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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. movies
    Keanu Reeves Had a Home Invader Chilling in His LibraryWhoa.
  2. music
    Dr. Dre’s Detox Is Not Called That AnymoreSo it goes.
  3. vulture lists
    14 TV and Movie Characters Whom Wilco Helped Grow UpFor man-children and actual children alike, the music of Jeff Tweedy has provided much-needed opportunities for maturation.
  4. tv
    How I Met Your Mother Finally Explained ‘The Pineapple Incident’Shockingly, it involves the Captain.
  5. music
    Listen to Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury’s Unreleased Early ’80s DuetThe King of Pop and Queen — if only they’d invited Prince!
  6. movies
    Ben Affleck Really Was Counting Cards at That CasinoAlso, he meant to look that puffy.
  7. music
    Jack White Has Opinions on the Foo Fighters and RollingStone.com [Updated]Don’t call it a “rant,” though, or he’ll yell at you, too.
  8. music
    U2 Has a Secret Plan to ‘Save the Music Industry’Not by giving away its album for free. Something else.
  9. books
    Here Is the Longlist for the 2014 National Book Award for FictionThe winner will be announced November 19.
  10. movies
    Ben Affleck’s Creepy Smile Got Him Cast in Gone GirlThe director found “about 50 shots” of Affleck giving a perfeectly creepy smile.
  11. racial profiling
    TMZ Releases Audio of ‘Kissing While Black’ StopTMZ accuses the actress of “playing the race card.”
  12. comics
    Alison Bechdel Wins MacArthur Genius GrantThe cartoonist will spend her $650,000 grant on “really boring stuff.”
  13. books
    See Neil Patrick Harris’s Very Charming Book TrailerHis book’s called Choose Your Own Autobiography.
  14. movies
    Cara Delevingne Will Star in the Latest John Green AdaptationYes, that Cara Delevingne.
  15. You May Enjoy This Photo of Benedict Cumberbatch Dressed As Mr. DarcyIt’s for cancer research, don’t ask questions.
  16. tv
    Judd Apatow’s New Show Is Coming to NetflixLove will star Gillian Jacobs and Comedy Bang! Bang!’s Paul Rust.
  17. tv
    See Tommy Chong’s Dancing With the Stars DanceCo-starring Cheech Marin and a lowrider.
  18. ratings
    Sons of Anarchy Premiere Sets FX Ratings RecordSons of Anarchy is doing Breaking Bad numbers.
  19. movies
    Everything We Know About Brangelina’s By the SeaThe period piece is Jolie’s latest directorial effort.
  20. music
    Robin Thicke Unleashes the Afroman Defense in ‘Blurred Lines’ Deposition“I didn’t do a single interview last year without being high.”
  21. music
    Watch Lorde Cover Kanye West’s ‘Flashing Lights’Also: the Bon Iver song from Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here.
  22. music
    See the First Part of Beyoncé and Jay Z’s Tour Film, ‘Bang Bang’Fifty percent spaghetti Western, 50 percent French New Wave, and 100 percent film school.
  23. tv
    Watch Sesame Street’s Star Wars Parody, ‘Star S’mores’Starring Luke Piewalker, Flan Solo, and Only One Cannoli.
  24. music
    Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj Performed the ‘Flawless’ Remix in ParisNicki’s in Paris.
  25. music
    Grimes Hated Her New Album, So She Threw It OutAs she told the New York Times, “It sucked.”
  26. music
    Apple Spent at Least $100 Million on That Free U2 AlbumIt costs a lot of money to do creepy and invasive things to people’s computers.
  27. tv
    HBO Is ‘Seriously Considering’ Offering Stand-alone HBO GoThe arc of the streaming universe is long, but it bends towards justice.
  28. headshots
    See Chris Pratt’s ‘Douchemaster’ Headshot From the Year 2000Burt Macklin, meet Douchemaster McChest.
  29. movies
    Tom Hardy Is ‘Probably’ Done With Rom-ComsHe was emotionally scarred by the film’s production.
  30. music
    Grandmas Keep Facebook-Tagging Grandmaster FlashFacebook is like a jungle sometimes.
  31. last night on late night
    Watch Billy Eichner Scream at David LettermanThe pair played “Celebrity Child or Kentucky Derby Winner?”
  32. trailer park
    See J.Law and Bradley in Yet Another FilmThe movie screens at the London Film Festival in October.
  33. Iggy Azalea’s Yearbook Photos Remind Us That Her Real Name Is Amethyst KellyJust a normal Australian teen in the normal Australian town of Mullumbimby.
  34. Katie Holmes Is Directing Her First FilmA mother-daughter recession drama, written by Josh Boone.
  35. obits
    Bond Villain Richard Kiel Has DiedHe was 74.
  36. movies
    See the New Batmobile and the New Millennium FalconLet’s all nerd out together.
  37. gilmore girls
    Gilmore Girls Is Coming to Netflix!On October 1.
  38. courtney love
    This 2010 Courtney Love Performance Is a Beautiful Mess“Sweetie, I don’t need my voice, so I can lose it.”
  39. this thing looks like that thing
    Did Apple Rip Off an OK Go Music Video?The band’s manager says the tech giant’s latest promo borrows heavily from their video for “The Writing’s on the Wall.”
  40. oral history
    How The Room Became the Biggest Cult Film of the Past DecadeTen years ago, a small independent film with a terrible script, a no-name director, and a cast of unknowns premiered.