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Can Netflix Make Star Search Happen?

A live weekly competition show with new tech and … Jelly Roll? “We believe there’s an appetite for it.” By Josef Adalian

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Ilia Malinin Is a Proud Cat Dad

Ahead of the Olympics, the superstar figure skater muses on chocolate milk, overthinking, and How to Train Your Dragon. By Megh Wright

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Watching Straight Men Watch Heated Rivalry

The romance phenomenon has captivated the dudes and bros. By Kathryn VanArendonk

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‘An Ark’ at the Shed Is All Headsets, No Heartbeat

Mixed reality yields full banality. Plus: Better ideas at the January theater festivals. By Sara Holdren

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The Traitors Recap: Ding-dong Things get so ugly at the roundtable that not even the Traitors feel good about the chaos in the castle.
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Dance, Dunk, Dance! A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms throws a Westeros celebration that doesn’t end in murder, and it is a joyous relief.
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The Disappear Vanishes Up Its Own Navel In Erica Schmidt’s drama, the characters are meant to be self-absorbed but also visionary artists. They’re good at the first part.
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‘An Ark’ at the Shed Is All Headsets, No Heartbeat Mixed reality yields full banality. Plus: Better ideas at the January theater festivals.
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The Bone Temple May Be the Best Thing Ralph Fiennes Has Ever Done In his hands, the 28 Years Later sequel becomes funny and moving as it grapples with misery.
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The Traitors Is Playing Its Villain Game Perfectly Colton and Michael’s thrilling display of bad versus worse makes for great television.
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Is Glorious Just as crazy and moving as the prior film but with an even stronger vision of human cruelty, this one takes the zombie series in new directions.
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More Like Game of Bros A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms reclaims Westeros for the everyman.
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Ponies Is for the Besties Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson’s chemistry makes the incoherent spy drama series worth the ride.
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Being a Woman Is a Prison Between the Wrigley reveal and Pippa and Diana’s secret romance, I am officially shipping the cheaters.
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An Offer You Can’t Refuse Parliament-smoking, mafia-bred guests have arrived to raise hell on the final charter of the season.
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Hostile Takeover Gizelle’s coup of the Aspen trip leaves Angel backed into a corner and creates more misery than entertainment.
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Big Ser The latest Game of Thrones spin-off follows a lovable loser who introduces us to a different side of Westeros.
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A Christmas Carol Yasmin struggles to fulfill her function as Henry’s wife in a Dickensian nightmare of a stand-alone episode.
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Tricki Woo Lives The heartwarming return of the true star of the series: Tricki Woo.
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Finn Wolfhard Gets By With a Little Help From His Friends Finn Wolfhard trades the Upside Down for 30 Rock to ring in the post-Bowen Yang era.
Landman (S2/E10)

Diminished Capacity After weeks of wheel-spinning, Landman ends its second season by leaning into Tommy’s questionable new partnership with a murderer.
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Sketch Me Like One of Your Drag Queens The RDR Live scripts are so awful that it’s impossible to tell how the queens actually perform in the challenge. It’s brutal to watch.
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streamliner Netflix’s Star Search Will Let You Vote With Your Remote No app, no texting, no phone calls. Is this the future of reality TV? By Eric Vilas-Boas
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now streaming The 9 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Tune into some guys being dudes. By Savannah Salazar
the industry Ted Sarandos Says He Wants Movies in Theaters, Actually “With 45-day windows,” the Netflix CEO said. By Eric Vilas-Boas

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“moon” Why the Massively Hung Zombie Wears Clothes in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple The nudity (or lack thereof) of the “alpha” reflects his surprisingly moving arc throughout the new movie. By Louis Peitzman

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Matt Damon Says Netflix Wants Movies to Restate the Plot

Because people are on their phones while watching movies at home. By Alejandra Gularte

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sundance 2026 Amy Redford Remembers Father Robert Redford’s Legacy Ahead of Sundance “It’s like a community that comes home every single year.” By Alejandra Gularte
obits Roger Allers, Co-Director of The Lion King, Dead at 76 Allers’ work is all over what then-CEO Michael Eisner called “the Disney Decade.” By Bethy Squires

666 The Bone Temple May Be the Best Thing Ralph Fiennes Has Ever Done In his hands, the 28 Years Later sequel becomes funny and moving as it grapples with misery. By Alison Willmore
“moon” Why the Massively Hung Zombie Wears Clothes in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple The nudity (or lack thereof) of the “alpha” reflects his surprisingly moving arc throughout the new movie. By Louis Peitzman
now streaming The 9 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Tune into some guys being dudes. By Savannah Salazar
the industry Ted Sarandos Says He Wants Movies in Theaters, Actually “With 45-day windows,” the Netflix CEO said. By Eric Vilas-Boas
building hype James Cameron Wants to Bring Michelle Yeoh to Pandora He hopes she can star in the fourth Avatar film, if there is one. By Alejandra Gularte

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Netflix’s Star Search Will Let You Vote With Your Remote

No app, no texting, no phone calls. Is this the future of reality TV? By Eric Vilas-Boas

celebrity breakup randomizer Summer House’s Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke Are Breaking Up Just before the premiere of season ten. By Alejandra Gularte
who needs dragons? Dance, Dunk, Dance! A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms throws a Westeros celebration that doesn’t end in murder, and it is a joyous relief. By Roxana Hadadi
vulture politics CBS News Finally Airs 60 Minutes Story on CECOT The segment had previously been pulled — three hours before it was supposed to air — for “additional reporting.”
last night on late night Conformity Gate Is Real, But Only on SNL All the Stranger Things spinoffs, prequels, and midquels devised by Saturday Night Live. By Bethy Squires

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Netflix Is Taking Its Live Events to Extreme Heights Alex Honnold is climbing one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers live on January 23. By Alejandra Gularte

pics or it didn’t happen Ben Affleck Once Again Dragged Into Utah Reality TV Drama A reporter asked Affleck if he remembers meeting Lisa Barlow. By Alejandra Gularte
rainbow capitalism Heated Rivalry François Arnaud Hopes for ‘Actual Openness to Diversity’ in NHL “If you’re gonna use our name, back it up with real-life sh*t.” By Alejandra Gularte
cancel culture A Canceled Celebrity Rehab Reality Show? Oh, Boy No criminals allowed. By Alejandra Gularte
cast away A Few More Stars Just Booked a Trip to The White Lotus British comedian Steve Coogan is headed to France. By Alejandra Gularte

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Is Hilary Duff’s New Song About Her Sister Haylie?

She sings about wanting to reconnect with a family member she doesn’t talk to anymore. By Alejandra Gularte

lizzie’s back Hilary Duff Embraces the ‘With Love’ Dance During Comeback Concert She gave three fans their own Lizzie McGuire moment. By Alejandra Gularte
boss vs. ice Bruce Springsteen Dedicates Performance of ‘The Promised Land’ to Renee Good While slamming ICE’s “Gestapo tactics.” By Bethy Squires
long strange trip Watch John Mayer’s Eulogy for Bob Weir Mayer spoke in front of thousands gathered for Weir’s San Francisco memorial. By Bethy Squires

here we go again A$AP Rocky Says We ‘All Know’ Who His Diss Track Is About His new song, “Stole Ya Flow,” hints at Drake. By Alejandra Gularte
new music fri-yay Something Is About to Happen to Mitski (It’s an Album Release) Her new song and music video, “Where’s My Phone?,” is out now ahead of the full record. By Jason P. Frank
a long talk Joe Keery Used His Stranger Things Money to Defy the Music Industry He’s saying good-bye to the show that made him famous with the No. 1 song in the world. By Devon Ivie
joke jokes Ha-Ha-Harry Styles Has a Jokey New Album Title Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. is coming this March. By Jason P. Frank
profile Audrey Hobert Says She Scripted It All The rising pop star, known for her shrewd lyrics, is a screenwriter at heart. She’s already drafting her next chapter. By Carrie Battan

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Jennifer Lawrence Wants a Saturday Night Live Do-over

“I had walking pneumonia.” By Jason P. Frank

the promo Charli XCX Watched Every Movie. Now You Watch Hers. Every film ever has been leading up to The Moment. By Jason P. Frank
this week in late night Ben Affleck Entering Flow State Won Late Night This Week Plus Kristen Wiig catching up with old friend Seth Meyers and Marcello Hernández’s tight five on The Tonight Show. By Bethy Squires
snl Mike Myers Sought Expert Help for His Elon Musk Impression “I found myself doing a goofy South African Bond villain to Dr. Evil,” James Austin Johnson remembers. By Jesse David Fox

jokes The 2026 Awards Season in Opening Monologues Nikki Glaser and Chelsea Handler were both asked to return as hosts this year. Their Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards monologues showed why. By Hershal Pandya
i’m everywhere i’m so ilya Connor Storrie Is Ready to Do Bits The Heated Rivalry star is using his promo work to reveal a very un-Ilya sense of humor. By Jason P. Frank
the great bits Laurie Kilmartin Gets Away With It Her 2017 Conan set shows what truly edgy comedy looks like. By John Roy
gotcha! Wanda Sykes Uses Ricky Gervais’s Absence to Thank the Trans Community Gervais won a Golden Globe but didn’t show up to give a speech. By Jason P. Frank
nikki b. jerkin Nikki Glaser Gets Celebs to Laugh at Themselves The comedian returned to host for the second year in the row and even got Leonardo DiCaprio cracking up. By Fran Hoepfner

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The Disappear Vanishes Up Its Own Navel

In Erica Schmidt’s drama, the characters are meant to be self-absorbed but also visionary artists. They’re good at the first part. By Sara Holdren

move on Look, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey Are Making a Hat The Wicked co-stars will play George and Dot in the West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George. By Jason P. Frank
hello 12 hello 13 Just How Long Could an Adrien Brody Tonys Speech Be? He’s making his Broadway debut in The Fear of 13 alongside Tessa Thompson. By Jason P. Frank
another one Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center Just the latest group fleeing the (sigh) Trump-Kennedy Center. By Bethy Squires
theater review 30 Years Later, Is Bug Still Catching? The new production of Tracy Letts’s 1996 play, with Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood, is muted where it needs to make us squirm. By Sara Holdren

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Heated Rivalry Is Chess What’s hockey if not literally a cold war? By Rebecca Alter

leaving for good Stephen Schwartz Won’t ‘Set Foot’ in the Trump-Kennedy Center The Wicked composer is leaving, for good. By Bethy Squires
politics Kennedy Center President Asked for $1 Million in Damages After Musician Canceled Chuck Redd canceled his Christmas Eve performance at the last minute due to the Trump name change. By Alejandra Gularte
merry christmas! Does The Nutcracker Usually Have Tony Hawk? Hey, it makes as much sense as Mother Ginger. By Bethy Squires
the law Playwrights Horizons Sued Over BIPOC Night Discount Ed Blum, the lawyer who led a Supreme Court case against affirmative action, is taking on New York theater discounts. By Jason P. Frank

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Books

author’s note Colleen Hoover Insists Her New Book Isn’t About Herself Woman Down follows a “frustrated author” facing “viral backlash over her latest film adaptation.” By Jennifer Zhan
announcements Book Gossip Is Going Biweekly New York’s newsletter about what the literati are really thinking is entering a new chapter. By Jasmine Vojdani
book review Promising Young Women Buzzy author Madeline Cash shows great potential in this morbidly funny debut novel. By Niela Orr
score! There’s a New Heated Rivalry Book on the Way Unrivaled has a cover, a synopsis, and a 2026 release date. By Alejandra Gularte
must reads 8 New Books You Should Read This January A Faustian tale from Knausgaard, a debut novel from Forever Magazine’s Madeline Cash, and a memoir about homeschooling in Texas. By Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani

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Art

2026 preview 10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2026 Will the New Museum actually reopen? By Jerry Saltz
art review The Crazed Cataclysms of Nicole Eisenman Her paintings at David Zwirner are delirious indictments of politics, art, and money. By Jerry Saltz
furniture Bianca Censori Made Some Medical Sex-Dungeon Furniture The designer and wife of Kanye West says it’s about “collapsing the distinction between object, body, and idol.” By Clio Chang
reasons to love new york How the Painter Sasha Gordon Marshaled Her Monsters “People assume I’m a bitchy, confident artist when I’m actually really afraid of everything.” By Adam Moss
rip Frank Gehry, World-Famous Postmodern Architect, Dead at 96 Gehry is one of only two architects to guest star on The Simpsons. By Bethy Squires