The Lines We Cross for Art

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( Devour pop culture with us: [Subscribe]( now. What to Read Today [The Lines We Cross for Art Josephine Decker on Shirley, her years working with Joe Swanberg in the mumblecore scene, and the boundaries between director and actor.]( By Lila Shapiro [For the Apollo Theater, the Show Must Go On They’re taking their talent online. Literally.]( By Zoe Haylock [Over 1,000 Publishing Workers Strike to Protest Industry Racism They’re tweeting under the hashtags #PubWorkers4BlackLives and #PubWorkers4Justice.]( By Justin Curto [The 50 Best TV Shows on HBO Max From Friends and Big Bang Theory to Watchmen and The Sopranos.]( By Brian Tallerico [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Bryce Dallas Howard Thinks You Can Do Better Than Watching The Help “We can all go further,” the film’s star said.]( By Devon Ivie [Megan Thee Stallion’s Gift to Graduates Is Part Home Tour, Part Dance Perfection Bet your quarantine dance parties don’t look like this.]( By Justin Curto [Hasan Minhaj Breaks Down Why We Need to Save Local Newspapers From Extinction “We need to treat them like the essential services they are.”]( By Megh Wright [Percy Jackson Author Says Movies Put His Life’s Work ‘Through a Meat Grinder’ *sips blue tea*]( By Zoe Haylock [John Oliver Insists People ‘Won’t Succumb to the Purge’ If We Defund the Police “It’s about moving away from a narrow conception of public safety.”]( By Devon Ivie [The Class of 2020’s Guide to All the Virtual Celebrity Commencement Speeches Including Barack Obama, Barack Obama, and Barack Obama.]( By Justin Curto [BTS Army Matched the Band’s $1 Million Donation to Black Lives Matter Purses open!]( By Zoe Haylock [Kash Doll’s ‘Ice Me Out’ Has the TikTok Girlies Dancing Years After Its Release Finally, a reason to dance, in this week’s TikTok song of the week.]( By Zoe Haylock [25 Notable New Releases Over the Next Two Weeks Spike Lee’s latest short, Pop Smoke’s posthumous debut, Jericho Brown’s Pulitzer-winning poetry, and more.]( By Vulture Editors [Donald Trump’s Only Liked Tweet Is About HBO’s Insecure It’s part of the presidential record now.]( By Halle Kiefer [Justin Bieber, Having ‘Benefited Off of Black Culture,’ Vows to Fight Racism “My style, how I sing, dance, perform, and my fashion have all been influenced and inspired by black culture.”]( By Halle Kiefer [Lady Gaga Has Faith New Graduates Can Tear Racism Out by the Roots “You are the seeds that will grow into a new and different forest that is far more beautiful and loving than the one we live in today.”]( By Halle Kiefer [I May Destroy You Premiere Recap: Life, Interrupted Michaela Coel’s new series begins by confronting the terror of piecing together the events leading up to a lost night.]( By Monica Castillo [YouTuber and X Factor Alum Trevi Moran Comes Out As Transgender “I’ve dealt with this feeling my entire life, and I know that I’m a woman deep down inside.”]( By Halle Kiefer [Quiz Recap: Doublethink Is Charles Ingram guilty of cheating or not? Why not both?]( By Emma Dibdin [Billions Recap: Private Eyes As Axe’s possessive nature goes into overdrive, his interest in Wendy shifts from potentially romantic to disturbingly stalkerish.]( By Sarene Leeds [Snowpiercer Recap: Sake Bomb Here comes the revolution.]( By Hillary Kelly [Michael B. Jordan Tells Protesters Hollywood Needs to Commit to Black Hiring “Are you policing our storytelling, as well?”]( By Halle Kiefer [Beyoncé Thanks Protesters, Calls Out Music-Industry Sexism in Graduation Speech “Thank you for using your collective voice and letting the world know that black lives matter.”]( By Halle Kiefer [Be Water Is a Sports Doc with Righteous Rage In fact, it doesn’t feel like a sports doc at all. You walk away convinced that Bruce Lee was an artist more than anything else.]( By Bilge Ebiri [New York Times’ Opinion Editor Resigns After Tom Cotton Controversy Effective immediately.]( By Devon Ivie [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.     We value your feedback. Send us a note at engage@nymag.com.     [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