Alex Pappademas
Senior Culture Editor
Alex Pappademas is the Senior Culture Editor of GQ. He has been writing about music, film, television and other forms of popular culture for over 20 years. He is the author of Keanu Reeves: Most Triumphant— The Movies and Meaning of an Irrepressible Icon (2022, Abrams Image) and the coauthor, with Joan LeMay, of Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors From the Songs of Steely Dan (2023, University of Texas Press). His work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Grantland. He is based in Los Angeles.
The Pluribus Teaser Is Here
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan re-teaming with Better Call Saul's Rhea Seehorn for a new AppleTV+ sci-fi series about a transformed world? We're already in.
One Last Look at the Old Kanye West
In Whose Name, a documentary about West shot over six years by first-time filmmaker Nico Ballesteros, follows Kanye through the wormhole of cancellation and out the other side.
Peacemaker’s James Gunn on That Big Alternate-Earth Reveal
As Chris Smith discovers the truth about Earth-X (we did Nazi that coming!) and reveals all to Harcourt, creator and DCU steward James Gunn promises more complications to come.
Peacemaker's John Cena Saved My Day
The WWE legend turned DCU antihero talks about Chris's big decision in Peacemaker episode five, that David Corenswet photo, and the secret to happiness.
How Weapons’ Alden Ehrenreich Lost—Then Won—a Part in the Horror Movie of the Year
The 35-year-old Star Wars survivor on his movie mustache, the way-off-Broadway theater he’s opening in LA, and entering his John Wayne era.
Bruce Springsteen’s Best ’90s Album, Long Buried, Is Finally Out
On The Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, part of a massive new boxed set of never-released Boss material, Bruce broods over lo-fi beats and delivers an instant classic thirty years after the fact.
Materialists Director Celine Song Answers All Our Questions About the ‘Coke and Beer’ Thing
Turns out Dakota Johnson’s inexplicable drink order is the key to the whole movie, pretty much.
Do Not Try to Get Your Kid Into the Pop Culture You Like
GQ culture director Alex Pappademas makes the case to shut up, “unless you’re specifically asked for recommendations, which chances are, you will not be.”
The Oscars’ James Bond Tribute Voted For “Let Die”
A salute to the franchise's departing producers played like a sendoff for James Bond—and an increasingly bygone approach to blockbuster filmmaking.
Oscars 2025: Let's Give Some Made-Up Oscars To Movies the Oscars Won't Give Oscars To
The Academy can only honor so many movies this Sunday, so we're taking matters into our own hands.
It’s President Viola Davis Vs. Deep-Faking Crypto-Bro Terrorists in the G20 Trailer
One of the greatest actors alive talks to GQ about going throwback-John McClane mode in her new film about a commander in chief with a special set of skills.
Walton Goggins’s Wild Ride to Stardom
Three decades after he arrived in Hollywood with $300 in his pocket, Goggins is finally a bona fide star, with another season of the smash hit Fallout on deck and a risky, personal role in HBO’s The White Lotus about to drop. At home in the Hudson Valley, Goggins looks back on how he got this far—and reveals why his latest role brought him face to face with his painful past.
Sarah Silverman Talks About Her First (and Only) Season on Saturday Night Live
“They throw you in a lake," says Silverman, who was a 22-year-old stand-up comic when she joined the cast as a writer and featured player, "and you just have to learn to swim.”
Saturday Night Live’s Darrell Hammond Talks About Death Threats, Les Misérables, the Impressions He Can’t Get out of His Head, and How Lorne Michaels Is Like Nick Saban
“You walk down the hall, there's a llama,” Hammond says, regarding the surreality of day-to-day life at SNL. “There's Nicole Kidman. Hey, that's Tom Cruise. Is that Cam Newton? Hey, LeBron just walked by.”
Saturday Night Live’s Garrett Morris Talks About Marching in the ’60s, Racism at SNL, Richard Pryor, and Why Sun Ra is Better Than Mozart
Morris, now 87, struggled with stereotypical writing, personal demons, and the pressures that came with being the show's first Black cast member. “I got a letter from the NAACP,” he recalls, “telling me to straighten up and fly right.”
The Righteous Gemstones Creator Danny McBride Talks About Closing the (Good) Book on the Series
Season 4 will be the show's last. In an exclusive interview, McBride explains why—and looks back on four seasons of God-tier comedy.
Your Weekend Culture Picks: Denzel, Hova, and Dead Ted
A deep-cut classic from the Gladiator II star, plus retrospectives from Josh Brolin, Odd Future and Jay-Z.
How Josh Brolin Wrote A Memoir As Wild As His Life
The Avengers and Dune star talks about From Under The Truck, a collection of raw prose pieces reckoning with his late mother and the man she raised him to be.
Why Russell Crowe Gave This Would-Be Nick Cave Gladiator Sequel From the 2000s a Big Thumbs Down
An award-winning blockbuster franchise. A postpunk legend as screenwriter. What could go wrong? A lot, actually. As Gladiator Week comes to a close, we’re breaking down the saga of another, very different Gladiator II and why it never made it past the script stage.
Kamala Harris Riffs With Maya Rudolph on Saturday Night Live
The Democratic nominee sends a message of calm-a-la in an appearance guaranteed to drive Donald Trump nuts.
A Munchkin’s Glow-Up and More Culture Picks
Ethan Slater talks Oz, Ari, and Marcel Marceau, plus new music from Tyler, the Creator and everything else you want to watch, listen to, and read about this weekend.
Exclusive: See the First Trailer for the New Spy Series The Agency, With Michael Fassbender as a CIA Operative Lying for a Living
The Paramount+/Showtime series—also starring Richard Gere, Jeffrey Wright, and Jodie Turner-Smith—hits screens in November.
Why Mad Men Is the Show You Should Always Be Rewatching
It's not a TV series. It's a carousel. And there's more to it every time you take the ride.
The Birth of the Grateful Dead, J. Cole, and More Weekend Culture Picks
An excerpt from a new book by a longtime Jerry Garcia collaborator, the first new Jermaine Cole song since the Great Beef of 2024, and everything else you want to watch, listen to, and read about this weekend.