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  1. kanye
    Turns Out Those Two Doc Short Winners Hate Each OtherWhat was up with that lady who Kanye-d the Oscar winner?
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    Vulture Live-Blogs the OscarsDan Kois and Lane Brown will be your hosts for Vulture’s Oscar live-blog, so take a seat, fix a drink, and keep your cursor on your browser’s refresh button.
  3. will sling for food
    What Are the Job Prospects for a Fired Spider-Man?Good luck finding another journalism job, Peter Parker.
  4. for recreational purposes only
    Vulture’s Fantasy Oscar OddsForget the winners — what about the speeches, the tuxes, the grudges, and the inexplicable gaffes? That’s where Vulture’s Oscar Odds come in.
  5. The Loser ChroniclesWith his new novel, The Ask, Sam Lipsyte finds the funny in failure.
  6. performances of the week
    ‘Performances of the Week’: Tiger and Your Ideal ManA Flying Tomato, a guy who used to be in the News, a man your man could smell like, and more!
  7. performances of the week
    The Nard Dog, Bob Dylan, Betty White and MoreThis week’s great TV performances, in easy-to-digest video form.
  8. performances of the week
    Watch: 5 Great Video ClipsJimmy Fallon’s ‘Glee’ parody, Wallace Shawn as Jon Stewart’s therapist, Vanessa Williams impersonates herself, and more.
  9. ranters and ravers
    What’s the Worst Movie of 2009?With ballots and commentary from 43 critics, the Vulture Critics’ Poll is the definitive survey of crappiness in film.
  10. ranters and ravers
    Vulture’s Critics’ Poll: The Complete BallotsForty-three critics! One-hundred-and-seven movies! Find out who hated what and why.
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    The Anatomy of a Michael Cera Sex Scene, With Vulture Voice-over!See how, by failing at love, Michael Cera succeeds in the movies.
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    ‘For Your Consideration’ Ads: A Reader’s Guide to Oscar-Season VarietyFeaturing our patented Plausibilitron 2010™!
  13. best of 2009
    The Best Performances of 2009Featuring stunt-bikers, Jon Hamm, Broadway actors, rappers, a guy who shoves a $100 bill down his pants, and even Ryan Reynolds.
  14. best of 2009
    The Best Theater of 2009Broadway rose from the grave once again as producers hunted for provocation and originality alongside the star turns and tourist smashes.
  15. best of 2009
    The Best Comics of 2009Searing memoirs, nautical adventures, and an Afro-bedecked superhero with all the honeys on his side.
  16. The Stick ListNew York’s critics pick the television programs, books, movies, art, architecture, plays, and pop albums that we’ll still be talking ab […]
  17. comics
    Metropolis Sucked Before Superman Showed UpWhat was it like to live in Metropolis before Superman came to town?
  18. Dancing With the StarsFela! can get even a staid Broadway audience shaking its hips. Plus: Kenneth Lonergan’s midlife crisis.
  19. vulture lists
    Thirty-Four Ways New Moon the Movie Is Better Than New Moon the BookNo matter how passionately you love a florid, overwritten, hilarious book, the movie can be EVEN BETTER.
  20. 9 Roald Dahl Movies, RankedWhat’s the best Roald Dahl movie of all time? You might be surprised.
  21. The Kindness of StrangersLiv Ullmann and Cate Blanchett reinvent Blanche Dubois.
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    Playwright Ann Marie Healy on Living in a World Without Men and What It Means to Be ‘A Nice Young Girl From Publishing’The up-and-coming playwright speaks about her new work, ‘What Once We Felt,’ which opened yesterday at Lincoln Center.
  23. The Lady With (Almost) All the AnswersSometimes a veneer of professionalism is the only thing masking all-out panic. Julie White, in The Understudy, gives us both at once.
  24. Three’s CompanyGossip Girl’s recent three-way raised the ire of the Parents Television Council, who called the scene “reckless and irresponsible.” The three-wa […]
  25. Magical RealistKate Baldwin on the improbable return of Finian’s Rainbow.
  26. The Phantom MenaceSir Andrew Lloyd Webber recently previewed Love Never Dies, the sequel to the 21-years-and-counting musical Phantom of the Opera, for press in L […]
  27. Drama RushThe season’s October boomlet, from Hamlet to Princess Leia.
  28. caring narcissists
    Is Tucker Max the Next Tyler Perry?A grassroots following under the radar of the mainstream media. A new movie everyone’s dismissing. Sound familiar?
  29. natural selection
    Are Christians Really Keeping the Charles Darwin Movie Out of U.S. Theaters?Hold off on the angry tweeting for now.
  30. What’s in the New Book????If anyone can divine the contents of The Lost Symbol, it’s Dan … Burstein.
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    Death Has a Sense of Humor: Anatomy of a Final Destination Death, With Vulture Voice-over!In Vulture’s first-ever video-commentary track, Lane Brown and Dan Kois explain ‘Final Destination’ death scenes.
  32. ranters and ravers
    Halloween II and Final Destination Close the Summer of Film-Critic IrrelevanceWarner Bros. and the Weinsteins make a big mistake.
  33. More MooreAt last, a new book.
  34. vulture lists
    Seth Rogen: A Career in T-shirtsEvery great actor has his instrument. For Seth Rogen, it’s T-shirts.
  35. drama
    Kois on the Minnesota Wedding Video: Why It Might Be the Best Theater You’ll See All YearKois: “I didn’t think I’d love it, but I do — not just as a wedding but as a superbly directed bit of musical theater.”
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    6 Harry Potter Movies: From ‘Riddikulus’ to BrilliantVulture’s crack team of Nobel Prize–winning pop-culture mathematicians investigate the Potter pantheon.
  37. Comics ReliefFinally, the great New York (graphic) novel.
  38. Diary of a MarathonOn seeing uproarious three-part farce The Norman Conquests in one M&M-fueled day.
  39. felonies
    Does Seth Rogen Rape Anna Faris in Observe and Report?We assumed something in the movie would mitigate that uncomfortable sex scene. And then we saw the movie.
  40. Sunshine SupermenHair retains its wispy elation on Broadway. Plus, An Oresteia’s beautiful marathon of blood.
  41. Rambo ReduxA daffily powerful one-person play that re-creates the book First Blood. With M&Ms.
  42. 25 Things Zack Snyder Actually Got Right in WatchmenThe intentional pleasures! The unintentional laughs!
  43. The CanonTop comic-book minds pick New York’s finest.
  44. ProcessMaking the Watchmen’s New York.
  45. Mourning the Acceptance Speech Mickey Rourke Would’ve GivenWatch his Independent Spirit Awards speech to see why.
  46. departures
    How Departures Screwed Up Your Perfect BallotCrazed Oscar-blogger Tom O’Neil called it!
  47. beef
    Janusz Kaminski Starts Cinematography FeudDogme represent!
  48. Oscar Best Song Medley Looks Like Putumayo CD CoverSee video of the multiculti musical train wreck.
  49. for recreational purposes only
    Vulture’s Fantasy Oscar OddsWe’ve got the odds for the things you really care about, like the speeches, the dresses, and the inexplicable interpretive-dance routines.
  50. Who Worked Hardest for His Nomination?We rewatched the films starring Supporting Actor nominees and charted the one-shot scene-stealers, the quiet reflected-glory types, and the lead […]
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