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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. do ny cheap
    RIP Thrifty Boy: Nathan Fielder’s Fake Blog’s Greatest HitsThe Rehearsal’s funniest Easter egg is also its cheapest.
  2. weird little guys
    Grogu Just Green Gizmo, Gripes Gremlins’ Joe DanteThe director thinks Baby Yoda was “completely stolen and is just out-and-out copied. Shamelessly, I would think.”
  3. mental health
    Constance Wu Felt Like She Didn’t ‘Deserve to Live’ After Social-Media BacklashShe returned to Twitter three years after she “ignited outrage and internet shaming that got pretty severe.”
  4. q&a
    Julie Klausner and Tom Scharpling Have Podcast Advice for Alec BaldwinAnd they had Dylan Farrow on Double Threat to dole it out.
  5. ooooooh!
    Bo Burnham Will Direct Kate Berlant’s One-Woman Show, KateIt’s the year of Kate.
  6. waystar royco
    Has Succession Season 4 Started Production? Uh-huh.UPDATE: Logan loves his children.
  7. trailer mix
    Eddie Munster Conspicuously Missing From The Munsters TrailerWhat We Do in the Shadows called. They want their lighting back.
  8. vulture jr.
    Mum! Dad! Bingo! and Bluey Are Coming to Disney+Australia’s greatest export will release its new season in two parts.
  9. if someone takes a spill…
    Samantha Ware Responds to Lea Michele’s Funny Girl CastingNot so funny, girl.
  10. mcu-nionize
    Waititi Taikes the Piss out of Thor: Love and Thunder’s VFXNo, the blame doesn’t lie with overworked effects artists.
  11. rip
    Twin Peaks Actor Lenny Von Dohlen Dead at 63He played Harold Smith in the show’s second season.
  12. the law
    Roy Moore Can’t Sue Sacha Baron Cohen Over a Prank, Courts Say“His pusillanimous and fraudulent conduct must be stopped,” said the comic-book villain.
  13. nooooooo
    Earth Becomes Less Gentle With Cancellation of Joe Pera Talks With You“Hey, if I never make anything else, this was the show I always wanted to see and I’m glad it now exists. But hopefully that’s not the case.”
  14. silly goose
    Hugh Grant, Movie Prime Minister, Trolls Real Prime Minister’s ResignationSubterfHughge.
  15. trailer mix
    Please Tell Me Whyyy There’s a Clerks III Trailer“A sequel? What am I, a hack?”
  16. experimental cinema
    Nathan Fielder Plays God in The Rehearsal TrailerForget Timothée. Nathan is Willy Wonka now.
  17. scams
    Chloe Fineman Almost Got Got by Anna DelveyThe SNL star finally received the sketch she ordered, after telling The View she never got it.
  18. fmawn
    Sigourney Weaver Will Be De-aged and Na’vi’d for Avatar 2What in the Polar Express …
  19. doing the work
    Busy Philipps Arrested at Supreme Court Protesting for Reproductive Rights“For equality!”
  20. get well soon
    Bret Michaels Hospitalized, Cancels Poison Show in Nashville“I’m working on being back 100% very soon & hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley Leppard/Joan and Classless Act!!!”
  21. let’s go grandmas
    Miles Teller Should Be the Next James Bond, Says Miles Teller’s Grandma“Miles is very proud of his genetic connection to the British Isles.”
  22. trailer mix
    Everything’s Trash but Phoebe Robinson’s New Show Looks Great“There’s no condom for your heart,” so you may catch feelings.
  23. trailer mix
    See How Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell RunNow what in the Benoit Blanc is going on here?
  24. tv’s nicole kidman
    Nicole Kidman to Make Heartbreak Feel Good in a Place Like Your HomeBaz Luhrmann is reworking his 2008 movie, Australia, into a miniseries.
  25. delicious bits
    A Deep, Sticky Dive Into John Early and Kate Berlant’s Hot-Caramel JokeCaramel is the new crypto in their special, Would It Kill You to Laugh?
  26. trailer mix
    Come, Little Millennials, the Hocus Pocus 2 Teaser Will Take Thee AwaySomething something virgins, something something black-flame candle.
  27. brave
    Thanks, NancyShe read a poem.
  28. i spy
    Baz Luhrmann Had 20 Minutes to Memorize Elvis Presley’s BedroomHe’s a visual Luhrner.
  29. rebecca is a food critic now
    KFC’s Jack Harlow Meal Is Finger-Lickin’ Mid“Turn my haters to consumers”? Honey, you’ve got it the wrong way ’round.
  30. hi gay
    HBO Max Can’t Get Enough Megan Stalter, Developing Comedy Pilot Church GirlsInspired by her own life experiences, the show will follow Stalter as a “Christian closeted lesbian” in Ohio.
  31. awards shows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the Las Culturistas Culture AwardsHigh: Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for the Tayla Swiff Award.
  32. beanbon
    Beanie Feldstein to March Her Wedding Band Out, Beat Her DrumCongrats to our favorite celebrity couple, BeanBon.
  33. trans rights
    Elliot Page Calls Out ‘People’s Obsession With the Binary’The Umbrella Academy actor opened up to Seth Meyers about his transition.
  34. vulture sclusie
    Will Ferrell Is Making a New Podcast With Bowen Yang and Matt RogersClown Parade: An Anthological Character Piece Carefully Curated by Las Culturistas premieres June 29.
  35. 2une
    Léa Seydoux Is the Latest A-Lister to Join Dune: Part Two CastFrench Crimes of the Future actress Léa Seydoux has been cast as Lady Margot in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel.
  36. bless my soul!
    Oi! Guy Ritchie’s Doin’ Disney’s Live-Action HerculesLock, stock, and five smoking muses.
  37. oatmeal bath
    To Film Top Gun, Miles Teller Had Jet Fuel in His Blood … LiterallyOh, you think all the microplastics in your body are bad? That’s cute.
  38. a long talk
    Regina Spektor, Before and AfterThe singer-songwriter on her new album, processing pain, and spotting demons.
  39. get well soon biebs
    Justin Bieber Reveals ‘Serious’ Facial Paralysis From Ramsay Hunt SyndromeHailey Bieber says Justin is “getting better every single day” and is “going to be totally okay.”
  40. alternate timelines
    Maya Rudolph Was Approached to Star in Killing Eve“But there was no way I was about to move to Europe for months. Like, how?”
  41. abominations
    Everything Everywhere’s Breakout Character Was Made from a Real Raccoon CorpseAnd Harry Shum Jr. wore it on his head while doing hibachi.
  42. just joshing
    Jeremy Renner Ghosted Josh BrolinTrouble in the MCU?
  43. rip
    Julee Cruise, Voice of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet, Dead at 65“I played her ‘Roam’ during her transition. Now she will roam forever.”
  44. chat room
    An Interview With Jeremy Strong’s Huge Pinkie RingThe Succession actor’s favorite piece of jewelry tells all.
  45. boycotts
    Big Thief Cancels Tel Aviv Shows After Fan BacklashThe group acknowledged they “have more learning to do,” and the Israeli music venue Barby responded by calling them “spineless.”
  46. double headers
    Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock Are Co-Headlining a London ShowAlert the Queen’s Guard!
  47. trailer mix
    Disney’s Strange World Teaser Is One for the Atlantis HeadsThe studio keeps trying to make adventure-pulp happen.
  48. profile
    Silly Little FreakoThe “Megan Stalter character” is its own comedy genre now. Where does the real person end and her personae begin?
  49. reading
    LeVar Burton Says ‘the Fix Was Always in’ Against Him at Jeopardy!Former executive producer Mike Richards allegedly said he “didn’t sense” Burton’s passion.
  50. trailer mix
    Pinocchio Trailer: Zemeckis Wishes for a Real … ly Uncanny Puppet BoyStare into the hollow depths of Joseph Gordon-Cricket’s eyes and despair.
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