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Staff writer Rebecca Alter thinks her opinions about pop culture are valid, actually. She covers comedy, TV, movies, and celebrities behaving oddly.

  1. spellcasting
    HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, Daniel Radcliffe, 2001.
    Harry Potter Hires a Hogwarts HeadmasterReportedly casting John Lithgow as Dumbledore.
  2. bop or flop
    Is Kyle Gordon’s ‘Selekta’ a Banger or Bad Bangers and Mash?“Blood on my trainers? I can’t risk it.”
  3. last night on late night
    Amanda Seyfried Should Do a Joni Mitchell BiopicShe’s running.
  4. the streaming blues
    97th Oscars - Show
    Hulu’s Oscars Stream Stopped Working Before Best PictureInterrupting Best Actress winner Mikey Madison as she accepted her award.
  5. oz-cars
    Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Did Dueling Dorothys to Open the OscarsSo if you care to find me, look to the Dolby Theatre.
  6. pretty statues
    Cheese: An Annotated History of the Oscar Class PhotoRevisiting 40 years of fancy midday Hollywood hangs.
  7. nom noms
    23 Punhinged Oscars Watch-Party Menu IdeasWho’s bringing “A Confit Unknown”?
  8. trailer mix
    Blake Lively Seeks Revenge in Another Simple Favor TrailerThe only missing person in this sequel is Ryan Reynolds’s gin brand.
  9. works in progress
    Closers OnlyBob Odenkirk, Kieran Culkin, and Bill Burr battle for the top of the Glengarry Glen Ross leaderboard.
  10. chat room
    Tayme Thapthimthong Needs You to Feel How Much Gaitok Loves MookThe White Lotus actor also did all his own stunts for episode two: “We were falling down on the hot concrete for take after take after take.”
  11. escandalo
    Hilaria Baldwin Says Forgetting the English Word for Cucumber Is Normal“That’s called being human.”
  12. extras! extras!
    Wicked Is Finally Flying Onto Streaming (With Hours of Extras)Oh, Miss Elphaba. The things one watches these days!
  13. julianne ‘the resistance’ moore
    Why Is the Pentagon So Scared of Julianne Moore?Book-ban insanity comes for Freckleface Strawberry.
  14. holding space for jesus
    Cynthia Erivo Is Hollywood Bowl JesusPraying to Lord (and Savior) Andrew Lloyd Webber for an Ariana Grande Judas.
  15. saturday night pride
    Pedro Pascal Comes Out as Domingo’s Gay Brother on SNLOf course he stans Sabrina Carpenter!
  16. fake pop stars
    It’s Valentine’s Day, and John Malkovich Wants to Funk YouWith Nile Rodgers and The-Dream’s help, of course.
  17. weird jobs
    Saturday Night Live - Justin Timberlake, Beyonce
    29 Cast Members and Writers’ ‘Welcome to SNL’ Moment“When I realized they were seriously trying me out as Biden on my first episode.”
  18. yikes
    My Most Embarrassing SNL MemoryAn insult from Colin Farrell, accidental full-frontal nudity, and 23 other memories of 8H cringe.
  19. phoen-ing it in
    You Mean to Tell Me Michael Cera’s Never Done a Wes Anderson Movie Until Now?The Phoenician Scheme will hit theaters this spring.
  20. vulture sports betting
    Super Bowl LVIII - San Francisco 49ers v Kansas City Chiefs
    Predicting the Celebrities in Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl SquadWho’s on the guest list if this game turns into an engagement party?
  21. trip friendly
    Netflix Hitches Its Wagon to a Little House on the Prairie RebootGreat news for Mas and Pas.
  22. vulture travel
    Start Making Your Reservations for The White Lotus Season 3A new trailer has high tensions and humidity.
  23. awards season
    There’s a Conclave Character for Every Oscar MovieAwards season! It’s kind of like a conclave, as seen in 2024’s Conclave. Don’t you think?
  24. not another wicked blog
    Steve From Sex and the City Did Not Play a Tiny Monkey in WickedDo they teach media literacy at Shiz?
  25. cancellations
    Critics Choice Awards Set New Date After L.A. Wildfires DelaysWhile the annual Oscars Nominees luncheon has been canceled.
  26. coffee and cigarettes
    An Extensive Guide to the Surreal Commercials of David LynchFrom PSAs to PS2.
  27. damn fine friends
    Kyle MacLachlan Remembers David Lynch, ‘the Best Version of Human’“He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath.”
  28. rip
    David Lynch, Legendary Filmmaker, Dead at 78“There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’”
  29. not my serkis not my monkeys
    The BAFTAs Went Bananas for Monkey MoviesThe BAFTAs sure aren’t flinging ‘boo!’ at these flicks.
  30. hyperfixations in action
    Celebrity Sightings - Bauer-Griffin - 2003
    Jay Leno Feeds L.A. Wildfire First Responders From a Vintage Fire TruckWork with the resources you got!
  31. encounter
    Banish Me, DaddyAlan Cumming is reshaping the idea of a reality-TV host with his unbending performance as the mad king of Traitors.
  32. clandestinely
    ‘Pope-ular’ Would’ve CrushedFine, we’ll do it.
  33. moddedcontroller360
    Timothée Chalamet Enters the Nardwuar-verseHis delightful promo tour for A Complete Unknown continues apace.
  34. rankings
    Why Can’t Music Biopics Be Good?The worst of the genre, ranked.
  35. potshots
    Attention Must Be Paid to HwaBoonMaybe Happy Ending director Michael Arden gets in the weeds talking about the Broadway show’s breakout houseplant.
  36. essential episodes
    The 100 Best Simpsons EpisodesThe only guide you’ll ever need.
  37. australian cinema
    Oh My Dog, They’re Making a Bluey Movie!A Bluevie!
  38. endings
    Joker: Folie à Deux’s Twist Ending Is a Lot Like Lightyear, in a WayTurns out we were watching the origin story of the human that the Joker is based on.
  39. the vulture transcript
    Two Blondes Walk Into an OperaParis Hilton and Nicole Richie weren’t planning to reunite on TV. Then the stage came calling.
  40. bodies bodies bodies
    Release the Shirtless Fiyero-Boq Cut!Trisha Paytas and Bowen Yang have exposed the biggest cut-for-time scandal this side of SNL.
  41. baby no-duh
    Teeny-Tiny Grogu to Grace Big, Big ScreenJeremy Allen White joined the cast of The Mandalorian & Grogu as another baby. 
  42. lumon+
    Severance Heads Back Into the Office for Season TwoThe new trailer welcomes us back into Lumon.
  43. profile
    Big Tits, Trim Ankles, and a PeabodyBridget Everett reflects on the life and death of her TV masterpiece Somebody Somewhere: “I can’t imagine anything else being this good.”
  44. coming soon
    Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie Are Opera Impresarios Now“When you think about Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton, you don’t go to opera.” “You don’t?”
  45. sexy death boat
    Joshua Jackson
    Every Sea-mergency on Doctor OdysseyEsteemed character actor Fred Melamed has pica, and you won’t believe the things he eats.
  46. an urgent plea
    Muppet*Vision 3D Should Be a National Heritage SiteThe only way to ensure that this gem of a Disney World theatrical experience is protected is straight-up government intervention.
  47. au hasard dillamond
    The ‘Wicked’ Movie Made One Huge Improvement to the Stage ShowSomething good is happening in Oz.
  48. unretirement plan
    Cameron Diaz Unretires From Acting for an Annie (2014) ReunionShe picks up right where she left off in the new trailer with Jamie Foxx.
  49. a great idea worth demanding
    Bridget Everett Should Host Saturday Night LiveI can’t believe I even have to explain this.
  50. the maple ceiling
    A Canadian Coming-of-Age Gem Is Finally Available in the U.S.Chandler Levack’s I Like Movies will make you want to hug your old DVDs tight and call your mom.
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