The All-Virtual DNC Is Good, Actually

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 All-Virtual DNC Is Good, Actually For the first time, the national convention was designed primarily as a screen experience rather than retrofitted for TV.]( By Kathryn VanArendonk [Who Is Keanu Reeves, Really? He’s Neo. He’s John Wick. He’s Johnny Utah. He’ll soon be Ted again, in Bill and Ted Face the Music.]( [Carly Rae Jepsen Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving, Drops More Quar Music She got the band back together for her new “pick me up.”]( By Zoe Haylock [Randall Park and Daniel Dae Kim Are Making a Heist Movie They’ve already stolen our hearts.]( By Rebecca Alter [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Cuba Gooding Jr. Accused of Rape in New Lawsuit The assault allegedly took place at The Mercer hotel in 2013.]( By Victoria Bekiempis [Fiona Apple on the Election, What Scares Her, and Her Anti-ICE Short Film “We f- - -ing need to know our rights. Otherwise, we’re just all without protection. We need to protect ourselves and each other.”]( By Rachel Handler [All Your Questions About Jam Master Jay Murder Case and New Charges, Answered Including why it took 18 years to make an arrest.]( By Victoria Bekiempis [What’s Going on With Hannah’s Valium on Below Deck: Med? Hannah Ferrier was fired on August 17’s episode for her unreported Valium and CBD.]( By Justin Curto [How Cecily Strong Got the Emmy Nomination She Long Deserved The SNL star joins this week’s Good One to talk Jeanine Pirro, playing messy women, and the importance of grief.]( By Jesse David Fox [Orville Peck and Shania Twain Put a Closed Bar to Good Use in Fallon Performance Yee goddamn haw.]( By Rebecca Alter [Sun Kil Moon’s Mark Kozelek Accused of Nonconsensual Sex, Exposing Himself Kozelek has denied the allegations in a statement on his website.]( By Justin Curto [Harlem Is the Song of Summer After a cruel, quiet spring, the neighborhood wakes up.]( By Craig Jenkins [Local Italian Man Writes Coronavirus Memoir It will be a “revealing, behind-the-scenes” account of his experience.]( By Devon Ivie [Hasan Minhaj Announces the End of Patriot Act “I got to work with the best writers, producers, researchers, and animators in the game.”]( By Megh Wright [Quibi CEO Meg Whitman’s DNC Speech Was the Quickest Bite of All That’s former Hewlett Packard CEO and current Republican to you.]( By Justin Curto [Travis Scott Has Seen Tenet and Says It Is ‘Very Fire’ “I can’t even explain it.”]( By Zoe Haylock [Seth Meyers Confirms He’s Returning to the Late Night Studio After a hiatus, the late-night show will go back to 30 Rock.]( By Megh Wright [Lilly Singh to Star in a (Very Short) NBC Sketch-Comedy Series She’ll film the two-episode Sketchy Times from home.]( By Megh Wright [Brandon Flowers on the Best, Worst, and Most Misunderstood of the Killers And why he’ll always defend Sam’s Town.]( By Brady Gerber [Below Deck: Mediterranean Recap: Narcs Here’s to Hannah: a true Bravo star, a bitingly honest commentator, and the glue that held Below Deck: Med together.]( By Justin Curto [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