Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Vulture Culture 2019 when Hollywood is Hungry for Brain Candy: Elizabeth Moss, America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Joel McHale, Alison Brie,Ken Jeong, Norman Lear, & Rita Moreno

By Laura Medina


It helps to be New York Magazine.  It's prestige attracts Hollywood's hottest, hippest, and coolest stars and luminaries to LA's intelligentsia, hungry for brain candy, suffering from eye candy diabetes.


Vulture Festival presented by AT&T, wrapped up day 1 of this year’s pop culture extravaganza. Saturday morning’s programming began with D'Arcy Carden and Manny Jacinto aka The Good Place’s Hottest Boyfriend and Girl (Not A Girl) Friend, followed by an afternoon with Dascha Polanco, Susan Kelechi Watson, Candice Patton, and Cameron Esposito for Movers and Shakers and Mentors Presented By AT&T Hello Lab. Just in time for the hunger pangs to kick in, Jerry Saltz joined David Chang for an Eating Demonstration, where the two shared a meal and discussed the intersection of food and culture. Bachelor Nation’s  Eric Bigger, Nick Viall, Jade Roper-Tolbert, Tanner Tolbert, Ashley Iaconetti, Jared Haibon, Katie Morton, Chris Bukowski, Colton Underwood, and Cassie Randolph joined us for cocktails at Couples Game Night, and rounding out the evening, Vulture’s own A Star Is Born stan, Hunter Harris, hosted a sing-a-long poolside screening, presented by Virgin Voyages.
 
Other talent highlights for the day included Marc Evan Jackson, Tony Hale, Claudio de Oliveira, America Ferrera Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Nico Santos, Kaliko Kauahi, Tracy Clayton, Tamron Hall, Anne Konkle, and Maya Erskine.


Vulture Festival presented by AT&T, wrapped up day 2 of this year’s pop-culture extravaganza. Amazon Prime Video kicked off the morning with The Man In The High Castle followed by cast reunions for Community and Party Down. Bringing us the latest gossip from the Upper East, Josh Safran joined us to talk about Gossip Girl and his latest project, Soundtrack. We had dinner with Rita Moreno and the One Day At A Time cast and Casey Wilson and Adam Pally took us on a Star Tour through Hollywood where we ran into a few friends (Abby Elliot) along the way. Closing out the evening, and festival, Will Forte and John Solomon provided live narration during a McGruber fan screening, presented by Screenvision. 

Other talent highlights for the day included Jerry Saltz, Isa Dick Hackett, David Scarpa, Rufus Sewell, Jason O'Mara, Chelah Horsdal, Joel de la Fuente, Frances Turner, Lizzy Caplan, Adam Scott, Megan Mullally, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, Dan Etheridge, John Enbom, Rob Thomas, Ryan Hansen, Ken Marino, Steve Guttenberg, Joel McHale, Jim Rash, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Dan Harmon, Chris McKenna, Ken Jeong, Yvette Nicole Brown, Tim Robinson, Ruben Rabasa, Akiva Schaffer, Zach Kanin, Norman Lear, Brent Miller, Gloria Calderon Kellett, Mike Royce, Rita Moreno, Justina Machado, Isabella Gomez, Marcel Ruiz, Stephen Tobolowsky, Todd Grinnell, Elisabeth Moss, Hannah Einbinder, Vanessa Gonzalez, Steph Tolev, Whitmer Thomas, David Gborie, Irene Tu, andCameron Esposito.





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