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Jenna Ortega Settles Into Fame Ahead of Wednesday Season 2 and a Beetlejuice Sequel

The actor opens up about her epic, exciting, and sometimes slightly overwhelming year—and her friendships with Winona Ryder, Tim Burton, and the rest of the superstar underworld.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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?
Breakout Star

Meghann Fahy Takes Flight: From The White Lotus to The Perfect Couple

Comedy, singing, scandal, attempted murder? She can do it all.
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.”
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.”
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.
Q&A

Industry Season 3 Is Dark, Addictive, and Filled With “Beautiful Fuckups”

Creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay open up about new cast member Kit Harington, Succession/Industry overlap, and the odds that their cult HBO drama gets a fourth season.
Little Gold Men

How Ripley Changed Dakota Fanning: “If I Can Do That, I Can Do Anything”

After nearly 25 years onscreen, Fanning just received her first Emmy nomination for the Netflix series. She tells Vanity Fair why it represents her next chapter in Hollywood: “People feel like they know me, but then they also don’t.”
anti-smoking psa?

No, David Lynch Is Not Retiring Due to Emphysema

After rumors swirled that the iconic filmmaker was retiring because of a lung condition, the Twin Peaks director set the record straight: “I will never retire.”
When they go lohar...

Who is Lohar on House of the Dragon?

On the season two finale of House of the Dragon, we meet an eccentric and bawdy new admiral named Lohar, played by British actor Abigail Thorn.
First Look

Brian Jordan Alvarez’s English Teacher Has an Angle but Doesn’t Feel Like Homework

Its creators hope this sharp, silly FX series can be “a microcosm of all the stupid arguments that everyone’s having with each other all the time.”
Finales

House of the Dragon Should End After Season Three

HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series had a mostly strong second season, but it’s time to start wrapping things up.
spoiler alert

The Last of Us: Everything We Know About Season 2

You thought season one’s ending was bleak? Here’s what to expect from the breakout HBO drama’s even darker next season, with major spoilers from the second Last of Us video game.