Oprah Winfrey Is Phenomenal in 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [View in browser]( [Vulture]( April 21, 2017 [Follow Vulture on Facebook]( What to Read Today [Oprah Winfrey Is Phenomenal in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks She is still capable of surprising us.]( [Dear Katherine Heigl, Please Play More Villains Unforgettable is a trashy psychosexual thriller. It’s also the former rom-com star’s best work in years.]( [Laura Poitras Canceled a Screening of Her Julian Assange Documentary to Add a New Jeff Sessions Update Risk’s May 5 release date is unaffected.]( [An Extended Fast and Furious Universe Is Taking Shape Around the Rock and Jason Statham We’ll finally know how many muscles can fit onscreen at one time.]( [Vulture Pick: Suave in Every Situation A tongue-in-cheek style guide for men, illustrated by Jean-Philippe Delhomme.]( [Chris Pratt Has Candid, Complicated Thoughts on Being Objectified “My kids can go to college because I’m an object.”]( [Britt Robertson, Kay Cannon, and Sophia Amoruso on How Netflix’s Girlboss Isn’t a Historical Reenactment “She has no business managing people. I think that’s a big obstacle.”]( [Ryan Reynolds, a Man Who Knows a Thing or Two About Bad Tattoos, Doesn’t Like Fan’s Butt Tattoo of His Name He only has himself to blame.]( [Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney Planned to Flesh Out Carrie Fisher’s Character in Future Catastrophe Seasons “I miss her, but I’ll miss her in our show, you know, I’ll miss that character and I’ll miss being able to tell that character’s story.”]( [The Mother of Hannah’s Baby on Girls Says He ‘Fit the Role to a T,’ Despite Claims He Was Miscast The baby is of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, not Caucasian and Pakistani like the characters on the show.]( [Prince Practiced Being Famous Long Before He Was Actually Famous and 4 Other Very Prince Stories Told One Year After His Death Like that time he turned down working with Maurice White.]( [Brie Larson’s New Movie Proves She’s Too Good to Only Make Blockbusters Free Fire shows off Larson’s acting ability in a way that Kong: Skull Island couldn’t.]( [Anthony Atamanuik Gives Stephen Colbert a Step-by-Step Guide to His Trump Impression “Trump is like a shih tzu.”]( [Skrillex Reportedly Pulled Over, Put in Handcuffs After Playing His Own Music Too Loud He subsequently tweeted Elon Musk about the incident.]( [Scandal Recap: Thwack Revisited The show’s latest surprise death doesn’t feel very shocking.]( [Anne Hathaway, Film Scholar, Says Gone Girl Is One of Her Favorite Rom-Coms “It’s like a David Fincher rom-com!”]( [This Underground Live-Action Monster Battle Is Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen ▶️ Where else are you going to see a giant waffle battle a unicorn?]( [With Riverdale and 13 Reasons Why, Ross Butler Is Pulling Double Duty As Your Spring Crush It’s time for some new crush fodder, and Ross Butler’s teen dramas have arrived just in time.]( [7 Netflix Shows That Are Too Dang Long House of Cards, The Crown, and five more Netflix shows that need to kill their darlings.]( [Soul Singer Cuba Gooding Sr. Dead at 72 Gooding was the lead singer of the Main Ingredient and the father of Cuba Gooding Jr.]( [Channel Your Inner Bette Davis With Our Insult Generator A handy gadget that will give you the exact right thing to say the next time you end up in a horrible situation.]( [Free Fire Doesn’t Live Up to Its Setup Ben Wheatley's black comedy is reasonably entertaining and totally disposable.]( [At 70, Andrea Martin Is Getting Her Big Break Very few people stay funny for 50 years. Fewer still stick around long enough to land the perfect sitcom role at age 70.]( [Theater Review: And the Word on Bette Midler As Dolly Levi Is… It’s so nice.]( [The X-Files Will Return for Season 11, and There’s a Magic Eye Poster to Tease You Mulder and Scully for eternity.]( [Read More on Vulture »]( REACH THE RIGHT ONLINE AUDIENCE WITH US For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact Giorgia.Rosenbluth@nymag.com This email was sent to {EMAIL}. [subscribe]( | [vulture.com]( | [unsubscribe](param=daily) | [privacy policy]( | [nymag.com]( | Copyright © 2017, All rights reserved New York Media LLC 75 Varick St. New York, NY 10013