Month: April 2023

Photographs: Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte GQ went to Coachella, where the generational artist gave his first live show in six years on Sunday evening. Despite its late start and early end, Ocean’s performance through grief was a chaotic triumph. By Eileen Cartter April 17, 2023 “It’s been so long. Everybody talks about how long
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There are a lot of great robots in science fiction. In fact, when you think of the science fiction genre, robots are on of the first things that comes to mind. But what makes a robot great? What makes for the best sci-fi robots from books? Is it their capability? Is it their personality? Or
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New frontrunners have emerged in the game of Succession. During the fourth episode—titled “Honeymoon States”—of the HBO show’s fourth and final season, two characters (temporarily) took over Waystar Royco after the death of CEO Logan Roy (Brian Cox): his sons Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin). All the power moves went down when Logan’s family and some friends gathered
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I’m Glad My Mom Died I’m Glad My Mom Died is a celebrity memoir, but even if you (like me) have never heard of actor Jennette McCurdy or seen a single second of “iCarly” on Nickelodeon, getting sucked into this frankly told and deeply nuanced story of a troubled mother-daughter relationship is almost inevitable. McCurdy’s
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Hiam Abbass as Marcia Roy in Succession season four, episode four. David M. Russell At last, Succession’s most quietly cunning character makes her return—and leaves us thinking that she could win it all. By Gabriella Paiella April 16, 2023 Spoilers for Succession ahead. Marcia! Where the hell have you been, loca?  Succession season four, episode four was packed with
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Roald Dahl’s books are being edited to make them less offensive. Joke is, nothing has really changed. No matter how many tweaks are made to try and push classics like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory into more politically correct territory, Dahl’s books are still harmful. There are a number of things that make defending Roald
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The writer David Grann and a piece of wild celery on the remote coast of Patagonia. Photographs: Portrait courtesy of David Grann, Doubleday, Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte He’s been your favorite writer’s favorite writer for decades. But with a thrilling new book and an unprecedented back-to-back collaboration with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, David Grann
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Love blossomed in Hawkins! Natalia, who plays Nancy Wheeler, and Charlie, who plays Jonathan Byers, have been linked since 2017 when they made their red carpet debut at The Fashion Awards in London.  Their characters are intrinsically linked, which has led for plenty of on-screen time together, which Natalia doesn’t take for granted. “It’s always
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In the age of COVID-19, it is impossible not to appreciate how a virus can upend societies, reshape politics and divide populations. But what many of us do not know, and what Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues makes clear, is that viruses and bacteria have been integral to all of human
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