A Wake for John Prine

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( What to Read Today [A Wake for John Prine A collection of memories, stories, and tributes from some of his closest friends and collaborators.]( [How Never Have I Ever Found Its Teen Heroine Maitreyi Ramakrishnan’s last acting gig was a high-school play. Now she’s the star of Mindy Kaling’s new rom-com.]( [The Oscars Made the Right Call In allowing films released on streaming or VOD to compete next year, the Academy threw aside its qualms and made an admirably pragmatic decision.]( [Let’s Torture Ourselves With The Talented Mr. Ripley The Matt Damon thriller, streaming on Netflix, assures us that we don’t actually want a lavish, endless vacation after all.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Tekashi 6ix9ine Wants Permission to Shoot Music Videos in His Backyard “For employment purposes only.”]( By Victoria Bekiempis [Never Have I Ever’s Two Heartthrobs Are Team Each Other Jaren Lewison and Darren Barnet are pals, even if they play romantic rivals on Netflix’s teen rom-com.]( [Beyoncé, the Original Savage, Joins Megan Thee Stallion on ‘Savage’ Remix Give our regards to the city of Houston.]( By Justin Curto [Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik Beat Us All in the Quarantine Baby Race Good genes all around for this baby girl.]( By Devon Ivie [What It’s Like to Stage a New Play Over Zoom Jay O. Sanders and Maryann Plunkett explain what it’s like to stage a new Apple family play in a pandemic.]( By Jackson McHenry [The Only Logical Reaction to Beyoncé Wishing You a Happy Birthday May I present Lizzo’s birthday tears of joy.]( By Hannah Gold [Beanbag Amerika Really Wants to Win the Name of the Year “The short version that I tell people when they invariably ask, ‘Where did your name come from?’ is that my parents were hippies.”]( By Stefan Fatsis [Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise to Be Replaced This Summer With Clip Shows The episodes will be … three hours long.]( By Devon Ivie [What’s Leaving Netflix: May 2020 The First Wives Club, Outbreak, Limitless, and more.]( By Vulture Editors [Dashboard Confessional Covers Post Malone, Sends You Deeper Into Isolation Feels They also reimagined their song “Screaming Infidelities.”]( By Rebecca Alter [Haim Dances 6 Feet Apart in ‘I Know Alone’ Video, Reschedules Album Release Women in Music Pt. III will now come out June 26.]( By Justin Curto [Dan Vitale’s Saturday Night Live War Stories A chat with the former featured player from “one of the worst seasons” on the NBC series.]( By Andy Hoglund [New York Party D’ussé Palooza Fires Host Accused of Sexual Misconduct Multiple women came forward on April 27 about Chris Stylezz’s behavior.]( By Justin Curto [A Parks and Recreation Reunion Episode Was Off the Table. Then a Pandemic Hit. Showrunner Mike Schur and Amy Poehler agreed against a reunion long ago, but the prospect of a quarantine-era episode proved too compelling to resist.]( By Maria Elena Fernandez [Borgen, a Show You Either Love or Have Never Heard of, Is Coming Back on Netflix Birgitte Nyborg returns.]( By Jackson McHenry [Irrfan Khan, Bollywood Icon and Slumdog Millionaire Star, Dies at 53 The actor was recently hospitalized with a colon infection.]( By Zoe Haylock [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read more from Vulture](     [Subscribe to New York]( [Subscribe to New York](   Subscribe for $5/month and get [unlimited digital access]( to New York Magazine, home of the Cut, Vulture, Grub Street, and Intelligencer.     [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=daily)   |   [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 e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2020, All rights reserved