Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall in Coming to America. This story originally ran on June 25, 2018. We’ve republished it alongside our coverage of the newly-released Coming 2 America. When the Eddie Murphy vehicle Coming to America landed in theaters 30 years ago, it was received in much the same fashion as the comic superstar’s last few pictures (Eddie Murphy: Raw, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Golden Child) — big box office, but middling reviews.

A bad shawl cardigan. When you happen upon a mystery that you have never really thought about before, the fact that you had never thought about it before becomes an especially gripping part of the mystery. You wonder what you were doing with your life before it came to your attention, and even go so far as to think about the possibility that it was actively concealed from you in a well-intentioned but ultimately misguided effort to preserve your peace of mind, because it’s everywhere you look now, constantly issuing blaring reminders that it exists, whereas before there was just humming, droning silence.

If you’ve spent any time around children in the last five years, you’ve almost certainly heard “Baby Shark.” Maybe you’ve even learned the viral hit’s accompanying choreography, with its chomping jaws, illustrating the tale of the titular shark and its family as they search for prey. Then, after futilely trying to get the song out of your head, you’ll wonder, “Why, oh why, of all the kids’ songs out there, did this one become a worldwide smash?

Nothing is easy when it comes to directing a movie, but shooting a sex scene may pose filmmaking’s most surreal challenge. Think of all the contradictions at play: Sex is one of the most real and messy things two people can engage in, but in this case, carefully choreographed movie stars are paid to fake it. And while the best love scenes often feel intimate and personal, it’s easy to forget that they’re reenacted in front of a director and crew standing just out of frame, then broadcast to (and screen-capped by) an audience of millions.

Call her Bee-yoncé, the way she can’t stay away from bouquets. From the 50,000 to 60,000 white orchids that reportedly decorated her wedding with Jay-Z to the blooming background of her second pregnancy reveal, flowers have been a consistent part of Beyoncé’s brand long before she ran for BOTUS. No one can accuse her of keeping them to herself, though. Beyoncé has developed a reputation for sending floral arrangements to other people so frequently that stans joke the hardest worker in Hollywood is her florist.

Harvey Weinstein. We found out recently that Madonna cut her own daughter from W.E., but what additional cuts did Harvey Weinstein make when he acquired the film after Cannes? When we caught up with Weinstein last night at the Crosby Hotel’s party for Lilyhammer, we asked him exactly that. “Can I say something about working with Madonna?” he laughed. “Normally you could ask me that question [about cutting scenes], but when you work with Madonna, she does those things.

It’s easy, especially for younger fans, to take Dungeons & Dragons’ popularity for granted. After all, it’s the subject of a blockbuster movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. But, for decades, this titan of role-playing was reduced to the plaything of, well, nerds. Far from the glamour of movie theaters, D&D got its start in a garage in 1970s Wisconsin, and the game had to fight hard to shake those humble, outsider origins.

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. It’s not hard to see why Philip K. Dick’s stories are adapted so often. They’re imbued a frequent sense of paranoia, a fixation on memory, and a haunting discussion of identity, all of which remain every bit as timelessly fascinating now as they were during his decades-long career. At this point, Dick’s work has influenced generations of writers and directors: Blade Runner and Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly are both based on Dick’s ideas, and one can draw a line from his 1957 novel Eye in the Sky to the Black Mirror episode “USS Callister,” for instance.

When Feud: Capote vs. the Swans viewers meet Naomi Watts’s Babe Paley, she’s red-faced and tearful, angry over the discovery of yet another of her husband Bill Paley’s (Treat Williams) affairs. She calls for her best friend, Tom Hollander’s Truman Capote, who arrives with Valium and a sympathetic ear, as well as a bit of advice: Don’t file for divorce. Instead, he says, make the scoundrel pay, perhaps with a Van Gogh or maybe a Manet?

Spoilers ahead. Rather than allow herself to be consigned to a fate of professional widow (or worse), Daenerys Targaryen instead became the leader of the Dothraki by burning down a hut containing some 21 khals and bloodriders and then emerging unscathed. “It’s a big turning point in the show,” actor Joe Naufahu said. “It’s pretty epic.” As Khal Moro, he had taken her prisoner but treated her with some respect, until she became a threat and embarrassed him in front of his peers.