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Hotel TV Hits Different
It just does. Even if it’s bad—sometimes especially if it’s bad—hotel TV is a friend you can count on, and asks almost nothing of you in return. An ode to the must-half-watch shows that make even holiday travel worth enduring.
Culture
Make Reacher Your Holiday Binge
Gifts wrapped? Stockings hung? Great. You've got time to go on a Dad TV bender with airport-novel legend Jack Reacher, master detective and big galoot. 'Tis the season—for vengeance!
Culture
‘Percy Jackson’ Stars Walker Scobell, Leah Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri Talk “Curl-Offs,” Minotaurs, and Stealing Props From the Gods
A very serious conversation with Disney+'s new Olympians.
Culture
This Was the Year Gay Sex Onscreen Got Really Good
From streaming sensations like Red, White & Royal Blue to prestige films like All of Us Strangers, gay intimacy was suddenly everywhere on film and TV this year.
Culture
This Was the Year Gary Oldman Embraced His Inner Crank
In the third season of AppleTV+'s Slow Horses and his Presidential cameo in Oppenheimer, Oldman let his nastiness off its leash, to delightful effect.
Culture
Here's What People Actually Watch on Netflix, According to Netflix
Embracing transparency like never before, the streamer has dropped the first in a series of biannual reports on what Netflix users chilled in front of during the first 6 months of this year. Here's what's in it.
Culture
This Was the Year Emma Stone Could Do Anything, and Did
She was already an Oscar-winning actor, but in 2023, Stone brought her talent and her clout to risky, unique projects, taking big swings and connecting every time.
Style
This Was the Year Jenna Lyons Brought Real Style to Reality TV
The former J.Crew president redefined Real Housewives and gave us something worth aspiring to again.
Culture
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Ending: Larry David Bids Farewell to “Larry David,” and a Nation Mourns
Goodnight, sweet misanthrope! The upcoming season of the iconic HBO series will be its last.
Culture
Andre Braugher Never Stopped Growing
From the stage to Homicide to Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the actor kept adding new dimensions to his screen persona. His death at 61 leaves us wondering where he would have gone from here.
Culture
Confirmed: Leave the World Behind Takes Place in the Mr. Robot Extended Universe
More like Leave Some Easter Eggs Around!
Culture
Rick and Morty's Seventh Season Was One of the Best Yet
In its first new episodes without co-creator and lead voice actor Justin Roiland, the Adult Swim series got deeper, darker, and—ah, geez— grosser than ever.
Culture
This Was the Year of Prestige Godzilla Content
In Godzilla Minus One and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, a legendary entertainer who's been everything from a metaphor for nuclear destruction to a fast-food pitch-a-saurus stomped into a new lane
Culture
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie Is the Nostalgic Reunion We Need
Monk creator Andy Breckman talks to GQ about getting the band back together, what makes Tony Shalhoub so great, and the other Monk movie that almost was.
Culture
Sam Esmail’s Top Five Favorite Things of 2023, Including the Sports Upset He’s Literally Waited His Whole Life For
The Leave the World Behind director and Mr. Robot creator spent 2023 listening to Lil Yachty and not worrying (too much) about AI.
Culture
I Was Not Prepared for the Magnetic Charisma of the Young Bruce Willis
In ‘Moonlighting,’ streaming now on Hulu, he came out of nowhere—and was a megawatt movie star from minute one.
Culture
‘Fargo’ Creator Noah Hawley Talks About Going Back to Basics for Season 5, and Putting Nipple Rings on Jon Hamm
Plus: A post-strike update on Hawley's Alien prequel series.
Sales (Lifestyle)
Hulu Is Basically Free Now
An absurd Black Friday deal lets new and former customers stream for less than a dollar per month.
Culture
The Original ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Cast, Definitively Power-Ranked
Back in 2010, Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim featured early work by a couple of Avengers, a Roy, and a galaxy of other future stars. As Netflix gets the band back together for an animated series, we've ranked the post-Pilgrim achievements of the ensemble that conquered the world.
Style
Frasier’s Menswear Legacy Lives On, Reboot Be Damned
Not even a blasphemous pair of blue jeans can compromise the Wassily-chaired swag of the Messrs Crane.