Over the rainbow

“That is unusual,” he said. “We’ve seen folks moving a little bit more cautiously, what they would say is strategically.” This year, businesses are anxious about their involvement. While some are sticking to it, others are scaling back donations or declining to participate entirely. They’rescared of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI stanceand threats of retribution. They’re worried about the potentialsocial media backlash. And they’re reacting accordingly. “There’s a variety of responses....

April 3, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Heather Hall

PulseIs DOA

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Pulsemakes clear from its earliest shots that a critical percentage of its creative drive has been phoned in. This is not wherePulses interests lie. Xander gets put on administrative leave, and in his absence, Danny gets his job. This is immediately suspect, of course. She accuses him of harassment and then directly benefits from the accusation?...

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Christina Welch

Rock Hall Nominee Power Rankings: Who’s Rolling on Top?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Why get yourself into a tizzy when Rob Halford and Dolly Parton are nuzzling to Jolene together? Or Jimmy Page coming out of his self-imposed guitar retirement to shred for Link Wrays ghost? Lets speculate on whos getting inducted next. The2025 shortlistconsists of 14 very different artists with devoted followings. (The only strict requirement is you become eligible 25 years after the release of your first recording....

April 3, 2025 · 5 min · 966 words · Kurt Bass

Telematrix No. 12: April 3, 2025

A new Telematrix drops every Monday and Thursday. Try our daily grid gameCinematrix. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Tap a clue to see a headshot or get more details. The Telematrix uses data fromTMDB. Want to play more grid games? Contact us atcinematrix@vulture.comwith questions or feedback.

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 56 words · Dawn Davis

The 10 Best Val Kilmer Movies You Can Stream Right Now

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Val Kilmer was one of the most interesting actors of his generation. (WatchValon Prime Video to learn more about his past few decades.) Actually, pick two. Chronologically … Top Secret! You might be one!Available to rent on Amazon Prime Video. We didnt know how good we had it.Streaming on Disney+. It feels like he doesnt get the part inHeatwithout this movie....

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Willie Francis

The Best Part of Denzel Washington’sOthelloIs the Kanye West Song

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But despite the ridiculousness of this attempted ESP, there is one legitimately forward-thinking moment. It is the Sunday Services cover of Kanye Wests song Ultralight Beam that plays when audiences exit the theater. Many of the audience members didnt seem to know what it was at all. Hes too loaded of a figure to invoke right now without intention....

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Dustin Perry

The Brushstroke Puzzle

New crosswords dropped every weekday. Find all our gameshere. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. More Crosswords Tags:

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 27 words · Jerry Ellis

The NewM3GANShould Be CalledMORG4N

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The long-anticipatedM3GAN 2.0trailer is here, and its intriguing. (Moxies are real, cost $800, and werenot long for this world.) Think about it: Four is one more than three. (Just like Allison Williams in this movie, I am a woman in STEM.) If the first movie wasM3GAN,it only makes sense that the sequel should have beenMEG4N.Are you keeping up?...

April 3, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Carl Allen

The PittRecap: No Adequate Words

The Pitt Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It remains haunting and emotionally impactful even as the chaos subsides. I know in my heart a Dana the Charge Nurse hug would be healing! This shift will break us all! Everyone needs him and no one can find him. The man may have never recovered. Whitaker sits with him at first but then stands up and reaches for his hand....

April 3, 2025 · 3 min · 574 words · Eric Clark

The weird new work hack

A few months ago, I began noticing an unusual pattern across my digital feeds. Wherever I scrolled, people kept telling me toplay Tetris. But I quickly realized that I was late to the party. Research on how the brain adapts to playing Tetris goes back even further. But how exactly does it work? Tetris was created in 1984 as an arcade game in Soviet Moscow by the scientistAlexey Pajitnov. Players couldn’t get enough....

April 3, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · David Anderson

The Wheel of TimeRecap: Party Hard

The Wheel of Time Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. A rowdy, bawdy drinking song is always gonna win me over. Im too big a fan ofLes MiserablesandZZ Topto feel otherwise. My notes read, in bold caps,ITS VERYWICKER MANAND IT RULES. Its also revealing, I think, of the bindThe Wheel of Timefinds itself in. But more importantly, its stranded neatly between the shows two more or less incompatible strengths....

April 3, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Angela Owens

TheWicked: For GoodTrailer Does Sound Wonderful

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. And good for them! We aresohappy for the movie-theater owners! We are definitely not currently screaming into a pillow with jealous rage! As Leslie Knope once said,Sky-writing isnt always positive. Related Tags:

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 47 words · Charles Hale

Top ChefRecap: Duck, Duck, Goosed

Top Chef Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The problem with liking everyone currently competing onTop Chefis that every elimination will be devastating. Before we get to that, though, lets get to the Quickfire. The kitchen is intriguingly set up with game-show-style podiums and buzzers, thenJeopardy!champsAmy SchneiderandMattea Roach. Clearly, Amys a real one. Now its time to play. The chefs break into three groups....

April 3, 2025 · 3 min · 501 words · Vincent Ellis