AMY
Marisa Abela Tells Myha’la Herrold How She Found Amy Winehouse
April 15, 2024
After fending off considerable anxiety, the British actor accepted the lead in the new biopic “Back to Black,” and jumped headfirst into the role of the late R&B icon. Here, she tells her “Industry” costar how she pulled it off.
MORNING AFTER
Gabbriette Tells Us How Isabel Marant Girls Prepare for Coachella
April 15, 2024
The morning after Isabel Marant’s star-studded 30th anniversary fête, we called the model (and girlfriend of Matty Healy) to talk Coachella and Malibu monkeys.
SOUND ADVICE
Superproducer Vegyn Tells Us His Musical Red Flags
April 15, 2024
To celebrate his new album, “The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions,” the 31-year-old British producer curated us a playlist of smooth, electronic jams.
RORSCHACH TEST
Nicole Richie on Coachella, Kathy Hilton, and Calling the Paps
April 15, 2024
To mark her starring role in the remake of “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead,” we asked the reality TV icon to take the hot seat for this week’s Rorschach Test.
LAUGH
“You Made Me Want to Be a Comic”: Alex Edelman, in Conversation With Denis Leary
April 15, 2024
“I’ve done solo shows before, but nothing’s ever gone like this,” says the 35-year-old comic, whose smash-hit one-man show “Just For Us” is now streaming on Max.
LIT
Marissa Higgins on BookTok, Lesbian Fiction, and Her Debut Novel
April 12, 2024
Before the publication of her debut novel “A Good Happy Girl,” author Marissa Higgins told us why the book’s protagonist isn’t an easy sell.
tour diary
“Pray, Smoke, Take a Shot”: Anycia Takes Us Backstage at Her NYC Show
April 12, 2024
The Atlanta rapper called us from the hair-braiding salon to talk about falling in love with New York City on tour and tell us her backstage tequila of choice.
BACKSTAGE
Danya Taymor and Angelina Jolie Take Us Inside The Outsiders
April 11, 2024
As they put the finishing touches on their ambitious new Broadway show, Taymor and Jolie got together to talk about building character, embracing collaboration, and why the story stands the test of time.
HEARTTHROB
Nicholas Galitzine and Anne Hathaway Give Us a Lesson in Chemistry
April 11, 2024
The “Idea of You” costars show off the connection that makes them such a compelling onscreen couple.
SOUND ADVICE
Live Coder DJ_Dave Is Logged In to the Algorave Afters
April 11, 2024
The producer and sound selector made us the ultimate futuristic fembot playlist, featuring Kelela and Charli XCX, and tells us who to fear when the machines take over.
NOSTALGIA
Photographer Jason Byron Gavann Takes Us Inside Boston’s Unsung Queer Scene
April 11, 2024
“All my friends were transforming themselves from boys to girls,” says the artist, whose photographs of 1970s Boston nightlife are on display at the Tufts University.
SHARE LOCATION
Vinnie Hacker’s Essential Tokyo
April 10, 2024
In town for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the gamer, model, and manga megafan takes a bite out of the Big Mikan.
LESSON
Chef Eric Adjepong Shows Us How to Perfectly Sear a Scallop
April 10, 2024
In his mother’s kitchen in the Bronx, the “Top Chef” finalist showed us how to make a dish that defines his particular culinary fusion of New York and West Africa.
IN CONVERSATION
For Maggie Nelson, Criticism Is an Expression of Love
April 10, 2024
“Part of my critical practice,” the writer tells director Mike Mills, “is that only things I thought were great and needed more light on them merited the powers of my attention.”
LIT
How the Work of Agnes Martin Inspired Victoria Chang’s New Book of Poems
April 10, 2024
“Writing is the main way in which I feel like I can survive,” says the poet, whose new book finds her processing loss through the work of the painter Agnes Martin.
IN CONVERSATION
Lauren Oyler Wishes You’d Fact-Check Your Reviews
April 9, 2024
The critic and literary firebrand joined Steven Phillips-Horst to discuss her new book of essays, “No Judgment”—plus irony, elitism, and the beauty of English.
FAST FASHION
Who is Brandy Melville?
April 9, 2024
A new documentary details the tired notions of size-exclusivity and white supremacy used to hawk childlike clothes at the fast fashion chain.
SPILL
Lisa Vanderpump Tells Mel Ottenberg the Secrets Behind the Villa
April 9, 2024
“One thing I learned from being on reality television is the audience is smarter than you think,” says the restaurant mogul. “They saw exactly what’s going on.”
COVER
Rihanna Is Ready to Confess
April 9, 2024
Somewhere on the outskirts of Milan, our EIC Mel Ottenberg comes face to face with his former boss. And for the next 90 minutes, she gives him her all.
LIT
Constance Debré Started Sleeping With Women. Then She Wrote Four Books.
April 9, 2024
“Life is violent,” says the author, whose deadpan autobiographical novel “Playboy” made her a literary sensation in France. “That’s how it is.”