Lifestyle

‘Iceman’ Is Drake’s Best Album in 10 Years, If You Don’t Listen Too Closely
The first sign that Drake actually pulled his comeback off? The music videos. Great, distinct, rich visuals, nearly 20 of them, from an artist who is typically extremely hit-or-miss...
Tom Brady in Times Square: Inside Demna’s Audacious NYC Gucci Show
There has never been a luxury fashion show in the heart of Times Square, and there probably never will be one again. “It’s a fucking logistic nightmare,” said Demna...
Kevin Hart Wore the Anti-Hype Patek Philippe
For years now, Kevin Hart has collected watches the same way he approaches comedy: with a brashness that belies his thoughtful approach and appreciation for the craft. The comedian’s...
Ed Ruscha Made Shirts for Jonathan Anderson’s Dior Show in Los Angeles
Sabrina Carpenter. Miley Cyrus. Ed Ruscha?The Dior show at LACMA on Wednesday evening had the kind of starry front row you would expect when a luxury house lands in...
Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady Watch Their Own Highlights All the Time
Now you look at the game, it’s copycat. Everybody is really playing the same, but you don’t really have the personnel to play the style of basketball you’re playing....
Austin Butler Is Learning How to Cook Thanks in Part to Jeremy Allen White
Petrichor.Is that what it’s called, petrichor?That’s the smell of rain on dirt. Like how it smells amazing after it rains? That’s petrichor.Wow. I love that smell. I had a...

World

Drake Is Back in Earnest
In 2009, after he had retired from his old career as a teen-age actor, and just as he was launching his new career as a grownup hip-hop star, Drake...
The Glories of Cannes Are Upon Us
As ever, Gray uses personal dramas to illuminate larger political realities. In the coming-of-age film “Armageddon Time,” he drew a direct connection from the racist policies of the Reagan...
“The Audacity” Is a Brutal Silicon Valley Satire with an Agenda
Midway through my watch of the new tech-satire series “The Audacity,” I received an e-mail from Google that I had received many times before. My personal data had been...
The Generation That Will Always Be Too Young to Smoke
Like almost every smoker, I started when I was a child. Children aren’t supposed to smoke; it’s allegedly a part of the adult world, something you get inducted into...
Rostam Batmanglij Wanders to the Edges of American Sound
Other songs on “American Stories” are more personal. “Like a Spark” opens with a blues riff played on a nylon-string guitar, offset by the appearance of a saz, a...
Local Media Is Thriving in E-mail Newsletters
When I first moved to Brooklyn, in 2010, a small, stapled, glossy print product became my guide to my new neighborhood of Bushwick and beyond. The L Magazine covered...