The famed magician on the influence and the chicanery of Nashville’s most enigmatic performer. By Penn Jillette, as told to Brett Martin April 8, 2021 The magicians Penn Jillette, left, and Teller with their old friend David Allan Coe.Everett Collection / Collage by Simon Abranowicz I’ll tell you this story, and I hope you take
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Tyler Mahan Coe created a sensation with his podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones. Now the son of Nashville outlaw David Allan Coe returns with a story that goes even deeper. By Brett Martin Photography by Whitten Sabbatini April 8, 2021 The early morning hours of March 3, 2020, found Tyler Mahan Coe huddled in the bathtub of
An appreciation of the most intoxicating silk tops to hit prestige TV. By Gabriella Paiella April 8, 2021 Courtesy of HBO Circling Back is where GQ revisits the little things about the big things in pop culture. Italy is responsible for producing magnificent art that has endured throughout the centuries, from the Sistine Chapel to
Ahead of this week’s Masters, 2013 champion Adam Scott put together a syllabus of his favorite books, movies, and YouTube clips to get hyped. By Chris Cohen April 6, 2021 Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson All products featured on GQ are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links,
The President’s son went to California for a fresh start. Instead, his addiction spiraled. By Colin Groundwater April 6, 2021 Shepard Sherbell / Getty Images Hunter Biden’s memoir started trickling into the world today. Controversy has dogged the President’s 51-year-old son for the last few years, from a public struggle with drug addiction to the
Fresh off of being named Wrestler of the Year, Banks will make history alongside Bianca Belair as the first two Black women to compete for a WrestleMania championship, where Bad Bunny will also be wrestling. By Mick Rouse April 6, 2021 Sasha BanksCourtesy of WWE 2019 was a tough year for Sasha Banks. Since debuting
The acclaimed Donald Glover series resumed production last week. Here’s everything he and others have teased about the new episodes so far. By William Goodman April 6, 2021 Lakeith Stanfield and Donald Glover in Atlanta, 2018.Courtesy of Guy D’Alema for FX A three year hiatus is tough for any audience, but it’s especially difficult when
20 great semi-obscure films from deep in the archives of Amazon Prime, Paramount Plus and more. By Keith Phipps April 2, 2021 Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry, 2002.Everett Collection / Courtesy of ThinkFilm Inc. There are many reasons to be nostalgic for video stores, often tied to the same qualities that made them
Netflix’s plan for two sequels could turn what was a fun standalone mystery into the endless content loops demanded by today’s film culture. By Kyle Turner April 2, 2021 Daniel Craig in Knives Out, 2019.Courtesy of Claire Folger for Lionsgate The genre I have turned to the most in the last year has been the
The popular Williamsburg restaurant fed frontline hospital workers and hungry families, and now they’re giving away free donuts and celebrating 15 years in business. By Mahira Rivers April 2, 2021 Pies ‘n’ Thighs co-owners Carolyn Bane and Sarah SannehCourtesy of Pies ‘n’ Thighs When Pies ‘n’ Thighs first opened in South Williamsburg in 2006, it
The series, now in its second season, presents an intriguing alternate reality—what if the U.S. lost the Space Race—that blends the pleasures of period dramas with the thrill of the unknown. By Jeff Wilser April 1, 2021 Courtesy of Apple TV+ On the latest episode of For All Mankind, a United States astronaut, while hovering
The genre-less artist has already collaborated with Paul McCartney and Justin Bieber. With a new relationship and sobriety influencing his music, Dominic Fike teases what’s next. By Willa Bennett April 1, 2021 Courtesy of Daniel Prakopcyk “I’m normal as shit,” Dominic Fike assures me. Of course, with two albums, a Hulu documentary, a devoted and
The Eames chair! The view! One woman’s demented investigation into a fictional apartment on a TV show that went off the air over 15 years ago. By Gabriella Paiella March 31, 2021 Everett Collection This winter, with more time indoors and on my hands than usual, I learned a new language, finally landed Crow Pose,
The recently Grammy-nominated MC took inspiration from The Last Dance to peak at an age when most rappers are in decline. By Julian Kimble March 31, 2021 James “JMP” Perreira The turning point in Freddie Gibbs’s career came in 2011, when he first connected with Madlib after his longtime manager Ben “Lambo” Lambert brought him
The visionary director behind Shirkers returns with a beautiful, demented, and deeply funny new novel called Lurkers. By Naomi Huffman March 30, 2021 “I’m never really in the right time, somehow,” novelist and filmmaker Sandi Tan tells me. “No one seems to be.” It’s winter and gloomier than it ought to be in L.A, where
In the wake of Steve Rogers retiring in Endgame, the new Marvel Disney+ series is painting a portrait of five other men who took up the shield at one point or another in the comics. By William Goodman March 30, 2021 Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson We’re only two episodes into Marvel’s The Falcon and
The country singer reflects on a year of radical change. By Margo Price March 30, 2021 Danielle Holbert “Mama, where is the light at the end of the tunnel? What if there is no other side to the tunnel? What if it’s just dark and it’s always gonna be like this now?” These are big
The Disney+ event series just unveiled the full cast list and there’s a lot to be excited, and cautiously optimistic about. By Kevin Hall March 29, 2021 Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, 1999.Everett Collection / Courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd. The Mandalorian was a huge hit for
The Snyder Cut, oddly enough, represents the triumph of the director’s cut. Here are 10 more great ones that restore or amplify their creator’s pure vision. By Kyle Turner March 29, 2021 Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson The idea of the “director’s cut” has become mythologized in cinema culture because it represents the triumph of
But the closest they’ll probably get to a restored Snyderverse is the multiverse in Flashpoint. By William Goodman March 26, 2021 Jared Leto in Suicide Squad, 2016.Everett Collection / Courtesy of Warner Bros We know what happens when you give a mouse a cookie, but what happens when you give the DC fanbase the Snyder