Jennifer Tilly on ‘Housewives,’ ‘Chucky,’ and Outsmarting Everyone

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( in conversation [Jennifer Tilly Outsmarts Them All]( Four decades into her career, the Oscar nominee turned Chucky icon is bringing her cunning stardom to Housewives. Photo: Pari Dukovic That voice. Onscreen, Jennifer Tilly speaks in a breathy, high-pitched register not unlike that of Marilyn Monroe, whose “ditzy” characters knew how to wield their beauty and hide their cunning. “We were all obsessed with Marilyn Monroe back then,” Tilly, 65, says, recounting her early days as a “sex pot” actress in the 1980s, coming up around the same time as Rosanna Arquette and Kim Basinger. This was before Tilly scored an Oscar nomination for her role in the 1994 Woody Allen movie Bullets Over Broadway, before she starred as a mob wife in the Wachowskis’ cult 1996 film, Bound; and before she became the bride of Chucky. Off screen, Tilly’s voice is deeper, sweeter even, than how she sounds in her memorable appearances on Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show or in Liar Liar opposite Jim Carrey. Four decades into her career, she’s as beautiful and cunning as ever, but also settled, and it comes through in the full-toned responses to questions about her longest running job as the lead of a horror franchise or her more recent decision to officially join The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills universe. [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 • Mayor of Kingstown: [Rattled by the Russian]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Every M. Night Shyamalan Movie, Ranked Making sense of the director’s twisty career.]( By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch [Joe Rogan Plays an Unconvincing Fool His first live Netflix comedy special is as exhausting as it is lazy.]( [Would Someone Going Through a Divorce Do This? Ben Affleck got a new haircut and went for a motorcycle ride.]( By Justin Curto [12 Documentaries, Shows, and YouTube Channels to Get Into Olympic Climbing Sport-climbing events start today in Paris.]( By Roxana Hadadi [Cheryl Hines Still Lives in a Sitcom Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who operates under multi-cam logic, left a dead bear cub in Central Park in 2014.]( By Jason P. Frank [The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 Olympics From record-breaking early wins to Simone Biles showing out to Mr. Pommel Horse.]( By Jason P. Frank, Anne Victoria Clark and Jennifer Zhan [The Dragons Should Sound ‘Like You Can Pop Them on the Nose’ House of the Dragon’s Paula Fairfield imagines dragon anatomy, embeds secret phrases in Caraxes’s growl, and is terrified for season three.]( By Roxana Hadadi [Your Daily Schedule for the 2024 Summer Olympics We’re updating it every day. Allons-y!]( By Savannah Salazar [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 15-Across, Four Letters: Way to get around Disneyland Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Walt Disney/Everett Collection, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images, David M. Benett/Getty Images [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name an Al Pacino movie with a 2+ hour runtime? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Taylor Hill/Getty Images, Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Lia Toby/Getty Images 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