EDITOR
“You Can Eat My Pussy”: Luis Venegas on 15 Years of Candy Magazine Realness
January 28, 2025
“As long as someone is doing progressive stuff, looks good, and has the right energy and talent, I’m interested,” says the editor of Candy Magazine, which celebrates its 15-year anniversary this month.
TYCOON
Bryan Johnson Wants You to Have Better Boners
January 28, 2025
The multi-millionaire tech tycoon is chasing eternal youth. Earlier this month, we stopped by his minimalist Los Angeles mansion to find out what, exactly, that means.
COSTUMER
Bob Mackie Looks Back on a Lifetime of Dressing Divas
January 27, 2025
Ahead of the release of his new documentary, “Bob Mackie, Naked Illusion,” the 84-year-old tells our senior editor about his love for the stage and the silver screen.
MEMOIR
Lola Kirke Takes Us Inside the Wild West Village of Her Youth
January 27, 2025
“For a long time, I wanted to be so many other people that weren’t me,” says the actor, author, and sister of Jemima. “And in writing this book, I really did get to find myself.”
LOS ANGELES
“We Persist, and We Rebuild”: How One L.A. Synagogue Is Finding Strength in Community
January 24, 2025
“We lost our building, but we didn’t lose our congregation and we didn’t lose our community,” says Cantor Ruth Berman Harris. “Our synagogue is very much alive.”
SOUND ADVICE
The Boys of Wallows Made Us a Playlist to Ease Your Winter Blues
January 23, 2025
In this week’s Sound Advice, Dylan, Braeden, and Cole of the alt-rock trio Wallows tell us their dream fourth member of the band and who they trust most with the aux.
SMOKE BREAK
“I’m Still in My God Body”: A Backstage Joint With Niambi
January 22, 2025
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we lit up with hip-hop singer before talking spirituality, bodega weed, and her brand-new EP, “Taboo.”
DIRECTOR
Steven Soderbergh and David Koepp On Their Big Ghost Story Gambit
January 21, 2025
The director and screenwriter got together to talk about building a palpable sense of dread in their new feature, “Presence,” a clever spin on the conventions of ghost movies.
DROP
How Tamara Lindeman of The Weather Station Makes Music for the Anthropocene
January 17, 2025
Before dropping her seventh album with The Weather Station, the singer-songwriter joined us to talk about making peace with imperfection and climate collapse.
DO YOUR PART
Stylist Lana Jay Lackey Is Calling on Fashion Brands to Support Los Angeles
January 16, 2025
“We’re trying to help people regain a sense of identity through clothes,” says Lana Jay Lackey, an L.A. stylist who mobilized her industry connections to help those affected by the wildfires.
RORSCHACH TEST
“Hit the Road, Jack”: Drag: The Musical’s Jimbo on Porn, Polyamory, and Justin Trudeau
January 16, 2025
In this week’s Rorschach Test, the two-time “Drag Race” winner sounds off on fellow Canadians Drake and Justin Trudeau—plus lying, douching, and Fire Island.
OFF MENU
“I’m Just Freeballing Life”: A Burger Date With Rapper Cortisa Star
January 15, 2025
The rapper, who blew up on TikTok for raunchy bars about furry conventions and opium trade, joined us to talk drones, satanism, and the pleasures of being young and turnt.
LOS ANGELES
Meet Johan Michalove, the PhD Student Who Created an Interactive Mutual Aid Map for L.A.
January 15, 2025
Want to support Los Angeles? Thanks to the PhD student and technologist Johan Michalove, there’s now an app (and a map) for that.
LIT
Aria Aber on Age Gaps, Cheap Thrills, and Her Debut Novel Good Girl
January 15, 2025
The poet and novelist joined us to talk about her new book, “Good Girl,” and the politics of illustrating its narrator’s thorny relationship with a manipulative older man.
SEARCH HISTORY
Latif Nasser of RadioLab Has One Burning Question for Elon Musk
January 14, 2025
In this week’s Search History, the host of the hit WNYC podcast joins us to talk about time travel, political beefs, and the miracle of Wikipedia.
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Michael Pitt and Ron Perlman on Redemption, Reinvention, and Reposado
January 14, 2025
“I was shitting my pants pretty much every day, but I think that’s good and healthy,” the actor told his co-star Ron Perlman of starring in Jack Huston’s “Day of the Fight.”
BACKSTAGE
Inside the New and Ambitious Revival of Oscar Hammerstein’s Show Boat
January 14, 2025
Before the opening of “Show/Boat: A River,” a bold reimagining of Hammerstein’s “Show Boat,” director David Herskovits joined us to discuss the show’s complicated legacy.
DIRECTOR
“I Couldn’t Take No For an Answer”: How Gia Coppola Got Pamela Anderson to Star in The Last Showgirl
January 13, 2025
The director and granddaughter of Hollywood royalty revealed how, with the help of Pamela Anderson, she brought Las Vegas to life in her third feature, “The Last Showgirl.”
DREAM MAN
“The Goal Is to Be a Cult Superstar”: 30 Minutes With It Boy Louis Bubko
January 13, 2025
After a matinee screening of “Babygirl,” the former model linked up with our editor-in-chief Mel Ottenberg to talk about weed bags, dream men, and hook-up apps.
DO YOUR PART
Here’s How You Can Help Our Friends and Family in Los Angeles
January 9, 2025
The wildfires in Los Angeles have taken a devastating toll, destroying countless homes and buildings and forcing thousands to evacuate. Here’s how to help from afar.