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Talking Shark Week 2024 With Marine Biologist Austin Gallagher, Who's Studied Great Whites From Inside a Fake Whale Carcass
The Discovery Channel producer-presenter takes time out from chasing hammerheads to discuss balancing scientific research with entertainment value, why shark attacks are reportedly on the rise, and what to wear in the water to avoid becoming chum.
By Katie Philo
Style
Here's Why The Bear Season 3 Featured So Many Incredible Watches
“In fine dining culture and in chef culture, watches are actually a huge thing,” the show's prop master tells GQ.
By Adam Cheung
Culture
House of the Dragon’s Ewan Mitchell Teases Aemond Targaryen’s ‘Call to Greatness’ After This Week's Shocking Climax
Episode four of the HBO drama’s second season finally made good on dragon-on-dragon warfare, with the one-eyed Targaryen at the center of the action.
By William Goodman
Style
The Bear’s Marcus Brooks Has a Gourmet Collection of New Balance Grails
The beloved pastry chef has been cooking up some serious heat this season, and not just in the kitchen.
By Adam Cheung
Culture
Lionel Boyce on Marcus's Eulogy in The Bear's Emotional Finale
Boyce's Marcus gets one of this season's most profound character arcs, throwing himself into creativity after the death of his mother. The actor talks about Bear conspiracy theories, Sydney and Marcus' relationship, and embracing non-negotiables.
By Iana Murray
Culture
House of the Dragon's Sex Scenes Aren't Just About Sex
Like Game of Thrones, the hit spinoff doesn't shy away from graphic depictions of sexuality—but what's really laid bare in these scenes is the twisted psychology of the show's kinslaying characters.
By Tim Brinkhof
Culture
How Joel McHale Brought His ‘God-Given Talent’ for Playing Assholes to The Bear Season 3
What started as a quick cameo in season one grew into a confrontation at the heart of season three.
By Abe Beame
Style
Menswear Is Having a Miranda Hobbes Moment
Corpcore workwear. Nineties-style suits. Ties for days. The style legacy of Sex and the City’s most misunderstood character is everywhere right now.
By Daisy Jones
Culture
Why Reality TV Survives and Survives
GQ columnist Chris Black talks to critic Emily Nussbaum about her new book, Cue the Sun!, a history of reality television, and blows Emily’s mind with the story of his own secondhand brush with reality-TV fame.
By Chris Black
Culture
The Bear Season 3's Heartbreaking High Point ‘Napkins,’ Broken Down by Liza Colón-Zayas
The Bear's “Bear Mom” on being directed by Ayo Edebiri and her cathartic scene with Jon Bernthal.
By Iana Murray
Culture
A House of the Dragon Twist Brings Back a Fan-Favorite Cast Member
Breaking down the lore behind this week's surprise cameo.
By William Goodman
Culture
Bassem Youssef, the Jon Stewart of Egypt, Has More Material Than Ever
The heart-surgeon-turned-comedian, who brought political satire to Middle Eastern television, reflects on his viral Piers Morgan appearance, his bilingual comedy tour, and whether he's funnier in English or Arabic.
By Zinya Salfiti
Culture
The Bear Season 3 Chef Cameo You Might Have Missed, Fully Explicated (Yes, It's Who You Thought It Was)
Pondering the brief but intriguing appearance of a major movie star in the third-season finale, in case you blinked and missed it.
By Esther Zuckerman
Culture
The Bear Season 3 Is a Restaurant-Life Horror Story
In the ten new episodes that dropped last night, life in the kitchen is once again a trauma platter sauced with stress. The only question left to answer: How much more of this can Carmy take?
By Abe Beame
Culture
Jon Taffer on 250 Episodes of Bar Rescue, Fungus the Size of Your Freaking Head, and Being a Total Sweetie Pie
The Nightclub Hall of Famer wants to clear some things up: “I don’t want to be thought of as a screaming guy! I want to be thought of as a helpful guy.”
By Matthew Roberson
Culture
Seriously, The Bear Should Just Be a Weekly Series
The series' much-anticipated third season could have dominated the cultural conversation from now through September if they'd dropped one episode at a time. Instead we're all going to rush through the whole thing like line cooks with orders backing up. This is no way to savor great TV.
By Frazier Tharpe
Culture
The Bear Is Not a #SydCarmy Love Story, You Weirdos
A vocal subset of The Bear fandom longs for Jeremy Allen White's and Ayo Edebiri's characters to get together, even though the actors say it's not happening. Why can't we accept that this show is about work?
By Cam Wolf
Culture
House of the Dragon's Cargyll Twins Break Down Episode Two's Tragic Final Duel
Identical twins Elliot and Luke Tittensor play the brothers whose battle ends the latest Dragons episode. Here, they talk to GQ about swinging swords, sharing a brain, and the episode's gruesome conclusion.
By Jack King
Culture
House of the Dragon's Season 2 Premiere Twist Was Much, Much Darker in the Book
Sure, it was bad— but in George R.R. Martin's version of this story, the duo known in the source material as “Blood and Cheese” were even worse.
By Jack King
Culture
House of the Dragon Is Back, and This Time, It’s War
Two GQ writers discuss—in the most spoiler-avoidant way possible—the impending second season of HBO’s House of the Dragon, and where the streamer’s hit fantasy franchise might be going next.
By Alex Pappademas and William Goodman