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MYHA'LA HERROLD KNOWS SHE'S GOOD

The Industry star is just as ambitious as her junior banker character. The big difference? "I don't act crazy."

THE WORKING-CLASS SITCOM STRIKES BACK

A new crop of absurd comedies turn their nose up at the fantasy of upward mobility.

The Old-Timer

He became a chef at 13. Ten years later, Flynn McGarry is done being a prodigy.

The Body Politic

The Abortion Stories We Didn't Tell. How decades of silence left us unprepared for the post-Roe fight.

The CULTURE PAGES: CRITICS

Craig Jenkins on Honestly, Nevermind... Jen Chaney on The Bear ... Bilge Ebiri on Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.

NETFLIX TO ITS TECHIES: SHUT UP

Tech workers at Netflix thought the company would always value their feedback. How naïve.

NATHAN FIELDER IS OUT OF HIS MIND (AND INSIDE YOURS)

The comedian is known for his often hilarious, sometimes mean, always uncomfortable stunts. In his new show, The Rehearsal, he's staging his grandest experiment yet.

IN CONVERSATION: LARRY WILMORE

He's kept the golden age of Black TV comedy alive for three decades. He'll make any network eat its words.

The City Politic: Errol Louis

The Mayor Is the Message: How long can Eric Adams coast on telling people he is in charge?

Extremely Online: Choire Sicha

The Mainstream Media Lost the Depp-Heard Trial - And the lifestyle influencers turned court correspondents won.

The Guru Burns Out

Mark Manson sold 12 million copies of his self-help hit. Then he started taking his own advice.

They, Then and Now

Identifying as nonbinary once felt punk: I'm not playing your game. But now all we do is talk about my pronouns.

Teenage Justice

A list of boys “to look out for” appeared on a high-school bathroom wall last fall. The story of one of them.

173 Minutes with… Jane Rosenthal

The impresario of the Tribeca Festival now has Murdoch money. And, yes, they still show movies.

She's Their Biggest Fan

A Marvel-worshipping show about a Marvel-worshipping teen that somehow rings true.

Fantasy Friends

The guys of my generation are hooked on fantasy sports. When it comes to maintaining meaningful relationships into adulthood, that might not be a bad thing.

The National Interest: Jonathan Chait

They Will Do It Again Republicans have not been chastened by the revelations of the January 6 committee.

Ottessa Moshfegh Is Praying for Us

The author has been hailed as a high priestess of filth. Really, she wants to purify her readers.

Laura Linney Resists Interpretation

She lives for the stage, loves film crews, and treasures her co-stars. Just don’t ask her about the ending of Ozark.

Cronenberg's Cannes Comeback

The director’s stomach-turning new movie has him in the festival’s good graces for once.

Dianne Feinstein is American Politics

Over the course of 52 years in elected office, she believed she could use the system for good. Despite everything, she still does.

231 minutes with … Susanne Bartsch

Still entertaining the “adventurous straights”—now at midtown’s most mega of new megaclubs.

The Power Trip Olivia Nuzzi: STEVE SCHMIDT'S LONELY WAR

The political operative is spilling tea on all his perceived enemies. He swears he’s never been happier.

To Like or Not to Like Fat Ham?

The question, and the play, still haunts me.

Knock Knock

There’s something both vacant and inviting about Harry’s House.

Silly Little Freako

The “Megan Stalter character” is its own comedy genre now. Where does the real person end and her personae begin?

She Got Out

A memoir of addiction and prison time, delivered with a note of apology.

Returning to Nevada

Imogen Binnie’s first novel became a staple of trans literature. Nine years and one new reissue later, how much has changed in the culture?

PRIDE & PREJUDICE AND Fire Island

JOEL KIM BOOSTER’s debut film is a deliciously bawdy, possibly triggering gay rom-com. He’s ready to go into a cryogenic sleep to avoid the discourse.

Realism Is Not His Deal

Joseph Giovannini turned this Los Angeles loft into an op-art womb. His tenant loves it.