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MEET THE WILDEST CHARCTER IN THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSIC SCENE

Right now, to be the most important new voice in Afrobeats means you might just be the most important new voice in global music, period. That title currently belongs to Asake, a Nigerian singer with bonkers style and a penchant for making speaker-melting hits.

QUEEN of the YOUTH

Hunter Schafer has built a career by saying yes: to activism, to modeling, and then to acting, where Euphoria made her a star. Now, with a budding movie career and big plans in just about every field you can imagine, the Gen Z icon is figuring out exactly what sort of creative life she'd like to lead.

INSIDE BANNY MCBRIDE'S LOWCOUNTRY COMEDY COMMUNE

After taking big screens and HBO by storm with his macho-lampooning humor, comedy hero Danny McBride uprooted his life in Hollywood to build his dream production studio in Charleston, South Carolina-away from the stifling industry, and alongside his closest friends and collaborators. That's where he's been unlocking a blistering new creative gear-and plotting his best work yet.

MARNI'S FRANCESCO RISSO WILL NEVER GROWUP

The eccentric Italian designer is proving that the very serious business of fashion doesn't have to be very serious at all.

The New Gold Standard in Tasteful Watches

Piaget's Polo 79 once again marks the end of the steel sports watch's reign-and the start of something much more fun.

WELCOME TO LAUREN HALSEY'S NEIGHBORHOOD

The red-hot 36-year-old artist has achieved global success with a very local approach: applying imaginative, laserlike focus to a few square blocks of her hometown. In doing so, she renders and reflects what it's actually like to live and work in-and never, ever leave-South Central Los Angeles.

DARK KINGDOM

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross-best friends and Nine Inch Nails bandmates-found unlikely creative fulfillment (and a couple of Oscars) by reassessing what they had to offer as musicians. Now they're thinking even bigger, and imagining an artistic empire of their own making.

LEWIS HAMILTON IS CHANGING LANES

The seven-time F1 champ says he still has a world title in him-maybe this year, his final one at Mercedes; maybe next year when he joins Ferrari, a shocking move he tells us he manifested. But it's his passionate work outside of racing-in fashion, in film, in music-that's setting him up to keep making moves after the checkered flag drops on his racing career.

Profiles – Mr. Vengeance

The director of "Oldboy” and "The Handmaiden” brings his gift for spectacle to American television.

A Reporter at Large – The Assault

One of Ukraine's most skilled fighting units battles beneath a canopy of drones.

Our Local Correspondents – Trash, Trash Revolution

What would it take to really clean up New York City?

WILD THINGS

In movies as in life, never assume. One of the joys of being a film critic is encountering surprising work from filmmakers whose habits seemed all too ingrained.

SCARED STRAIGHT

The posture wars, past and present.

ON AND OFF THE MENU BALABUSTA

At home with Joan Nathan, the grande dame of Jewish cooking.

THE CRITICS BOOKS CANDYLAND

A new biography assembles the story of the trans actress and gender revolutionary Candy Darling.

Finistère Kevin Barry

The big man was in a condition of thrilling remorse. He was brokenhearted again at fifty-five and loving it.

OLD-FASHIONED KNOW-HOW

Listen, kid, when you’ve been through the things I’ve been through, you know some things about things.

Summer Scenes & Design Dreams

Our brand ambassador shares his seasonal styling inspirations.

BEAT The HEAT

Get your home ready for the summer heat with cottage-friendly cooling.

Nostalgic Magic

Old and new magic combine in this quirky redesign of an old Tudor house, complete with dinosaur wallpaper, scalloped edges and whimsical tile.

Colonial Revival

Built over 120 years ago, this house was relegated to being a college rental with shoddy repairs but was rescued to receive a new lease on life.

Fresh Updates for a Historic Bungalow

A homeowner modifies her 1921 Craftsman with respectful renovations and redesigns.

An English Country Kitchen

Our Project House Utah kitchen came alive long before the first tile was laid, thanks to 3D and mood-board renderings.

Coastal Cool

An updated condo gets an improved layout and a seaside-inspired décor.

Beach Town Bungalow

While this 1922 Craftsman embodies the character and charm of a bygone era, its owner has found creative ways to bring it into the present while honoring its past.

Cozy & Collected

An art collector enlists a designer to help her renovate her 1964 Colonial cottage. Together, they create a home filled with sumptuous textiles and treasured heirlooms.

Variations on Vignettes

The art of still-life interior design.

Neighborhood News: Patrolling With the Rat Czar

On a smokeout with Vermin Enemy No. 1.

98 MINUTES WITH...The Lavery Family

Beloved literary couple Daniel and Grace Lavery and their partner, Lily Woodruff, are all living and working full time in their Brooklyn apartment. Now, they have to find space for a baby.

At the Altar of Korean Fried Chicken

Coqodaq's owner calls it a cathedral. It feels more like a club.