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  1. chat room
    ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Is Still Waiting for SZA to Return His Phone CallThe creation of his new polka medley involved advice from his daughter and a favor from Jamie Lee Curtis.
    By Jesse David Fox
  2. finale thoughts
    ‘The Fascist, the Narcissist, the Villain Has Won’The big bad of The Boys has never been ambiguous to Antony Starr.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  3. closure
    Nava Mau Brought the ‘Teri Fire’ to Baby ReindeerOn separating the character from her real-life inspiration and her most difficult day on set.
    By Manuel Betancourt
  4. finale thoughts
    Even Tom Hollander Felt Pressure Holding Court for the Swans“You know they’re all interesting people themselves, but you have all the lines in the scene.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  5. a long talk
    A Royale LineageThe Carol Burnett Show inspired her career. Now Kristen Wiig stars in a TV show with her hero.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  6. encounter
    Night Country’s Kali Reis Claims Another VictoryShe fought in HBO’s first women’s boxing match in 2018. Now she’s sparring opposite Jodie Foster in True Detective’s fourth outing.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  7. crimson sky
    Shōgun’s Anna Sawai Felt Freest in Lady Mariko’s Final Decision“Up until then I had to hold it all in.”
    By Nicholas Quah
  8. chat room
    Gayle Rankin Was ‘Struggling Every Day’ to Define Alys RiversBut we should know more of the Witch Queen of Harrenhal’s story before HOTD’s season ends, she teases.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  9. chat room
    House of the Dragon’s Ewan Mitchell Wanted His Nude Scene to Shock You“All of these people in front of him? They mean nothing.”
    By Sean T. Collins
  10. legends
    Let Jiminy Glick Host the Next Presidential DebateFor Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s co–head writer, Martin Short’s guest-hosting week was like “comedy-nerd fantasy camp.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  11. exit interview
    ‘The Team Wanted It to Be the Next Mamma Mia!’Corey Cott on why theatergoers and Tonys voters snubbed The Heart of Rock and Roll.
    By Devon Ivie
  12. a long talk
    Ali Siddiq Is FreeHe sold drugs. He went to prison. Then he became stand-up comedy’s most prolific storyteller.
    By Jesse David Fox
  13. ‘yielding flesh’
    Making Bridgerton Sound Hotter Is Her Day JobMeet the Polin stan responsible for the Netflix romance’s extra-spicy audio descriptions.
    By Savannah Salazar
  14. late night news
    Say Good-bye to Late Night With Seth Meyers’s Live Band“Seth has been a big champion of ours from the get-go,” keyboardist Eli Janney says. “They couldn’t have been nicer about it.”
    By Hershal Pandya
  15. a long talk
    Matt and Bowen Enter the Honesty ZoneEight years into Las Culturistas, its hosts are recalibrating how open they want to be.
    By Jason P. Frank
  16. documentary renaissance
    What If Game of Thrones and Succession Had a Docu-Baby?How Ren Faire’s Lance Oppenheim used an aging king, a kettle-corn prince, and Shrek to make “a portrait of an American empire in retrograde.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  17. a new chapter
    Power Trip Spreads the GospelFour years after longtime front man Riley Gale’s death, the band needed a new way forward. They found one in vocalist Seth Gilmore.
    By Paula Mejía
  18. the 8h days
    Gail Matthius’s Short Time on the SNL ‘Playground’The voice behind iconic ’90s kids’ cartoons reflects on her brief stint during the Eddie Murphy era.
    By Andy Hoglund
  19. interview
    Eita Okuno Relished Being Shōgun’s Flamboyant Peacock“Considering the time period, that hairstyle was considered very avant-garde, wild and crazy.”
    By Bethy Squires
  20. live from studio 8h
    Heidi Gardner Couldn’t Prepare for What She SawA sketch about Beavis and Butt-Head made the SNL star break after years of resistance. She’s “still trying to figure out what exactly happened.”
    By Devon Ivie
  21. a long talk
    Giancarlo Esposito Finds Elegance in Every Bad GuyThe Gentleman and Parish are giving one of Hollywood’s greatest journeymen his long-deferred shot at antihero stardom.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  22. exit interview
    ‘I Hate Clear Blue Skies’Why Steven Zaillian brought a monstrous, black-and-white version of The Talented Mr. Ripley to Netflix.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  23. backstory
    How Civil War Pulled Off Its Vicious White House SiegeAlex Garland needed Tyler Perry’s 330-acre studio, a Navy SEAL, and a dry sense of humor.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  24. chat room
    Tokuma Nishioka Brought the Shōgun Set to Tears“I looked around and they were clapping, very, very silently, and some of them were crying. I thought, I guess I did well.”
    By Roxana Hadadi
  25. interview
    Yuki Kura Is Proud to be Shōgun’s Failson“He’s quite a fortunate, happy person, considering all the mistakes he made.”
    By Bethy Squires
  26. interview
    Shōgun’s Moeka Hoshi Knows the Power of Good Communication“I see Fuji as a flexible person. Or, rather, she becomes as such.”
    By Ben Rosenstock
  27. chat room
    3 Body Problem’s Jess Hong Can’t Believe Jin Let Her Friend Donate His Brain“You have to be so ambitious to allow that kind of desire to surface.”
    By Ben Rosenstock
  28. in conversation
    The One and Only Benedict WongSpy. Scientist. Sorcerer Supreme. Finally, with 3 Body Problem, the actor plays someone like himself.
    By Nicholas Quah
  29. chat room
    Andrea Riseborough on Co-Parenting With The Regime’s Dictator“I spent a great deal of time moving air purifiers and bowls of steaming potatoes in and out of rooms.”
    By Jen Chaney
  30. exit interview
    The 3 Body Problem Creators Just Want to Give You More Spectacle“By the last season or two, we would be giving people an experience they’ve never had before.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  31. finale thoughts
    3 Body Problem Made Rosalind Chao a Braver PerformerAnd inspired her to watch herself onscreen for the first time in decades.
    By Sean T. Collins
  32. a long talk
    J.B. Smoove on Being Curb’s Biggest Fan Turned Star“My wife always told me, ‘You’re going to be on that show one day.’”
    By Jason Diamond
  33. good one
    This Is JuddThe director’s recent DGA Awards monologue was a window into current industry trends. He has some thoughts.
    By Jesse David Fox
  34. it takes one to know one
    The Art of the Royal Doppelgänger PhotoThere’s no better expert to turn to about faking a Kate Middleton shot than Alison Jackson.
    By David Mack
  35. chat room
    Love Is Blind’s AD Smith Is Sorry She Made You CryThe season-six main character talks about where she stands with her many suitors.
    By Sarah Hagi
  36. chat room
    Everybody Wants Curb’s Susie Essman to Yell at Them“Larry saves me for himself.”
    By Emma Alpern
  37. chat room
    Sarah Ann Bick Didn’t Go on Love Is Blind to Make Friends“I got what I came for.”
    By Sarah Hagi
  38. chat room
    Feud’s Chloë Sevigny Wants Hollywood to Read More BooksAnd to think beyond adaptations: “Appreciate more literary figures.”
    By Marah Eakin
  39. interview
    OPPENHEIMER
    How Cillian Murphy Found His ‘Resting Physicist’s Face’“My job is to convince the audience that Oppenheimer knows what he’s doing. I really spent most of the time working on his psychology.”
    By Bilge Ebiri
  40. interview
    OPPENHEIMER
    It Sure Feels Good to Have Robert Downey Jr. Onscreen AgainDowney wanted a new experience, and he got it in his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer role.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  41. interview
    Oscar Winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph Never Let the Buzz Get to Her HeadThe Holdovers star poured so much detail into Mary Lamb and that extra effort helped win her the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  42. encounter
    Banish Me, DaddyAlan Cumming is reshaping the idea of a reality TV host with his unbending performance as the mad king of Traitors.
    By Rebecca Alter
  43. a long talk
    The Action Sofia Boutella Wants to SeeThe busiest woman in genre film is asking writers and editors to treat her face-smashing characters as seriously as she does.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  44. augustus whoops
    Glasgow’s Sad Oompa Loompa Isn’t Gonna Sugarcoat This“I don’t know how else you can put sprinkles on shit, but we were trying to be the sprinkles on shit.”
    By David Mack
  45. chat room
    Feud’s Diane Lane on the Dual Tragedies of Slim Keith“She had experience with this kind of betrayal, a previous scar. It was a very character-defining thing.”
    By Marah Eakin
  46. chat room
    Feud’s James Baldwin Was Real to Chris Chalk“If I think of playing it as his imagination, does it become some sort of fetishism? It’s better for me to just play him as a real human.”
    By Manuel Betancourt
  47. dun done
    Just to Clarify, Sam Waterston Is Not RetiringAs he says good-bye to Law & Order (again), the former Jack McCoy has a message for casting directors: Call him!
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  48. influences
    How Meat Loaf, Elden Ring, and the Apocalypse Inspired MGMT’s Loss of Life“I don’t think I’ve ever played piano like that.”
    By Justin Curto
  49. chat room
    Don’t Play With Love Is Blind’s Laura Dadisman“You’re not sitting here and lying to my face thinking I don’t smell your bullshit.”
    By Tirhakah Love
  50. exit interview
    Issa López Wants You to DecideThe showrunner calls True Detective: Night Country’s ambiguous ending “my gift and my curse.”
    By Roxana Hadadi
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