Breaking Bad Creator Vince Gilligan on Season Four

"It's probably human nature to want to top yourself. You don't want to start with your best scene and have it all be downhill from there."

Harry Potter Shatters Midnight Box-Office Records

By a huge amount.

Matthew Weiner Sort Of Knows How He Wants to End Mad Men

"I have an image of how I want to leave the characters in people's minds."

Reggie Watts and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy Are Maybe Working on Music Together

"I would be the vocals and we would probably be doing some kind of a cover."

Be Hypnotized by Vulture’s Supercut of Nearly 60 Harry Potter Spells

Petrificus totalus!

Scar Be Gone! A Plastic Surgeon on How to Fix Harry Potter and Other Characters’ Facial Imperfections

Harry Potter, Scarface, Two-Face, Dr. Evil, and more get consultations.

True Blood’s Kristin Bauer on Eric’s Amnesia, Corsets, and Her Most Shocking Line This Season

"We thought, 'It's so wrong. It's never going to stay, even on HBO.' Then came the script and, sure enough, there it was."

Blink-182 Return, Angrily

Hear "Up All Night."

The Vulture Book Recap: Reading A Dance With Dragons Together, Part 2

Summaries, commentary, and spoilers on chapters 8 to 15.

How to Cope With the End of Friday Night Lights

First, let the tears out.

Movie Review: Sarah Palin Looks Defeatable in The Undefeated

This documentary is straight hagiography, without nuance or ambiguity or the admission of opposing viewpoints.

Hugo Trailer: Martin Scorsese Channels Steven Spielberg

Watch the trailer for Scorsese's 3-D kids' movie.

Joan Rivers on Her Louie Appearance, Casey Anthony, and Why a Hitler Joke Is Funny in Context

And she thinks Louis CK needs a "fashion makeover, but that will come later."

Meet the Terrifyingly Upbeat and Neurosis-Implanting Dance Moms

Children love being degraded! They love it.

All Your Favorite Emmy Nominees Had to Clean Up Poop and Barf Today

According to their "Where I was when I heard I was nominated" stories.

Vulture’s Brief History of Chillwave

With expert analysis from the genre's creator, Hipster Runoff's infamous Carles.

Which Cast Member Is Best at Defending The Killing?

"You realize it's not your daughter that was murdered?"

What Is Warner Bros. Planning to Replace the Harry Potter Cash Cow?

'HP' director David Yates could do 'The Stand,' or an Al Capone biopic with Tom Hardy. Justin Timberlake could do 'Fully Automatic.' And then there's 'Sgt. Rock,' and ...

Highlights of Hogwarts: Harry Potter’s Best Spells, Coolest Creatures, Saddest Deaths, and More

Dobby, we're still crying.

4Knots Festival

It's changed boroughs and names—formerly Coney Island's Siren Fest and now South Street Seaport's 4Knots, for the speed of the waves in the East River—but the Village Voice's annual gathering of indie rock revelers still delivers a stellar cast for the low, low price of free. This year, it's a tourist-friendly lineup of the Black Angels, Titus Andronicus, Oberhofer, Mr. Dream, and many more, with one more change: an indoor lounge to beat the heat and listen to the smooth D.J stylings of folks like Dan Deacon and Yeasayer.

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