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I Went on Vacation to Work Out Even Harder

GQ columnist and avid gym-goer Chris Black isn’t built to lie on a beach all day. So when he needed to unwind, he caught a flight to the UAE, to spend an exhausting but rewarding week living, training, and recovering in a “Fitness Suite” 35 stories above Dubai.

Shogun's Lord Yabushige, Tadanobu Asano, Talks About the Emotional Series Finale

“Death is the biggest moment we have as human beings,” says the actor, who turned a scheming warlord into a fan-favorite character.

Will Deadpool 3 Save the MCU?

With Hugh Jackman returning as Wolverine for the first time since his emotional swansong Logan, Shawn Levy's threequel could be the jolt that Marvel needs.

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.”

Three Living Presidents, Zero Neckties

President Biden was joined by his presidential predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at a fundraiser in Manhattan last night. None of them wore ties.

Farewell George Santos, Congress’s Truest Fashionista

The checkered Republican representative has left the House—and a hole in our glamor-starved hearts.

Shaboozey’s Cowboy Carter Features Were Only the Beginning

“SPAGHETTII” and “SWEET ★ HONEY ★ BUCKIIN’” brought the genre-bending Virginia rapper/singer to the world’s attention. He talks to GQ about his eclectic influences, what it’s like to hear yourself on a Beyoncé song—and what’s up next.

Challengers Is A Pre-Millennial Sports Movie, In All The Best Ways

Luca Guadagnino's steamy tennis-star three-hander is thoroughly modern, but it's also a smart, spiky character study in the spirit of Bull Durham, He Got Game, and White Men Can’t Jump.

Challengers Isn’t the Only Stylish Josh O’Connor Movie Out Right Now

Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera is the best suit movie of the year.

How Challengers Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes Went From Cult YouTube Star to Luca Guadagnino Collaborator

The onetime Potion Seller on sports, sexuality and how the influence of Mike Nichols shaped Challengers.

Francisco Lindor Breaks Down the Mets’ City Connect Jerseys

The Mets’ shortstop—who was involved in the design process—loves “the whole vibe of the uniform. People are going to be gravitating to it.”

“If You Know, You Know”: No. 1 Pick Caleb Williams Breaks Down His Custom Chrome Hearts Draft Suit

The brand-new Chicago Bear tells GQ about working with the iconic LA brand to design a suit befitting his big day.

Drake Maye Just Doesn’t Want to Look Like a “Goofball” on the NFL Draft Red Carpet

The North Carolina quarterback says he’s a pretty simple man when it comes to fashion, but he did find a way to incorporate some Tar Heel blue into his draft suit.

A New Photo Book Celebrates the Style and Athleticism of America's Black Cowboys

Photographer Ivan McClellan, creator of Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture, talks creased jeans, country music, and—of course—Beyoncé.

Nick Offerman Addresses a Divided Nation

He’s an avatar of non-toxic masculinity who’s become a first-call character actor for roles that lean MAGA, like the fascist U.S. president in Civil War. The actor, raconteur, woodworker and wife guy explains why he’s happy playing against type.

Rolling With Travis Scott, a Big Man on Many Campuses

To promote his new Mitchell & Ness collaboration, Jack Goes Back to College, hip-hop's inexhaustible King of Rage hit three different schools across the country in 36 hours. We tried to keep up.

Fallout's Creators Discuss Their (Big) Plans For Season 2, and Break Down That Finale

Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet unpack the series' biggest twists, talk New Vegas, and try not to spoil where the show is headed next.

Phish Sphere Shows Revel in the Vegas Venue's Unreal Possibilities

The Vermont-bred quartet and James Dolan’s multi-billion-dollar desert dream-orb are a match made in psychedelic heaven.

Jerry Seinfeld Says Movies Are Over. Here’s Why He Made One Anyway

The billionaire comedian could be doing anything with his time and talent, so why did he direct a movie about Pop-Tarts? In a candid conversation, Seinfeld explains all that—as well as his role in making that instantly-legendary Curb finale, and his sense that people misunderstood his own show’s notorious ending.

The Kendrick Lamar/Drake Beef, Explained

Drake's diss song reply to Kendrick, Future, Metro Boomin, Rick Ross, Weeknd, A.I. shenanigans, and more in a new chapter in rap geopolitics.

Cindy Lee Might Be the Future of Music

The buzziest indie album of the moment is a folder of files you can only get from a janky Geocities website. Drake is dropping new music on something called Krakenfiles.com. Chris Black wonders if the post-streaming era will look like Web 1.0.

Now Is a Great Time to Celebrate the Charlie Puth “Hungies” Saga

The new Taylor Swift lyrics “You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate/We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist” bring to mind Puth’s seminal contribution to the culture.

The Sympathizer’s Hoa Xuande Is a Perfect Double Agent—And a Natural Leading Man

The Vietnamese Australian actor on landing the role of a lifetime, relearning his native language, and taking acting advice from Robert Downey Jr.

Michaela Coel, Trent Reznor, Lewis Hamilton and An All-Time Lineup of Honorees and Presenters Feel the Love at GQ's Global Creativity Awards

Danny McBride got earnest and Ken Burns dropped the F-bomb—only at the GCAs, folks!

The Fallout Finale Tells Us Where Season Two Will (Probably) Take Place, and the Stakes Just Got Higher

Strap on your Pip-Boy, cue up the Dean Martin, pop open a Sunset Sarsaparilla—we're going to a very familiar location.

Conan O’Brien’s Forgotten Web Series Shows the Comedy Legend at His Raw, Hysterical Best

These behind-the-scenes clips from O'Brien's TBS series are some of the finest, funniest Conan you can watch on YouTube (that doesn't involve chicken wings).

What to Read Next If You've Got Shogun Fever, According to Shogun's Historical Consultant

There's only one episode left of the hit FX miniseries—but if you loved this show like John Blackthorne hates the Portugese, there's a wealth of material out there to delve into when it's over.

How Jesse Eisenberg Became a Poetic Beta-Male Bigfoot in Sasquatch Sunset

The actor-director talks about giving the most visceral, physical performance of his life as a nonverbal cryptid.

Fallout's Walton Goggins Had No Idea His Finale Line Was Such a Huge Deal

The beloved character actor is Fallout's secret weapon—as a centuries-old irradiated mutant with a hole for a nose. In a spoiler-heavy conversation, he breaks down the finale's killer reveals.

How Davis Clarke Became the Most Locked-In Man on the Internet

The viral Instagram star gets his fans pumped to hammer Excel sheets and complete their Q2 goals, but with a set of decidedly human-centered “core values”: “Help others, do the right thing, and enjoy life every day.”

Michael Douglas Says Playing Ben Franklin Made Him More Hopeful About Joe Biden

The Basic Instinct star plays a “rock star” founding father who becomes the toast of Paris in the new Apple TV+ series Franklin.

Civil War Director Alex Garland Talks About Every Alex Garland Movie

The writer-director looks back at his entire body of work, from the Leo DiCaprio thriller that put him on the map to the new American-nightmare epic he’s said will be the last thing he directs.

Michaela Coel on Hunter Schafer: “She Is a Woman Who Makes Others, Including Me, Feel Safe”

Michaela Coel presented Hunter Schafer with a trophy at the 2024 GQ Global Creativity Awards—and created an instant highlight of the evening.