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In Conversation: Curtis 50 Cent Jackson

Every record label once wanted what he had (and was afraid of it). Now all of Hollywood wants it too.

The Simpsons is Good Again

After 34 seasons, 750 episodes, and a decades-long funk, the beloved show innovated its way back to popularity and relevance

Drew Barrymore Is Figuring It Out Live

Her radically intimate, extremely strange daytime show has become a sensation—and as much therapy for her as it is for her guests

MINORITY RULES

LETTER FROM NORTH CAROLINA | The once fringe legal theory that became a threat to democracy.

PLAYTIME

“Past Lives” and “Squaring the Circle.”

THE INTERVIEW ARTIST

James Grissom met Tennessee Williams—and suddenly knew everybody.

BORDER CONTROL

The economics of immigration vs. the politics of immigration.

COMIC EFFECT

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS | How the Marvel Cinematic Universe swallowed Hollywood.

UNCANNY VALLEY

Mannequins and mystification in Dorothy Tse’s dreamlike Hong Kong.

Back From the Dead

The afterlife of Susan Taubes.

Thursday

Fiction

A Network Executive Writes a Sitcom

Shouts & Murmurs

What Am I Without You?

Two lives merged by immigration and illness.

Next Generation Leaders – U.K. – Florence Pugh – Saving the Movie Star From Extinction

Trendsetters and trailblazers guiding who are the way to a brighter future

Plaza Suite

Yes, she can play deadpan millennial chaos like nobody else. But Aubrey Plaza has shown all kinds of range on the road from Parks and Recreation to The White Lotus. Now she's in league with both Marvel and Francis Ford Coppola

Rags and Riches

Television's über-wealthy communicate their status through looks both flashy and deceptively casual

The Oligarch's Passport

In 2015, Portugal opened its doors to foreigners whose jewish ancestors had been expelled during the inquisition. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich used his heritage to gain entry to the country and an all-access pass to the eu-exposing deep flaws in a well-intentioned policy

An Idol Mind

As The Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye leveraged an auteur-scale vision to become an unlikely megastar. With a seamy Hollywood fantasia of an HBO series on the way, he's realizing his grandest ambition

Face FORWARD

The most sought-after facialists deploy a mix of high-tech wizardry and lo-fi creature comforts for their captive audiences

OBJECT LESSONS

A tribute to the inanimate key players in four major Emmy contenders

LOST ILLUSIONS

IT WAS A GRIPPING, GROUNDBREAKING LOST DEVOLVED INTO SUCH SMASH, BUT LOST DEVOLVED INTO SUCH A TOXIC PRODUCTION THAT EVEN CO-SHOWRUNNER DAMON LINDELOF NOW SAYS OF HIS LEADERSHIP: \"I FAILED.\" IN A POWERFUL EXCERPT FROM HER NEW BOOK, MAUREEN RYAN OPENS THE HATCH

GREENROOM With a View

I come from a family of TV talking heads. Who am I to break with tradition?

The Hangover

Billions in losses. Sweeping layoffs and restructuring. A writers strike. Now that the streaming bubble has burst, the TV industry has woken up with an excruciating headache

Such a Fun Age

INSIDE THE PLAN TO CONVINCE VOTERS THAT JOE BIDEN CAN HANDLE FOUR MORE YEARS

Bloody HELL!

Succession is actually a farce, not a drama-and just one example of how the British comedy invasion is being televised

MACHINE DREAMS

The creator of the beloved cult hit Dickinson on how she learned to stop worrying and love AI

BATTLE HYMN

Long before Ron DeSantis made the regulation of college curricula a stump-speech talking point, WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. launched a conservative crusade to transform universities into bastions of right-wing ideology

THE TRIALS OF ED SHEERAN

Who owns a groove?

THE PIT AND THE PODIUM

Gustavo Dudamel, at the Philharmonic, and Nathalie Stutzmann, at the Met.

PLEASANT SORROWS

The mysticism of Paul Simon.