The Case for the Spectacle Cry

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( weep week [The Case for the Spectacle Cry]( If the end of Speed Racer makes you well up … well, you’re not alone. Photo: Warner Bros./Everett Collection The cemetery scene in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias is an all-time, hall-of-fame, best-in-show cry scene, the kind of weighty, deeply emotional piece every actor dreams of playing. The key reason can be summarized in two words: Sally Field. As M’Lynn, a mother who has just lost her daughter Shelby (Julia Roberts) to complications from diabetes, Field careens through peaks and valleys of grief so raw that you can’t watch it with dry eyes. While pacing through a graveyard, she skates back and forth through the five stages of grief in roughly five minutes, and not one millisecond of it feels false. [read more]( More From Vulture’s Weep Week 1. [Sally Field’s Five Stages of Grief in One Steel Magnolias Scene “I have described it as taking a little razor blade to the inside of your heart.”]( 2. [An Exhaustive List of Ways TV and Movies Make Us Cry I don’t care about me, just save my baby!]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 60% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • All Creatures Great and Small: [Who Moves to the Lakes?]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Usher Rolls Out the Complete R&B Experience The Atlanta legend’s halftime show was a message: never doubt him again.]( By Craig Jenkins [Everything We Know About Beyoncé’s Renaissance Act II, Y’all It will feature Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Raphael Saadiq, Hit-Boy, Nathan Ferraro, Killah B, and Rhiannon Giddens.]( By Bethy Squires [The Celebs in Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl Squad Ice Spice, a former Beatle, and the star of A Simple Favor.]( By Bethy Squires [Super Bowl Ads 2024: Beyoncé Album Announcement (Feat. Verizon) Get out the Buffalo-chicken dip, it’s time to consume Super Bowl commercials.]( By Jason P. Frank [Wicked Reveals the Big Riff The first look teaser premiered during the ultimate theater event, the Super Bowl.]( By Jason P. Frank [Listen to the First (and Last) Track of Renaissance Act II II singles dropping from Renaissance Act II.]( By Bethy Squires [Every Super Bowl Halftime Show Since 1993, Ranked An overview of the last three decades of mid-game pop spectacle, from worst to best.]( By Brian Moylan [Yeah, Peter Frampton Also Side-Eyed Past Rock Hall Nominations Though the 2024 nominee never expected the honor himself, he’s cheering for the institution’s new era: “Things will be more realistic.”]( By Devon Ivie [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 28-Across, Eight Letters: Wednesday’s mother Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty, Everett, Netflix [Pretty Major at Union Hall]( Photo: Vulture Tomorrow at Union Hall at 7 p.m., Vulture’s comedy show Pretty Major will be hosted by Jay Jurden and feature comedy from Zahid Dewji, Gianmarco Soresi, and Emily Wilson. [Buy tickets here](. 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 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved