How HBO Got to Yes on 'Big Little Lies' Season Two

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [View in browser]( [Vulture]( December 8, 2017 [Follow Vulture on Facebook]( What to Read Today [How HBO Got to Yes on Big Little Lies Season Two But it won’t air in 2018, according to HBO chief Casey Bloys.]( [Meek Mill Reportedly Rejected FBI’s Request to Secretly Tape Controversial Judge, Ending 2016 Probe There is said to be no active investigation into the judge who sentenced Meek Mill to two-to-four years in prison for violating probation.]( [Oscar Futures: Can Call Me by Your Name’s Timothée Chalamet Win Best Actor? Also, The Shape of Water finally gets an awards-season boost.]( [The 10 Best Video Games of 2017 When Nintendo is at its best, its games are hard to top.]( [Vulture Pick: Brooklyn Beckham: What I See by Brooklyn Beckham A book that makes a great gift for the celebrity-spawn obsessed.]( [Big Little Lies Season Two Is Officially Happening, Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman to Star Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman will star, Andrea Arnold will direct, and most of the cast is “expected” to return.]( [Death of a Salesman Actress Accuses Dustin Hoffman of Sexual Harassment An actress from the 1984 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman said Hoffman groped her in the wings night after night.]( [Netflix Reveals the New Queer Eye Fab Five Sadly, Carson Kressley will not be returning, but we’ve got a whole new group to fall in love with.]( [Alex Pettyfer Is Mighty Suspicious in This New Clip From The Strange Ones This indie thriller will take you on a very uncomfortable road trip.]( [Which TV Shows Will Be Nominated for the 2018 Golden Globes? Game of Thrones, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Big Little Lies are safe bets.]( [The Grand Tour’s Jeremy Clarkson on the One Critic Who Got to His Head and Why He’s Not Optimistic About His Legacy “We’ve achieved nothing, done nothing, moved mankind not one inch. We’re like fluff.”]( [Post-Matt Lauer, We Need to Redefine the Fatherly Image of American Journalism With scant few exceptions, the default nonpartisan voice we want to speak to journalistic truth looks like America’s dad.]( [Exclusive: See a Lot More of Christopher Plummer in This Footage From All the Money in the World It’s your first sustained glimpse of the performance he recently shot to replace Kevin Spacey.]( [The Crown Recap: The One Where Everyone Shaves Are we really supposed to sympathize with Philip?]( [Biggest Mistakes in 9 Oscar-Winning Movies No movie is completely perfect — even if it’s won an Oscar for Best Picture.]( [America’s Next Top Model Will Include a Drag Race Crossover With Valentina, Katya, and Manila Next Season The season will premiere on VH1 on January 9.]( [Thom Yorke, Who Once Called Spotify ‘the Last Desperate Fart of a Dying Corpse,’ Released His Music on Spotify He’s put his solo albums back on the service despite previous complaints.]( [I, Tonya’s Filmmakers on Their Controversial Treatment of Domestic Violence The movie toes the line between horrifying and hilarious with star Margot Robbie getting punched out and beaten up. Does it go too far?]( [Did Daniel Day-Lewis Really Freak Out His Co-star on There Will Be Blood? The actor was supposedly so devoted to his Method that the original Eli Sunday quit the film. Here’s what really happened.]( [The 10 Best Theatrical Productions of 2017 Shows that eschewed the great thematic temptations of 2017 and instead found transcendence in the execution of a deeply personal vision.]( [Bryan Singer Denies That The Usual Suspects Was Shut Down Due to Kevin Spacey’s Misconduct The director addressed the Kevin Spacey allegations.]( [We Could’ve Had James Corden As Taylor Swift’s Backup Dancer He’s not even her favorite James.]( [Allison Janney Goes for the Gold The seven-time Emmy winner gives a ferocious, Oscar-buzzy performance as LaVona Harding in I, Tonya.]( [10 Great Christmas-Adjacent Movies That Aren’t Die Hard Including L.A. Confidential, Three Days of the Condor, and You’ve Got Mail.]( [I, Tonya Turns Tonya Harding From a Punch Line Into a Sympathetic Character The black comedy, at times too broad, has standout performances from Allison Janney and Margot Robbie.]( [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