Can ‘Industry’ Succeed ‘Succession’?

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( trade secrets [Can Industry Succeed Succession?]( With a new Sunday-night time slot and Kit Harington co-starring, can this buzzy Gen-Z finance drama finally break out? Photo: Simon Ridgway/HBO Nestled in the rolling hills of South West England, among picturesque towns with country cottages that sell for millions of pounds, there’s a 16th-century private estate known as Longleat House. The country seat of the Marquess of Bath, it was also, for a few days in late summer 2023, the filming location for a sex-and-drug-addled TV show about misbehaving investment bankers. Bedecked with antique furniture and genealogical tapestries, the home is a significant change of place for a clique of self-destructive 20-something co-workers more often surrounded by the glass-and-fluorescent despair of their highly competitive London offices. Don’t worry: They still find a way to do coke there. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • The Acolyte: [Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?]( • Dark Matter: [A Grain of Sand on an Infinite Beach]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Rooting for Them The end of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez would mean the end of an unapologetically ostentatious celebrity romance that has fed us all for decades.]( By Angelica Jade Bastién [Griffin Dunne’s Hollywood-Irish Family Had Its Grudges “We were clinically crazy,” says the son of Dominick Dunne and the nephew of John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. “Like, really crazy.”]( By Shawn McCreesh [Flavor Flav Embarks on Noble Side Quest Singlehandedly ordering the entire Red Lobster menu to try and save the bankrupt American institution.]( By Zoe Guy [This Cuddly-Hermit-Crab Game Plays Like Dark Souls Another Crab’s Treasure has the secret sauce of challenging combat plus environmental storytelling — and you play as a cute little crab.]( By Tim Brinkhof [The Best Video Games of 2024 (So Far) A dragon-slaying epic, puzzles that might infiltrate your dreams, and a beautifully nuanced character study that’s also a hell-raising adventure.]( By Lewis Gordon [Demi Moore’s Dog Disagrees With London Theater Critics Pilaf the Chihuahua was “quite moved” by Tom Holland’s Romeo & Juliet.]( By Jason P. Frank [The 30 Best Movies to Stream With Your Kids This Summer We bet you’ll like them, too.]( By Brian Tallerico [Why Star Wars’s The Acolyte Is Set an Even Longer Time Ago Welcome to the High Republic.]( By Jack Francis [The Traitors Season-3 Castle Is Full of Gays, Villains, Gay Villains Plus Zac Efron’s brother.]( By Jason P. Frank [A New Group of Players Attempts to Whack The Mole In the season-two trailer of Netflix’s reboot of the classic reality competition show.]( By Jennifer Zhan [Kanye West Sued for Sexual Harassment by Former Assistant The rapper denies the allegations, saying he will countersue.]( By Zoe Guy [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 12-Across, Four Letters: Song title for Daughtry or Depeche Mode Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Steve Kagan/Getty Images, Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images, HBO [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name an Oscar-nominated movie starring Riz Ahmed? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Mike Coppola/Getty Images, Cindy Ord/VF24/Getty Images, Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved