Inhaltsverzeichnis für March 2016 in Maxim

Which currently popular fashion trend(s) would you most like to see disappear this year? Actually, I have a high tolerance for trends because they silently reveal the flaws and weaknesses of the wearer. If it weren’t for these oversubscribed styles, how would we know about the people who wear them? I have often read a man’s mind while staring at his necktie. That said, there are certain trends that seem to have really run their course. The “man bun,” for example, has had way too much publicity. Of course, it looks good on sumo wrestlers and those with the mojo and verve to pull it off. I would be happy to see fewer plaid shirts, but in fact I would prefer to see them worn traditionally. Hipsters should wear tartans…

When it comes to luxury sipping libations, most of us tend to reach for top-shelf scotch, bourbon, or cognac. Rum isn’t even in the conversation. But while the “kill-devil” is best known for its role in easy-drinking party cocktails like the Dark ’n Stormy, the daiquiri, and the mojito, the islands’ favorite elixir offers far more sophisticated strains that can go toe-to-toe with the finest and most rarefied single malts. One glorious example is the $1,500 Papá Andrés 2015 Alegria Edition f rom Brugal, a 126-year-old label based in the Dominican Republic. A mere 97 bottles ever made it into the U.S., so aside from being wildly expensive, Papá Andrés is also incredibly hard to find. But the pleasures inherent in this exquisite Caribbean unicorn are very real indeed. Redolent…

No 1 Keep your body and face open and relaxed. Avoid anything that conveys discomfort (such as looking down, making nervous movements, or crossing your arms) or neediness/desperation (wrinkling your forehead, touching your face when you talk, and smiling excessively). Try this: Stand up, close your eyes, and relax. With your shoulders back and loose, let your arms fall to your sides, and then relax your hands. Shake your arms, then let them relax again. Now open your eyes and notice how your arms, hands, and shoulders are resting. This is alpha posture. No 2 Fix the fidget. Unsteady, fidgeting fingers are a common mistake men make. The remedy is simple: Press the tips of your fingers and thumb together as tightly as you can, hold for three seconds, and…

Since garnering an Oscar nomination for his role in 2008’s Revolutionary Road, Michael Shannon has effortlessly navigated thoughtful indies like Take Shelter and 99 Homes, the serious period drama of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, big-ticket Hollywood blockbusters (he plays supervillain General Zod in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel), and his first love—the stage. In addition to playing a father desperate to protect his supernatural son in Jeff Nichols’ forthcoming sci-fi thriller, Midnight Special, Shannon will bring his signature intensity to the big screen multiple times this year—including a turn as “the King” himself in Elvis & Nixon—before facing off against Jessica Lange in the Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night. A lot of people might not know that you also play in a band (Corporal). Did you…

Bikini-clad fire dancers have stormed the sand for the grand finale, their pyrotechnic torches waving in perfect unison, like synchronized swimmers on land. It appears, if just for a second, that the women are multiplying. But that’s just the Painkiller talking. After five of them—those sweet Virgin Island rum cocktails that live up to their opiate-inspired name—it’s probably best to call it a night. Other partygoers are beginning to trickle out, too, in hopes of getting some shut-eye before tomorrow, the second day of the Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta & Rendezvous. The competition takes place every March in the British Virgin Islands, attracting the world’s most opulent superyachts and the international jet set who tend to orbit around them, with a healthy appetite for lavish beach bacchanals and IRL…

Bright colors, particularly the glow of pink neon, characterize Café Henrie, the creation of André Saraiva, the graffiti artist and nightlife impresario who owns the Le Baron clubs in Paris and Shanghai. This New York City café is as much a meeting spot for stylish cultural types as it is a place to indulge in brunch food all day long. Occasional readings and art performances turn the space into something of a salon. Outfitted with Jean Prouvé furniture, a bench designed by artist Tom Sachs, and pastel ceramics by Peter Shire, an original member of the Memphis Group—the design collective founded by Ettore Sottsass—the café is equal parts art installation and coffee shop. Pegboard walls and a retro pale-pink lunch counter with mint-green stools finish out the deliberately administrative aesthetic.…

The modern English word luxury goes back to the Old French luxurie, meaning sexual indulgence, lustfulness, debauchery, voluptuousness. Making whoopee. Over time it lost its naughty connotations and came to mean elegance and excess, and by the early 17th century luxury meant extravagance and magnificence; living like a king. By the 19th century, luxury came to mean much more. Exploration brought wealth. Science brought industry and manufacturing. The old aristocracy was based on land. The new aristocracy would be based on money. Titles meant nothing compared to great fortunes. Power was up for grabs among the wealthy, and displays of wealth were the key to social advancement. Class wasn’t about blood but liquidity. It is said that the first celebrity was George Bryan “Beau” Brummell (1778–1840), the inventor of dandyism…

Hollywood types are fond of comparing the grueling undertaking of producing a blockbuster film to going to war. Spike Lee, Warren Beatty, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Coppola have all reached for martial metaphors to describe their efforts, despite the fact that none have ever been in combat. Naturally, those who have tend to disagree. Among them are first-time filmmakers Nick Palmisciano, Mat Best, and Jarred Taylor, who’ve all deployed to war zones but, until a week ago, never spent a single day on a movie set. Now they’re attempting to shoot their own feature in three weeks flat. “The main difference is this: Hollywood is a whole lot of narcissists out for themselves, loosely held together by people who are good at controlling narcissists,” says Palmisciano, a former U.S.…

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Stop Virginia Gardner at your own peril. No longer the teenage girl who got her start in Hollywood at age 16 playing wholesome characters in TV shows like Glee, Hart of Dixie, and The Goldbergs, Gardner, now 20, is all grown up, with a career that’s gaining major momentum. Her movie debut in the Michael Bay–produced 2015 timetravel thriller Project Almanac will soon be followed by back-to-back leading roles in three more films: the psychological thriller Tell Me How I Die, a teen comedy called Little Bitches, and the indie drama Goat, which deals with the brutality of fraternity hazing. Given all the controversy surrounding fraternities and hazing rituals, what was it like being in Goat? Do you have any observations about that aspect of male culture? I never went…

Here is a personal sportswriting philosophy, which works pretty well in life itself: Think first of your wife or your girlfriend, if not your mother. What would it take to make her care about, say, the starting point guard for the Golden State Warriors? (Apologies to the women out there who already know Stephen Curry’s pregame rituals—the double-handed Globetrotter routine, the balls airmailed from the tunnel—by heart.) You might start, as I have, with the press conferences last May, during the playoffs, when he not only cheerfully propped his then two-year-old daughter, Riley, on his lap, but allowed her to speak for all of us who have ever found postgame jock talk tedious. (“Be quiet, Daddy. Be quiet!”) Next, something more recent: Warriors-Cavs, a rematch of last year’s finals, in…