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FIRST LOOK
Salem’s Lot Lives! Inside the Retro Retelling of Stephen King’s Vampire Story
Director Gary Dauberman, writer of It, explains how he made a ’70s-infused midnight movie out of the small-town saga.
By Anthony Breznican
Little Gold Men
Matt Bomer Says Even a Few Years Ago, Fellow Travelers Would Have Never Found Its Way to Him
The Emmy-nominated actor reflects on how opportunities are opening up for gay actors, with roles like Hawkins Fuller.
By Rebecca Ford
TV REVIEW
2024 DNC: A Torch-Passing, Glass-Ceiling-Cracking Night of TV
Hillary Clinton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Raphael Warnock shined at a largely conventional convention for a wild election.
By Joy Press
veep’d
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Says Kamala Harris Is Nothing Like Veep’s Selina Meyer
But she knows which character from the HBO series has “made love to many couches.”
By Savannah Walsh
Exclusive
The Piano Lesson First Look: How a Stage Classic Became a “Haunting” Directorial Debut From Malcolm Washington
Danielle Deadwyler, John David Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson star in the adaptation of August Wilson’s seminal play about a Black Pittsburgh family reckoning with the past.
By Chris Murphy
in memoriam
Phil Donahue, Daytime TV Titan and Steadfast Voice Against War, Dies at 88
Oprah Winfrey once called Donahue, who is survived by wife, Marlo Thomas, a “trailblazer who used the power of television to transform a nation.”
By Savannah Walsh
(non) normal people
John Oliver Begs Republicans to “Stop Being So F–king Weird”
“The ‘weird’ label has been particularly hard to shake because Republican candidates further down the ballot keep compounding it, including some who won primaries just this week.”
By Savannah Walsh
Obituary
Alain Delon: His Life In Photos
The internationally famous French actor died Sunday at age 88.
By Eve Batey
Still Watching
Lily Collins Likes When Emily in Paris Gets Messy
The star of Netflix’s hit rom-com fantasy stops by our Still Watching podcast.
By Richard Lawson
Awards Insider!
On The Bear, Ramy Youssef Found Stillness in Copenhagen
Through pictures he took while on location in Denmark, the Emmy-nominated director reveals how he created a “fine line between loneliness and quiet” for the standout season two episode “Honeydew.”
By Rebecca Ford
Awards Insider!
Father-Son Duo Eugene Levy and Dan Levy to Host Emmys 2024
“For two Canadians who won our Emmys in a literal quarantine tent, the idea of being asked to host this year in an actual theater was incentive enough,” the Schitt’s Creek stars said in a joint statement.
By Savannah Walsh
Exclusive
“I Have Sold My Soul to Dance Moms”: The Show’s Enigmatic Creator Speaks
For the first time since creating the popular but controversial reality series, which just spawned a new spin-off, Bryan Stinson confronts a complicated legacy: “Look, you’ve heard a lot about the show…what the girls go through, but this show prepared those girls for anything. There’s nothing that the girls could not do if they survive Dance Moms.”
By Savannah Walsh
sign of the times
Playing It Straight: For Queer Roles, Should an Actor’s Sexuality Matter?
Dynamic stars like Timothée Chalamet, Paul Mescal, and Josh O’Connor broke out in LGBTQ+ parts. Discuss.
By David Canfield
Investigations
Matthew Perry’s Assistant and Doctors Charged With Providing Him Ketamine
Five individuals have been indicted and charged with giving the Friends star the ketamine that led to his death last year.
By Chris Murphy
Awards Insider!
Venice Film Festival’s Artistic Director on the Boldest Films and Biggest Stars of the 2024 Lineup
Alberto Barbera reveals how he made the Italian festival the hottest spot to debut a film—and how it will juggle having both Brad and Angelina on the carpet.
By Rebecca Ford
baking love
How Zoë Kravitz Deliciously Trolled Channing Tatum
Is it cake, is it love, or is it both?
By Kase Wickman
Awards Insider!
Naomi Watts Reclaims the Spotlight: “I Know What Failure Feels Like. It’s Not That Bad”
Coming out of a bumpy period, this year features some of the best work in the first-time Emmy nominee’s decorated career: “I have energy, I have drive, I have ideas, and I do feel like, yes, I’m getting older.”
By David Canfield
First Look
Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna Have a Homecoming in La Máquina
The pair, who first costarred in 2001’s Y tu mamá también, return to Mexico for the new Hulu limited series about an aging boxer and his manager.
By Rebecca Ford
EXCLUSIVE
Rust Filmmaker Joel Souza Finally Speaks About Fatal Shooting on Set: “It Ruined Me”
In an emotional interview, the director mourns cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, unpacks his complicated relationship with Alec Baldwin, and discusses his reluctant return to finish the movie. Audiences will never see the scene that led to the horrific accident: “It vanishes in its entirety.”
By Anthony Breznican
FROM THE MAGAZINE
In My Old Ass, Maisy Stella Leaves Child Stardom Far Behind
She got famous alongside her sister on Nashville and YouTube—but in her new film costarring Aubrey Plaza, we get to see what Stella can really do.
By Anthony BreznicanPhotography by Daria Kobayashi Ritch