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What is “good taste” anyway? Allow your favorite actor, musician, celebrity, or comedian to let you in on what they’re watching, reading, and consuming. Maybe you’ll pick up a few recommendations along the way.

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Aisling Bea’s Dream Vacation Is a Work Trip

 The comedian, who finds it hard to relax on holidays, would rather be paid to travel. By Katja Vujić

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  1. RaMell Ross Listens to Miles Davis While He WorksThe Nickel Boys director on his biggest artistic inspirations.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  2. Teyonah Parris Is a Reluctant Double VirgoThe No Good Deed star needs her “mind to be able to race in peace.”
    By Michel Ghanem
  3. Zoey Deutch Is a Real Housewives Fan NowThe Our Town actress is binge-watching reality TV and following Ina Garten’s holiday-party rules.
    By Chinea Rodriguez
  4. Caleb Hearon Loves to Put Cheese Where It Doesn’t BelongThe Sweethearts actor and proudly midwestern comedian shared his most divisive holiday opinions with the Cut.
    By Katja Vujić
  5. Fabiana Palladino Is a Diva-in-TrainingAfter years of supporting other artists, the R&B-pop singer and Lorde collaborator is workshopping on a persona of her own.
    By Cat Zhang
  6. Mickalene Thomas Always Starts With a Clean Studio“Preparing yourself for creating art is just as important as making it.”
    By Maggie Lange
  7. It’s Soccer Mommy’s Favorite Time of YearThe musician lets us in on the inspirations behind her fourth studio album, Evergreen.
    By Brooke LaMantia
  8. New York’s Top Chef Wants to Invite Kamala Harris to DinnerChef Kwame Onwuachi also has some dinner-party rules he wants you to abide by.
    By Asia Milia Ware
  9. Hermès Perfumer Christine Nagel Named a Fragrance After Her Birkin“The sensuality of the barénia texture was like the sensuality of a chypre scent.”
    By Asia Milia Ware
  10. The Curator Bringing Visionary Choreography to the WhitneyDr. Adrienne Edwards discusses “Edges of Ailey,” the first large-scale exhibition celebrating Alvin Ailey’s legacy at the Whitney Museum.
    By Najha Zigbi-Johnson
  11. Nubya Garcia Is a Pottery Girl NowThe British saxophone prodigy throws down in the jazz club and in the ceramics studio.
    By Cat Zhang
  12. Guess Which Housewife Slid Into Marisa Abela’s DMsThe Industry actress is thrilled about the new fans coming her way.
    By Brooke LaMantia
  13. Irene Maiorino Is Inspired by Classic Italian CinemaThe actress is more like her My Brilliant Friend character than you’d think.
    By Michel Ghanem
  14. What’s in This Creative Director’s Secret Sauce?Imogene Strauss, creative director for Clairo and Charli XCX, shares what shapes the taste of the most elite of tastemakers.
    By Matthew Schnipper
  15. Ravyn Lenae Jams Out to Bossa Nova in Her Free TimeThe Bird’s Eye musician will put on a Brazilian-jazz playlist or watch a John Singleton film with her boyfriend when she’s not in the studio.
    By Juan A. Ramírez
  16. Seeking Mavis Beacon’s Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross Are Very OnlineThe director and artist on screenshots, Chess.com, and SoundCloud playlists.
    By Michelle Santiago Cortés
  17. Frances Tiafoe Pregames Tennis Matches by Listening to Nipsey Hussle“Big Foe” fever is sweeping New York during this year’s U.S. Open.
    By Maridelis Morales Rosado
  18. Sean Wang Still Remembers His Friends’ Cringe Facebook StatusesThe Oscar-nominated director on pop-punk, 2000s YouTube, and his debut feature-length film, Dìdi.
    By Cat Zhang
  19. Simon Jacquemus Watches Titanic Twice a YearThe French designer shares his favorite films and best tips for a day on the beach — preferably along the French Riviera.
    By Chantal Fernandez
  20. The Art Gallery Where Orgasms Are HappeningDiamond Stingily’s new exhibition, “Orgasms Happened Here,” can conjure good and bad memories for those who dare peer into it.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  21. Maura Tierney Hopes She Has Main-Character Energy by NowThe actress, known for her roles in dark dramas like ER, The Affair, and The Iron Claw, is also craving a return to comedy.
    By Michel Ghanem
  22. Melissa Etheridge Wants to Take Oprah to a DispensaryThe Grammy-winning rock star and activist talks to the Cut about her new Paramount+ docuseries, Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  23. Faye Webster Is a Tennis StanThe singer-songwriter loves Coco Gauff, Andre Agassi, and picking up a racquet almost every day on tour.
    By Cat Zhang
  24. Amaarae Embraces Cancer SeasonThe 29-year-old artist surrounds herself with the things she loves while keeping an open mind for changes to come.
    By Juan A. Ramírez
  25. Jeremy O. Harris Is a Theater SupremacistBut he made a documentary about Slave Play anyway.
    By Danielle Cohen
  26. Legacy Russell on Black Meme and Her Ideal New York DayThe curator’s latest book, Black Meme, is a poignant analysis of the broadcast and circulation of Blackness throughout history.
    By Naomi Elias
  27. Jane Schoenbrun Doesn’t Really Watch TV AnymoreIf they’re on the couch, the I Saw the TV Glow director would rather watch a movie.
    Cat Zhang
  28. Alice Rohrwacher Digs Up Buried TreasureThe La Chimera director goes deep on her affection for the Met’s hidden warrior statues.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  29. Laila Gohar’s No. 1 Dinner-Party Rule? Always Allow Plus-Ones.And other rules she has. Plus: how she worked with Moncler on an immersive art exhibition in Milan.
    By Chinea Rodriguez
  30. Gilbert Bolden III Isn’t Afraid of CampWhen he isn’t shaking up a 75-year-old institution, the New York City Ballet soloist loves touring Italy — at the Olive Garden in Times Square.
    By Emily Leibert
  31. Anna Sawai Loves Being a HomebodyAfter jet-setting across the world to film several television series, the Shōgun breakout likes to unwind at home with a chill jazz playlist.
    By Michel Ghanem
  32. Esther Perel Has the Hots for PhiladelphiaThe psychotherapist, author, and podcast host spoke to the Cut about her upcoming live tour and what she’s looking forward to most on the road.
    By Katja Vujić
  33. Alice Randall Is Spotlighting Country’s Black RootsIn My Black Country, the songwriter’s vision for the oft-misunderstood genre traces The Bronze Buckaroo to Cowboy Carter.
    By Katja Vujić
  34. Yara Shahidi’s Voice Memos Are Music To Her EarsShe’s leaning into a quieter life, but ironically her voice notes bring her joy.
    By Asia Milia Ware
  35. Your Secret Is Safe With Paapa EssieduThe star of Lucy Prebble’s The Effect would never gossip behind your back.
    By Michel Ghanem
  36. Rose Glass Gets Down With Dolly PartonThe Love Lies Bleeding director can’t get enough of early Dolly, John Waters films, and J. G. Ballard’s short stories.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  37. Kaya Scodelario Can’t Get Enough of the Bravo-verseWhen The Gentlemen and Skins star has free time, she takes a deep dive into reality TV.
    By Louis Staples
  38. Demi Singleton Wants Your ClamsThe 17-year-old face of Miu Miu has a taste for mollusks.
    By Emily Leibert
  39. Kiernan Shipka Is Messi the Dog’s No. 1 FanThe only thing that would have made the Chloé show better? If the Anatomy of a Fall star had walked in it.
    By Brooke LaMantia
  40. Carrie Preston Loves a Good ProceduralThe actress brings her beloved side character front and center in Elsbeth.
    By Michel Ghanem
  41. Elizabeth Yu Surrounds Herself With Fan ArtThe Avatar: The Last Airbender and May December star loves to decorate her apartment with collectibles.
    By Michel Ghanem
  42. Jayme Lawson Is a Renaissance WomanThe Genius: MLK/X actor brings a poetic power to her role as Dr. Betty Shabazz.
    By Katja Vujić
  43. Ambika Mod Isn’t Much of a RomanticNetflix’s One Day adaptation puts Ambika Mod’s cynicism to the test.
    By Michel Ghanem
  44. Ruth Wilson Wants to Expand Her MindThe actress talks about her latest psychological thriller, The Woman in the Wall, and living without social media.
    By Michel Ghanem
  45. Kathryn Newton Is Such an ’80s GirlThe ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ actress can’t help but throw on some tulle.
    By Katja Vujić
  46. Coco Jones Studies Beyoncé Before Going OnstageThe Grammy nominee talks about her pre-performance rituals.
    By Brooke LaMantia
  47. Food Is Sarayu Blue’s Love LanguageThe Expats actress said she had some of the best meals of her life with Nicole Kidman in Hong Kong.
    By Michel Ghanem
  48. Elliot Page’s No. 1 Comfort Movie is E.T.“I bawl my eyes out every time,” he says. “We really need it sometimes.”
    By Asia Milia Ware
  49. Denée Benton Is Proud of Her Southern LineageThe Gilded Age actress has heard the “Peggy goes South” jokes.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  50. A Connoisseur of CampCole Escola’s Our Home Out West is the sort of ultra-niche, well-crafted parody that becomes an instant classic.
    By Juan A. Ramírez
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