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Peak TV hasn't slowed down (yet).

Some things from the '80s really don't age well, such as offensive cultural stereotypes.

Audiences are more splintered than ever, and even the most popular television series can't seem to generate the same level of discussion as "Thrones." But there's reason to think the TV monoculture isn't gone forever.

No matter how many times Christopher Nolan assures us his new film, "Tenet," will revive the much-missed cinema-going experience, we must acknowledge that 2020 will be an odd year for summer movies.

Bop It, the popular kid's toy, started out as something called Remote Out-of-Control that required players to pull, twist, or bop it. The last one stuck.

You can't talk about America without talking about television; you can't talk about television without talking about reality TV; and you can't talk about reality TV without talking about "Survivor."

There's something soothing about watching a comedian who has been telling the same jokes for decades.

"Bands have been honest about how much they hate each other, and you never think, 'Oh, Thom Yorke must be the fucking Hitler of Radiohead."

Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series "Hollywood" deliberately skews Tinseltown's past in ways both big and small. We separate the facts from the fabrications.

TV sadcoms probe life's bleak truths more pointedly than many dramas do.

"Love Is Blind," "The Circle," and "Too Hot to Handle" exist in worlds where face-to-face interactions are limited and social skills are beginning to regress, which feels all too real in 2020. Let's dive in.

From coming-of-age stories to classics from your childhood to a tale of a (literally) killer leather jacket.

In a time when comedy is usually infused with drama or sadness ("Fleabag," "Bojack Horseman," "Flowers"), here is a shortform sketch show that revels in its simple and glorious silliness, toilet humor and all.

In the late '90s and early '00s, the MTV reality show was so prevalent that countless other shows and movies — from "Reality Bites" to "Chappelle's Show" to "Scrubs" — used it as a reference point.

Evan Puschak takes a deep dive into how Alan Moore's reboot of Marvelman brought superheroes into the real world.

Sondheim is the great bard of loneliness. These 12 songs from Sunday night's virtual concert show why.

With the news that the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in New York has closed, here's a roundup of 20 of the funniest under-the-radar shows, sketches and characters performed on the UCB New York stages.

From the car in "Ghostbusters" to Gipsy Danger in "Pacific Rim," here are the sizes of different vehicles in popular culture compared.

It's time to celebrate the other side of television — from the Kardashians to the best of "Survivor" to the antagonists we love to hate.

The main cast of NBC's hit show "Parks and Recreation" will return for the new special, which airs next week.

William Shakespeare was born this month in 1564, but the playwright's influence is unquestionable and his fingerprints are still all over modern film, literature and television.

We took a road trip to understand one of Hollywood's most captivating women: Hedy Lamarr.

Upright Citizen Brigade's co-founders Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh announced in an email today that they've decided to shut down the Hell's Kitchen UCB theater and the Training Center on 8th Avenue.

If you've reached the point in your stay-at-home life where re-watching every season of The Real Housewives of New York feels more like a punishment than a treat, it's time to stream some Shakespeare.

The cheeky charm of Netflix's reality dating show "Too Hot to Handle" all comes from narrator Desiree Burch, who is never onscreen but cracks jokes like she's binge-watching alongside viewers at home.

Recently, and not for the first time, the comedian's public persona has appeared to be at odds with her private actions.

Ten contestants are invited to an island, prohibited from having sex, and encouraged to become "authentically connected." This is not "Love Is Blind." It is something much, much worse.

Pushing back the Tokyo Games requires so much, all in the face of an unpredictable pandemic.

Netflix's new special tosses its audience some juicy scraps, but it's there to whet appetites, not spoil them.

Some were blasted by critics, some flopped at the box office and all are ripe to attain cult-classic status.

With the Best Picture-winning film hitting Hulu on Wednesday, the Ringer staff took a trip back to the Park family's modern, foreboding mansion.

Also, Lisa Kudrow is now part of the cast, so that's cool.

Sometimes it feels meditative, other times it feels like a mosh pit, but it always leaves you with a sense of awe.

After bars across America closed to stop the spread of COVID-19, more people starting streaming "Cheers" on Netflix for comfort.

Also, forget Lent: Colbert and Chance are eating steaks and fries in quarantine.

Desperate to watch some kind of previously unaired competition? "Jeopardy!" has you covered.

Wanted to watch X-Men's "The New Mutants" this weekend? Unfortunately you can't, but if you want to hit the same spot, here are five great movies that are like "New Mutants."

Covering 121 questions (or 28, if you're in a rush) and 400 characters, this test isn't your regular BuzzFeed personality quiz.

Numerous celebrities have stepped forward over the past few weeks to offer to read to us (and our children). LeVar Burton's is the voice we need right now.

Looking for a guide to when you can rent "Little Women," "Rise of Skywalker," "Sonic the Hedgehog" and other new releases? We've got a full 2020 VOD rental calendar for you to mark up.

While the Tony Sopranos and Don Drapers of the world have defined the modern era of TV, there's another trope — outlined by Michael Scott, Kendall Roy and Gob Bluth — that speaks to our times even better.

Moviegoers attending drive-ins during the pandemic — finding entertainment outside their homes, together with others, yet safely apart.

The industry is confronting a grim future: What if theaters stay dark all year? What if people are too afraid to go back when cinemas reopen?

"We wanted people who didn't know about 'The Office' and who were watching the Super Bowl to enjoy it. That caused us to think a little differently than we normally would."

From "The Right Stuff" to "Hoop Dreams," these aren't just time-wasters, but movies that use their extended running times as weapons.

This week, actor Michael Gaston started #readasonnet, challenging his friends and colleagues directly to share sonnets with the world.

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing the entertainment business into an unprecedented crisis.

With a moving lead performance by Kara Young, the intriguing new play shows how popular art can both distract us and serve as background for our pain.

Vulture's running record of the best horror movies of 2020 so far, including After Midnight, The Invisible Man, Color Out of Space, and more.

"Alive From New York" knows exactly what you want, and it doesn't hold back.

From the 1930s to this coming Friday's release of "The Invisible Man," cinema has always turned to the terrifying and grotesque to unmask our own twisted nature. What do all these have in common?

Take "second breakfast" shots with Gandalf, Frodo and the rest of the fellowship of the ring (in cardboard form).

Disney's Star Wars-themed Rise of the Resistance is a ride so immersive that calling it a ride seems reductive. And it's just a mere hint of where theme parks are headed in the future.

"All employees and contractors will be terminated as of today."

From Denis Villeneuve and Timothee Chalamet to David Fincher and Gary Oldman, here are the big 2020 collaborations we can't wait to see.

Oscar snubs are the tip of the iceberg. Five women at Sundance told VICE what it's like to be a filmmaker in a system that's designed for them to fail.

As the wild-eyed, mustachioed Dr. Robotnik, Sonic's nemesis, Jim Carrey taps back into the unpredictable energies of his golden era.

As showbiz scales up to battle Big Tech, Makan Delrahim, the nation's top antitrust regulator (and a former movie producer), is becoming as influential as any mogul over Netflix, Megamergers, the Writers Guild and maybe the entire future of the entertainment business.

From the Event Horizon to The Bad Place, we tour pop culture's finest visions of the underworld. Here is a list of our favorite versions of hell.

The Astor Place Opera House Riot of 1849 combined two of 19th-century America's favorite pastimes: going to the theater and rioting.