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Nate Jones is a senior writer at Vulture who mostly covers film. He writes the weekly Oscar Futures column, and has ranked Taylor Swift songs and A24 films.

  1. Paul Feig Is Officially Making That All-Female GhostbustersThe Heat’s Katie Dippold will write the script.
  2. music
    An Oral History of Weezer Promising Their New Album Will Be BetterSince 2001, nearly every Weezer album has been pitched as a return to form after a series of recent missteps.
  3. music
    Here’s What Happens When You Are Rude in the Vicinity of Jay Z“Who are you?”
  4. tv
    Rush Hour Might Be a CBS TV ShowNo Jackie Chan or Chris Tucker, though.
  5. vmas 2014
    Miley’s Homeless VMA Date Gets 6 Months in PrisonJesse Helt was wanted for violating his probation.
  6. tv
    IFC Just Brought Back The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd MargaretThe David Cross comedy has been on hiatus since 2012.
  7. dating
    Is Gone Girl the Worst First-Date Movie of All Time? An InvestigationTo see how bad a first-date movie it really is.
  8. phone hacking
    Jennifer Lawrence on Phone Hacking: ‘It Is Not a Scandal. It Is a Sex Crime.’Those who looked at the photos, Lawrence says, “should cower with shame.”
  9. tv
    Alfonso Ribeiro Did the Carlton Dance on Dancing With the StarsIt was charming as heck.
  10. movies
    Kerry Washington Gets Her First Rom-ComNot counting Peeples, that is.
  11. music
    Stevie Nicks and Haim Are Officially ‘Sisters of the Moon’The sisterly trio spent the day at Nicks’s Santa Monica mansion.
  12. tv
    Watch the First Episode of The Affair Right HereOne of our favorite new shows this fall.
  13. movies
    Watch a Video That Explains How David Fincher Does What He DoesThe aesthetics of Fincher.
  14. books
    Gérard Depardieu Used to Be a Child Prostitute“I’ve known since I was very young that I please homosexuals.”
  15. tv
    They Finally Shot That Cersei Scene on Game of ThronesAnd it happened basically the same way as in the books.
  16. movies
    What Movies Can Teach Us About the Ebola OutbreakJust how soon will civilization collapse? (Hopefully never.)
  17. movies
    Here Is What Happens When You Call Bill Murray’s 1-800 NumberThe director of St. Vincent explains.
  18. music
    One Direction Has Been Secretly Funding 5 Seconds of SummerThe world’s biggest boy band has been investing in the second-biggest boy band.
  19. lifetime movies
    Watch the First Trailer for Lifetime’s Aaliyah BiopicSoundtracked by Iggy Azalea, of course.
  20. lawsuits
    Nicholas Sparks Is Being Sued for Racism, Anti-Semitism, and HomophobiaThe bigotry trio.
  21. movies
    See the First Teaser for Pixar’s Inside OutStarring Amy Poehler as Joy. (Yes, the emotion.)
  22. movies
    See Jude Law Play a Scottish Submarine Captain in the Black Sea TrailerHunting for Nazi gold.
  23. jokes
    A Brief History of Gwyneth Paltrow, Pop-Culture Punch LineEveryone loves to mock the Goopy One.
  24. trailers
    Here’s a New Interstellar TrailerChristopher Nolan goes Perfect Storm.
  25. Sudeikis, Hader, and McKinnon Join Angry BirdsAlongside other people not from SNL.
  26. trailers
    Watch the New Trailer for Horrible Bosses 2If you prefer your punch lines screamed at high volume, this trailer is the one for you.
  27. guides
    Who’s Who in the George Clooney Wedding EntourageWhat was the guitarist from Toto doing there?
  28. movies
    Gone Girl Will Show Ben Affleck’s Penis, Says Ben Affleck [Updated]“The penis is in there.”
  29. Watch the Trailer for Taken 3, Which Is Actually Called Tak3nNow it’s Liam Neeson’s turn to avoid being taken. 
  30. music
    Kanye West’s New Album Isn’t Done After AllTheophilus London gives, and Theophilus London takes away.
  31. ads
    Tim and Eric Put Jeff Goldblum in an Ad for LightbulbsHe’s still crushable well into his 60s.
  32. books
    Lena Dunham Will Pay Her Book-Tour Volunteers After AllConsider that micro-scandal squashed.
  33. music
    Talib Kweli: Lauryn Hill Doesn’t Owe You Anything“She is not an iPod nor is she a trained monkey.”
  34. music
    Listen to Thom Yorke’s New BitTorrent Album, Tomorrow’s Modern BoxesThis is what all those drawings and clues were leading up to.
  35. How All the Game of Thrones Cast Members Spent Their Summer VacationsProduction on the fifth season is now in full swing.
  36. movies
    Thomas Pynchon Will Have a Cameo in the Inherent Vice MovieOf course, who’s gonna recognize him?
  37. tv
    True Detective Adds Rachel McAdams, KitschWe can finally complete our #TrueDetectiveSeasonTwo Photoshops.
  38. music
    Kanye’s New Album Is Done, And People Have Heard It(According to Theophilus London.)
  39. tv
    You Can Get HBO Go for Cheap (If You Have AT&T)The dream of a stand-alone HBO Go draws ever nearer.
  40. music
    Hilary Duff Has a New Music Video, and It Is GoodSecond time’s a charm.
  41. casting couch
    Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman Will Be in Ted 2It’s just like Batman Begins, only with a talking teddy bear.
  42. Here’s Your First Look at Christopher Walken As Captain HookIf you were wondering how campy this project would be, the answer is apparently “very.”
  43. This Is How Wiz Khalifa Gets Through a BreakupBy listening to LCD Soundsystem’s “Someone Great.”
  44. The Next X-Men Will Recast Storm, Cyclops, and Jean GreyX-Men: Apocalypse will feature younger versions of the classic trio.
  45. books
    Why You Should Read (or Reread) Gone Girl Before Seeing the MovieJust do it already.
  46. movies
    Steven Soderbergh Took the Sound and Color Out of Indiana JonesIt’s to teach us a lesson about the art of staging.
  47. movies
    This Is What Vin Diesel Looks Like With a Giant BeardIt’s from the upcoming Last Witch Hunter.
  48. music
    What Could Thom Yorke’s Mysterious White Record Mean? Here Are a Few GuessesThe Radiohead front man posted an enigmatic image online.
  49. tv
    Netflix Finds That Some People Spoil TV As an Interpersonal Power PlayThe streaming giant hired a cultural anthropologist, who found that Americans don’t really mind spoilers.
  50. Charles Dance Might Be Back on Game of ThronesCould we finally be getting flashbacks?
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