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Carol Leifer’s Many Comedy Lives

 She wrote on SNL’s weirdest season, dozens of Seinfeld episodes, and the Conan-hosted Oscars. She’s got stories. By Andy Hoglund
the uptown girl

Christie Brinkley Gave Billy Joel One Too Many Chances

 In her new memoir, the model recounts her ex-husband’s drunken outbursts, including a chaise longue thrown through patio doors. By Devon Ivie
chat room

Mike Campbell Doesn’t Know How He Got So Lucky

 The Heartbreaker on his unspoken bond with Tom Petty, “sideman syndrome,” and Bob Dylan being jealous of “The Boys of Summer.” By Devon Ivie
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    By Vulture Editors
  2. coming soon
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    By Bethy Squires
  3. shameless
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    By Emma Alpern
  4. coming soon
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    By Alejandra Gularte
  5. azkaban for all
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    By Fran Hoepfner
  7. vulture lists
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    By Marshall Heyman
  8. books
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    By Lila Shapiro
  9. spellcasting
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    By Rebecca Alter
  10. well read
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    By Emma Alpern
  11. chapters
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    By Jeffrey Seller
  12. say it ain’t so
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    By Justin Curto
  13. endings
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    By Ashley Wolfgang
  14. book review
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    By Emma Alpern
  15. books
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    By Emma Alpern
  16. vulture lists
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    By Emily Maskell
  17. beast mode
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    By Jennifer Zhan
  18. we tell ourselves stories
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    By Christopher Bonanos
  19. chat room
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    By Jennifer Zhan
  20. encounter
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    By Cat Zhang
  21. let me in your window
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    By Fran Hoepfner
  22. backstories
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    By Madeline Leung Coleman
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    By Fran Hoepfner
  24. a long talk
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    By Delia Cai
  25. double trouble boil bubble etc.
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    By Fran Hoepfner
  26. book review
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    By Sam Worley
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    By Andrea Long Chu
  28. metafiction vibes
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    By Emma Alpern
  29. books
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    By Linda Hall
  30. cheat sheet
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    By Emma Alpern
  31. book review
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    By Grace Byron
  32. backstories
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    By Elon Green
  33. book review
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    By Sam Worley
  34. book review
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    By Sanjena Sathian
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    By Paula Aceves
  36. jang-jang-jang-jang
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    By Louis Peitzman
  37. julianne ‘the resistance’ moore
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    By Rebecca Alter
  38. done
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    By Alejandra Gularte
  39. coming soon ;)
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    By Fran Hoepfner
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    By Jennifer Zhan
  41. controversies
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    By Justin Curto
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    By Paula Aceves
  43. shhhhh!
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    By Emily Heller
  44. sister sister sister
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    By Fran Hoepfner
  45. profile
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    By Matthew Schneier
  46. book review
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    By Emma Alpern
  47. book review
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    By Robert Rubsam
  48. cheat sheet
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    By Jennifer Zhan
  49. in conversation
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    By David Marchese
  50. physical media
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