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…
