Bloomberg reported the news of Evan Gershkovich’s release before anyone else—because they broke an embargo every other outlet had agreed to: nymag.com/intelligencer/…

For this week's are u coming?: some brief thoughts from a work trip to L.A. thecut.com/article/summer…

‘are u coming?’ heads to Los Angeles for a week and wonders whether it’s more fun to party in L.A. in the summer. trib.al/fnuB8NL

.Lilly Smith on why summer is an annual rebrand for you and everyone else. ow.ly/zcVM50SUH92

Wrote about masculinity and the widening chasm between the cramped, mean, manosphere-laced resentments of the right and the robustly woman-friendly performances of this cycle’s Democratic men. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

How did the Alexander brothers become real estate elites while allegedly raping or assaulting more than a dozen women? with James D. Walsh curbed.com/article/oren-a…

Finally a Cut Essay that's so very Cut Essay that we didn't let her put her name on it. thecut.com/article/pets-d…

What was Obamacore? It was the age of "Glee," Taylor Swift’s "1989," and "Hamilton," seemingly disparate art born out of the same impulse: the feeling of a new dawn, a generational shift, a national redemption, writes Nate Jones trib.al/lYwierO

His podcast helped push Biden out. But he’s not in Chicago to party. (He’ll wait for Burning Man for that.) nymag.com/intelligencer/…

I went to the DNC last week for New York Magazine to see how the Democrats produced a 21st Century brokered convention. It was quite a show! nymag.com/intelligencer/…

me for New York Magazine

Bumpin' that! For the cover of our Fall Preview issue, Charli spoke to Brock Colyar all about the "Brat" philosophy, how she accidentally redefined the Kamala Harris campaign, and how she plans to turn Brat Summer into Brat Fall: trib.al/lmfEP3T

“Did I think me talking about being a messy bitch and, like, partying and needing a Bic lighter and a pack of Marlboro Lights would end up on CNN? No.” New York Magazine Brock Colyar vulture.com/article/charli…

“We sit in silence. ‘You do the silence game. But I know that well — where you go silent and want me to talk more. But I don’t care about it being awkward,’ she says. ‘We’ll sit in silence.’” Brock Colyar on Charli vulture.com/article/charli…

Charli xcx tells New York Magazine that lying is “so brat”: “Lying is so fun, so brat. Who made this rule that you have to be truthful and honest in the press as an artist? The press is just a tool.”

“You do the silence game. But I know that well — where you go silent and want me to talk more. But I don’t care about it being awkward,” she says. “We’ll sit in silence.” Brock Colyar of course profiles Charli xcx vulture.com/article/charli…

none of these people have a lighter on them💚 vulture.com/article/charli…

Whenever a pop star calls out her fans, it results in convoluted discourse about the “toxicity of modern fandom” or something equally abstract. Here's my attempt at a more precise, and maybe mixed, read of the Chappell Roan situation thecut.com/2024/08/chappe…

Ina Garten’s extremely comfortable life is her response to an upbringing in which she felt that few of her wishes or tastes were satisfied. “I think I was starving my whole childhood,” she said, in a new Profile. nyer.cm/nuhwZi7

goodbye forever brat summer.