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Kathryn Murdoch explains why she and husband James were quick to turn off #Succession. Though the HBO series is partly based on Rupert Murdoch’s family media empire, the couple only made it through “the first half of the first episode.”

This Ken is already a two-time Oscar nominee, but Ryan Gosling's performance in Greta Gerwig's Barbie might be his best work to date. "What’s most striking about his performance as Ken, though, is that he gets to be funny. Not quirky or rom-com funny, but really funny," writes Rebecca Ford.

Tony Bennett, the peerless interpreter of the Great American Songbook, and whom Frank Sinatra called “the best in the business,” died Friday in New York City. He was 96. Photos: Getty Images

Ted Cruz has apparently grown tired of beefing with Sesame Street's Big Bird and has instead picked another pop culture icon to fight with: Barbie. The senator called a scene from Greta Gerwig's upcoming film “Chinese communist propaganda,” and says the movie will brainwash the young girls who go see it.

The Conheads are coming. #Succession stars Alan Ruck and Justine Lupe joined the #SAGAFTRA picket line in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

On Friday, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was arrested in connection with Long Island's Gilgo Beach serial killings. The shocking development has brought the case, which includes the deaths of at least ten women dating back to the 1990s, into the spotlight again. Amid the news, the story's ties to Hollywood have also reemerged. From a non-fiction bestseller and a Netflix film to Billy Baldwin's connection to the suspected killer, read more about the case: http://vntyfr.com/mzKfjpa

Jane Birkin, the actress and singer who famously inspired the Hermès Birkin bag, has died. She was 76. Revisit the English and French star’s 2013 Proust Questionnaire for VF: https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2013/9/jane-birkin Photo: Reporters Associes, @gettyimages

SAG-AFTRA is officially on strike. "We had no choice," Guild president Fran Drescher said during a press conference on Thursday. “I am shocked by the way the people we have been in business with are treating us." The actors guild will join the WGA on the picket line, marking the first dual strike in Hollywood since 1960.

Oppenheimer’s London premiere arrived early on Thursday ahead of the expected SAG-AFTRA strike. Speaking to press, Emily Blunt said the film’s cast—which includes Cillian Murphy, Florence Pugh, Matt Damon, and Robert Downey Jr.—will leave the premiere together in "unity with everyone" if the guild's strike begins during the event. Photos: @gettyimages

"Nobody wants these [strikes] to happen but I think they’re incredibly necessary for the way the industry is going," Daniel Radcliffe told VF while speaking about his Emmy nomination on Tuesday. "Technology has changed so much about the industry in the last 10 years—it feels like there will need to be a recalibration in order for everybody to work," he said of discussions around the use of AI in film and television. Photographed by Emma Summerton for VF.

SAG-AFTRA, the guild representing more than 160,000 performers, is expected to strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for the first time in 43 years.

A special thank you to the ‘Oppenheimer’ casting director.