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What Is ‘Looksmaxxing’?

“Looksmaxxers” are a booming online community creating new terms for age-old insecurities.

Hunter Biden, Ironic Icon

A tongue-in-cheek group that includes meme-loving Leftists, frat boys and women who like troubled men, has turned the president’s son into an antihero.

Ethan Hawke Makes Peace With Being a Poster Boy for Gen X

At the Center for Fiction, the actor was joined by the author Rachel Kushner and the editor Christopher Beha for a panel discussion of Harper’s…

Julia Allison, Pioneering Influencer, Finds Love With Law Scholar Noah Feldman

Who would have guessed that the former New York media obsession Julia Allison and the law scholar Noah Feldman would make a great couple?

Werner Herzog Is the Voice of A.I. Poetry

When asked to narrate an audiobook of machine-generated verse, Mr. Herzog readily agreed. “I wasn’t the best choice,” he said. “I was the only choice.”

Why Won’t Simon Ateba Stop Shouting?

The Today News Africa gadfly has become a hero on the right, thanks to his confrontational behavior in the White House briefing room.

Why Won’t Simon Ateba Stop Shouting?

The Today News Africa gadfly has become a hero on the right, thanks to his confrontational behavior in the White House briefing room.

Welcome to the Age of the Cage Match

These days, powerful men want to beat one another. Literally.

Wait, When Did Mark Zuckerberg Go Rambo?

It’s been a tough run for Meta, and the boss seems to be getting out some aggression with military-style workouts and Brazilian jujitsu.

Cool Tattoo. Is It From the ’90s?

Tribal tattoos, once dismissed for being culturally appropriative and meathead-y, are back.