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Chris Murphy

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Staff Writer at Vanity Fair

staff writer @vanityfair | good time girl, actress, comedienne | U.S Senator from Connecticut | he/him |

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  • First, Ryan Coogler Made ‘Sinners.’ Now He’s Living the Movie’s Dream

    1 week ago | vanityfair.com | Chris Murphy

    This spring, Ryan Coogler achieved the impossible. In an increasingly bleak film landscape, Coogler made a critically beloved and commercially successful film: Sinners, his dramatic thriller starring Michael B. Jordan as identical twins Smoke and Stack, who are besieged by Irish vampires as they try to get their recently purchased juke joint off the ground in 1930s Mississippi. The Warner Bros.

  • “Oh No, They’re Singing Too Bad”: An Oral History of SNL’s “Domingo”

    1 week ago | vanityfair.com | Chris Murphy

    Everybody wants a piece of Domingo. He is, of course, the irresistible and eccentric horndog at the center of this season’s most mega-viral Saturday Night Live sketch. Marcello Hernández plays the titular character, whose exploits are detailed via a spirited, bespoke rendition of Sabrina Carpenter’s summer earworm “Espresso.”The original sketch aired on the show’s October 12 episode—hosted by a pre-Wicked Ariana Grande—and then became the gift that kept on giving.

  • JD Vance Should Have Known That Donald Trump Is a Huge Theater Queen

    1 week ago | vanityfair.com | Chris Murphy

    It’s common knowledge that a cheap way to get a quick laugh is to make fun of musical theater. Last week, Vice President JD Vance tested this theory on his personal X account in advance of attending the opening-night performance of Les Misérables at the Kennedy Center with Donald and Melania Trump, a few days before millions of Americans took to the streets to protest the Trump administration. “About to see Les Miserables with POTUS at the Kennedy Center. Me to Usha: so what’s this about?

  • Who Is Riley Gaines, the Conservative Political Activist Simone Biles Took to Task?

    2 weeks ago | vanityfair.com | Chris Murphy

    Over the weekend, Olympian Simone Biles found herself in an unusual competition, facing off against former college athlete turned conservative political activist Riley Gaines in a war of words. The two found themselves in a heated debate on X about trans athletes in women’s sports, an argument that took the internet by storm.

  • Vanity Fair and UTA Toast Cynthia Erivo and the Broadway Community at Tony Awards Party

    3 weeks ago | vanityfair.com | Chris Murphy

    Everything’s coming up roses for the Broadway community this Tony season. On Friday, Vanity Fair and UTA hosted a soirée celebrating Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, ahead of her big night hosting Tony Awards 2025 this Sunday.

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10 Jun 25

RT @christress: Would pay any amount of money to see Audra’s first post Tony-losing performance of Rose’s Turn on Tuesday

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9 Jun 25

Would pay any amount of money to see Audra’s first post Tony-losing performance of Rose’s Turn on Tuesday

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