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The Scottish comedian explains how he kicked off a wave of humorous voiceovers on reality TV. By Jael Goldfine August 4, 2021 “Welcome back to Love Island!” Iain Stirling reads off his iPhone into a huge microphone. The 33-year-old comedian and narrator of the cult British reality TV show finished his voiceover for the evening’s

Or at least, ways they could’ve lost less badly. By Frazier Tharpe August 4, 2021 Sheek Louch, Jadakiss and Cam’ron  at Verzuz: The Lox Vs Dipset at Madison Square Garden on August 03, 2021 in New York City.Courtesy of Johnny Nunez for Wire Image. The LOX and The Diplomats are unanimously beloved. Favoring either group

The most high-stakes yacht event since Succession’s season finale. By Danielle Cohen August 3, 2021 Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez on January 19, 2020.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Turner. For the past week and change, Alex Rodriguez has been squeezing the proverbial juice out of his post-J.Lo life by partying on a European megayacht tour, ostensibly

In the middle of lockdown, a Disney star transformed, seemingly overnight, into the rarest kind of artist: a self-made global pop star adored by Gen Z, boomer music critics—and everyone in between. By Gabriella Paiella Photography by Adrienne Raquel August 4, 2021 Vest, $1,190, and pants, $2,190, by Etro. Jewelry (throughout), her own. Olivia Rodrigo

When Model 3s weren’t coming out fast enough, the Tesla CEO berated employees and investors and tried to get rid of safety measures. By Tim Higgins August 3, 2021 Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk in Hawthorne, California in 2019. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)FREDERIC

The new trailer is a good sign that one day we’ll look at the Venom movies as camp classics. By William Goodman August 3, 2021 Woody Harrelson as Carnage in Venom: Let There Be Carnage.Courtesy of Sony. There’s not a lot of room for weird in the rigorously managed world of comic book movies. The

If the final sequence of A24’s new medieval fantasy went over your head, we’ve got you covered. By Kevin Hall August 3, 2021 Dev Patel and Sean Harris in The Green Knight.Courtesy of Eric Zachanowich for A24 Films The Green Knight, A24’s Arthurian medieval fantasy starring Dev Patel and directed by David Lowery, finally hit

The rapper issued an apology on Instagram Monday afternoon. By The Editors of GQ August 2, 2021 DaBaby performs on stage during Rolling Loud at Hard Rock Stadium on July 25, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida.Courtesy of Rich Fury for Getty Images. The last week saw DaBaby double, triple, and quadruple down on his stance following

A teaser video shared marks the beginning of a new album rollout. By The Editors of GQ August 2, 2021 The Weeknd at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on May 27, 2021.Courtesy of Kevin Winter for Getty Images / iHeartMedia The Weeknd likes to consider each album an

With an instantly recognizable voice and songs that have been streamed several billion times, he’s one of the most ubiquitous pop stars in the world. But where does Abel Tesfaye end and his dark, grimy public persona begin? Mark Anthony Green finally gets the artist to explain. By Mark Anthony Green Photography by Daniel Jackson

The September 2021 issue marks a new beginning for the global GQ brand. By Will Welch Photography by Daniel Jackson August 2, 2021 You may not know that there are 21 unique editions of GQ around the world. The original was established in the U.S. in 1957. Some three decades later, the spawning commenced, first

The Shop director Rob Alexander on filming candid conversations between some of the most famous people on the planet. By Julian Kimble July 30, 2021 Anthony Davis, 2 Chainz, LeBron James, Antonio Brown and Rob Alexander on the set of The Shop.Courtesy of Nolis Anderson for Uninterrupted. Athletes and entertainers’ concerted efforts to tell their

The House Is Burning, out this Friday, sees Isaiah Rashad liberated from the pressures of his own mind. By Caleb Catlin July 29, 2021 Courtesy of Spencer Sease It’s been almost five years since Isaiah Rashad released his first album. He’d flashed glimpses of stardom on his 2014 mixtape, Cilvia Demo, which was touted as

The rapper’s remarks during his performance last weekend are still reverberating. By Grant Rindner July 29, 2021 DaBaby during Rolling Loud at Hard Rock Stadium on July 25, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida.Courtesy of Rich Fury for Getty Images. DaBaby has dubbed himself the “Live Show Killa,” and he’s certainly gotten folks around the world

The strangest, most remarkable, and moving Kilmer facts covered in Val. By Keith Phipps July 29, 2021 Val Kilmer at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on July 20, 2019. Courtesy of EuropaNewswire/Gado for Getty Images. Val Kilmer has always been a contradiction. He burst into Hollywood looking like a classic movie star but

News broke yesterday that Odenkirk collapsed on the Better Call Saul set. By The Editors of GQ July 28, 2021 Bob Odenkirk at ArcLight Cinemas on February 5, 2020 in Hollywood, California.Courtesy of Albert L. Ortega for Getty Last night news broke that Bob Odenkirk had collapsed on the set of his AMC series Better Call

Two men with the same name. A murder, a manhunt, and a chilling question: Did a Florida court hand down a life sentence because of a mistaken identity? By Tristram Korten July 28, 2021 Thomas Raynard James at Florida’s Okeechobee Correctional Institution, where he’s currently serving a life sentence for murder.Photograph by Octavio Jones By

Scenes from an Italian mob movie convention. By Jason Diamond July 28, 2021 Courtesy of Andrew LoPiccolo Meeting Lorraine Bracco is not unlike the scene in Goodfellas where she’s playing Karen Hill and being introduced to the army of Peters, Pauls, Maries and the Maries who name their daughters Marie. Except instead of a wedding,

The couple has an eye for 2021’s most powerful resource: nostalgia. By Danielle Cohen July 26, 2021 Any advertiser worth their salt knows nostalgia is a powerful tool. You know who else wields nostalgia more powerfully than Don Draper? The summer of 2021’s horniest and most powerful couple, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. Reunited at