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  1. role call
    Holland Taylor Answers Every Question We Have About Legally BlondeThe actress on her iconic line, the joy of playing professional women, and why she’s typecast as elegant, hilarious, and a little bitchy.
    By Rachel Handler
  2. horny summer
    We Asked a Gyno About “WAP”Dr. Lauren Streicher weighs in on “macaroni in a pot,” touching that dangly thing that swings in the back of your throat, and more.
    By Rachel Handler
  3. q&a
    Aminé Isn’t Out of Limbo YetThe 26-year-old Portland rap star’s sophomore album explores new adulthood, new fame, and all its many slumps.
    By Trey Alston
  4. q&a
    What If We Stopped Listening to Beauty Influencers?Shea Couleé and Teddy Quinlivan are the faces of a democratic new beauty app.
    By Andrew Nguyen
  5. chat room
    Tinashe Thinks It’s Funny Every Time Her Avatar Role Goes Viral“You guys didn’t know by now?”
    By Zoe Haylock
  8. filmmaking
    I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and the Power of Point of ViewVeteran documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus breaks down the process behind the HBO miniseries’ delicate balance of true crime and personal trauma.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  9. emmys 2020
    What We Do in the Shadows Writer Stefani Robinson on Jackie Daytona, Ghost Sperm“It’s liberating but also a little terrifying to write this episode that’s stupid and funny for the sake of being stupid and funny.”
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  10. q+a
    How to Build A Sex SceneIta O’Brien choreographed all the intimate scenes in two of the year’s most notable shows: I May Destroy You and Normal People.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  11. a kiss from emmy
    Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen on His Emmy Nom and How the Tomlette Gets Made“Tom’s not a halfwit.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  12. emmys 2020
    A Quick Chat with Paul Mescal About His Emmy Nom and His Shorts“They’re unfortunately the standard short length in football.”
    By Rachel Handler
  15. chat room
    Shea Couleé Successfully Changed Her Drag Race Narrative“We’ve closed the chapter on the season nine finale, and hopefully [this] will be the opening of a new chapter [that] involves me having a crown.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  16. q&a
    ‘We Should Not Surrender on This’Bernie Sanders speaks with David Wallace-Wells about the pandemic, the economy, and why Biden is prepared to make sweeping systemic change.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  17. music
    This Queer French Singer Will Make You CrySoko talks motherhood and the emotional journey of making her new album.
    By Kerensa Cadenas
  18. what about the goat
    The Palm Springs Guys Debate Whether Sarah and Nyles Escaped the Time LoopDirector Max Barbakow and writer Andy Siara explain — or don’t — how Nyles got in the loop, the missing goat, and the meaning of “shukran.”
    By Nate Jones
  19. role call
    Mira Sorvino Answers Every Question We Have About Romy and MicheleThe actress talks taking an R-rated buddy comedy after winning an Oscar, what she changed about the script, and how she came up with that voice.
    By Rachel Handler
  22. chat room
    Regina Hall Didn’t See Black Monday’s Finale Twist ComingThe Black Monday actress on Dawn and Mo, trolling Issa Rae, and the enduring legacy of Scary Movie.
    By Chris Murphy
  23. health
    All Your COVID-19 Questions, AnsweredSober, simple, science-backed advice for managing the risks.
    By Emily Oster
  24. role call
    Helen Hunt Answers Every Question We Have About TwisterThe actress on performing with Bill Paxton, what it was like to be temporarily blinded on set, and what her future with the franchise looks like.
    By Rachel Handler
  25. q&a
    Jay Inslee on How Joe Biden Got Progressive on Climate ChangeThe Washington governor who set the bar for climate pledges discusses Biden’s ambitious new policy and how the pandemic radicalized the nominee.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  26. q+a
    Twitter’s Infamous Ana de Armas Stan Account Speaks@ArmasUpdates is known for its lighthearted critiques of Ana de Armas’s mask-less walks, and for being blocked by the object of its fandom.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  29. q+a
    P-Valley Gives Sex Work Its Due“Sex work is work, and it’s worthy of exploration,” director Katori Hall argues.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  30. quantum physics
    Cristin Milioti Explains the Time-Loop Science Behind Palm SpringsTurns out her character, Sarah, had a three-page speech on quantum physics that was cut from the final film.
    By Rachel Handler
  31. q&a
    Margo Price, After the StormA natural disaster delayed Price’s momentous new album, That’s How Rumors Get Started. Then disaster struck again: COVID-19.
    By Hilary Hughes
  32. chat room
    Category Is: Q&A With Legendary Ballroom MC Dashaun WesleyTalking with the HBO Max series’s host about the evolution of ballroom, the highlights of hosting, and what he’s playing in quarantine.
    By Rebecca Alter
  33. q&a
    Elisabeth Moss Would Be Happy Playing Shirley Jackson ForeverThe actress talks getting into the head of the infamous writer.
    By Kerensa Cadenas
  36. the mainframe
    Trust That No One Loved The Net (or Sandra Bullock) More Than Carl ReinerThe late comedian had been tweeting about the movie since 2015, and he finally agreed to explain his obsession.
    By Pablo Goldstein
  37. q&a
    ‘Black Women Are the Architects of Cuisine’Klancy Miller on her new magazine celebrating Black women in food and wine.
    By Kerensa Cadenas
  38. q+a
    ‘I’m Sick of Seeing the Same Recipes by the Same People’Talking to Padma Lakshmi about the current state of food media, cultural appropriation, and her new show, Taste the Nation.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  39. role call
    Patrick Fugit Answers Every Question We Have About Almost FamousFugit tells us about his crush on Kate Hudson, the legendary cast parties, and Bijou Phillips’s attempts to “corrupt” him.
    By Rachel Handler
  40. diy af
    Jeff Rosenstock Is Used to ImprovisingThe DIY veteran on the fortuitous timing of his new album No Dream and why it’s pointless to overplan a release.
    By Justin Curto
  43. chef interrupted
    Rawlston Williams Opened Food Sermon 2.0 in February. Now He’s Doing It Again.The fast-casual counter at the Brooklyn Navy Yard returns next month.
    By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld
  44. in conversation
    Joel Schumacher on His Colleagues, His Critics, and His Sex LifeAfter five decades in Hollywood, the late director had plenty of stories — but he wasn’t one to kiss and tell.
    By Andrew Goldman
  45. q&a
    A New Documentary Explores the Secrets and Lies of Roy CohnTrump mentor. Joe McCarthy protégé. AIDS victim. More than three decades after his death, he still haunts American life.
    By Carl Swanson
  46. the undersung
    Euzhan Palcy Remembers the Fight to Make A Dry White Season in Hollywood“I knew why I was making movies, and I knew the kind of movies that Hollywood was making. There was no room for Black folks there.”
    By Hunter Harris
  47. q&a
    Jagged Little Pill’s Lauren Patten Will Not Admit That She Steals the ShowPatten won a Drama Desk Award for her emotional “You Oughta Know.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  50. chat room
    Jonathan Majors on Shooting Da 5 Bloods With a MAGA Hat on SetThe Last Black Man in San Francisco co-star plays the son of a Trump voter in Spike Lee’s new Netflix movie.
    By Lane Brown
  51. movies
    Bill Duke on the Making of His Essential ’90s Thriller Deep CoverThe director contemplates the legacy of his neo-noir about cops and criminals, and what he sees in the protests sweeping the country today.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  52. chat room
    On the Record Directors Discuss Allegations, Oprah and What Me Too Didn’t ChangeKirby Dick and Amy Ziering talk Russell Simmons and their unexpected split with their powerful producer: “We had no idea how this would turn out.”
    By Alison Willmore
  53. documentaries
    In AKA Jane Roe, a ‘Deathbed Confession’ Was Never the Plan“I was shocked,” documentarian Nick Sweeney says of Norma McCorvey’s onscreen confession. “It was not what I expected.”
    By Lisa Liebman
  54. friday night movie club
    The Mask of Zorro Director on the Secret to Making a Great Romantic Action EpicMartin Campbell said no three times before signing on to the classic swashbuckler film. Two decades later, we’re still thankful he did.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  57. chefs interrupted
    Jody Williams and Rita Sodi Gear Up for TakeoutLasagna? “Oh my God, yes!”
    By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld
  58. chat room
    John McEnroe Learned About Thirst Traps on Never Have I Ever“I get razzed by my kids. ‘You don’t even know thirst trap?’ No, I don’t know it.”
    By Jen Chaney
  59. backstories
    Cameron Crowe Is Finally Ready to Tell Us Vanilla Sky’s SecretsThe director reflects on his famously divisive sci-fi thriller, which envisioned an empty, virtual city long before our current predicament.
    By Rachel Handler
  60. podcasts
    Patrick Radden Keefe Hopes Scorpions Fans Can Still Enjoy Wind of ChangeThe author and podcast host discusses his journey through espionage, power ballads, and the cultural Cold War.
    By Rosa Lyster
  61. dead to me
    Dead to Me Creator Liz Feldman Talks Tropes, Twists, and That Finale ShockerAnd what she’s cooking up for Jen and Judy in season three.
    By Jen Chaney
  64. the end
    Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon Say Good-bye (for Now) to The Trip“I like to think that maybe one day we’d return to it.” “Yeah, I think in ten years’ time.”
    By Bilge Ebiri
  65. q&a
    Netflix’s Action-Movie Arms RaceExtraction director Sam Hargrave discusses the streamer’s ambitions with the genre, and how his ambiguous ending set up an inevitable Extraction 2.
    By Chris Lee
  66. q&a
    Dreamy Photos of New York, From a Captain America ActorSebastian Stan on the city he’ll never leave.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  67. a long talk
    El-P Has Made Peace With His PastThe rapper and producer on bringing his Def Jux solo classics to streaming for the first time.
    By Craig Jenkins
  68. a long talk
    For Josh Trank, Making a Movie About Syphilitic Al Capone Was Therapy“I felt like writing about somebody whose life is actually coming to the end was a way to remind myself every day that my life isn’t over.”
    By Chris Lee
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