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3 weeks ago | 
interviewmagazine.com | Mekala Rajagopal
Rico Nasty holds nothing back—a trait that’s earned her a rep as a rage rap pioneer, screaming her way through early hits like “Smack a Bitch” and “Rage,” both with longtime collaborator Kenny Beats. Born Maria-Cecilia Kelly in P.G. County, Maryland, she influenced a generation of rappers who made maximalism their calling card.
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4 weeks ago | 
interviewmagazine.com | Mekala Rajagopal
This may come as a shock: Deborah Vance is not a real person. But when Hacks fans began clamoring for tickets to see the fictional comedienne live, Paul W. Downs knew he had made something transcendent. Over four seasons at the helm of the barbed, always funny, and often heartwarming showbiz satire, Downs and co-creators Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky have lifted the curtains on a world of stand-up comedy that feels majorly meta.
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1 month ago | 
interviewmagazine.com | Mekala Rajagopal
Welcome to SOUND ADVICE, Interview’s weekly destination for playlists curated by our friends, enemies, and lovers. In recent weeks, we’ve collected playlists from Lizzi Bougatsos, Grace VanderWaal, and David Longstreth. This week’s installment, “EVIL JOG!,” comes from our own editor-in-chief, Mel Ottenberg, the perfect metal playlist for working up a sweat and releasing stress on a summer morning. After wrapping up a hot new issue, Ottenberg is back hitting the pavement to Slayer and Black Sabbath.
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1 month ago | 
interviewmagazine.com | Mekala Rajagopal
Welcome to SOUND ADVICE, Interview’s weekly destination for playlists curated by our friends, enemies, and lovers. In recent weeks, we’ve collected playlists from Grace VanderWaal, David Longstreth, and Chase Icon. This week’s installment comes from New York underground legend Lizzi Bougatsos, the experimental musician and artist who also happens to be a major cratedigger.
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1 month ago | 
interviewmagazine.com | Mekala Rajagopal
For some actors, the right role can change your life, and for Lily McInerny, playing the precocious teenage Cécile did exactly that. “There was a version of myself before shooting this film and a version of myself after,” she says.
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1 month ago | 
interviewmagazine.com | Mekala Rajagopal
Tourmaline has been working through the life of Marsha P. Johnson for decades now. She’s organized on the ground, cultivated a visual practice, and made films in her honor, carrying the trailblazing communard’s legacy from grassroots movement-building through her own life as an artist. Now, Tourmaline has written Marsha, the first comprehensive biography of the mother of the Stonewall uprising.
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1 month ago | 
interviewmagazine.com | Mekala Rajagopal
Over a decade after turning Lost into a cult favorite, Josh Holloway and J.J. Abrams are back together. In Duster, Abrams’s new ‘70s-set crime series in collaboration with LaToya Morgan, Holloway is a brooding mafia getaway driver whizzing Rachel Hilson, who plays the FBI’s first Black female rookie, through the Arizona desert in his eponymous red muscle car. The show is a headless adrenaline rush—stunts, shootouts, car chases, and a few scenes almost too racy for the kids, Holloway laughs.
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1 month ago | 
interviewmagazine.com | Mekala Rajagopal
WEDNESDAY 8:46 PM MAY 8, 2025 LOS ANGELESThe Met Gala might’ve been last week, but across the country, in the Other Hollywood, the adult film industry rolled out the red carpet for its biggest movie stars. This past Thursday marked the 7th annual Pornhub Awards, where pornstars, celebs, crew, and connoisseurs of erotic cinema came together after a frenzied week of fan voting to celebrate what gets the people going.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Mekala Rajagopal
NowThe wait is (soon to be) over. "Captain America: Brave New World," will be dropping on Disney+ later this month. The Marvel superhero adventure, starring actors Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford, follows Sam Wilson (Mackie) as he takes up the Captain America shield in the wake of a global conspiracy …
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1 month ago | 
interviewmagazine.com | Mekala Rajagopal
Haters will say Dave Blunts’ 15 minutes of fame are almost up. His response? “Damn, this is a long ass 15 minutes.” The rapper first broke TikTok about a year ago when he dropped the earworm lean addiction anthem, “The Cup.” Clips from the subsequent tour began circulating, sparking fascination and concern, with Blunts even intubated on stage at some of his shows.
