Notes on the Grungy Years: Two Novelists Talk About 1970s New York

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Both are also narrated by young men with problematic dads. So Im wondering, what did the Dakota signify for you when you were growing up in the neighborhood? Tom Barbash:It was like a huge, slightly frightening, and gorgeous castle. And it was soot-covered back then. I guess theyve cleaned it up. But back then, it was...

December 6, 2018 · 3 min · 515 words · Daniel Kennedy

Oscar Futures: How the Golden Globe Nominations Reshuffled the Race

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. At the Globes, he made the cut in this category over Yorgos Lanthimos and Barry Jenkins. Lees been campaigning hard, andBlacKkKlansmanhas legs. Plus, the overdue narrative is strong here. They snubbed it entirely, suggesting whatever Warners is hiding, its not good. After a disappointing box-office haul, Steve McQueens film was left off the ballot completely at the Globes....

December 6, 2018 · 1 min · 134 words · Stephen Barker

Richard E. Grant on His Golden Globe Nomination, and Iconic Gay Bar Julius’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Last week at theGotham awards, Vulture heard that he was an avid awards-season watcher. Is the rumor true? So, knowing what happens at the awards is always kind of a gamble on a horse race. Its always interesting predicting whos going to make it and who isnt. I just never imagined that I might be part of that one day....

December 6, 2018 · 2 min · 347 words · Cassandra Hernandez

Richard Madden onBodyguard’s Globes Nominations, Saying ‘Ma’am,’ and Singing inRocketman

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I couldnt believe that this has happened. Ive had to bring myself down to the earth to get my head back into it. Bodyguardwas a hit in the U.K. before it went on Netflix in the U.S. and elsewhere. Im really glad that weve got this platform that we get to share this show. I had to be very delicate so you can convey what was important and relevant to his character....

December 6, 2018 · 2 min · 283 words · Rodney Garcia

Senegalese Photographer Omar Victor Diop’s Regal Portraiture

Spend 47 days in the art world withSeen. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. You kind of take it for granted. It stands to reason that Diop doesnt get back here as often as he would like. Though he photographs himself, these arent self-portraits. For him these characters are merely using his body. Diop glances back at the ocean. Yes, I need to come here more often....

December 6, 2018 · 7 min · 1296 words · Rebecca Williams

South ParkRecap: Amazon Comes to Town

South Park Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. from local government officialsnot named Ocasio-Cortezhas been maddening. (See how the worker begins to question his determination? Without his Amazon Prime status, he fluctuates between being and non-being.) This week, however, theyve done good and done it well. Frightening as the notion may be, this show is a space where public opinion is born....

December 6, 2018 · 1 min · 105 words · Christina Gillespie

Steve Buscemi Plays God on Simon Rich’s New TBS Show,Miracle Workers

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Like Michael Scott, God seems like someone who was promoted well beyond their ability. Or does only Hermes get shoes with wings? Either way,Miracle Workerspremieres February 12.

December 6, 2018 · 1 min · 42 words · Renee Small

Succession,AtlantaScore WGA TV Nominations

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. TheGolden Globesarent the only awards body giving TV shows their shine today. On Thursday afternoon, the Writers Guild of America released the nominees for all its TV honors. Winners will be honored at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 17. See the full list of nominees below. (Santa Clarita Diet)Kimmy and the Beest!

December 6, 2018 · 1 min · 70 words · Gabrielle Mitchell

The 10 Best Art Shows of 2018

Including an abstract pioneer and presidential portraiture. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. However you view this gesture, it felt great, apt, and went viral. More vividly, it demonstrated how much meaning a new context can give to a particular work. First at the Spring/Break Art Show with a pair of huge concrete feet. Chuke shines a searchlight into arts future and current politics with ambition, ease, and love....

December 6, 2018 · 2 min · 293 words · Christopher Harris

The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2019 Golden Globe Nominations

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The2019 Golden Globes nomineesare here, so its time to get prognosticating. Who suffered the biggest snub? What landed the biggest surprise nomination? Who got a nod because the Hollywood Foreign Press Association loves movie stars? And howdour predictionsturn out? For the HFPA, it seems its always 2006. WithGreen BookandMary Poppins, it seems theres room for more than one feel-good film in this years race....

December 6, 2018 · 2 min · 216 words · Megan Martinez

The Gatekeepers of SoundCloud Rap

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. And how do you listen to it? Theyre teenagers from the suburbs; he lives in the city, and works within the music industry. This year they told him they were listening to XXXTentacion, 6ix9ine, and the Migos. And how do the kids find these artists? They just go on SoundCloud and search the phrase sad music....

December 6, 2018 · 7 min · 1354 words · Margaret Newman

The Good PlaceRecap: Void (Where Prohibited)

The Good Place Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Pushing further, Michael discovers that no human lately has been good enough. Not one single Golden Girl. Jason-Janet, meanwhile, pretends to be Eleanor by saying, Im Arizona shrimp horny … oh dip!) (Theres something beautifully poetic about that.) But even those skeptics would have to admit that a lots happened over these past two episodes....

December 6, 2018 · 1 min · 155 words · Lisa Flores

The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselRecap: You Can’t Have Everything

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Strap yourselves in, everyone, because Look, She Made a Hat covers a lot of ground. At least he has his kindly spinster secretary Mrs. Moskowitz around to warn him about venereal disease. Sacrifices have to be made, and they could come in the form of her new romance. However, he also creates the kinds of paintings that render Midge speechless....

December 6, 2018 · 2 min · 280 words · Timothy Hawkins