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“Let’s Monetize This Friendship”: Will Forte, in Conversation With Seth Meyers

May 16, 2025

“I will follow her to the ends of the earth,” Forte said of his “The Four Seasons” co-star Tina Fey. “She’s as good as it gets.”

OPENING

Can a Portland Gallery Make It In New York? The Girls Behind ILY2 Think So.

May 15, 2025

“Of course it’s a risk,” says Jeanine Jablonski of launching her and Allie Furlotti’s gallery, ILY2, in New York. “But I keep saying that if there was a time to take a risk, it’s now.”

LOS ANGELES

John Tottenham on His Debut Novel Service, an Ode to Bookstores and Bohemians

May 15, 2025

To mark the release of his sardonic debut novel, “Service,” the LA-based poet joined us to talk gentrification, yellow drugs, and name-dropping.

BACKSTAGE

Meet Tom Francis, the Bloodstained Beefcake of Broadway’s Sunset Boulevard

May 14, 2025

The morning after receiving his very first Tony nomination, the 25-year-old “Sunset Boulevard” star called Jeremy O. Harris to talk sweaty T-shirts and getting swole.

SHRINK

Falling in Love With Your Therapist? Adelaide Faith Wrote a Novel For You.

May 14, 2025

“To me, writing has always seemed similar to therapy,” said the author of “Happiness Forever,” out this week. “I told my therapist about my transference in the same way that Sylvie does in the novel.”

IN CONVERSATION

Rosie Stockton and Rachel Kushner on Pump Jacks, Death Drives, and the Uses of Metaphor

May 13, 2025

“It’s a book of climate catastrophe,” the poet says of “Fuel,” her latest collection now out with Nightboat Books. “It strives to reckon with despair on multiple scales.”

EXCLUSIVE

Joe Exotic Called Us From Federal Prison. He’s Not Enjoying the Food.

May 13, 2025

“I haven’t heard a word,” said the “Tiger King” star of his attempts to reach President Donald Trump for a pardon. “He’s too busy making AI pictures of himself as the Pope.”

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Cowboys and Cumshots: Behind the Scenes of the 7th Annual Pornhub Awards

May 13, 2025

Photographer Andrew Espinal gives us an exclusive look into the raunchy rodeo that was the 7th Pornhub Awards, hosted by Jordan Firstman.

NEWCOMER

Wally Baram of Overcompensating Tells Kyle MacLachlan How She Gets Into Flow State

May 12, 2025

The stand-up comic and breakout star of Prime’s “Overcompensating” joined her co-star Kyle MacLachlan to talk about the thrills—and nerves—of her very first acting job.

GREEN ROOM

The First Rule of Touring With Dave Blunts? No Shitting On the Bus.

May 9, 2025

“There’s a bunch of fangirls that be freaking out to meet me,” says the rapper, who’s ditched the oxygen tank on his latest tour. “It’s pretty crazy, visibly shaking and shit.”

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Founding Editor Gerard Malanga Takes Us Back to the Early Days of Interview

May 9, 2025

To mark the release of a new monograph, “Gerard Malanga’s Secret Cinema,” the photographer joined us to look back on a life spent in and around Warhol’s Factory.

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Jonathan Lyndon Chase on Baggy Jeans, Conjoined Triplets, and Their Acne Studios Takeover

May 8, 2025

To mark their pop-up exhibition of ceramics and sculptures at the Acne Studios store in SoHo, the artist joined us to talk dupes, denim, and feeling nostalgic for the mall.

BACKSTAGE

Kip Williams Tells Rose Byrne How He Pulled Off the Epic Technological Feats of Dorian Gray

May 8, 2025

Just after receiving a Tony nomination for “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” the director joined fellow Australian Rose Byrne to talk Oscar Wilde, mass surveillance and, of course, Beyoncé.

RORSCHACH TEST

“Oh, Fuck Off”: Sunita Mani on Tariffs, Allergies, and Intimacy Coordinators

May 7, 2025

In this week’s Rorschach Test, the “Death of a Unicorn” star took the hot seat to sound off on a number of polarizing subjects, from allergies to congestion pricing.

IN CONVERSATION

Getting Up Close and Personal with Painters Emma McIntyre and Richard Hawkins

May 6, 2025

After opening their recent gallery shows in Hong Kong, the two artists caught up about their shared obsessions, from Baudelaire’s poems to the work of historian Michael Levey.

ASK ME ANYTHING

Keith McNally Fields Questions From Friends, Fans, and Balthazar Regulars

May 6, 2025

The Balthazar owner is known to be an open book. Now that he’s written one, we asked fans, friends, and frequent patrons of his restaurants to put him on the hot seat.

FINALE

How Edi Patterson Turned Judy Gemstone Into One of Television’s Funniest Characters

May 5, 2025

“I hope that she can embolden people when they need a laugh or some sneakiness,” says “The Righteous Gemstones” star of her character, Judy Gemstone. “I hope she can Braveheart some bitches.”

Churchill Downs

Need a Hat For the Kentucky Derby? Milliner Christine A. Moore Can Handle That.

May 2, 2025

While balancing over 75 commissions, the featured milliner at this weekend’s Kentucky Derby invited us to her Manhattan studio to talk hats, fascinators, and Southern hospitality.

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How Did Paul Tazewell Follow Up His Historic Oscar Win? With Death Becomes Her, Of Course.

May 2, 2025

After winning an Oscar for “Wicked,” the costume designer is now a Tony Awards nominee. Between stitches, he told us about his Ohio upbringing and the power of a luscious cravat.

SOUND ADVICE

David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors Is Taking His Musical Talents to the Movies

May 1, 2025

In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Dirty Projectors frontman celebrated his recent pivot to film by making us the perfect genre-bending playlist.

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