Winning Time Recap: Press Conference Massacre

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1453 words  |  Elina Uphoff

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty The Hamburger Hamlet Season 2 Episode 5 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty The Hamburger Hamlet Season 2 Episode 5 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » It’s no coincidence that the two best episodes of Winning Time this season, last week’s and this week’s, unfold over the shortest period of time. [Read More]

Woody Allens Wonder Wheel Is Obvious and Old-Hat

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  877 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel, the highly anticipated closing-night presentation of the 55th New York Film Festival, opens with Justin Timberlake as a 1950s Coney Island lifeguard named “Mickey Rubin” (Irish? Jewish? Baptist like Timberlake?) addressing the camera, explaining that he wants to be a major American dramatist like Eugene O’Neill and suggesting the story that follows (in which he’s a participant) will be a larger-than-life melodrama with strong characters and metaphors. [Read More]

Yes,PodcastListenership Is Still on the Rise

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  24 minutes  |  5111 words  |  Zora Stowers

Oh, you like podcasts? Sign up for Vulture’s new recommendation newsletter 1.5x Speed here. Oh, you like podcasts? Sign up for Vulture’s new recommendation newsletter 1.5x Speed here. If you’re a longtime Hot Pod reader, you probably know that I hold Edison Research’s annual Infinite Dial study in high regard. The survey-based study of digital media usage has been the longest-running measure of podcast audiences going back to the medium’s earliest days, and as a result, the story they’re able to tell is the one I consider the most reliable. [Read More]

YFN Lucci Wanted for Murder in Atlanta Shooting

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  219 words  |  Aldo Pusey

YFN Lucci, real name Rayshawn Bennett. Atlanta rapper YFN Lucci is wanted by police for a shooting on December 10, 2020 that killed one victim and left another injured, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. YFN Lucci, whose real name is Rayshawn Bennett, is wanted on charges of felony murder, aggravated assault, participating in criminal street-gang activity, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Atlanta police said Tuesday. [Read More]

Your Honor Recap: All in the Family

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1388 words  |  Janel Helmers

Your Honor Part Fifteen Season 2 Episode 5 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Your Honor Part Fifteen Season 2 Episode 5 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Michael Desiato tanked his career and his reputation to save his son. His efforts are the foundational element of Your Honor, which means that this is a series about family and the allegiances people within different families have to one another. [Read More]

Your Honor Recap: Sins of the Father

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1407 words  |  Elina Uphoff

Your Honor Part Eighteen Season 2 Episode 8 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Your Honor Part Eighteen Season 2 Episode 8 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Off the top, congratulations to the writers of Your Honor for not following through on what would have been an all-timer of a telegraphed death — akin to Goose getting a visit from his wife and kid before a mission with Maverick in Top Gun (parodied excellently here in Hot Shots! [Read More]

Youre Having a Peaceful Day, Then Boom! Lenny Kravitz Naked.

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  237 words  |  Janel Helmers

Does Lenny Kravitz want me to get caught saying nasty things in 4K? The thirst trap music video for his new single, “TK421,” off his upcoming album, Blue Electric Light, is a Prince-coded funk-rock number. But it’s also Lenny Kravitz being Lenny Kravitz: begging, promising a good time. “All I’m asking is for you to break the seal / So we can dance our way to the divine,” he sings. [Read More]

Youre Missing the Point if You Try to Understand Prince

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  988 words  |  Janel Helmers

June 1985, Detroit, Michigan, USA — Prince on Stage in Detroit for His Birthday — Image by © Ross Marino/Sygma/Corbis Prince was a genius. Prince was a pop star. Prince played guitar, keyboard, drums, bass, and probably piccolo at virtuoso level. Prince danced, sang, produced, and composed, and did it all better and more originally and audaciously than just about any human ever. He was not like you or me. [Read More]

Zac Efron Went to Rehab for a Cocaine Problem

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  95 words  |  Elina Uphoff

Actor Zac Efron arrives at the “Parkland” premiere during the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 6, 2013 in Toronto, Canada. According to several tabloid reports, Zac Efron was in rehab about five months ago for what’s being called a “serious” cocaine addiction. The drug use was apparently a problem on the set of Neighbors; Efron has already completed his treatment. His rep did not comment (not even to say, “Look how good we are at keeping secrets”). [Read More]