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Seriously, The Bear Should Just Be a Weekly Series
The series' much-anticipated third season could have dominated the cultural conversation from now through September if they'd dropped one episode at a time. Instead we're all going to rush through the whole thing like line cooks with orders backing up. This is no way to savor great TV.
By Frazier Tharpe
13 Queer Creatives on the Works of Art That Changed Their Lives
Hannah Gadsby, Joel Kim Booster, Orville Peck and more talk about the movies, books, art, comedy and music that made them feel seen.
By Heven Haile, Raymond Ang, Jack King, and Alex Wedel
Don Toliver on Bringing Harleys to Hip-Hop, a Future Collab Album With Travis Scott, Inspiring Kendall Roy, and Becoming a Father
The Houston rapper’s new album, Hardstone Psycho, a hard pivot into bike life, has already become his highest-selling project to date.
By Frazier Tharpe
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Justin Bieber Is Finally Wearing His Trusty Rolex Daytona Again
After going bare-wristed for a while, he’s bringing back his go-to, solid-gold chronograph.
The Hottest Watches of 2024, by the Numbers
According to the data, these are the biggest brands and watches in the world.
By Cam Wolf
Margot Robbie’s Chunky New Balances Just Made Suits With Sneakers Cool Again
Take a page out of the Barbie star’s playbook the next time you’re looking to dress down your tailoring.
By Calum Marsh
Pete Buttigieg’s Paternity Leave Was Complicated. Here’s What He Learned
The secretary of transportation (and 2020 presidential candidate) opens up about taking time away from work after he and his husband adopted twins who were dealing with health issues: “There were some dark moments when I wondered if the time that I had on leave was gonna be the only time that we got.”
What’s Going on With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Skinny Ties?
On the campaign trail, the controversial independent is trying—and failing—to conjure the legacy of his father and uncles through his choice in neckwear.
Even Politicians Are Wearing Sambas Now
Is British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak preparing for re-election, or auditioning for a job at Fanelli?
How ‘Do Your Own Research’ Might Have Doomed Democracy
Author Tom Nichols warns that America’s growing distrust of experts could usher in a new authoritarian age: “I think a lot of people, particularly in the Trump cult, have just become cats that are so far up a tree, they don’t know how to get down.”
A House of the Dragon Twist Brings Back a Fan-Favorite Cast Member
Breaking down the lore behind this week's surprise cameo.
Bassem Youssef, the Jon Stewart of Egypt, Has More Material Than Ever
The heart-surgeon-turned-comedian, who brought political satire to Middle Eastern television, reflects on his viral Piers Morgan appearance, his bilingual comedy tour, and whether he's funnier in English or Arabic.
How Laundry Day Merrily Rolled Their Way to Viral Fame
Ahead of a sold-out hometown show, the high school pals turned TikTok sensations talk to GQ about cracking the algorithm, riding CitiBikes with Ed Sheeran, and why “the longer people don’t know we make music, the better.”
A Quiet Place: Day One Is—Quietly—The Best Blockbuster of the Summer So Far
Michael Sarnoski’s suspense-steeped horror prequel builds on the franchise in meaningful ways, and its feline performance is the cat’s pajamas.
How Team USA Crashed the Biggest Party in Cricket
GQ traveled to cricket-obsessed Barbados for the second round of the T20 World Cup to see if the Americans could keep their miracle run alive.
Meet the 2024 NBA Draft Class, Which Is Low on Hype but High on Vibes
GQ had boots on the ground Wednesday night at Barclays Center, where the fits were monstrous, emotions were high, and history was made.
On the Road With T-Pain, Who Is Tired of Signing Your Baby’s Diaper
The longtime hitmaker and musical pioneer has been touring for almost 20 years, learning important lessons about drinking along the way.
Jason Kelce on Grilling, Tailgating, and Getting Extra-Famous Right Before Retiring
“Early in my career it was mostly big fat hairy guys that were fans of mine, and now it's transitioned to teenage girls, which has been quite a demographic shift.”
The Bear Season 3 Chef Cameo You Might Have Missed, Fully Explicated (Yes, It's Who You Thought It Was)
Pondering the brief but intriguing appearance of a major movie star in the third-season finale, in case you blinked and missed it.
By Esther Zuckerman
The Bear Season 3 Is a Restaurant-Life Horror Story
In the ten new episodes that dropped last night, life in the kitchen is once again a trauma platter sauced with stress. The only question left to answer: How much more of this can Carmy take?
By Abe Beame
Jon Taffer on 250 Episodes of Bar Rescue, Fungus the Size of Your Freaking Head, and Being a Total Sweetie Pie
The Nightclub Hall of Famer wants to clear some things up: “I don’t want to be thought of as a screaming guy! I want to be thought of as a helpful guy.”
By Matthew Roberson
The Bear Is Not a #SydCarmy Love Story, You Weirdos
A vocal subset of The Bear fandom longs for Jeremy Allen White's and Ayo Edebiri's characters to get together, even though the actors say it's not happening. Why can't we accept that this show is about work?
By Cam Wolf
John Mayer and Mickey Hart of Dead & Company Talk About Their Big, Strange Sphere Trip—and the Future of the Band
Mayer goes long on the creative process behind the Sphere show, the influence of Star Tours and Titanic, Egyptian bats, “utilitarian nausea,” the 2001/"Monster Mash" spectrum, and what it's like to play in the world's most science-fictional venue: “I mean, it's a duet, right? There's the band and then there's the Sphere, and we are dueting every night.”
By Alex Pappademas
Donald Sutherland Became a Screen Icon in the 1970s. This Reserved 1971 Performance Might Be His Masterpiece
Alan J. Pakula's Klute was a showcase for Jane Fonda, who won the Oscar for it—but Sutherland's work as a simple small-town cop exemplifies the late actor's greatness.
By Evan McGarvey
House of the Dragon's Cargyll Twins Break Down Episode Two's Tragic Final Duel
Identical twins Elliot and Luke Tittensor play the brothers whose battle ends the latest Dragons episode. Here, they talk to GQ about swinging swords, sharing a brain, and the episode's gruesome conclusion.
By Jack King
Why Men Are ‘Rawdogging’ Flights
“I've got DMs on Instagram like, ‘Bro, you need to teach us how to bareback flights,’” says a pioneer of the swashbuckling trend.
By Kate Lindsay
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Movies Are Weird, Violent, and Disturbingly Funny. What's It Like to Be in One?
As Kinds of Kindness—the mysterious Greek director's wild, sprawling follow-up to the Oscar-nominated Poor Things—hits theaters, his collaborators tell all, including Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Joe Alwyn, Olivia Colman and many more.
By Esther Zuckerman
The Story So Far’s Parker Cannon on Processing Grief, Befriending Blink-182, eBay Deep Dives, and His ‘Weird’ Relationship to Music
As his band's new album, I Want to Disappear, hits stores, the frontman tells GQ: “I'm in a much more comfortable place with who I am, where our band has gone, and where it's taken me.”
By Yang-Yi Goh
How Many Hot Dogs Should You Eat This Summer?
It’s glizzy season. A nutritionist explains how to think about your wiener consumption for the next three months.
By Kate Lindsay
How The Bikeriders Nailed ’60s Tough-Guy Biker Style (And How to Nail It for Yourself)
Costume designer Erin Benach says she obsessed over details, just like real bikers would: “They look so badass and hard-core, but when you unpack it you realize how much time and effort it must have taken to get them to look like that.”
By Caroline Reilly
The Bikeriders Is Basically Bikefellas, but in a Good Way
Austin Butler and Tom Hardy's latest, which plays the rise and fall of a familial motorcycle gang against a subculture's assimilation by pop culture, nails what so many Marty imitators shoot for and miss.
By Jesse Hassenger
Long Pants in the Summer? Life’s Too Short
GQ columnist Chris Black on refusing to sacrifice comfort for formality, even when the temperature approaches triple digits.
By Chris Black
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Pop Out’ Show Was Olympic-Level Hating, and a Love Letter to LA
King Kendrick assembles the West Coast Avengers for a “Not Like Us” victory lap in Inglewood.
By Frazier Tharpe
Michael Shannon Strongly Endorses The Bikeriders, Spooky Electronica, and Bobby Flay’s Salmon
“I don’t have that masculine obsession with machines. I’ve never had it, really.”
By Gabriella Paiella
How Charli xcx Remixed Summer Into Brat Season
The main character of the internet has become the queen of weird pop, building her own Brat pack by expertly assembling a gang of collaborators.
By Josiah Gogarty
House of the Dragon's Season 2 Premiere Twist Was Much, Much Darker in the Book
Sure, it was bad— but in George R.R. Martin's version of this story, the duo known in the source material as “Blood and Cheese” were even worse.
By Jack King
Ben Platt, Jeremy Pope, Jenna Lyons, and More on the Queer Art That Made Them
From Elton John to Thierry Mugler, Ani DiFranco to Peter Pan, 24 life-changing moments of queer culture
By Raymond Ang, Heven Haile, Jack King, and Alex Wedel
What Is Deadpool and Wolverine's Big Gay Marketing Campaign Trying to Say?
The rollout for Marvel's latest crossover bonanza keeps making homoerotic jokes about its mutant-bro leads. Is this all they've got?
By Jack King