The case for doing less. Photo-Illustration: Vulture/Getty Images During the first days of the 2019 impeachment hearings, the headline of an essay by the Washington Post columnist Monica Hesse floated the question “What does female authority sound like?” One of the earliest witnesses had been the acting ambassador to Ukraine, William B. Taylor Jr., a rather ordinary, if genial, middle-aged man. Afterward, Hesse noticed the name Walter Cronkite trending on Twitter.

This story first ran in Buffering, Vulture’s newsletter about the streaming industry. Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today! This story first ran in Buffering, Vulture’s newsletter about the streaming industry. Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today! Only Murders in the Building; Abbott Elementary. If they handed out medals in the streaming wars, Craig Erwich would have long ago snagged one for, if nothing else, longevity. Exactly ten years ago this week — April 7, 2014 to be precise — the veteran TV exec joined Hulu as the nascent streamer’s head of content.

In the wake of its February release, writer-director Jordan Peele’s debut film, Get Out, has done what few others in recent memory have — it’s a genre film that became a surprising box office success and cultural lightening rod, while centering on an exploration of racism and black identity. By its very nature, it shouldn’t be surprising that Get Out has inspired fraught conversations that have real-world implications.

Few anime shows have had as big a cultural footprint as Neon Genesis Evangelion. This is a thematically dense work of art as exhilarating as it is emotionally challenging, diving deep into themes of anxiety and depression while experimenting with the animation genre in ways not commonly seen on TV. When Evangelion first aired in 1995, the Japanese show quickly turned into a cultural touchstone, and its creator, Hideaki Anno, into an auteur, its overall effect on audiences not unlike that of, say, Twin Peaks in the U.

Waitress5Eva. There are musical revivals, and then there are musical re-pie-vals. Now that you’ve stopped reading this news post, time to get to the story: Sara Bareilles will return to Broadway this fall in the musical Waitress, slated to run from September 2 through January 9 of next year, with Bareilles in the lead role until October 17. But wait, you might ask, didn’t that musical close the January before the COVID pandemic?

“‘Jackie Daytona’ just had a ring to it, it was one of those moments where it was probably divine inspiration.” What We Do in the Shadows, which has been among the best shows on TV since it premiered last year, was one of the happy surprises of the 2020 Emmy nominations, earning recognition in Outstanding Comedy, Outstanding Comedy Writing (for three episodes), and several editing and cinematography categories.

Bill Cosby cemented his nickname and reputation as “America’s Dad” with his role as Cliff Huxtable, the beloved father on NBC’s 1984–1992 hit series The Cosby Show. Today, however, the comedian is known for dozens of allegations of sexual assault against him (all of which he has continuously denied). Cosby served nearly three years in prison for sexual assault before being released in 2021; the conviction was overturned because a prosecutor had promised not to charge him.

Maybe a ferry? Someone please get Idris Elba a bike: All other means of public and private transportation are shaping up to be his personal circles of hell, at least on the Apple TV+ series Hijack. After using his corporate negotiation skills — because that’s his profession, remember? — to survive a plane-jacking by a mysterious international crime syndicate in season one, Elba’s Sam Nelson is scheduled to return and (presumably) get his mode of transportation hijacked once more for the eventual second season of Hijack, where he’ll be joined by newly announced cast regulars Toby Jones (Mr.

Technically, it’s someone named Joe Rinaudo playing the American photoplayer, but this is the Internet, so “Grandpa Skrillex” it is! What If Skrillex Were a Grandpa? ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7t8HLrayrnV6YvK57kWloa2dgbXyovsCnm6mZXai4s7XLpZyxZpipuq0%3D

The Bikeriders (2024). Lana Del Rey’s Coachella prep sure sounds like a ride. In true Del Rey fashion, she turned what was ostensibly a thank-you post after her headlining set into an airing of grievances — beginning with her 15-year tour manager, who quit 37 days before the set. “Emily for stepping up as tour manager when Pete quit for no reason after 15 years because he was butt hurt that I got 10 comped bikes for free from Wally and randomly decided he was more of a stage designer than a tour manager …,” Del Rey wrote.