How the Strand Lost Its Workers

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 [How the Strand Lost Its Workers The bookstore’s owner says it’s hanging by a thread — and staff say they’re the ones paying the price.]( [The Curious Case of Lana Del Rey It could be lighter for her if she adapted a bit and explained herself less. But keeping the same energy remains core to the LDR experience.]( [Saweetie Says She’s Single After Unfollowing Quavo on Instagram RIP to rap’s most wholesome couple.]( By Justin Curto [Suchin Pak Reveals ‘Misogynistic, Violent, and Racist’ Incident at MTV “I was young, afraid as usual to cause a fuss or be seen as difficult or too ‘sensitive,’ being the only female in the newsroom.”]( By Devon Ivie [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Lana Del Rey Romanticizes Roller-Skating in ‘White Dress’ Music Video Her new album, Chemtrails Over the Country Club, dropped today.]( By Charlotte Walsh [Marc Maron Reacting to Rachel Bloom’s Pregnancy News Is Very Marc Maron Bloom and Danny Jolles reminisced about the surprise announcement on this week’s Two Friends.]( By Anne Victoria Clark [Yes, Justin Bieber Put Two MLK Speeches on JUSTICE Listeners have criticized his use of the speeches, but King’s daughter supported it.]( By Justin Curto [Here Are All the Movies Delayed Because of the Coronavirus With updated release dates where available.]( By Vulture Editors [This Week’s The Real World Homecoming Gets Real About Race It’s practically a checklist of exactly what not to do when confronted about racism.]( By Jen Chaney [A Timeline of the David Dobrik Allegations and Controversies The problematic prince of YouTube has been causing trouble since 2017.]( By Florence O'Connor [This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: The Unsolved Case of the Doodler Plus, a deep dive into doomsday-cult leader Sherry Shriner.]( By Vulture Editors [The Amber Ruffin Show Renewed at Peacock Through September Just in case you badly needed some good news this week.]( By Megh Wright [Matt James Doesn’t Want Us to ‘Cancel’ Chris Harrison “He called me and apologized. We had a really good conversation.”]( By Devon Ivie [The Story Behind the Winter Soldier’s Unprecedented Creation It’s one of the greatest transformations in superhero comics history.]( By Abraham Riesman [Addison Rae Drops Debut Single All About Addison Rae It’s giving “Jam (Turn it Up)” and we’re not mad at it.]( By Zoe Haylock [Late Night Writer Karen Chee Reflects on Atlanta Shootings: ‘It Is a Hate Crime’ “People who refuse to call it a hate crime are just continuing to erase Asian people as they’re being killed.”]( By Megh Wright [Police Find Woman Who Claimed to Be Pete Davidson’s Wife Trespassing in Home She recently announced a fake marriage to Davidson and has been charged with criminal trespassing.]( By Halle Kiefer [The Courier Is an Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Elevated by Two Great Performances Benedict Cumberbatch and Merab Ninidze are terrific in this based-on-fact tale of the Cold War.]( By Bilge Ebiri [Grey’s Anatomy Recap: Just a Little Closer Things are bleak as hell at Grey Sloan Memorial and people are coping — or not coping — in their own special ways.]( By Maggie Fremont [The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Series-Premiere Recap: Generations As Bucky Barnes continues to wrestle with his history of death and destruction, Sam Wilson wrestles with his place in a world without Captain America.]( By Brian Tallerico [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read more from Vulture]( [Subscribe to New York ]( [Subscribe to New York ]( Getunlimited access]( to more great stories from Vulture, the Cut, Intelligencer, Curbed, Grub Street, and the Strategist. [SUBSCRIBE NOW]( [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 © 2021, All rights reserved