New Yorkers Are Reading Smut — and Their Audience Is Loving It

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( scene report [New Yorkers Are Reading Smut — and Their Audience Is Loving It]( Erotica readings have taken over some corners of the literary scene, with stories less gauzy (and more transactional) than you imagine. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Ada Antoinette, Kevin Champoux, Michael Bullock, Micaela Durand, Whitney Mallett It’s hard to imagine the last time a summer movie season didn’t have unusually high stakes. After two COVID-ravaged summers where American multiplexes were first closed and then struggling to draw audiences back to the theater, summer 2022 rebounded on the back of [Pete Maverick’s screaming fighter jet](. Now, with the writers’ strike [in full swing](, behind-the-screen anxieties are rearing once again, casting doubt on cinema’s long-term health. Should Hollywood producers fail to compromise with their screenwriters, the effects of a longer-than-anticipated strike wouldn’t be felt in film production land for months, if not longer. So for now, the summer season is packed with big movies — the kinds that could mean huge things for their stars. Veteran matinee idols like Tom Cruise and Harrison Ford are bringing their biggest franchises back for more, while the likes of Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Jennifer Lawrence are taking creative chances that could pay off in cultural dividends or fail miserably trying. Is this the summer that America goes nuts for Cillian Murphy or rediscovers its love for Michael Keaton’s Batman? [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 60% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Below Deck Sailing Yacht: [Triangle of Sadness]( • White House Plumbers: [Fifth Time’s a Disaster]( • Summer House: [You Can Have Your Cake]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [11 Movie Stars Who Have the Most at Stake This Summer The season is packed with big movies — the kinds that could mean huge things for their stars, if all goes well.]( [All of the Clues About Scorsese’s Upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon Making its debut at the Cannes Film Festival.]( By Jason P. Frank [Sarah Silverman Talks Original vs. New Nazis in Someone You Love Your first look at the comedian’s new special, out May 27 on HBO.]( By Hershal Pandya [9 Video Games We Can’t Wait to Play this Summer The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom preludes a huge summer of games from some of the industry’s heavy hitters.]( By Luke Winkie [Is Jeryd Mencken Succession’s Fortinbras? Hamlet might provide a glimpse into how Succession unravels.]( By Jackson McHenry [What’s Black and White and Orange All Over? RuPaul’s House, of Course We’re all born naked, and the rest is décor.]( By Jason P. Frank [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 20-Down, Five Letters: Deer who was friends with Thumper and Flower. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images [Into It With Sam Sanders]( Photo: Shutterstock / Ascannio/Shutterstock / Ascannio AI is about to dramatically change the way we consume pop culture, share it, and obsess over it. Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of the Verge, tells Into It that right now, Google is the intermediary for pretty much whatever information we want to find on the internet, and AI will disrupt Google’s dominance. What happens when we no longer need to Google things because AI can just give us direct answers? How might that change our relationship to TV, music, movies, books, video games, and the way we find out about all of it? [Listen to the full episode here.]( [Read more from Vulture]( A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-vulture?email={EMAIL}&hash=39357a76f6d08b16239fd2ffa65e9c6f¶m=vulture-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 email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved