Dream Scenario starts off as a funny, thoughtful look at how we all live in public today. Some movies can be a little too clever for their own good. Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario starts off with a rich, surreal premise, and for much of its running time, it mixes playful, cringe-comic energy with an undercurrent of existential anxiety. But it eventually manages to undo much of what made it so tantalizing by turning metaphor and subtext into a more narrow-minded satire.

When you’re watching Westworld, pay special attention to the player piano in the saloon — at key moments, it could kick in a little Soundgarden, Rolling Stones, or even Radiohead for the paranoid androids and human guests inhabiting its world. It might seem both thrilling and a bit disconcerting when you first hear modern music in the Wild West setting, and that’s the point, according to show composer Ramin Djawadi, who also scores the music on Game of Thrones.

art June 17, 2014 8:00 am By Jerry Saltz Share Share Tweet Pin It 6 Photos For the past 150 years, pretty consistently, art movements moved in thrilling but unmysterious ways. They’d build on the inventions of several extraordinary artists or constellations of artists, gain followings, become what we call a movement or a school, influence everything around them, and then become diluted as they were taken up by more and more derivative talents.

It was No Respect Week here at Vulture, which meant we celebrated things that never seem to get any love: schlock rock, Adam Sandler cry-fests, romance novels, over-the-top action sequences, and, yes, a novelty song by a comedian whose catchphrase was “No respect.” Something else that doesn’t get appreciated enough? We leave you with the music of the American rock group Kiss. Let’s put Kiss in perspective. The biggest obstacle to a proper understanding of the band’s music has always been the makeup and merchandise.

Dear Chloe, Or Madison, or Avery, or Harper. I can never remember. Anyway, the bond between a father and daughter is a special one, which I will treasure for all my days. There will be jokes laughed at, heartbreaks comforted, and secrets shared. Unfortunately, you will be there too. I haven’t met you yet, but deep in my heart I already know how much you annoy me. One thing I want you to understand is that nobody is perfect, and our flaws are often what make us special.

Rita Moreno, John Amos, Valerie Bertinelli, and other collaborators reflect on working with the 101-year-old TV legend. Norman Lear. Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for VH1 Norman Lear. This post was originally published on July 27, 2022, to mark Norman Lear’s 100th birthday. We are republishing it after the news of Lear’s death, alongside Kathryn VanArendonk’s obituary for the TV legend. Television as we know it could not exist without Norman Lear. Throughout his 70-plus years in the business, the writer and producer brought topics like racism, abortion, divorce, drug use, and poverty to prime time.

Yikes! Chris Brown might be off the hook for an alleged battery case in Las Vegas, but that doesn’t mean his legal troubles are over. For once the tables have turned, and it’s Brown who could be taking someone to court. In an Instagram post, the singer alleges that a female fan broke into his home while he was out of town. According to TMZ, Brown returned to his California residence Wednesday night to find a naked woman he didn’t know in his bed.

Last year, Drake made a power play for rap regency with two wildly successful surprise retail mixtapes, an Apple deal that gave him a bimonthly Beats 1 radio show, and a string of releases from his own OVO Sound imprint. When his mettle was tested by Philly rapper Meek Mill’s charge that he used an uncredited writer for a verse, Drake responded with two surgically effective diss tracks — the smarmy “Charged Up” and the acerbic, Grammy-nominated “Back to Back” — and “Hotline Bling,” a single that would earn him the best solo sales and chart placements of his career.

Like any Brooklyn couple. These summer months have raged against love, tearing asunder the most famous of couples. But there is still hope for young love that has not been besmirched by nannies or The Voice. Community’s Alison Brie and James Franco’s little brother Dave are engaged! The couple have been dating since 2012, and Brie confirmed the news when she flashed her engagement ring at the premiere of Sleeping With Other People, which, hopefully, will not happen to them!

Actress Amber Tamblyn’snewest book of poetry, a collection called Dark Sparkler, is out this week, and mostly centers around dead or otherwise fabled Hollywood starlets. There is one who committed suicide by breathing carbon monoxide in her garage, one who jumped to her death off the “H” in the Hollywood sign, one who was strangled by her jealous ex-boyfriend in the driveway of their home. You’ll already know the stories of some (Dana Plato, Jayne Mansfield, Brittany Murphy), but others (Dominique Dunne, Frances Farmer, Heather O’Rourke) will send you down a dark Wikipedia spiral through Hollywood’s most tragic demises.