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Actor Steven Yeun is one of the greats. If there was ever any doubt, it’s all gone now after his stunning turn in Minari, the emotional new film about a Korean-American family that moves to Arkansas. Yeun plays the father at the center of the story, and his moving performance has already garnered big buzz

“Oh, no,” said Steven Yeun, his register hushed, like he’d just been enlisted to steal the Declaration of Independence. Some of Yeun’s friends had told me, specifically, to ask the actor about his fondness for something called primal astrology. Primal astrology is a quasi-evolved version of its more popular zodiac cousin, with a little more

Last night, one of hip-hops most enduring duos added a new song to their oeuvre. Drake and Rick Ross have been appearing on songs together since 2009 and making one-on-one collabs since 2011, and they bring something special out of each other—all of these songs would be counted among their best by fans. As Drake

When did you first become aware of Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s story? When I read the script. I’d never heard of him before. I never read his book. When Kevin sent me the script, I was very happy, as an actor, to get this part. It’s a beautiful part with a lot of depth and big

You also have an important role in Judas and the Black Messiah. How did you end up in that? I was around during the development of the script. I was there when there were separate versions of the two main characters, William O’Neal and Fred Hampton. There was a Fred Hampton biopic that Will Berson

“Behold how good and how pleasant it is for us to join together in unity,” said Bunny Wailer, stepping onstage draped in ornate robes to greet the sold-out crowd inside Madison Square Garden at his first and only headlining gig there in 1986. Bunny was never a fan of international travel, referring to airplanes as

Last Chance U is back for round six. The Netflix show produced in partnership with GQ Studios returns this month. The Emmy-winning series takes you deep into the world of junior college sports, where young players overcome the personal demons and athletic hurdles in their pursuit of scholarships, wins, and a shot at the big

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  In April of the pandemic, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. It was not an optimal moment to need a pulmonary specialist. In September we learned that my father had ALS. That was it for me—it was time to go home. That I’d now taken

The latest documentary on Tekashi 6ix9ine, Showtime’s Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine, follows a Hulu movie (69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez) and a Complex podcast (Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story) about the controversial rapper turned snitch. The basic facts are well-known: 6ix9ine, born Daniel Hernandez, rose to fame in New York in 2015

Neera Tanden probably shouldn’t have tweeted so much—on that, it seems, everyone can agree. While the new congress navigates a stimulus package for the COVID-19 ravaged country and the new president negotiates a new kind of relationship with the state murder-sanctioning Saudi regime, Biden’s nominee for the Office of Management and Budget has given us

It’s difficult to process that awards season is back considering it only ended one month ago in March 2020. But alas, the 78th Golden Globes happened, kicking off a dystopian awards season with no red carpet and no bottles of Moët in sight. The Golden Globes is always unhinged, but this year hits a little

There’s no shortage of good crime dramas to watch or rewatch—Breaking Bad, Ozark, Sopranos, The Shield, The Wire, Fargo, and True Detective (all three seasons, to be honest). And you can never forget the infinite catalog of CSI and Law and Order episodes which are perfect for lazy Sundays and lulling you to sleep after

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  GQ: You’ve been writing about climate change and environmental disasters for more than 15 years. How has that shaped the way you think about love?NAOMI KLEIN: Love, broadly defined, is central to whether or not we are going to survive the shocks ahead. I think the

You mentioned in an article with your fiancée [poet Rachel Rabbit White] that in terms of writing you’re “fucking miserable if I’m not doing it.” Has that changed at all? And do you and Rachel bounce ideas off one another? I try to write every day. I always try to get something out of it.

Bobby decided then to take rapping and his music career seriously: “I didn’t really care too much for it until I went to jail and I seen how the fans were loyal,” he tells me. “I can’t name a week that I didn’t see at least 10 [pieces] of fan mail, throughout the whole bid.”

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  Online dating is tricky enough when you’re not famous and often naked on the internet. But having potential suitors mistake your real dating profile for a catfish is just one of the many occupational hazards that the adult performer, activist, and—coincidentally—my new Brooklyn neighbor Janice Griffith

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  “It’s a no,” said the door girl. “No chance. Zero.” Dan* and I shivered at the threshold of a queer warehouse party somewhere in Berlin. It was 5 a.m. on the ninth September morning I’d spent with Dan since our first date, across the ocean nine

Lee Daniels felt a sense of urgency to direct and produce The United States vs. Billie Holiday after reading the script (and the Johann Hari book, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, that it was based on) a few years ago. Before that, he didn’t really know that

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  I’m a vampire, essentially. I do the later weddings: 11 p.m., midnight. The Elvis who works at A Little White Wedding Chapel during the day, he doesn’t like doing anything late. My standard wedding is usually one song, the written ceremony, and then another song. You

Entertainment is, among other things, an escape. An absorbing story, enriching world and compelling characters can help us forget our problems and fears for a brief time. In Disney+’s Marvel Cinematic Universe spin-off WandaVision, Wanda Maximof—the ex-Avenger with the power to influence behavior and reality—has made television, quite literally, her life in order to escape