Are You a Minion Creationist or Evolutionist?

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( banana! [Are You a Minion Creationist or Evolutionist?]( There are two competing schools of thought when it comes to the little yellow henchmen’s origins. Photo: Universal/Everett Collection When the Minions banana’d their way to a spinoff film in 2015, the lore of their species went a little something like this: They had been around since the dawn of time and their collective goal was to serve the most despicable master they could find. This quest for an evil, but not too evil, boss put them at the forefront for some of the most historic moments throughout civilization. But — and this is crucial — they failed at their subordinate duties way too often. The Minions decimated the entire dinosaur population, crushed pharaohs to death with a faulty pyramid design, and even disintegrated Dracula into dust due to a mistimed birthday party. The only reason they missed the Nuremberg trials is that, conveniently, they screwed over Napoleon on the battlefield and were forced into a century-long period of ice-cave reclusion. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Evil: [Landfall]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Hysterical Stares Into the Abyss Dan Taberski’s latest audio docuseries probes an unsolved mystery of mass contagion.]( By Nicholas Quah [5 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This Month Page-turning summer thrillers, breezy celebrity memoirs, and a gripping true-crime story.]( By Marshall Heyman [Bill Camp Didn’t Need to Know As Presumed Innocent’s Raymond Horgan, he was more focused on winning the case than finding the killer. But as himself, he was always curious.]( By Nicholas Quah [7 Movies (and One TV Show) to Watch Before Deadpool & Wolverine Do your homework with our syllabus to the first MCU movie with Deadpool and an X-Man.]( By Barry Levitt [Everything J.Lo and Ben Affleck Do During Leo Season Affleck has been absent for every J.Lo birthday celebration so far.]( By Alejandra Gularte [You Can Get a Disney+, Hulu, Max Bundle Now The future is throupling before our eyes.]( By Eric Vilas-Boas [Kamala Harris Must Mobilize Stan Armies Nobody on the internet knows how organize a community like a stan.]( By Jason P. Frank [Every Billy Joel Song, Ranked He’s a better pop songwriter than you remember.]( By Christopher Bonanos [What’s the Latest With Justin Timberlake’s DWI? And did it, in fact, ruin the tour?]( By Victoria Bekiempis [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 12-Across, Four Letters: William Shakespeare, for one Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic, Fox/Everett Collection, Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name a Bette Midler movie with a 3+ word title? Photo: Vulture; Photos: Bruce Glikas/WireImage, Steve Granitz/FilmMagic, JB Lacroix/WireImage A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved