On Black nonchalance.
Gold and diamond grills. Stilettos you can’t walk in. Grandly arching fingernails, lovingly adorned. Such flouting of functionality is an obvious fuck-you to the days of scrutinized teeth at auctions and picking cotton on plantations.
A profile of Zendaya.
The fight for female superheroes in Hollywood.
Anand Patwardhan spent decades tracking the rise of Hindu nationalism. And now, under an increasingly repressive government, he holds his screenings in secret.
A profile of the Daily Show host.
The actor and director is the one thing we can all agree on.
The episode that changed The Simpsons.
Zacharias Holmes grew up idolizing the anarchy of ‘Jackass.’ Then he took his idols’ vision of chaos to a whole other level. This is the story of Zackass, the Most Self-Destructive Man in America.
An interview with the creator and star of “I May Destroy You.”
The Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been trailed by accusations of sexual misconduct for 20 years. Here, his alleged victims tell their stories.
The fall of CBS showrunner Peter Lenkov.
America’s poet laureate of the dick joke is taking it all in stride.
How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the most sublimely unsettling show of the year.
How do you write about Hollywood’s most self-referential screenwriter at a destabilizing moment in history? It takes more than one draft.
“I don’t think [the news media] has ever had a good handle on a political moment. It’s not designed for that. It’s designed for engagement.”
A profile of the actor in the wake of the loss of his wife.
Production was shut down three times, the stars often clashed, and studio executives were baffled. Here’s how a difficult shoot led to an Oscar-winning masterpiece.
“Yesterday I was just googling, I was going on YouTube to see how to microwave pasta.”
A profile of Marlon Brando, 33, holed up in a hotel suite in Kyoto where he was filming Sayonara.
Hunting child predators with actress Marisol Nichols.
The iconic actor played Iceman, Doc Holliday, Batman, and Jim Morrison, but behind all the mythic roles was a man grasping for meaning wherever he could find it. Here he opens up about cancer, strength, and death.
The making of Caddyshack.
Tina Fey, Mike Schur, and 35 more TV writers on what their characters would do in a pandemic.
Why is the actor wrestling—and nearly dying in the ring—at the age of 48? For pride, acceptance, and to undo the mistakes of his past.
Behind the scenes of the survivalist reality-TV show.
