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Chris Heath is a GQ Correspondent.

Mark Ronson Takes Us Back to the Magic of ’90s New York Nightclubs

Before he was pop music’s hit-maker, Mark Ronson was an underage DJ working Manhattan’s wildest rooms. His new memoir—and some of his oldest friends—tells the story.

David Lynch Tells GQ the Secret to Happiness

Since his death last week, the director has been celebrated for his ability to find joy in work, meditation, and everyday life. In this 2020 conversation, never before published in its entirety, Lynch talks to Chris Heath about his daily practice, why artists need not be unhappy to do their best work, and his search for a good pair of pants.

Ridley Scott Is Not Looking Back

Nobody is making big movies with the speed — or the confidence — of the Gladiator and Alien mastermind, now 87. He doesn’t care who notices.

The Reemergence of Travis Scott

This year, Travis Scott bounced back into the spotlight with the summer’s biggest album and a mega-tour to match. And yet, he says, he’s still striving for something even grander. GQ’s Chris Heath hits the road with one of the most dynamic entertainers of our age.

‘I Often Say I’m Batman’: What Matthew Perry Told GQ About His Superhero Obsession

Writer Chris Heath remembers meeting the late Friend, and a conversation full of Bat signals.

So No One Told You Life Was Gonna Be This Way

Matthew Perry spent years as one of the most famous, most likable, most highly compensated people on television. It nearly killed him.

The Evolution of Matt Damon

He was the golden-boy actor who became one of Hollywood’s biggest icons. But as of late, the narrative hasn’t been so simple.

Anthony Hopkins Expects Nothing and Accepts Everything 

A conversation about happiness with the two-time Oscar winner.

Howl Like a Superwolf

Back in 2005, Matt Sweeney and Will Oldham quietly put out an album called Superwolf and watched it become a cult classic. Now, at long last, they’re releasing the follow-up—and repping old-fashioned virtues like friendship, collaboration, and the reckless pursuit of life-changing art. 

The Style of Happiness

While interviewing people for The Happiness Project, Chris Heath asked the 12 interviewees whether anything made them happy when they wore it. Here is a fuller list of their answers.

The Art of Happiness

While interviewing people for The Happiness Project, Chris Heath asked the 12 interviewees about what other works of art—aside from music—make them happy. There were many, and here is a fuller list.

The Sounds of Happiness

While interviewing people for The Happiness Project, Chris Heath asked the 12 interviewees whether there was a song that made them happy. Here is a fuller list of their wildly diverse answers.

The Happiness Project: Finding Joy in Tough Times

In a time like this, what does happiness look like? A dozen culture-shapers offer their very personal perspectives on searching for joy and finding meaning in life.

The Double Life of Damian Lewis

Somehow the highbrow Brit who expected to spend his life in the theater has conjured—through “Billions,” “Homeland,” and a long, varied movie career—the id of the modern American male.

Iggy Pop Still Wants to Be Somebody

Iggy Pop is back with a new album—and the same naked energy that's become his trademark.
The Music Issue

9 Musicians on How They Create Without Drugs or Booze

Steven Tyler, Julien Baker, Ben Harper, Jason Isbell, Joe Walsh, and other sober musicians on how to thrive creatively without booze or drugs.
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The Untold Stories of Paul McCartney

The living legend on the Beatles breakup, Kanye, orgies, forgetting his own songs, killing frogs, group masturbation, and (somehow) more.
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Quincy Jones Has a Story About That

The 84-year-old music legend has hung with everyone—and has a tale to go with every famous name.
Twin Peaks

Kyle MacLachlan Shows Off Our Favorite Suits of the Year

Plus, talks Twin Peaks—and whether he's peaked yet.
Celebrity

The Long Solo Flight of Harrison Ford

Since the dawn of Hollywood, no movie star has seemed to need stardom—or movies—less than Harrison Ford.

Prince’s Closest Friends Share Their Best Prince Stories

Those close to Prince Rogers Nelson tell tales—ordinary and out there—of the late legend.