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Photo by The Loren Overlooking Lady Bird Lake in Downtown Austin with great access to everything Austin has to offer, sits The Loren At Lady Bird Lake, a hotel that’s the perfect blend of modern design, access to nature, trails, and the beautiful Colorado River as well as all-star amenities. Photo by The Loren Opened

A Boys spinoff that doesn’t skimp on dick jokes and violence, but takes mental health seriously. By Esther Zuckerman October 6, 2023 Prime Video’s series The Boys is a great show about the commodification of superheroes, the entertainment industry, and fascism in America. Its spinoff, Gen V, meanwhile, is a great show about the most

The striking actor-auteur keeps a low profile, letting his larger-than-life performance as Leonard Bernstein sell itself. By Esther Zuckerman October 5, 2023 Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre, Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein, 2023.Jason McDonald/Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection As the New York Film Festival crowd began arriving at David Geffen Hall for the US premiere of Maestro

“There’s a greater chance of feeling irrelevant if you get what you think you want,” says Hundley, who talked to GQ columnist Chris Black about making “dumb art” and staying out until six a.m. in his 50s. October 5, 2023 Illustration by Armando Zaragoza This is an edition of the newsletter Pulling Weeds With Chris

He’s a modern pop megastar, someone fluent in big feelings and capturing exactly what audiences want to hear right now. So why’s he rumored to be building himself a crypt? By Lauren Larson Photography by Jack Bool October 4, 2023 I do not recommend attending an Ed Sheeran show alone if you are feeling fragile.

Two decades later, School of Rock is not just a great comedy, but a surprisingly prescient film. By Ted Scheinman October 4, 2023 Photograph: Everett Collection We all keep our favorite artists in a little cabinet, arrayed in loose categories. One of the most cherished shelves in mine contains artists I think of as elephant-ballerinas:

The Chicago rapper on exorcising his demons and emerging as a better, thoughtful version of himself for his new album Victor. By Dan Hyman October 3, 2023 Photographs: Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte “I’m not a villain,” says Vic Mensa. It’s a Tuesday afternoon in late September, and the Chicago rapper is calling from L.A.,

Rashid Johnson was a blue-chip artist whose work offered a radically fresh portrayal of Black cultural identity. Then he got sober, found God, and began to transform the art world from the inside. By Antwaun Sargent Photography by Samuel Trotter October 3, 2023 Johnson in his Brooklyn studio, lying across his 2010 work How Ya

Chicago’s Level River North A myriad of hotel choices exist in Chicago, but few compete with Level River North. This single-night and extended-stay hospitality option, located in Chicago’s ultra-hip River North district, ups the ante on any visit to the Windy City. With luxe, apartment-like accommodations and lifestyle amenities galore, guests might find no desire to

Oct. 2nd, 2023 Nestled in the embrace of the turquoise waters of the Caribbean sits Snaresbrook Manor—an impeccable luxury vacation home in the Governor’s Harbor of Eleuthera, Bahamas. Perfectly situated on a panoramic pink sand beach and with premium appointments from top to bottom, this pristine property stands as a testament to the serene luxury and

ABC’s first septuagenarian bachelor told GQ about long walks, Grape Nuts, and how he coped with the isolation of filming reality TV. By Brittany Loggins September 29, 2023 Photograph: Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte If ever there’s a time to decide to go on reality TV, most people probably wouldn’t think it’d be in their

What started as a tale of kids wanting to get away from their home, ultimately became a show about what home means. By Esther Zuckerman September 29, 2023 Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor and Paulina Alexis in the emotional series finale of Reservation Dogs.Courtesy of Shane Brown for FX. Reservation Dogs, the landmark FX

Tec talks being more vulnerable in his raps, working with Kodak Black and his lingering hoop dreams. By Jayson Buford September 29, 2023 Lil Tecca.Courtesy of Shot By Cones It’s been four years since Lil Tecca exploded on the scene with his smash hit “Ransom,” all gawky and unassuming, looking every bit the 16 year-old

Duane “Keefe D” Davis has been giving interviews about his connection to the shooting for years. By Grant Rindner September 29, 2023 Tupac Shakur poses for a portrait at Club Amazon on July 23, 1993 in New York, New York.Courtesy of Al Pereira via Getty Images According to the Associated Press, a man who witnessed

The Hulu film is another reminder that some of the freshest horror films aren’t in theaters. By Keith Phipps September 29, 2023 Kaitlyn Dever’s new Hulu film No One Will Save You has the film community buzzing this past week.Courtesy of Hulu via Everett Collection The conversation around No One Will Save You began almost

(credit: Sandals Resorts) Scheduled to welcome its first guests on March 27, 2024, Sandals Saint Vincent will unlock an entirely new island experience with the brand’s first-ever Two-Story Overwater Villas. Marking the ninth Caribbean destination and 18th Sandals Resort, this will be the latest luxury adults-only all-inclusive property for Sandals Resorts International. The 50-acre resort

Watch the trailer for the Barry Jenkins-produced, Issa Lopez-directed True Detective: Night Country which will be an arctic murder-mystery set in small-town Alaska. By Vince Mancini September 28, 2023 Jodie Foster and Kali Reiss star in True Detective season 4.Courtesy of Michele K. Short for HBO. It’s been nine years since the first season of

Photo by Michael Reiss Bordeaux, France gets better every time you visit. With over 350 registered historic monuments, it ranks only behind Paris in its cultural importance. The city has received numerous awards and deservedly so! After being voted “Best European Destination 2015” and then “Number Two” in the New York Times’ “Cities to Visit