Culture

DROPOUT

How Backrooms Altered Lukita Maxwell’s State of Mind

June 2, 2026

The actor dropped out of Pratt two months in because Hollywood came calling. Now she has a day job on “Shrinking” and a role in A24’s record-breaking horror film. To talk about what that experience did to her, costar Finn Bennett flew out to L.A. and showed up at her house.

PHENOM

Kane Parsons Can’t Escape the Backrooms

June 2, 2026

The self-taught director who built a horror universe in his bedroom just delivered A24 its biggest opening weekend ever. Now he’s trying to find the exit.

RORSCHACH TEST

Ciara Miller on Healing, Prozac, and Karma

June 2, 2026

After a drama-filled spring, the “Summer House” star has a few things she’d like to get off her chest.

BACKSTAGE

Christopher Abbott Only Cries Onstage

June 1, 2026

Night after night, the Knicks diehard is delivering a shattering Tony-nominated performance in “Death of a Salesman” on Broadway. Offstage, he’s working on it.

TAXI

Chxrry’s Ego-Fueled Debut Album Proves She’s the Shit

May 29, 2026

We took a ride through the city with the Canadian singer to gossip about tits, fits, and her debut record U, Me, and My Ego.

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SHE BANGS

Meet Michael Klokouzas, Your New Hair Guru

May 29, 2026

Hairstylist and content creator Michael Klokouzas tells you everything you need to know about taking care of your hair this summer in his signature eccentric style.

MOOD

Naomi Ackie Is Going Through It

May 29, 2026

Five movies in under two years has the 34-year-old actor feeling a type of way. She talked to her friend Eva Victor to help understand what it means to pour yourself into something and wonder why you do it at all.

SHARE LOCATION

Spencer Pratt Takes Us Around the City He Thinks He Can Save

May 28, 2026

Love him or hate him, the former reality TV villain is making a real run at leading L.A. and striking a nerve with voters who are tired of the status quo. We asked him to show us the spots that made him fall in love with it in the first place.

MOGUL

Ian Schrager Still Has It

May 28, 2026

Ahead of one of the biggest openings of his storied career, the notoriously exacting hotelier looks back at everything he built, everyone he lost, and why he still can’t stop.

LIT

Allie Rowbottom’s Lovers XXX Is a Deep Dive on Hollywood’s Dirtiest Decade

May 27, 2026

In her third novel, the Aesthetica author lures us into the porno chic underworld of 1980s Los Angeles through a turbulent sapphic friendship.

STANDING OVATION

The Cannes Film Festival Exposed!

May 26, 2026

The photographer Francesc Planes captures the glitzy and gaudy glory of the two biggest weeks in cinema.

MILKED

6-Foot-7 OnlyFans Model Amira Evans Is Getting Rich Humiliating Men

May 26, 2026

The femdom model is turning men’s dark, twisted fantasies into cold, hard cash, one doorway photo shoot at a time.

SEEK HELP

Ryan O’Connell Loves Fucking Old Guys and Thinks You Should Try It

May 25, 2026

We called in some help from the acclaimed writer and actor to answer readers’ questions about porn, open relationships, and finding DL trade in L.A.

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BYE SISTER!

Enough With James Charles Already

May 22, 2026

A meditation on the disgraced beauty vlogger’s most recent cancellation and America’s empathy crisis.

FINISH HER

Stepping Into the Ring With the Ladies of Sukeban

May 21, 2026

We got an inside look into what goes into a Sukeban world championship, both inside and outside of the ring.

INCONCEIVABLE

Wallace Shawn Isn’t Ready to Die

May 21, 2026

With his retrospective currently playing at the Metrograph, the 82-year-old actor proves he has one of the most iconic filmographies. Even if he can’t exactly remember most of it.

FACE CARD

Olivia Jade on Peptides, Tattooing Her Lips, and Celebrity Beauty Overkill

May 20, 2026

The 26-year-old behind some of YouTube’s most-watched GRWMs is betting on herself with her new self-funded beauty line.

TOUR DIARY

MGNA Crrrta Is Doing It for Katniss Everdeen

May 20, 2026

For this week’s Tour Diary, we caught up with the cool kids of electro pop to talk dystopia, playing dressing up, and why they’ll never be fiening to collab with anyone.

MEDIA

Kareem Rahma and Maury Povich on What Happens After You Make It

May 19, 2026

Two of media’s most unlikely late bloomers compare notes on achievement, fulfillment, and why getting there feels nothing like you thought it would.

COLLAB

The Coach x Brain Dead Party Was a Euphoria-Level Carnival

May 18, 2026

Troye Sivan, Suni Lee, and New York’s best-dressed filled out a Meatpacking warehouse for the collab party of the season.