A New Selena Gomez Documentary Is Profoundly Sad and Surprisingly Raw

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( exit interview [‘I Couldn’t Believe the Things I Was Aspiring to Be’]( For Selena Gomez, watching herself through the lens of My Mind & Me documentarian Alek Keshishian was shocking, upsetting, and necessary. Photo: Apple TV+ Selena Gomez is in the midst of a frenetic, painfully banal press tour. Traveling through Paris in an SUV, she’s visibly exhausted, wrung out and drawn, laying her head on her friend Raquelle’s lap. “How are you feeling?” asks Raquelle, looking concerned. “I’m very tired,” replies Gomez. Gently, Raquelle asks, “Do you want to do your morning meds? I know the answer, but you should.” Gomez goes silent in the car, but we hear her shortly thereafter in voice-over, reading from her diary: “Let me make a promise. I’ll only tell you my darkest secrets.” [Read More]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • The Handmaid’s Tale: [The Talented Mr. Lawrence]( • Andor: [Never More Than 12]( • Bachelor in Paradise: [Love Means Never Having to Say Gaslighting]( • The Winchesters: [Apocalypse Now]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Takeoff Was the Glue It’s beyond shocking having tragedy strike a group that forced fair-weather listeners and staunch old-heads alike to appreciate the craft.]( [A Messy, Exuberant Keeper of Both House and Head In the ebullient too-muchness of her life as she shared it with us, Julie & Julia author Julie Powell reported on it like we were her pals.]( By Rax King [The Criminal Podcast Explores the World of Hoaxes From Orson Welles to the BBC, no one can be trusted.]( By Nicholas Quah [Drake, Future, Gucci Mane, and More Honor Takeoff: ‘Forever Legendary’ “TakeOff forever Legendary.”]( By Zoe Guy [The Best Comedy Specials of 2022 (So Far) There has been a shift back to big ambitious projects and confident theater performances. Here are the most notable.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 25-Down, Three Letters: Aptly named food critic in Ratatouille. Photo-Illustration: Vulure. Photos: Getty Images [Vulture Recommends]( We consume it all so you don’t have to. Photo: NEON [Watch a shipwreck film.]( The onscreen shipwreck promises both visual magnificence and emotional grandeur. It is, in a way, the perfect cinematic gambit. It is also an effective yet simple metaphor. “Here’s what happens,” the shipwreck seems to say, “when the power of nature rips away our carefully constructed world from beneath our feet.” Vulture has journeyed into cinema history to bring you a chronological guide to the onscreen shipwreck — because maybe, if we trace the way filmmakers have taken us to the bottom of the sea, we’ll learn a few things about ourselves on the way down. [Read more from Vulture]( Illustration: Vulture Vulture’s Movies Fantasy League invites readers to compete against one another — and the Vulture staff — in a test of box-office foreknowledge and awards-season prognostication. [Read up on how the game works](, and when you’re ready, [select your team]( before the draft window closes on November 21! [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=vulture-daily) | [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 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved