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George Clooney Is America’s Most Average Director
Early in his filmmaker career, the Oscar-winner seemed poised to be a force behind the camera. But as ‘The Tender Bar’ demonstrates yet again, he seems to have lost his passion for directing — so why does he keep doing it?
The ‘New Gigolos’ Reinventing Male Companionship and Sex Work
Historically, ‘gigolos’ have been male sex workers who provide companionship and sexual services to women. Now, a new generation of trans and nonbinary men — as well as a few unconventional cis guys — are pushing the profession into uncharted new directions
Black Love, Black Desire and Black Porn: King Noire on Making Kink for the Culture
One of porn’s greatest renaissance men, King Noire produces porn from Black creators that features Black talent, technicians, writers and directors — the only real way to break out of porn’s still-racist mold
It’s Turbo Time: An Oral History of ‘Jingle All the Way’
Derided by critics but beloved by families and fans, the Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy has since become a Christmas classic. Here’s how it all came together
