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Lamorne Morris Levels Up: “I Want to Be Morgan Freeman”
Between Fargo and the forthcoming Saturday Night, the newly minted Emmy nominee has started working at a caliber he’s long strived to reach. He tells Vanity Fair how he’s seizing the moment.
By David Canfield
Exclusive
Was Abraham Lincoln a Lover of Men?
In a new documentary, more than a dozen scholars come together to argue that Lincoln had sexual relationships with multiple men. As one puts it, “We’re taking a scholarly interpretation that has been bubbling up for generations—and that, finally in 2024, has found its moment to be expressed.”
By David Canfield
Little Gold Men
How Jon Hamm Designed Two Modern American Villains: “I Can’t Just Play This Guy as a Buffoon”
The Emmy winner is nominated this year for two very different roles—both of which speak rather presciently to our current political moment.
By David Canfield
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
The Bachelor: Grant Ellis Set to Become Franchise’s Second-Ever Black Male Lead
The man who will front season 29 of the ABC dating series was unveiled following his elimination on the latest episode of Jenn Tran’s Bachelorette season.
By Savannah Walsh
meow-maw
Glenn Close Seemingly Shades JD Vance After Playing His Mamaw in Hillbilly Elegy
Until now, Close hasn’t publicly addressed Vance’s role as Trump’s running mate—three years after she earned an Oscar nomination for playing his grandmother in the movie adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy.
By Savannah Walsh
just bein' miley
Miley Cyrus Honored as Youngest-Ever Disney Legend, Jokes About Being “Created in a Lab”
Just ask her best friend Lesley: She's (still) just being Miley.
By Kase Wickman
God himself could not sink this ship
Celine Dion Calls Out Trump Campaign's Titanic Misstep
The iconic singer took the former president's campaign to task over its use of “My Heart Will Go On.”
By Eve Batey
Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremonies Expected to Feature Tom Cruise, Billie Eilish, and Handoff to Los Angeles
The 2024 Olympics officially end on Sunday. Here's what to know.
By Eve Batey
hyperbole isn't the worst crime
Hugh Jackman Passion Project The Greatest Showman Will be Transformed into a Live Theater Event
Disney's iconic take on the P.T. Barnum tale will be adapted into an on-stage musical.
By Eve Batey
Review
Blake Lively Finds Meaning in the Melodrama of It Ends With Us
Movie star shine illuminates this adaptation of a tricky, smash-hit novel.
By Richard Lawson
Shot List
How The Crown’s Finale Returned to the Very Beginning—in More Ways Than One
A deep dive into the visuals of the Emmy-winning Netflix hit’s first and final episodes, and how together they tell the story of this 60-hour royal family epic.
By David Canfield
In Case You Hadn’t Noticed
Dan Stevens Is Down to Get Weird
More than a decade after leaving Downton Abbey, the Cuckoo star reflects on what he’s learned—and passed on to costar Hunter Schafer: “I think it was refreshing and delightful for her to realize that not every job needs to be like Euphoria.”
By Savannah Walsh
FROM THE MAGAZINE
The Universe According to Geraldine Viswanathan
After breaking out in Blockers, the actor has continued to shoot for the stars, soaring toward her biggest year yet with a Will Ferrell–Reese Witherspoon comedy and a new role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
By Savannah WalshPhotography by Andrew Jacobs
in full bloom
It Ends With Us: The 5 Biggest Changes From Book to Movie
The big-screen version of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel ages up the characters and scraps a whole Ellen DeGeneres subplot.
By Savannah Walsh
on the scene
The BlackStar Film Festival Has a Mission, and Plenty of Ambition
“We always want to be at the vanguard,” says founder Maori Karmael Holmes. “We don’t want to replace the bigger festivals. We want to be nipping at the heels.”
By Arimeta Diop
Review
Industry Season Three Is an Enthralling Trip to the Bank
HBO’s heir apparent to Succession delivers a captivating, just-shy-of-overstuffed run of episodes.
By Richard Lawson
Little Gold Men
How Will the Presidential Election Affect This Year’s Oscar Race?
The outcome of the 2016 election was ever present at the Academy Awards that followed four months later. Could this year be the same?
By Rebecca Ford
Breakout Star
Meghann Fahy Takes Flight: From The White Lotus to The Perfect Couple
Comedy, singing, scandal, attempted murder? She can do it all.
By Hillary BusisPhotography by Dan Martensen
sorry to this man
Keke Palmer’s Mother Says Dan Schneider Sets Were “Very Weird, Very Cultish”
“The parents were very secretive, and I honestly thought they all took themselves way too seriously.”
By Savannah Walsh
everybody loves a winner
Liza Minnelli Is Writing a Memoir Because She’s “Mad as Hell”
In a statement to People, Minnelli expressed disappointment with other representations of her life and revealed that she’s releasing a memoir set to hit stands in spring of 2026: “It’s my own damn story.”
By Chris Murphy
live from new york
Who Will Play Tim Walz and JD Vance on Saturday Night Live?
With Maya Rudolph and James Austin Johnson locked in as Harris and Trump, here’s who could bring their running mates to life in Studio 8H.
By Savannah Walsh