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“There’s a greater chance of feeling irrelevant if you get what you think you want,” says Hundley, who talked to GQ columnist Chris Black about making “dumb art” and staying out until six a.m. in his 50s. October 5, 2023 Illustration by Armando Zaragoza This is an edition of the newsletter Pulling Weeds With Chris

He’s a modern pop megastar, someone fluent in big feelings and capturing exactly what audiences want to hear right now. So why’s he rumored to be building himself a crypt? By Lauren Larson Photography by Jack Bool October 4, 2023 I do not recommend attending an Ed Sheeran show alone if you are feeling fragile.

Two decades later, School of Rock is not just a great comedy, but a surprisingly prescient film. By Ted Scheinman October 4, 2023 Photograph: Everett Collection We all keep our favorite artists in a little cabinet, arrayed in loose categories. One of the most cherished shelves in mine contains artists I think of as elephant-ballerinas:

The Chicago rapper on exorcising his demons and emerging as a better, thoughtful version of himself for his new album Victor. By Dan Hyman October 3, 2023 Photographs: Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte “I’m not a villain,” says Vic Mensa. It’s a Tuesday afternoon in late September, and the Chicago rapper is calling from L.A.,

Rashid Johnson was a blue-chip artist whose work offered a radically fresh portrayal of Black cultural identity. Then he got sober, found God, and began to transform the art world from the inside. By Antwaun Sargent Photography by Samuel Trotter October 3, 2023 Johnson in his Brooklyn studio, lying across his 2010 work How Ya

ABC’s first septuagenarian bachelor told GQ about long walks, Grape Nuts, and how he coped with the isolation of filming reality TV. By Brittany Loggins September 29, 2023 Photograph: Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte If ever there’s a time to decide to go on reality TV, most people probably wouldn’t think it’d be in their

What started as a tale of kids wanting to get away from their home, ultimately became a show about what home means. By Esther Zuckerman September 29, 2023 Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor and Paulina Alexis in the emotional series finale of Reservation Dogs.Courtesy of Shane Brown for FX. Reservation Dogs, the landmark FX

Duane “Keefe D” Davis has been giving interviews about his connection to the shooting for years. By Grant Rindner September 29, 2023 Tupac Shakur poses for a portrait at Club Amazon on July 23, 1993 in New York, New York.Courtesy of Al Pereira via Getty Images According to the Associated Press, a man who witnessed

Tec talks being more vulnerable in his raps, working with Kodak Black and his lingering hoop dreams. By Jayson Buford September 29, 2023 Lil Tecca.Courtesy of Shot By Cones It’s been four years since Lil Tecca exploded on the scene with his smash hit “Ransom,” all gawky and unassuming, looking every bit the 16 year-old

The Hulu film is another reminder that some of the freshest horror films aren’t in theaters. By Keith Phipps September 29, 2023 Kaitlyn Dever’s new Hulu film No One Will Save You has the film community buzzing this past week.Courtesy of Hulu via Everett Collection The conversation around No One Will Save You began almost

The CBS sitcom became a syndication staple for millennials of a certain age, and the James tweets are finally giving it its due place in the pop culture zeitgeist. By Angel Diaz September 28, 2023 This promotional image of actor/comedian Kevin James in character as Doug Heffernan on the set of The King of Queens

Watch the trailer for the Barry Jenkins-produced, Issa Lopez-directed True Detective: Night Country which will be an arctic murder-mystery set in small-town Alaska. By Vince Mancini September 28, 2023 Jodie Foster and Kali Reiss star in True Detective season 4.Courtesy of Michele K. Short for HBO. It’s been nine years since the first season of

New York City writer Annie Hamilton’s fear of cigarettes is beginning to gain on her love of them, so she packed a box of nicotine-free vapes and flew to LA to experiment with (relatively) clean living. By Annie Hamilton September 28, 2023 Illustration by Rob Vargas I started smoking cigarettes because I couldn’t get a

The teaser for The Curse promises another funny but unsettling Nathan Fielder classic. By Grant Rindner September 27, 2023 Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder in The Curse.Courtesy of Beth Garrabrant for A24/Paramount+/Showtime. There’s always been something a little uncanny about those house flipping couples on television, and the wildly popular format is particularly ripe for

The kids on the endearing FX dramedy aren’t shoppers by nature, but the youngest of the group incidentally has a closet full of shirts people would pay three figures for. By Esther Zuckerman September 27, 2023 On Reservation Dogs, Cheese casually has a t-shirt collection to die for. Pictured: Paulina Alexis, Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai,

The prolific R&B legend has been everywhere lately, with credits on SZA’s “Snooze”and Diddy’s Kim Porter tribute, plus a new chart-topper of his own. By Raymond Ang September 26, 2023 Babyface.Courtesy of Melvin Mescudi. Last year, the Grammys introduced a new songwriter of the year category—an award meant to highlight the underappreciated contributions of composers.

The Survivor host has been a television fixture longer than some of his show’s contestants have been alive. He’s watched the game change to reflect the world around it, but amid widespread popularity—and controversy—he’s still holding court at Tribal Council. By Matthew Roberson September 27, 2023 Photographs: CBS, Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte If you

A new track appeared on the group’s Spotify page, inspiring some brief false hope of new music after their reunion last month. By Grant Rindner September 26, 2023 Tyler, The Creator and Jasper Wilson attend the U.S. premiere of Jackass Forever at TCL Chinese Theatre on February 01, 2022 in Hollywood, California.Courtesy of Amy Sussman/FilmMagic

GQ caught up with the curator and critic Antwaun Sargent about his work on Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick, now on view. By André-Naquian Wheeler September 26, 2023 Left: Self Portrait with Black Hat, 1980-213. Right: Misc Tyrone (Tyrone Smith) 1976.Left: courtesy of the estate of Barkley L. Hendricks and Jack Shainman Gallery,