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January 11, 2016 Issue
Cover Story
Beginnings
The moment when: George Clooney did Sid and Nancy; Don Rickles discovered heckling; will.i.am made the gangsters stop and watch; George Saunders transformed a dream and a bottle of Boone’s Farm into a short story; Dan Barber tasted his first soft-scramble;
Errol Morris learned to listen; Dita Von Teese realized she wasn’t Pamela Anderson; Jon Favreau’s all-nighter paid off; and other creative epiphanies.
On the Cover: George Clooney in the mid 1980s. Photograph by Frank Carroll/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images.
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Intelligencer
Sesame Street Is Gentrifying
What will the children's show look like on HBO?
Life in Pictures: We’re Pregnant!
Pregnant wives (yes, both of them) go through pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood in tandem.
34 Minutes With Loretta Lynch
The Attorney General isn’t giving in to fear.
A Drug Deal Gone Bad
Valeant Pharmaceuticals’ novel business approach made it a Wall Street darling — then a pariah.
The Cut
Power Poses
Cats and dogs wear Prada in Warrior 3 and rock Saint Laurent in Locust.
Strategist
Best Bets: January 11, 2016
Fitness edition, with high-heel self-defense, handsomer gym bags, and more new stuff in New York stores.
The Look Book
The female boxer whose New Year’s resolution involves silk pajamas.
Living Above a Business
When the downstairs neighbors are chickens or strippers.
The Restaurant Review
Pastries at Sadelle’s are terrific, but the rest of the food is a mixed bag.
The Dish
Beef tenderloin stir-fry at Williamsburg’s Llama Inn.
Eat This Fish Now
Ten species you can gorge on with a clean conscience.
Culture
Talking With Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler
Who just reclaimed the Rocky franchise for millennials.
The Most Supporting Actress
The steady rise of Swedish starlet Alicia Vikander.
Finding Raffi
Arguably the most famous children's singer in the world.
The Politics of Michael Bay Films
They're supposedly apolitical.
After American Idol
Nine former contestants on life after the show.
The Pop Music Review
Bizarro David Bowie returns on Blackstar.
The TV Review
The new X-Files has plenty of mythology.
The Movie Review
Son of Saul is a harrowing first-person look at the Holocaust.
To Do: January 13–January 27, 2016
Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.
Departments
Comments: Week of January 11, 2016
Readers sound off on Mayor Bill de Blasio, the strippers at Scores, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of January 11, 2016
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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