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  1. profile
    ‘I’m Not Letting You Laugh at Me. I’m Perfect.’Twenty years into his stand-up career, Anthony Jeselnik remains the king of crossed lines.
  2. art
    Kehinde Wiley Can’t Believe This Is Happening to HimHe built an empire out of painting young Black men into art history. Can it survive accusations of sexual assault?
  3. profile
    Big Tits, Trim Ankles, and a PeabodyBridget Everett reflects on the life and death of her TV masterpiece Somebody Somewhere: “I can’t imagine anything else being this good.”
  4. profile
    Trust the Kieran Culkin ProcessFirst, he nearly dropped out of Oscar hopeful A Real Pain. Then he convinced Jesse Eisenberg to change the way he directs.
  5. profile
    Nicole Scherzinger Never Stopped DreamingThe former Pussycat Doll stages a comeback with Sunset Blvd. on Broadway.
  6. encounter
    No Longer Just a Nepo FriendAfter years in celebrity orbit, Owen Thiele is taking center stage.
  7. profile
    Anora’s ‘Russian Timothée Chalamet’ Is Just Happy to Be Here“I’m just some weird guy who somehow became a part of Sean Baker’s movie,” says actor Mark Eydelshteyn.
  8. profile
    How Erin Foster’s Jewish Conversion Led to Netflix’s Nobody Wants ThisShe spent the past decade turning her Hollywood life into so-so content. Her new rom-com series, with Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, might be different.
  9. profile
    Jamie xx Didn’t Ruin Club MusicBut that hasn’t stopped the producer from worrying about his impact.
  10. close read
    Hot CommodityIn Sally Rooney’s novels, love is always being bought, sold, or reduced to tropes. But this is also what makes it real.
  11. encounter
    Anna Sawai: ‘I Have This Weird Confidence’She is now the first Japanese actress to win an Emmy for her lead performance in Shōgun.
  12. fall preview 2024
    Kaytranada Owns His InfluenceOnce modern dance music’s best-kept secret, the Canadian DJ-producer is ready to go bigger.
  13. fall preview 2024
    Garth Greenwell’s Grand RomanceThe author explores the tender side of long-term partnership amid a health crisis in his best novel yet.
  14. profile
    Eric Goode’s Monkey BusinessHow a former nightclub impresario and reptile enthusiast became one of the most successful documentary filmmakers of our time.
  15. profile
    Naomi Ackie Knows She’s Good. When Will the Box Office?The actor has critical acclaim but no mainstream success. She hopes Zoë Kravitz’s thriller Blink Twice changes that.
  16. profile
    Moses Sumney’s Time MachineThis summer, he’s got music for ’90s R&B lovers and the movie MaXXXine for ’80s horror freaks.
  17. profile
    Therapy DaddyPhil Stutz has made a career in Hollywood doing what most psychologists advise against: telling his patients exactly what to do.
  18. profile
    Casey McQuiston Is Trojan-Horsing Trans Romance“You’re gonna be 60 percent of the way in before you know that’s what you’re reading.”
  19. profile
    Saoirse-Monica Jackson Goes Derry FreeAfter playing a teenager in Northern Ireland, Saoirse-Monica Jackson is hell-bent on doing something different.
  20. profile
    Put Maya Erskine in EverythingPEN15 introduced her as a gonzo comedic talent. Mr. & Mrs. Smith makes a convincing case for her as a rom-com lead.
  21. profile
    Lionel Boyce Is The Bear’s Secret SauceAs Marcus, Boyce is the guy everyone wants to be around. He’s having that effect on Hollywood too.
  22. profile
    Lev Grossman Takes His TimeThe author of The Magicians returns to adult fiction with The Bright Sword. It only took ten years and a transpacific move.
  23. from the archives
    From the Archives: Eddie Murphy LiveThe razor-edged king of late-night comedy, profiled in 1982.
  24. profile
    Annie Baker Goes to HollywoodThe renowned playwright switches mediums with her sneakily expansive debut film, Janet Planet, about a possessive mother-daughter relationship.
  25. profile
    Is This Your King?House of the Dragon’s Tom Glynn-Carney is so good at playing pathetic you almost forget you’re supposed to hate him.
  26. profile
    Ella Purnell Is Hollywood’s New Favorite Action HeroYellowjackets fans craved more of her. Tim Burton couldn’t resist her peculiar eyes. Now, the actress has everyone falling for her in Fallout.
  27. profile
    Emil Ferris Still Believes in MonstersThe graphic novelist’s debut, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, was a hit. Seven years later—after a contentious lawsuit—the sequel is finally coming.
  28. movies
    With Challengers, Justin Kuritzkes Serves an AceHis first movie script for the sexy tennis drama has taken him from struggling playwright to in-demand screenwriter.
  29. profile
    The TroubadourHow Alynda Segarra, a former train-hopping punk from the Bronx, became one of America’s best songwriters.
  30. the action edition
    Picking His FightsThe twists and turns of Jake Gyllenhaal’s unlikely, unsettling action career have brought him to Road House.
  31. encounter
    The Mr. Rogers of Columbus, OhioThe poet Hanif Abdurraqib is as idiosyncratic as his unclassifiable new book.
  32. profile
    Tierra Whack Takes Her Mask OffKnown for her clever lyrics and eccentric music videos, the rapper gets surprisingly vulnerable on her debut album.
  33. encounter
    Christopher Wool’s Punk-Rock Art Show in a Fidi TowerThe blue-chip artist is over museums, galleries — and pretty much everything else.
  34. books
    Lucy Sante: Here She Comes NowThe author of ‘Low Life’ and ‘Kill All Your Darlings’ tried to keep a safe distance from herself — and her own desires. Until, at 66, she broke free.
  35. fall preview 2023
    All Eyes on Lily GladstoneThe actress is the unflinching face of an American tragedy in Martin Scorsese’s historical epic, Killers of the Flower Moon.
  36. the essay
    Billy Porter Is Ready to Speak on ItHe spent decades dazzling in performances before he could be himself in public. He’s making up for lost time.
  37. encounter
    In Lexi Freiman’s Books, It’s So Easy to Be WrongHer novel The Book of Ayn is about a newly canceled person in a toxic relationship with her ego.
  38. profile
    Tim’s TimeAfter decades of playing comedy’s finest douchebags and boneheads, what happens when Tim Heidecker starts acting like himself?
  39. profile
    Gerry Turner’s Rose Is TimelessAmerica’s new favorite hunk is a 72-year-old widower. He may be the best thing ever to happen to The Bachelor franchise.
  40. profile
    Comedy’s Scrappiest All-StarsMark Phillips and his group RDCWorld have built a DIY content empire. Everyone — from NBA icons to Hollywood producers — is taking notice.
  41. fall preview 2023
    Sampha’s Circle of LifeHis first album tackled loss and made him a star. On his follow-up, Lahai, he writes from a happier place: fatherhood.
  42. art
    Rirkrit Tiravanija Would Prefer Not ToHis new retrospective at MoMA PS1 celebrates avoiding making art.
  43. books
    Dory Fantasmagory Is Some of the Best Children’s Literature in YearsIn the six-book series, author Abby Hanlon embraces the messier parts of childhood and raising children.
  44. profile
    Kit Connor Wasn’t ReadyThe star of Netflix’s teen rom-com Heartstopper was forced to come out by the show’s fans. He’s not letting them get to him anymore.
  45. profile
    Watching the RewatcherWhen the YouTuber behind Mike’s Mic recaps TV, the results are often better than the shows themselves.
  46. profile
    ‘I Don’t Have Space to Be Tired of It’Lola Brooke had to be a master multitasker to break into rap. Now she’s the new livest one from Bedford-Stuyvesant.
  47. profile
    Hand Ashley Park the KeysThe actress took Broadway, then Paris. Now, she heads to Beijing for Joy Ride, this summer’s raunchiest R-rated buddy comedy.
  48. profile
    The Way Devery Jacobs Tells ItShe may play an impulsive teen on Reservation Dogs, but the actress, writer, and director understands the value of control.
  49. profile
    Drew Barrymore Is Figuring It Out LiveHer radically intimate daytime show is as much therapy for her as it is for her guests.
  50. profile
    Celine Song Is the One That Got AwayIn the director’s semi-autobiographical debut feature, Past Lives, there are two love interests and no easy choices.
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