It’s borderline miraculous that Nick can handle Meredith’s dark and twisty bits this well. Read more in this week’s recap. trib.al/6L62hP8

The Michael Corleone of ‘Tokyo Vice’ on perfecting the cigarette etiquette of the period, Backstreet Boys karaoke, and why he ad-libbed a crucial scene. trib.al/9lBCLZI

Hall and Oates is dead; long live Daryl Hall and John Oates’s solo careers. Oates says he’s ‘moved on’ from the duo amid Hall’s business lawsuit against him. trib.al/hJWIyd1

The funniest show on TV is ‘Girls5Eva,’ recently saved from the backwoods of Peacock to premiere a third season on the mires of Netflix. While a lot of shows have taken off when they’ve landed on Netflix, ‘Girls5Eva’ didn’t. I think I know why. trib.al/s1MSkx6

Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ is less a warning than a call for reflection. It’s about the way we’ve become desensitized to images of brutality and destruction. trib.al/H0cdHe7

From ‘The Beach’ to ‘Civil War’, we take a closer look at filmmaker Alex Garland’s fascinating Hollywood career. trib.al/ntNMqgt

Pedro Almodóvar’s queer cowboy short, ‘Strange Way of Life,’ starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke, is a gorgeous but unsatisfying sketch of a thing. trib.al/edicQqD

Musicians Liang Wang and Matthew Muckey were fired from the New York Philharmonic for sexual misconduct. Why are they back playing with the orchestra? trib.al/ZctLY9C

You can sense the glee everyone involved with ‘Sasquatch Sunset’ felt in getting this improbable flick made. If only there were more reason to actually watch it. trib.al/GoEDrh9

‘Challengers’ is the ultimate example to date of what has become a distinctively Zendaya screen energy. Luca Guadagnino’s forthcoming sports drama will be the project that puts her over the top, as both a serious actress and a brand. trib.al/gGmzgaL

Our favorite late-night moment of the week was, obviously, that the boys (Conan O’Brien and his long-ass legs) were back in town (on ‘The Tonight Show’). trib.al/wtTjEog

All the sad-eyed action movie stars are doing this move. It is emotionally painful and occasionally hilarious: ‘He proceeds to aerate the dude with both ad hoc weapons like he is a potato about to go in the microwave,’ Alison Willmore writes. trib.al/gDN03iU

The ‘Golden Bachelor’ marriage has ended in golden divorce, Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist announced. The couple were married for three months following their live nuptials. trib.al/zeoIfZb

This week’s best TV and movies to watch include Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War,’ a great adaptation of the video game ‘Fallout,’ HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer,’ and more. Plus, watch Coachella from your couch this year. trib.al/NiFAoIY

While Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ blows up the Lincoln Memorial, plenty of other directors have done far worse to Washington, D.C. — and beyond. trib.al/ocPgW9y

Diarra Kilpatrick talks honoring the city and people that inspired ‘Diarra From Detroit,’ and creating a ‘sexy imagining of what it might look like for Black people to police their own communities.’ trib.al/FeL4Tzr

Can you solve the latest Vulture 10x10 daily crossword puzzle clue? 22-Down, Four Letters: Nepo babies Jobs and Hewson, for two trib.al/0taNLze

The Movie Critic will reportedly start shooting in Los Angeles this fall. Here’s everything we know about Quentin Tarantino’s ‘final’ film, his tenth or 11th depending on how you count. trib.al/QIjWOjZ

‘The Amanda Show’ star Raquel Lee Bolleau is expressing frustration with the team behind the ‘Quiet on Set’ docuseries, which she appeared in. ‘They did the same thing that the industry always does,” she said. trib.al/rWXmceb

Post-hardcore legends Thursday released their first song in 13 years after a ‘contentious’ writing session. “When it comes to this band,’ says singer Geoff Rickly, ‘a hard no is always a possible yes.” trib.al/Qq7fRKo