Indice dei contenuti per May 2018 in OUT

CARTER SMITH When Smith photographed Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy for this issue’s cover story (“The Americans,” page 74), he was thrilled to learn that the guys were as affable in real life as they are on TV and social media. “There’s a reason they’ve become America’s sweethearts,” Smith says. “It’s not just because of their athletic abilities.” Smith’s photography has also appeared in Glamour and InStyle. MICKEY RAPKIN Rapkin got the full range of Kathleen Turner when he interviewed the actress for this issue (“The Voice Is Still There,” page 33). “She wants to play King Lear onstage, which feels exactly right,” he says, adding that her gripe about New York’s Upper West Side being a “culinary wasteland” helped prompt her to move downtown. Rapkin wrote the book Pitch…

1. Anna Faris… ...Reliving the ’80s—and flipping the script—in the remake of Overboard In this month’s Overboard reboot, Anna Faris plays Kate, a working-class single mom who dupes Leonardo (Eugenio Derbez), a rich and sexist amnesiac, into becoming her husband and on-call manny. Here, everyone’s favorite House Bunny talks swapping gender roles, why she’ll never scuba dive again, and, of course, her enduring love of Goldie. R. KURT OSENLUND You really do evoke Goldie Hawn, the star of the original Overboard. Thank you! I worshipped her growing up. The 1987 version was my favorite movie as a child. I used to call it my “sick day movie.” It’s delicious. When I was approached with the remake, I was honored and terrified. I had big shoes to fill. How…

YOU HEAR ABOUT a buzzy new skin-care secret every day—charcoal! essential oils! bee venom!—but the stuff that truly does the heavy lifting doesn’t always get the props it deserves. Retinol, also known as retinoids, is an overachieving byproduct of vitamin A that promotes skin cell rejuvenation—and you need to start using it stat. “Retinoids are probably the second most important antiaging medicine on the market, right behind broad spectrum high SPF sunscreen,” says Dr. Evan A. Rieder, a dermatologist at NYU Langone, an academic medical center in New York City. “Retinoic acid essentially does two things: It prevents blackheads and whiteheads from forming, and it acts as an antioxidant, helping reverse free radical damage.” With its proven track record, retinol should be the foundation of any daily antiaging regimen, and…

“I’ve always been a fan of role play. I’ve played both sides of the flunking student who stops by teach’s house for extra credit; the dumb jock who takes care of coach to stay on the team; the junior executive who desperately needs that contract signed to get promoted.” I HAD THE MEANS, the motive, and the opportunity. The crime, as it turned out, was one of the best decisions I’d ever made. Let me set the stage. I’d recently graduated from a top business school, with the price tag to go with it. I’d moved from New York to Washington, D.C., for a new job, and was totally unprepared for the contrasts between the two cities. New York is salty. We make loud small talk in the elevator, dance…

How do you start a revolution? Sometimes, the best way is to look around, realize there’s been one going on, and add your voice and your vigor to the cause. That’s what Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi did when they founded Black Lives Matter in 2013. And it’s what Asia Kate Dillon, the gender-nonbinary star of Billions, has been doing on social media and in their groundbreaking role as Taylor Mason on Showtime’s high-octane drama about the rich and powerful. As a gender-nonbinary trader in a room of alpha males, Dillon has challenged lazy assumptions around gender in the least likely corners of America. And they’ve also been a vocal and fervent support of BLM—in January they wore a #BlackLivesMatter hoodie to the 2018 Critics Choice Awards. Dillon…

TRACKS & TRAILS It’s time to take the wheel of your own African safari adventure. In Namibia, customizable self-drive itineraries have you tenting in mobile camps along the way as you take in the starkness of the orange desert, the roaring wildlife of Etosha, and the German colonial settlements. Namibia-Tracks-And-Trails.com COLLECTIVE RETREATS Fusing the trendiness of a pop-up shop with all the au naturel glitz of glamping, Collective Retreats (above) assembles temporary high-end stays in the hottest spots across America. Their latest coup: a campsite on Governor’s Island, right in the heart of New York City. CollectiveRetreats.com JACK’S CAMP Like a fever dream in an opium den, Botswana’s most legendary camp was founded in the 1960s and continues to lure the elite with its plush, bedouin-style decor, OTT service, and…

When Sitcoms Get Political These days, it seems like no one can exist independently of their political views. The polarizing effects of the 2016 election have made it nearly impossible for fans to turn a blind eye to the beliefs of even their most beloved performers. The return of Roseanne, which we covered in our April issue (right), features the TV show’s title character expressing her support of Trump—whom lead actress Roseanne Barr has also endorsed. Eyebrows were bound to be raised. “Not wanting to support someone because of their politics is an excellent reason to not watch something,” wrote reader David Michael Taylor, who said he’d be giving the series a hard pass. “There’s nothing wrong with making an informed choice about entertainment. You are not required to watch…

HAYDEN SZETO felt a strong connection to Brad, his closeted character in the new teen horror romp Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare. Szeto, who’s straight, never had to come out to his traditional Chinese father—as the movie’s do-or-die game forces Brad to do—but the 32-year-old Vancouver native was very reluctant to open up to him about his dreams. “My dad’s a painter and supportive of the arts,” says Szeto, “but he and my mom wanted me to pursue something that would guarantee me a job, like a doctor or an accountant. I know what it’s like to have pressure to be somebody you don’t want to be.” In addition to ignoring the voices that told him Asian actors don’t thrive in Hollywood (a notion he dispelled with his impressive performance in…

There are chapters of queer history that we will never unearth because the evidence has either been lost or destroyed. “Under Cover: A Secret History of Cross-Dressers,” on view at The Photographers’ Gallery in London through June 3, presents a rare view of gender experimentation from the 1880s to the present with an innocence and joy unseen in other recent exhibitions tackling LGBTQ identities. More important, the show smartly features nearly as many drag kings as queens, a sorely needed reminder that the art form is not a one-way street, despite what Drag Race fans may think. Curious facts emerge in “Under Cover,” which is predominantly composed of French screenwriter Sébastien Lifshitz’s collection of found photography. Did you know, for example, that prisoners of war performed in drag for their…

LAST YEAR, in the first season of Dear White People—the Netflix series that Justin Simien adapted from his acclaimed 2014 film of the same name—one episode began with a quote from James Baldwin: “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” In this breathlessly punchy, college-set satire, where black students scramble for justice in the wake of a white student’s blackface party, the words are used to prime the viewer for what’s about to befall Reggie (Marque Richardson), an activist who’s forever changed when a racist cop puts a gun in his face. But the quote may just as well be a mantra for Simien, a fiery sage of culture and history who has used the Dear White People franchise as…

Start: DENVER, COLORADO End: SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO Total distance: 400 MILES Suggested length: 4 TO 6 DAYS Home to the almighty “Fourteeners,” America’s largest cluster of sky-high peaks, Colorado is synonymous with the Rockies’ frigid white towers, but an orange current undulates beneath—a desert snaking up from the native lands of the Southwest. The road from Denver to Santa Fe traces this intermingling of palettes, revealing centers of creativity inspired by strange surroundings. —BRANDON PRESSER 1) River North Art District Denver, Colorado “RiNo” is Denver’s maker neighborhood where dozens of warehouses and factories have been flipped into design studios and microbreweries.OG hipster hangout River North has kept its artsy roots despite years of development. The new Source Hotel & Market Hall (TheSourceHotel .com) splits its space between glass-cased rooms…

IT’S “SPARKLE COWGIRL THURSDAY,” and Tanya Saracho is missing her boots. For the final week of production on Saracho’s new series Vida, the crew has given each day its own dress-up theme. But in a rare oversight, the hyper-vigilant creator missed the memo for today. “They didn’t tell me until this morning because I was sick yesterday,” Saracho cries in mock devastation. “I had the hat and everything!” She sweeps me into a welcoming hug, and we’re literally off and running, darting through the busy Los Angeles streets that serve as the day’s shooting location. Saracho is a hurricane, greeting each crew member in her path with a boisterous laugh and an irresistible smile. In lieu of the mandated glitter-Western regalia, she wears a gray button-up, sunflower-yellow jeans, red lipstick,…

What becomes an Olympian most? For young Gus Kenworthy and Adam Rippon, it was a full head of hair and the good head on their shoulders. They may not have always been American idols, but to paraphrase one of our other national treasures, Diana Ross, they were always winners, baby.…

EVENIN 2018,in New York’s East Village, in a cafe full of adults who look like they could handle it, it still feels taboo to talk to Rachel Weisz about fake vaginas. The new movie Disobedience stars Weisz and Rachel McAdams as lovers oppressed within an orthodox Jewish community, and it features the most intense lesbian sex scene since Blue Is the Warmest Color. According to Weisz, inevitable comparisons were drawn to the 2013 Cannes sensation, but unlike that project, Disobedience isn’t freighted with reports of directorial misconduct, nor were its actresses asked to wear crotch prosthetics. “People were calling it Jew Is the Warmest Color, and it spread like wildfire. The director storyboarded every single angle and position, frame by frame. It was like erotic grammar.” “People were calling it…

This season, perennial cool kid Keith Haring gets the luxury treatment. Drawn to the late artist’s playful motifs, Coach has translated a mix of some of his most iconic and more obscure pieces into an exclusive collection using intricate techniques such as leather cutouts, shearling intarsia, and sequin embroidery. The result is a line steeped in downtown chic that also nods to the sophistication of uptown. A bright star in New York’s scrappy 1980s art scene, Haring created an instantly recognizable style born out of the city’s vibrant street culture, imbuing it with personal and political statements about homosexuality, drug abuse, and the AIDS epidemic (he died of the disease at the age of 31). But his dynamic imagery—flying saucers, dancing dogs, tangled masses of men in lust and love—has…

IT’S EASY TO to just throw on anything and hit the gym. After all, you’ll just be sweating through it anyway. But while your ratty sweatpants and rigorously loved T-shirts may get the job done, you should consider investing in some proper fitness gear, not only for the style points but also for their functional benefits. Quality gym clothes can keep you cool (or warm), pump up your confidence, motivate you to train harder, and prevent you from looking like a hot, soaked mess by the end of a grueling workout. And with the athleisure trend apparently here to stay, chic activewear can pull double duty both in and out of the gym. Here, our favorite pieces to help you get fit and look fab—something for every type of gym…

NUTS IN MAY (1976) An early outing by British auteur Mike Leigh, this comic fable of a couple’s camping excursion in the English countryside is a caustic send-up of “back to the land” romanticism. A CRY IN THE DARK (1988) The film that earned Meryl Streep her eighth Oscar nod was based on a true story, about a family enjoying a camping trip in the outback until—yup—a dingo eats their baby. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) This mockumentary may have been one of cinema’s shrewdest gags, but the terror endured by its three college film students—whose tent is violently assaulted in the climax—is no joke. BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (1999) Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is sent to a gay conversion camp, but it backfires when she gives into her desires and…