The Last of Us Will Invade Your PsycheThe HBO video-game adaptation is a reminder of how effective postapocalyptic storytelling can be no matter how well trod the territory.
These Magazines Ran on Nepo BabiesRevisiting the golden age of celebrity magazine interns — from a Springsteen at Rolling Stone to a Hanks at Vanity Fair.
ByShawn McCreesh
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How a Nepo Baby Is BornHollywood has always loved the children of famous people. In 2022, the internet reduced them to two little words.
ByNate Jones
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Fashion Loves a Familiar FaceA guide to the ever-expanding world of nepo baby models, from Kaia Gerber to Lila Grace Moss.
Nobody Loves a Nepo Baby Like Ryan MurphyIn his series American Horror Story, the super-producer can’t help but sprinkle insider youths with recognizable last names into the credits.
Park Chan-wook Leaves You HangingHis latest film, Decision to Leave, may be romantic, but that doesn’t mean the director is done with extreme violence.
ByAlison Willmore
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SZA Wants It AllSOS processes loss and success and pain and desire from the middle of millions of ogling eyes.
ByCraig Jenkins
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The Best Theater of 2022We’ll never return to whatever normal was, but there’s been lots to root for amid the flux.
Lee Pace Stays Just Out of ReachThe recipient of this year’s very official Vulture Honorary Degree is a master at making us want more of him.
ByKathryn VanArendonk
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The Spectacular Life of Octavia E. ButlerThe story of the girl who grew up in Pasadena, took the bus, loved her mom and grandmother, and wrote herself into the world.