Amy Wallace
GQ
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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'Atlanta' Director Hiro Murai Has the Vision
From "This Is America" to "Teddy Perkins," it's been a breakout year for Donald Glover's chief collaborator. And the most thrilling part of all? Hiro Murai is just getting started. → Read More
The Time Bandits of Southern California
The true story of the thieves, led by a former ballplayer, who stole millions of dollars' worth of luxury watches—and the special agent who brought them down. → Read More
Kate McKinnon Is Comedy's Not-So-Secret Weapon
McKinnon is SNL's resident genius, able to make Hillary Clinton seem vulnerable and Jeff Sessions (almost) relatable. Amy Wallace witnesses the master outside her element. → Read More
Walton Goggins's L.A. Home Is an Always-Changing Collage of Stuff
Walton Goggins has made a career out of playing singular weirdos on-screen; it turns out his design philosophy plays by its own strange and wonderful rules, too. → Read More
My Two Days With Jerry Lewis
On the occasion of Jerry Lewis' death, Amy Wallace reflects on an 11-hour interview that spanned egomania, validation, and Marilyn Monroe's supposed affair with JFK. → Read More
Jerry Lewis, the Essence of Comedy
He's the original lord of lowbrow, the king of the pratfall, the last surviving link to the bedrock of American comedy—vaudeville, burlesque, slapstick. → Read More
This Is Spinal Tap’s Multi-Million-Dollar Legal Battle
The story behind a comedy classic and the lawsuit that may change the way Hollywood does business. → Read More
This Is Spinal Tap’s Multi-Million Dollar Legal Battle
The story behind a comedy classic and the lawsuit that may change the way Hollywood does business. → Read More
How Louie Anderson Saved His Career by Channeling His Mother
With ‘Baskets’, Louie Anderson’s big moment has finally arrived. → Read More
The Hollywood Exec and the Hand Transplant That Changed His Life
In just 30 hours, a superfit Hollywood executive went from the top of his game to the precipice of death. What happened next would teach him everything about grace, resolve, and the power of love → Read More
How Jon Bernthal Became the Punisher
The ‘Punisher' star tells us about growing up with big ears, getting a gun pulled on him in Russia, and why Shia LaBeouf has the most beautiful soul in the world. → Read More
Warren Beatty Talks Death, Sex, and Dropping the F-Bomb
Warren Beatty is back with the film 'Rules Don't Apply.' Here, ladies man, acting legend, and one of GQ's 2016 Men of the Year one of opens up about everything from being a swordsman to being a family man. → Read More
Ava DuVernay Is on a Mission to Make the Kind of Movies You’ve Never Seen
Our L.A. Woman cover star has three very different, incredibly ambitious projects in the works → Read More
The Show Must Go On: An Elephant-Free Circus Comes to Town
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey brings ice skaters on stilts, trapeze artists, and contortionists to the Staples Center → Read More
Garry Shandling's Memorial Service Was a Funny, Sad, Perfect Tribute to a Beloved Comedy Mentor
Seven excerpts from the comedians (many of them Shandling protégés) who spoke in his honor on Sunday night at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in L.A. → Read More
The Ivy’s Reputation for Drawing B-List Celebrities Remains Intact
The famous and aspiring have long used the tiny cottage’s alfresco deck as a conduit to the tabloids → Read More
The Price of Fitness Tracker Addiction
Like iPhones, fitness trackers have come a long way since we first became helplessly addicted to them. Now there’s a new wave—smaller, smarter, capable of telling us more. But Amy Wallace is starting to wonder: Do the gadgets need the upgrade, or do we? → Read More
The Last Email Garry Shandling Ever Sent Me
GQ correspondent Amy Wallace reflects on her intense first interview with the late comedian and the friendship that followed → Read More
Quincy Jones Turns 83 Today. He Gives Us a Glimpse Into the Life of a Musical Legend
He’s won 27 Grammys, produced the best-selling album of all time, and worked with Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, and Oprah Winfrey. In Los Angeles' first-ever L.A. Icon interview, he looks back on his life and times → Read More
On Set With Jeff Nichols, Hollywood’s Next Blockbuster Auteur
With his latest movie, Midnight Special, the critically acclaimed director applies his hard-won skills to sci-fi—and the cinematic big leagues. → Read More