Matt Lauer and the 'America's Dad' Image of Journalism

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [View in browser]( [Vulture]( November 30, 2017 [Follow Vulture on Facebook]( What to Read Today [It’s Time to Do Away With ‘America’s Dad’ As Our Journalistic Standard To repair the damage done by Lauer and his ilk, we’d need to reassess the entire idea of America’s dad as an unquestioned purveyor of unbiased truth.]( [Frank Rich: NBC Still Has a Lot to Answer For The network got out ahead of the Matt Lauer scandal by firing their star. But there’s more they need to do.]( [Jenny Slate Is Writing a Book of Feminist Fables One of the stories is about “a globe of fruit plucked from its branch.”]( [Bette Midler Addresses Geraldo Rivera Groping Story: ‘He Has Yet to Apologize for This’ She first accused him of sexually assaulting her during a 1991 interview, then reposted it on Twitter.]( [Vulture Pick: Xbox One S 500 GB Console Play the Xbox 360 classics on a 40 percent smaller console.]( [What’s New on HBO: December 2017 Don’t miss Logan. It’s one of the best superhero movies ever made.]( [A Ronald Reagan Limited Series Is Happening at USA, the Most Patriotic of Networks His daughter Patti Davis is helping develop it.]( [Tiffany Haddish Wins Best Supporting Actress at New York Film Critics Circle Awards Get Out and Girls Trip were among the honorees.]( [Voyeur Fails to Add Much Insight to Gay Talese’s Notorious Story of the Manor House Motel Someone, somewhere, thinks we can’t get enough of Gerald Foos.]( [Which Serial Killers Might Appear in Mindhunter Season Two? The BTK killer is sure to play a major role.]( [How Guillermo del Toro Got Drunk at a Golden Globes After-party and Made Sally Hawkins the Star of The Shape of Water “I hugged her. And I said, ‘I’m writing a movie for you where you fall in love with a fish man!’”]( [9 Women Accuse Playwright Israel Horovitz of Sexual Misconduct, Including Assault and Rape Horovitz is the author of more than 70 plays including Line, Park Your Car in the Harvard Yard, and The Indian Wants the Bronx.]( [Pop Music’s Feature Problem Pop stars are regularly collaborating with rappers and R&B artists on their singles, but those singles aren’t hitting like they used to.]( [Mindhunter Will Live Long Enough to See Jonathan Groff (Probably) Become the Villain in Season Two Now tell us who the ADT guy is!]( [What’s New on Hulu: December 2017 Kill Bill, Legion, Martin Scorsese’s Silence, and more.]( [Today Is the 117th Anniversary of Oscar Wilde’s Death. I Wish This Tribute to Him Could Remain in New York Forever. This enchanted mise-en-scène is devoted to Wilde’s tragic last chapter: his trial and imprisonment for homosexuality, followed by his death in exile.]( [Answering Your Biggest Shape of Water Question: Does She F*ck the Fish-Man? An answer to your deepest, darkest question.]( [Charlie Rose Has Been Calling Ex-Staffers to Thank Them Individually He’s thanking his eponymous show’s staffers, and letting them know they’ll be paid through December.]( [Russell Simmons Steps Down From Def Jam After Jenny Lumet Accuses Him of Sexual Assault Writer Jenny Lumet accused Simmons of assaulting her in a letter to The Hollywood Reporter.]( [This Clip of James Corden and Armie Hammer Dancing Is Almost Too Hard to Watch Acting is hard!]( [How the Late-night Hosts Addressed the Matt Lauer Sexual-Misconduct Allegations “Soon they’ll have enough guys to start their own perv news network.”]( [What’s Leaving Showtime: December 2017 Now’s the time to watch Thelma & Louise.]( [James Corden Set Up a Carpool Karaoke Date Night for Kelly Clarkson and Her Husband That Is Definitely Not a Porn “I feel like we’re making a porn,” Clarkson’s husband says.]( [Al Franken Accused of Groping Army Veteran During 2003 USO Tour “It was long enough that he should have known if it was an accident. I’m very confident saying that.”]( [How Merritt Wever Found Vulnerability in Godless’s Toughest Character “I didn’t want it to be easy for her to be tough.”]( [Read More on Vulture »]( REACH THE RIGHT ONLINE AUDIENCE WITH US For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com This email was sent to {EMAIL}. [subscribe]( | [vulture.com]( | [unsubscribe](param=daily) | [privacy policy]( | [nymag.com]( | Copyright © 2017, All rights reserved New York Media LLC 75 Varick St. New York, NY 10013