Drew Barrymore Is Figuring It Out Live

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( profile [Drew Barrymore Is Figuring It Out Live]( Her radically intimate daytime show is as much therapy for her as it is for her guests. Photo: Mark Seliger for New York Magazine [Drew Barrymore]( is barreling barefoot down the hallway to make it to the studio on time. It’s a Wednesday morning in April, and this is the first of today’s two episode tapings for [The Drew Barrymore Show](. The screams from audience members at Studio 41 get louder as the emcee whips them into a frenzy — Drew is right there! She can hear you! — before leading them in an increasingly rapid call-and-response: “Are you ready?” “Yeah!” Her costume designer, Lee Harris, is waiting at the threshold with chunky beige platform heels. This is a variation of her daytime uniform: a pantsuit with legs so wide you could strap a child to each calf, a silk blouse with a pussy bow, and thick pumps. “Feel that,” she tells Harris, lifting the leg of her pants to reveal smooth, hairless skin. (She finally had time to shave.) “Ooh, once in a lifetime,” he replies as he buckles her shoe. “Rossy!” she yells, and the hilarious Ross Mathews, her co-anchor on “Drew’s News,” appears by her side. As she wets a Q-tip with her tongue to do a final check on her eyeliner in the mirror, she launches into a thought about his New York apartment, which she redesigned as part of “[Designed by Drew](,” an interior-decorating segment on the show. “I’m questioning the mirror I got you for the dining room,” she says. The size is right, but she feels the cream-and-gold frame is fighting with the floral wallpaper. So maybe something grassy? Anyway, 20 seconds! They dive into the crowd. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • The Idol: [Frosted Like a Pop-Tart]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [The Simpsons Is Good Again After 34 seasons, 750 episodes, and a decades-long funk, the beloved show innovated its way back to popularity and relevance.]( By Jesse David Fox [When Did Art Fairs Become Painting Fairs? The numbing sameness of the art world’s tent-city souks.]( By Jerry Saltz [Every Stephen King Movie, Ranked There have been more than 40 film adaptations of King’s work — how does The Boogeyman stack up?]( By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson [The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Taylor Swift and Matty Healy’s Relationship They’ve now broken up, according to TMZ.]( [Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Is Coming to Our Universe Fine, we’ll wait nine months. If we have to.]( By Jason P. Frank [The Best TV Shows of 2023 (So Far) This is already shaping up to be one of the more interesting TV years in recent memory.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 17-Across, Four Letters: 2010 title role for Angelina Jolie. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Getty, Everette 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]( | [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