| How to entertain yourself this weekend. |
Maybe it’s the benzos I’ve been stealing from my wife, but I’m putting literally all my money on the monkey theory. —Alex Pappademas, culture editor |
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- Run back a classic in honor of the late Val Kilmer, a real human being and a real genius who passed away this week at 65. We’re going to assume we don’t need to tell you about Tombstone or Heat or that other movie, the one with the fighter jets—but if you’ve never seen him work opposite Robert Downey Jr. in the underrated Shane Black mystery-comedy-Hollywood-insider-satire Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, hopefully this essay by Jesse Hassenger will convince you to remedy that. Meanwhile, Abe Beame celebrates Kilmer’s sterling work in the two Top Gun films that bookended his blockbuster career, and Evan McGarvey salutes Batman Forever and Spartan, two initially-derided Kilmer films that are actually sterling showcases for his contrary greatness. RIP, king.
- Stock up on Lorazepam, rosé, and protein powder and prepare yourself, to the extent that that’s even possible, for whatever the diabolical Mike White has in store for us on Sunday’s White Lotus season three finale. Esther Zuckerman runs down the leading fan theories about what’s coming in this week’s 90-minute episode, including who ends up dead and how, from the plausible (Rick dies, Tim dies and/or takes another Ratliff with him, Mook is in on the robbery) to the, uh, slightly less plausible (That monkey’s got a gun!!!) And if you haven’t already, check out our Q&As with last week’s surprise guest star Scott Glenn, Sam Nivola (Lochlan), and Jason Isaacs (pillhead patriarch Tim Ratliff), as well as our rundown of the many symbolically-significant watches featured on the show, which is all of them, apparently?
- Make time to catch up on The Righteous Gemstones’ fourth and final season. Danny McBride & co.’s televangelist satire has been a bit overshadowed zeitgeist-wise by Severance and the aforementioned White Lotus since it returned last month, but from this season’s Bradley Cooper-blessed opener on in, the show’s been on what we will apologize to the faith-based community for calling a God-tier heater so far, with help from guest stars like Megan Mullally and the always-brilliant returning cast. This week the great Edi Patterson talked to Brittany Loggins this week about crafting her memorably deranged performance as Judy Gemstone. Also, here’s a great Danny McBride profile from last spring, just because.
- In other news: Sam Mendes’ Beatles quadrilogy has found its Beatles, and Barry Keoghan is already dressing like the One and Only Billy Shears. AppleTV+’s The Studio has TV’s best celebrities-as-themselves cameos and the year’s best single-shot episode. Top Chef has a Canada problem. We have some thoughts on the difference between good and bad Jason Statham movies. Superstar DJ Peggy Gou has some recs. And this guy has the intel on where to get Tony Soprano’s shirts.
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