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Drew Barrymore: Yeah, old soft T-shirts. It’s just the softness, the feel of them, like a second skin, not wearing anything, nothing’s binding, nothing’s tight—it’s like you’re naked without having to be naked. No constriction whatsoever. I didn’t think I would wear clothes until they disintegrated, but I’ve become that person. I hate when they

Roxane Gay: “Hypnotize,” by the Notorious B.I.G. It’s just a great song—great lyric, great beat. You know, I’m a Gen X-er, and so ’90s hip-hop is really my wheelhouse. And so even though I wasn’t necessarily having a great life back then, I still think very fondly of the music. And I know all of

David Lynch: Francis Bacon makes me happy, the power of his painting. Edward Hopper makes me thrilled. Edward Kienholz’s sculptures make me happy. Alexander Calder’s sculptures make me thrilled with happiness. Vincent van Gogh makes me happy. There’s a bunch, there’s so many great painters and sculptors that are just great. Roxane Gay: The musical

Roddy Ricch: I don’t go looking for happiness in things—I look for happiness within myself. If you can’t find happiness within yourself, then you don’t have happiness. There’s nothing in the world that can give you happiness but something inside of you. David Lynch: One thing I’ve noticed is that many of us, we do

Did you anticipate people bringing up your old social media posts, including a 2012 post where you refer to rape, following the performance? That tweet was back from [around] high school. Twitter was basically just something that you would…you would just say anything. Twitter was known for the most outrageous comments. That tweet, it didn’t

The tricky thing about becoming known as a magician—as the writer, artist, and performer Derek Delgaudio has—is that people start to get a very specific idea of who you are, and what you do. Top hat, rabbit, disappearing lady, the whole deal. “The word ‘magic,’ or ‘magician,’ is such a strong word,” he says. “It

If you travelled to the nation’s capital yesterday to get a glimpse of the inauguration of a new President and Vice President, take a photo in front of the White House, or dance and celebrate with fellow Biden supporters, you were in the wrong place. The streets of the nation’s capital were almost entirely deserted,

Adam Brody, best known for playing Seth in The OC Fennell really throws the gauntlet down when Seth Cohen, Patron Saint of Simps and Cool Geeks, reveals himself to actually be just as sleazy as the next guy. “It’s probably very unsettling,” says Brody, “It throws you for a loop right off the bat and

At least one good cop. Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman famously distracted rioters on January 6, leading a group of them away from the Senate Chamber as they chased him around the Capitol building stairs, giving politicians a crucial extra couple minutes to escape. One reward for that: Goodman escorted Kamala Harris to the inauguration.

The musical entertainment for Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th President of the United States includes some of the most famous people on the planet: Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, etc. But a slightly more unexpected name popped up on Sunday in the deluge of announcements: New Radicals will reunite to close the virtual “Parade Across

Gunn, would this Rick James show be an original television series or a documentary? Westside Gunn: A television series. I don’t want to talk too much, but we’ve been talking twice a week to make this happen. Rick James’s brother was also his attorney, so he knows everything from the day Rick was born to

I was just trying to get jobs as an actor. Like I still do. So it’s probably 1984 or something like that. You know, you go in and they say, “Walk towards the camera.” You just went up for anything that would pay you some money. They said, “Yeah, all right. Come and do it.”

The moment I met Kamala, I knew I was in love. Not just because of who she is—the warm, funny, and compassionate woman who grounds our family—but also because of the deep resolve with which she fights for the causes she believes in. As we built our lives together, we began joining our families and

Former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, addresses a crowd in Johannesburg, April 23, 2009.Aexander Joe / Getty Images South African Flop Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been subject of many ignominious controversies, from rape allegations to a resignation in 2018 over corruption. He’s currently refusing to appear before South African courts. Among

“We need to know where the apartment is,” he told her. Estelle knew there must be thousands of apartments and homes within the dense tangle of streets crisscrossing the area covered by that cell tower. She began sifting through municipal records for a connection to the case. She studied arrest reports, registration documents, utility bills.

Kingsley Ben-Adir had less than two weeks to prepare for the role of Malcolm X in One Night In Miami before filming began in New Orleans. He spent most of that time waking up before sunrise and drilling the script into his memory, studying Malcolm’s dialect and consuming audiobooks and films on the revolutionary leader.

In the wake of last week’s riot at the Capitol building, the feds are presumably working day and night to track down everyone involved. For many of the rioters, this has apparently not been challenging. Some of the more prominent characters, like Jake Angeli, the “QAnon Shaman” who is currently receiving organic food for his

Of course, Vonnegut. There’s one part of it that’s great, when the American gets captured by the British soldiers, and the British soldiers are trained to, when they wake up in the morning, make their bed, do 20 minutes of exercise, 20 minutes of reading, polish their boots, shave. And although I don’t agree with