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Gunna performs onstage at ‘Samsung Galaxy + Billboard’ during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Waterloo Park on March 17, 2022 in Austin, Texas.Courtesy of Amy E. Price via Getty Images The track is Gunna’s first single since he was released from prison last December after filing an Alford plea in the ongoing YSL

D4vdCourtesy of Aidan Cullen The homeschooled teenager from Houston just wanted to make music for Fortnite montages. Now he’s on a sold-out tour with a new EP. By Megan Armstrong June 2, 2023 David Burke spends most days recording songs in his six-year-old sister’s bedroom closet in his childhood home near Houston—including eight of the

Spider-Man/Miles Morales, voiced by Shameik Moore, in Across the Spider-Verse.Courtesy of Sony Pictures via Everett Collection The full circle moment gives an inspiration his due and closes a loop that had been open since 2010.  By William Goodman June 2, 2023 Spoilers for ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ below It’s natural for sequels to go bigger

Illustration by Michael Houtz; photographs by Getty Images In her bestselling new book, Claire Dederer reckons with problematic artists like Roman Polanski and J.K. Rowling—and the thorny question of whether we can still love their greatest works.  By Ruth Madievsky June 2, 2023 In 2014, the writer Claire Dederer was researching one of her favorite

The sports personality gets athletes to open up in unexpected ways—and is making a name for herself in the process. By Frazier Tharpe Photography by Hajar Benjida June 1, 2023 As the NBA playoffs have wound their way to the Finals, two clips in particular have been circulating with particular vigor in tweets, meme pages,

Photograph: Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte On today’s internet, everyone is playing a character. Some more so than others. By Ryan Broderick June 1, 2023 One afternoon earlier this month at a convention center in Hamburg, Germany, fragrance influencer Jeremy Fragrance runs out on stage dressed in all white and begins leading the crowd in

Vintage jacket from Raggedy Threads. Vintage shirt from Front General Store. Vintage jeans (throughout) by Levi’s from Front General Store. Vintage gloves (throughout) from Palace Costume. Vintage belt from Stock Vintage. Vintage belt buckle from Boot Star. Watch, $6,450, by TAG Heuer.  As he ventures back into the spotlight to play Ken in the summer blockbuster Barbie, Ryan Gosling talks candidly about why he

Caleb Martin of the Miami Heat, seen here during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Kaseya Center on May 23, 2023 in Miami, Florida, has been a surprise key player during the playoffs, and apparently J. Cole played a role in his signing to the team.Courtesy of Megan Briggs via Getty Images  A

The series finale proved Tom and Greg are the only Succession couple worth rooting for.Courtesy of David M. Russell for HBO. Love wins for the Disgusting Brothers and no one else. By Esther Zuckerman May 29, 2023 __Spoilers for the series finale of __Succession follow.** Succession was many things, but it was not an overly sentimental

Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong in Succession.Courtesy of David M. Russell for HBO. GQ polled several writers about some of the HBO series’ most lingering questions and debates. By Frazier Tharpe May 29, 2023 Succession is finally over. Just when it seemed like the previous HBO series about a bunch of family members

Jeremy Strong in the series finale of Succession.Courtesy of Macall Polay for HBO. In an appropriately bleak ending, the No. 1 boy suffers the most.  By Paul Thompson May 29, 2023 Toward the end of the penultimate episode of Succession, “Church and State,”  Kendall says to Hugo, the public relations lapdog who moments later will pledge

Bill Hader in the Barry finale.Photograph: HBO It just comes at the ultimate price.  By Gabriella Paiella May 28, 2023 Spoilers for Barry ahead.  Barry Berkman has always sought redemption. In the first season of Barry, the former marine-turned-hitman found it in his theater class. When it became clear that pivoting from assassin to actor wasn’t going to

Steve Carell, Aristou Meehan and Liev Schreiber in Asteroid City.Courtesy of Focus Features via Everett Collection The auteur’s latest, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival last week, combines the best elements of his early and latter day work into something magical–and unexpected. By Ariel LeBeau May 28, 2023 Four decades into his career, Wes Anderson

Photographs: Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte She knows everything about Taylor Swift. He knows the deal with a certain kind of Brooklyn podcaster. Now they’re sharing an exhilarating, once-in-a-lifetime moment of pop-culture crossover. By Kate Lindsay May 27, 2023 My boyfriend can binge dark and meandering movies about the opioid crisis, but fell asleep the

The sexual chemistry between Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson sizzles in the Fatal Attraction re-imagining.Courtesy of Monty Brinton for Paramount+ Not everything in the Joshua Jackson/Lizzy Caplan reimagining—which airs its series finale this weekend—works, but true to its source material, it makes sex scenes hot again. By Kerensa Cadenas May 27, 2023 Hollywood has long

Kieran Culkin in Succession.Courtesy of Macall Polay for HBO. Armstrong originally envisioned his HBO series as a much more literal feature film about the Murdoch family. Does that script spoil Succession’s ending? By Grant Rindner May 25, 2023 The fourth season of Jesse Armstrong’s acclaimed HBO family drama Succession has consistently subverted audience expectations. The family

The ‘first couple’ of Spanish-language music took the GQ Couples Quiz, dishing on their first kiss, their go-to karaoke songs, and his proposal snafu. By Vince Mancini May 25, 2023 Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro might just be the preeminent couple in Spanish-language music. The pair dated covertly for more than a year, before becoming “instagram official”

Photographs: Everett Collection; Collage: Gabe Conte Dom Toretto and the gang have gone from DVD thieves to CIA-backed astronauts over the course of the last 22 years. Here we crunch the numbers to determine the most “out there” movies in the series. By William Goodman May 24, 2023 The Fast & Furious franchise sped past reality

Photographs: Everett Collection, Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte An honest, strictly basketball-based scouting report on the White Men Can’t Jump remake. Would Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow stand a chance against Wesley and Woody? By Abe Beame May 24, 2023 When word spread that the beloved 1992 Ron Shelton streetball and race relations classic White Men

Brenden Jefferson, Shia LaBeouf, Byron Cotton, Jake M. Smith, Miguel Castro, Khleo Thomas and Max Kasch in Holes.Courtesy of Tony Barbera for Buena Vista Pictures via Everett Collection The cast and crew of the film that made Shia LaBeouf a star reflect on the making of the irresistible jam “Dig It.”  By Jake Kring-Schreifels May