  29. extra extra
    Brendan Fraser Is Staging Another ComebackThe Oscar winner will star in Samuel D. Hunter’s Grangeville in early 2025.
  30. spicy takes
    Patti LuPone Can Shade Madonna With or Without Words“I’ve seen her onstage and I’ve seen her in a movie, and I went, ‘Umm, okay.’”
  31. the beyhive
    Beyoncé’s Idea of Fun?Singing.
  32. award hoarders
    EGOT Watch: Who Will Be Next to Complete the Awards-Show Grand Slam?Pasek and Paul completed the quadfecta at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
  33. beach read book club
    ‘Real Shiv Vibes’Our book club discusses the Jenny section of Long Island Compromise.
  34. my life on the b-list
    US-CRIME-JUSTICE-FRAUD-SOROKIN
    Anna Delvey, Tori Spelling, Phaedra Parks Join Dancing With the StarsDon’t these people just belong here?
  35. comics to watch
    2024’s Comedians You Should and Will KnowTwo dozen of tomorrow’s stand-up, sketch, and online comedy superstars, according to over 100 industry insiders.
  36. one last yee haw
    Yellowstone Hangs Its Hat for the Final SeasonKevin Costner’s John Dutton is back in the saddle in the trailer.
  37. beach read book club
    ‘He’s Not Off by Miles, He’s Off by Crucial Inches’Our book club discusses the Nathan section in Long Island Compromise.
  38. coming soon
    Netflix Is in the Mood for AdulationAcquiring Pablo Larraín’s Angelina Jolie–starring Maria Callas biopic.
  39. awards szn
    Forget About Last Year’s Golden GlobesFor Nikki Glaser’s sake.
  40. drama mama
    Oopsy! Deadpool Might Have Scabbed.Blake Lively said that Ryan Reynolds rewrote the rooftop scene from It Ends With Us. Why didn’t her director Justin Baldoni know?
  41. coming soon
    Nicole Kidman Isn’t Brave Enough to Watch Babygirl“This is something you do and hide in your home videos. It is not a thing that normally is going to be seen by the world.”
  42. under where?
    Deep Down, Jeremy Allen White Knows He’s Not As Stylish As Pharrell“You guys need to stop bullying me.”
  43. rip
    Mariah Carey’s Mother and Estranged Sister Died on the Same Day“I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.”
  44. fond farewells
    Somebody Somewhere Will Nurse Your HBO Hangover for the Last TimeThe show returns for its third and, it turns out, final season this October.
  45. pending
    Try to Be Curious, Not Judgmental, About Ted Lasso ReturningApple TV+ picked up three cast members, leaving room for a potential revival.
  46. chat room
    Joel Kim Booster Was ‘Whatever’ About His Industry Nude Scene — Until Filming It“Even as a sex-positive, out-there person, it’s just a very vulnerable thing to do.”
  47. that’s taste
    Sabrina Carpenter Has a Knack for NonsenseEverything audiences love about “Espresso” she beta-tested on a 2022 deep cut.
  48. vulture politics
    Beyoncé Haunted the DNC From HomeWho do we blame for this?
  49. shondaland irl
    The DNC Will Have Its Business HandledOlivia Pope will close out the convention, and P!nk and the Chicks are due to perform.
  50. anyone else think this?
    Clairo Shade Is EverywhereIn a house, on a mouse, in a take, on a cake.
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