90 Books Every Comedy Fan Should Read

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [View in browser]( [Vulture]( May 22, 2018 [Follow Vulture on Facebook]( What to Read Today [90 Books Every Comedy Fan Should Read The ultimate comedy library.]( [Michael Bay and Ryan Reynolds Are [Explosion!] Making a Giant Movie for Netflix With Netflix’s biggest budget yet.]( [Vanderpump Rules Reunion Finale Recap: Hasta la Pasta Why didn’t Andy Cohen ask if “pasta” is a code word for cocaine?]( [Last Year, Jessica Chastain Challenged Cannes on Female Representation. Did Things Get Better? Even jury president Cate Blanchett noticed.]( [Editors' Pick: Pure Hollywood by Christine Schutt "Pure Hollywood captures several recognizable sorts of American landscapes and renders them and the people who wander through them in entirely new light."]( [Theater Review: In Spandex and Sweat, Singlet Goes Its Own Way A production at the Bushwick Starr that is like nothing else out there.]( [Ross Butler on His Big 13 Reasons Why Twist, Why He Left Riverdale, and Auditioning for Crazy Rich Asians “I definitely see him as part of the problem. That’s a lesson we’re trying to teach with Zach.”]( [Cate Blanchett Hopes Ocean’s 8 Is ‘Encouraging Children to Crime’ Metaphorically speaking!]( [HBO Renews Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas for a Second Season More problems, more areas.]( [How Do I Get My Web Series Noticed by the Right People? It’s so discouraging to feel like you keep sending your work out into a void, isn’t it?]( [UnREAL Will Reportedly End With Season 4 on Hulu And it’s been shortened to eight episodes.]( [George Lucas Gave Ron Howard One Little Directing Tip for Solo Who knows Han better than George Lucas?]( [Katy Perry Had to Be Dragged Away From New Bachelorette Becca, She Was Fangirling So Hard She wanted a rose and she’s not even single.]( [George Clooney Made Himself Useful at the Royal Wedding by Bartending A-plus wedding guest move.]( [The Staircase Trailer: We Found Your Summer True-Crime Obsession The case of Michael Peterson returns.]( [Carol Burnett Tells Conan About Her Early Days in Comedy: ‘It’s Not for You Gals’ CBS told her that comedy “is a man’s game.”]( [Issa Rae on Unaired Black-ish Episode: ‘That Would Infuriate Me’ She also recalls her own experience with ABC.]( [Miley Cyrus Pranks Jimmy Kimmel With Human Wrecking Ball *Licks sledgehammer.*]( [13 Reasons Why Creator Defends Controversial Rape Scene: ‘Talking About It Is So Much Better Than Silence’ “We believe that talking about it is so much better than silence.”]( [American Idol Finale Recap: We Have a Winner (and Some Thoughts!) Is it Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Gabby Barrett, or Maddie Poppe?]( [The Chance Encounter That Wasn’t “With this picture,” he said, “I matured as a photographer and human being.”]( [Derek Luke on 13 Reasons Why Season Two and Mr. Porter’s Emotional Courtroom Scene “I wanted to be emotionally free, free from technique, and present on the stand.”]( [Ariana Grande and SNL’s Pete Davidson Are Reportedly Dating Saturday Night Live: the normal person’s gateway to dating the stars.]( [Gina Rodriguez and David Thewlis Are Entering the Hormonal Maw That Is Big Mouth Rodriguez is a new girl at school; Thewlis is a “Shame Wizard.”]( [Charlize Theron to Star As Megyn Kelly in Movie About Disgraced Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes The as-yet unnamed film has a screenplay by The Big Short screenwriter Charles Randolph.]( [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 notice]( | [nymag.com]( | Copyright © 2018, All rights reserved New York Media LLC 75 Varick St. New York, NY 10013