Roger Rabbit Changed the Way Hollywood Animates

When Who Framed Roger Rabbit hit theaters in June of 1988, there was no telling exactly what impact it would have on pop culture. But now, 30 years later, the three key animation techniques animator Richard Williams and his team implemented are still being used to create the CGI characters

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The Late-Night Generation Gap

Digital video has changed late night from the libido-crushing activity of old married folks to a viral video factory for attention-span-deprived youths. Many of the guests on the shiny floor shows this week — Cher, Sir Paul McCartney, Whoopi Goldberg — appealed to the former demo, while the things they

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The 38 Best Queer YA Novels

While queer-lit history stretches back to the days of Sappho mooning over girls, queer YA is significantly younger. It was less than 50 years ago that the first queer YA novel was published: I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip, by John Donovan. This tragi-queer novel set the

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Kamasi Washington Brought Jazz to a Pop Audience, Where Does He Go Next?

Kamasi Washington both looks and sounds larger than life. And that’s before you factor in that the Angeleno tenor saxophonist and composer towers at six-foot-three with an Afro like a nimbus crowning his head, his dashiki garments flowing around him so that he appears to float across a stage. A

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Kenan Thompson Better Get Nominated for an Emmy or, Sorry, the Award Is Canceled Forever

The 2018 Emmy race has begun, and Vulture will take a close look at the contenders until voting closes on June 25.At 11:25 p.m., before viewers at home see Kate McKinnon in Jeff Sessions makeup or Kate McKinnon in Robert Mueller makeup or Kate McKinnon in Rudy Giuliani makeup in

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Joel Embiid Also Enjoyed Those Collar Tweets

St. Nicholas Park in Harlem is famous for being the current location of Alexander Hamilton’s house, but on Wednesday afternoon, the park was also home to another garrulous Philadelphian — NBA superstar Joel Embiid. As part of his partnership with Mountain Dew, the Cameroonian center was celebrating the park’s recently

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Out to Sea With Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, King and Queen of the Mermaid Parade

Amanda Fucking Palmer is sitting before a gilt-framed mirror in a dressing room at the Ford Amphitheater on Coney Island, naked except for some grey undies. Spandex-clad handmaidens rub lotion on her arms, while a stylist affixes a silver crown adorned with black jewels to her curls. “It feels like

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The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Mayflower Power

The craziest thing about the ladies’ trip to the Mayflower Inn in Connecticut — the home state of Luann, Dorit Kemsley, Kim Zolciak Biermann, and myself — isn’t Luann’s story about getting arrested, Ramona inviting herself to Tom’s party, or even Bethenny Frankel scraping her tongue while wearing a Korean facial mask.

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