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The wild world of WandaVision has officially been unveiled on Disney+. Starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany as newlyweds Wanda Maximoff and Vision, the series transports viewers to a different era with each episode. The first was filmed in front of a live studio audience in an homage to the ‘50s. Episode 2 shifts to

There’s no shortage of good crime dramas to watch or rewatch—Breaking Bad, Ozark, Sopranos, The Shield, The Wire, Fargo, and True Detective (all three seasons, to be honest). And you can never forget the infinite catalog of CSI and Law and Order episodes which are perfect for lazy Sundays and lulling you to sleep after

You mentioned in an article with your fiancée [poet Rachel Rabbit White] that in terms of writing you’re “fucking miserable if I’m not doing it.” Has that changed at all? And do you and Rachel bounce ideas off one another? I try to write every day. I always try to get something out of it.

Today is Hasbro Investor Day, and the company has unveiled a slate of film and television offerings based on their popular properties. Much in the vein of D23, Hasbro is rolling out all-new content for its biggest franchises, which includes Transformers, My Little Pony, and G.I. Joe. “Sometime between 2022 and 2023, you should see

From the day she stepped foot into the Amazon warehouse, Jennifer Bates could tell this was going to be a difficult job. Bates works in the fulfillment center in Bessemer, AL, where she says she works long, physically-challenging shifts with short breaks. Other employees have reported needing to meet demanding production quotas, with Amazon closely

Bobby decided then to take rapping and his music career seriously: “I didn’t really care too much for it until I went to jail and I seen how the fans were loyal,” he tells me. “I can’t name a week that I didn’t see at least 10 [pieces] of fan mail, throughout the whole bid.”

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  Online dating is tricky enough when you’re not famous and often naked on the internet. But having potential suitors mistake your real dating profile for a catfish is just one of the many occupational hazards that the adult performer, activist, and—coincidentally—my new Brooklyn neighbor Janice Griffith

When I grow up I want to be as petty, eloquent, and polished as Congresswoman Marie Newman. With so much on the line, Newman has spoken up about the benefits of providing protections against any and all discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. She is using her position in Congress

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  I’m a vampire, essentially. I do the later weddings: 11 p.m., midnight. The Elvis who works at A Little White Wedding Chapel during the day, he doesn’t like doing anything late. My standard wedding is usually one song, the written ceremony, and then another song. You

Kelly Clarkson hosted Dr. Jill Biden for her first one-on-one interview since becoming the First Lady of the United States—and the women touched on a very personal issue for Clarkson and many others: healing after a divorce. Clarkson filed for divorce from her husband of seven years and the father of her two children, Brandon

Lee Daniels felt a sense of urgency to direct and produce The United States vs. Billie Holiday after reading the script (and the Johann Hari book, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, that it was based on) a few years ago. Before that, he didn’t really know that

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  “It’s a no,” said the door girl. “No chance. Zero.” Dan* and I shivered at the threshold of a queer warehouse party somewhere in Berlin. It was 5 a.m. on the ninth September morning I’d spent with Dan since our first date, across the ocean nine

Getting a tattoo can be a risky decision. We’re all constantly changing and the meaning behind them can fade—or worse, totally sour. But there’s also the risk that the meaning of the image itself can change, like getting a Pepe the Frog tattoo back when it was just a cute cartoon stoner. Or the woman

The origins of Daft Punk, the French dance music juggernaut who announced their dissolution this morning, go all the way back to the 8th grade, where Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo first met. They started making music together in Bangalter’s bedroom around 1993; in 1995, they released “Da Funk,” which married the nascent thump

Lucy Hale and Skeet Ulrich truly are in a relationship, E! confirmed one day after photos surfaced of the two kissing at lunch in Los Angeles. But it is anything but serious at this point. A source close to the 31-year-old actress told the outlet that Hale and Ulrich, 51, being romantically involved is extremely

Entertainment is, among other things, an escape. An absorbing story, enriching world and compelling characters can help us forget our problems and fears for a brief time. In Disney+’s Marvel Cinematic Universe spin-off WandaVision, Wanda Maximof—the ex-Avenger with the power to influence behavior and reality—has made television, quite literally, her life in order to escape

The most interesting development of the Quality recording sessions was my burgeoning relationship with a young producer named Kanye West. One night late into the recording of the album, Kanye walked thru the studio door looking for Yasiin Bey. Yasiin had said he was showing up to record vocals for “Joy” that night, but he

For Donald Trump’s entire term, there was a weird, pervasive idea that he was good, even essential, for comedians. Late-night talk shows were especially thought to be dependent on Trump for material. What would they manage to do without Trump in office, asked the think pieces? The answer was always, obviously, that these shows and

Yes. And that’s not what I’m interested in. But, there were questions about what this portrait of a relationship meant and what it looked like. So, what I remember being struck by the whole film was I really just wanted Zendaya’s character, Marie, to have a friend who’s like, “girl, come over, I’mma make some

Jennifer Lopez is now officially the mother of two teenagers—and she let her fans in on the intimate breakfast in bed she gave her now 13-year-old twins Max and Emme (whose nickname is Lulu) to celebrate their birthday. Lopez shared a video of them eating pancakes and waffles in bed and reading her birthday cards

Myrick first came to Ithaca a decade and a half ago to attend Cornell University. Initially he planned to become a journalist, but before long he was working as the assistant to a member of the city’s Common Council. He’d long been fascinated by the concept of public service. His family had been in and

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  Making art about your family is uncomfortable. “You don’t want to do your partner injustice,” photographer Erik Madigan Heck says. “You’re almost like, ‘How could I ever capture what we have?’ ” But his latest book, The Garden, does just that. Part of a larger project

Paramount Pictures has hired Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Baby Driver) to adapt Stephen King’s dystopian thriller The Running Man. The book was first published under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982, and was later adapted into a sci-fi action blockbuster starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1987. I’ve recently seen and LOVED The Running

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik welcomed their daughter, Khai, last September, and as of now, they plan to give her a quiet farm life in Pennsylvania. The usually private Hadid doesn’t usually share a lot of photos of her little family on social media. For that reason, it was a big deal when, today, she

Geeks like us love to debate over which actor best realized a comic book character. In fact, if you’re reading this site then you’ve likely engaged in heated discussions over who made the best Joker/Superman/Batman. And while we’ve seen several actresses make their mark on Selina Kyle/Catwoman, there is simply something special and unquantifiable that

Selena Gomez might have spent her quarantine days making gourmet dishes look easy on Selena + Chef, but now she’s (safely) back at work out in the world, filming a comedy series with Steve Martin and Martin Short. On Saturday, she was seen wearing a big furry orange coat, a black turtleneck sweater, a gray

Today, Crunchyroll hosted their annual Anime Awards, an evening where we all get together to pit our favorites against each other. Oh, I don’t mean “me vs you” I mean “me vs myself” because I’m somehow supposed to pick a singular Best Boy? Do I HAVE to choose a Best Ending Theme? Okay, actually it’s

I understand you’ve given some recommendations to the Biden transition team. Can you say more about that, and why you feel better about passing the torch? AM: The number one thing is that the people we have been pressuring at HHS to deliver have really been delivering. When we first made contact with people there,

I do not know this man. I think I recognize him, but WandaVision, Marvel Studios’s ambitious new series on Disney+, has me doubting even that. In my prime, I was scooping up comic books every Wednesday afternoon at my hole-in-the-wall downtown comic-book shop, and a good number of my favorite series featured a young—or old,