E. Alex Jung
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The Spectacular Life of Octavia E. Butler
In recent years, the science-fiction author has been hailed as prescient of our political moment. This is the story of the girl who grew up in Pasadena, took the bus, loved her mom and grandmother, and wrote herself into the world. → Read More
Karen O on ‘Cool It Down’
Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O will give in to her urges, so long as she’s onstage. After a nine-year hiatus, Karen O and her bandmates, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase, return with “Cool It Down,” spurred by another sense of crisis. → Read More
In Conversation: Laura Linney
Actress Laura Linney played Wendy Byrde on Ozark, which just had its finale, as well as many other roles onstage and onscreen. In this interview, she talks about working with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ruffalo, Love Actually, and more. → Read More
Andrew Ahn Did Want to Show Dick on Fire Island
Andrew Ahn, the director of Hulu’s ‘Fire Island,’ discusses making the film with Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang, Asian American representation, and nudity onscreen. → Read More
Pride and Prejudice and Fire Island
Joel Kim Booster’s deliciously bawdy debut film, Fire Island, maps Pride and Prejudice’s class tensions onto the vacation hideaway for gay men. → Read More
In Conversation: Melanie Lynskey
After a career-making performance at 17, Melanie Lynskey felt lost in the industry. It took years to find her way out of the wilderness. → Read More
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin Are Just Getting Started
On “Grace and Frankie,” the final episodes air April 29 on Netflix, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play rivals turned besties when their husbands fall in love with each other. But the show’s end spells a new beginning for Fonda and Tomlin. → Read More
Afterglow in Gallery Land
Artist Sadie Barnette recreated a gay bar owned by her father Rodney Barnette in an interactive installation at The Kitchen in New York. Every other Saturday, DJs turn the artwork into a party. → Read More
Mitski in 9 Acts
If Mitski has to reveal herself at all, she’d rather do it one short burst at a time. The musician behind the hit album “Be the Cowboy” spent a year mixing her new album, “Laurel Hell,” after declaring she was going on indefinite hiatus. → Read More
“It’s Always Been a Show About Growth”
‘Insecure’ creator and star Issa Dee on reuniting Issa and Lawrence for good, Molly and Taurean’s dream wedding, Kelli’s pregnancy, and her one regret for Issa Dee. → Read More
Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji Reflect on 5 Years of Issa and Molly
Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji break down five years of ‘Insecure’ with the show’s core relationship: Issa and Molly. They break down Orji’s casting, their first scene together, and shooting season four’s infamous block party. → Read More
In Sort Of, Love Means Not Having All the Answers
The HBO Max show created by Bilal Baig follows a gender-fluid 20-something who knows how to care for others but is still figuring out how to care for themselves. → Read More
Kumail Nanjiani’s Feelings
Kumail Nanjiani always wanted his own superhero transformation. Now he’s buff, a Marvel star, and struggling with how much of his new body is his own. Director Chloé Zhao cast him in Eternals as a (roughly) 7,000-year-old Earth defender named Kingo. → Read More
A Conversation With Squid Game’s Breakout Robot-Doll Star
An interview with the giant robot doll from the first episode of Netfix’s hit new Korean series ‘Squid Game.’ She’s nice! → Read More
John Cho Trained Like a Superhero for Cowboy Bebop, the Anime-Classic Remake
For Netflix’s “Cowboy Bebop,” John Cho had many hours to think about Spike Spiegel, the slick, droll, wild-haired intergalactic bounty-hunter in the upcoming live-action remake of the genre-bending neo-noir space-Western Japanese anime. → Read More
Anthony Veasna So Knew He Was a Star. Who Was He?
Anthony Veasna So died unexpectedly last winter, before his debut short-story collection, Afterparties, was released. His death left the bereaved acutely aware of the parts of the self that will always be closed off, private, unknowable. Who was he? → Read More
The Joke Was Never on Jennifer Coolidge
Jennifer Coolidge spins roles as trophy wives and divorcées into comic gold. Now she gets to show what else she can do. This summer, Coolidge finally gets a more considered role in HBO’s The White Lotus, an ensemble comedy of vacation manners. → Read More
In Conversation: Alison Bechdel
Here, an interview with Alison Bechdel, the graphic memoirist examines her relationship to exercise and, in turn, herself. She also touches on imposter syndrome, identity formation, gender identification, and her relation to success. → Read More
25 Edits That Define the Modern Internet Video
They say good editing goes unnoticed. Online, it goes viral. It’s clear in the best internet videos across YouTube, Vine, Musical.ly, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok: Editing defines the aesthetic, humor, and power of online storytelling. → Read More
Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants
A portrait of a toxic workplace. → Read More