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Guy We Heart : Cory Hardrict
The perennial TV and movie sidekick graduates to blockbuster fare with Battle: Los Angeles
Cory Hardrict may not be a household name yet, but he’s married to one: Tia Mowry of Sister, Sister fame. He’s not riding on her coattails by any means, though—he has worked with Clint Eastwood, is on Jamie Foxx’s basketball e-league team, boasts ...
Book Review: The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing
Actor Darina Al-Joundi's debut recalls a childhood at the start of the Lebanese Civil War with profound immediacy.
Drawing its title from the American music icon whose frenetic “Sinner Man” commemorates a lifestyle that can no longe...
On Our Radar: Felicia Day
The brains behind The Guild proves that smart girls can finish first
It’s hard not to be jealous of a renaissance woman like Felicia Day: She succeeds at everything she tackles, from mat...
Beetle Fashion
How a Bug Brightens our Textiles
I don’t know about the rest of you, but until recently I never really paid that much attention to how my clothes go...
Book Review: Swamplandia!
Karen Russell's first novel makes implausible happenings richly human.
Karen Russell, a Granta Best Young American Novelist, is the author of the critically acclaimed short story coll...
Other Stories in This Section
Book Review: The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
Benjamin Hale's debut follows a chimp whose strange and complicated evolution reflects our own.
Art Smart: Lizzy Stewart
Take a closer look at the haunting, folksy narrative work of this UK-based illustrator.
VZ Rewind: Cynthia Plaster Caster
We first interviewed this artist, best known for her molds of private parts of public figures, in our spring 2003 issue. Now she's running for mayor of Chicago!
I am Batwoman, Hear Me Roar
The classic comic heroine got a makeover. Can she save Gotham and the face of female superheroes?
Film Review: You Won’t Miss Me
Ry Russo's film tells the painfully realistic tale of a New York City misfit
Film Spotlight: Waste Land
Filmmaker Lucy Walker and artist Vik Muniz transform garbage into art.
Interview: Cherry Vanilla
The '60s and '70s music scene fixture dishes on Bowie, Warhol, Madison Avenue, and her new memoir Lick Me.
The Top 25 Tweets of 2010
Two staffers mine Twitter for the best celeb 140-characters-or-less quips of the year.
On the Job With … Bastian+Skoog
These floral fanatics tell us why flowers might not be so ladylike after all.
Book Review: Daddy’s
Lindsay Hunter's debut collection is a tackle box full of strange objects and gothic tales.
Review: Cherries in Winter
Suzan Colón spins family recipes into the stuff of family history.
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