Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2-15, 2024 i New York Magazine

1 For New York’s latest cover story, Simon van Zuylen-Wood tried to find out why the city has swung so hard toward Donald Trump (“The Reddening of New York,” November 18–December 1). Ben Yelin, co-host of the Caveat podcast, called it “the best post-election read I’ve seen so far. Combination of compelling reporting and great analysis. And frankly, it’s a tough read.” Journalist Sonny Bunch noted, “One takeaway from this should be that people care about illegal immigration and vote accordingly.” Shari Tucker said, “the democrats are dead in the water because they’ve been in denial that most of their policies hurt workers and small business and have since Bill Clinton was in office. They only play to people like me.” Gary Hilborn argued, “I’m sensitive to those among us…

➸ HAVING A ROOMY BAG makes it significantly easier to embark on those quick trips out of the city that help us cope with living here. True to its name, the unassuming Patagonia Black Hole ($159) fits a lot of stuff. In fact, Lexy Copithorne, co-founder of running-gear brand Pruzan, says she can pack all the essentials for a two-week trip into the 40-liter size, which we’ve deemed ideal for two-to-three-day jaunts (plus there’s extra room for an inevitable shopping excursion). “That includes two sweaters, several fitted tanks and running sets, two pairs of sneakers, boots, a few swimsuits, and my toiletry bag,” Copithorne explains. The bag has proved indispensable to Strategist writer Katherine Gillespie, who appreciates its durability, its two zippered pockets, and how it can be worn as…

AMY DEWAN Lawyer, Bedford-Stuyvesant Did you have a good day before you got here? I went to Burlington Coat Factory to look for something to wear. It was really crazy there. The checkout line was all around the perimeter—like, in a spiral. I almost thought about stealing. Obviously, I didn’t do it, but I wondered if maybe I could leave the money in a box and walk out. I’ve been buying a lot of stuff recently because I just submitted my application to transfer my bar credentials from Maryland to New York. My outfit is an “I’m going to be a lawyer in New York” acquisition. I’m leveling up because life is gonna be different soon. Did you come with anyone tonight? My good friend Elon, who is the DJ.…

I FIRST became aware of Mike Myers through Saturday Night Live. I had been a huge fan of the show since the late ’70s, and suddenly this new kid emerged on “Wayne’s World” as Wayne Campbell, an Everyman from Aurora, Illinois, based on friends from Mike’s past—just a party-on kid who loves music and stages a show in his basement. And on “Sprockets,” in which he played Dieter, a Pop Art–loving, dance-crazed German talk-show host. One of my personal favorites was a hypoglycemic 6-year-old named Phillip. He’s this hilariously energetic kid who’s kept in a harness and says “I love you, you know.” On the surface, all of those characters were broadly comedic, but underneath they involved layers of intelligent design. I met Mike in the early ’90s when he…

DECEMBER 4–18 For more culture coverage and streaming recommendations, see vulture.com. TV 1. Watch Black Doves Yuletide espionage. Netflix, December 5. Thrillers on this streamer can be hit or miss, but this series easily falls onto the pro side of the ledger. Helped along by its very strong cast (Keira Knightley, Sarah Lancashire, and Ben Whishaw), the premise is, roughly, it’s London, it’s Christmas season, and Knightley and Whishaw are spies who have to do a lot of knife fighting amid tinsel and garlands. Put it on while wrapping presents. KATHRYN VANARENDONK MOVIES 2. See Nickel Boys A critic favorite. In select theaters December 13. RaMell Ross’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel about two friends committed to a nightmarish reform school is a genuine stunner with Ross making the ingenious…

A COLLECTION OF expert-vetted, spotted-around-town, or otherwise just especially excellent products that recently appeared on thestrategist.com. To shop all these items—plus the duffel bag—in one place, scan the QR code. CELEBRITY SHOPPING Ballet Beautiful Seamed Tights, $18 “I love tights, and I’ve tried them all, and Ballet Beautiful—which is a workout company—puts out the best ones. They don’t run, and they’re nice and opaque. I’ve had one or two pairs for years, and they’re still good.” Kaweco Special Mechanical Pencil in 0.5-mm., $35 “Mechanical pencils are really clean, and I prefer writing with them. I source mine from Choosing Keeping, which has amazing German pencils that almost feel like artifacts. I admit that I sometimes buy other brands in big multipacks, but I go through those quickly. I refill my…

IN 2018, A YEAR into Donald Trump’s first term, a captain at an executive-courting restaurant like the Grill could clear six figures, most of that coming from tips. “The Trump years were definitely the best years for me financially,” says Randy Kuszmaul, who worked as a server at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, within walking distance of Fox News headquarters, from 2017 to 2019. “Most people who came into Del Frisco’s when Trump won the first time felt like those four years were one big victory lap and were spending accordingly.” Entire restaurants were sometimes bought out at a cost of $30,000 for a single meeting: “You saw more of that activity in the earlier days of Trump, as opposed to during the Biden administration, where things got a little…

THE FIRST TIME ROMY, the high-flying tech she-E-O played by Nicole Kidman in Babygirl, sees Samuel (Harris Dickinson), the intern she’ll have an affair with, he’s bringing an unruly dog to heel. Romy is headed to the office when the overexcited animal gets away from its owner and starts charging down the sidewalk right at her. Then Samuel steps up and summons the dog back in his direction with a show of easy dominance that ends with a caress and the praise “Good girl.” The gesture hits Romy like a lightning bolt, but Kidman doesn’t act the way you’d expect for a character who has just been poleaxed by desire. Instead, she stares at Dickinson with a shock more befitting someone who’s been told they only have a month to…

The Jesus Lizard Brooklyn Steel, 12/11 This year, the noise-rock titans dropped the airtight Rack, the quartet’s first studio album in over 25 years. They keep up the momentum on tour. The Blood Brothers Irving Plaza, 12/13 and 12/14; Warsaw, 12/15 The post-hardcore outfit waged war on pop conventions and uncomfortable political realities in the aughts on wry, melodramatic classics like “Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck.” Alt Press millennials, this is not a drill. Boldy James Elsewhere, 12/14 The 42-year-old rapper put out three albums this year, blessing beats by indie-rap maestros like Nicholas Craven and Conductor Williams with laid-back flows and grizzled life scriptures. Watch him work with gifted rhymer Sideshow. Babyface Ray Irving Plaza, 12/16 Hot on the heels of the September release of The Kid That…

THERE’S NOT MUCH in New York that has staying power. Every other day, a new scandal outscandals whatever we were just scandalized by; every few years, a hotter, scarier downtown set emerges; the yoga studio up the block from your apartment that used to be a coffee shop has now become a hybrid drug front and yarn store. Sometimes it’s like living in whatever the opposite of Groundhog Day is, waking up each morning in a new and unfamiliar city. That makes it a little bit easier to spot the things that have stood the test of time. This year, Saturday Night Live entered its 50th season, still defiantly delirious, still doing sketches that shouldn’t resonate further than Hoboken, still helmed by the same guy who, 50 years ago, pitched…

MORE GIFT GUIDANCE 1. A Tantrumproof Dollhouse The KidKraft 360-Play Dollhouse ($290) is an open-concept mid-century-style home that swivels on wheels like a sunglasses display at a gas station. Because it has no outer walls, multiple children can gather around it to play simultaneously—great for collaborative pretend play as well as for calming squabbles. It has three floors, ten rooms, and two clip-on staircases kids can move around as needed. I love that it’s not a Barbie Dreamhouse, L.O.L. Surprise! Mansion, or Gabby’s Dollhouse but that the rooms and furnishings are big enough to accommodate dolls from any of those brands. Plus it comes fully loaded with 42 pieces of furniture and accessories. 2. Toddler Gymnastics Equipment Kathleen Cann, a preschool teacher and mom, told me her 2-year-old daughter loves walking…

STICK AROUND long enough and an enfant terrible becomes a prince becomes a king. Andrew Tarlow and his former business partner Mark Firth did as much as anyone to define “Brooklyn dining” in the 21st century: an artisanal burger, a carafe of carbonic wine, a little liver in a little jar. If it all seems a bit rote now, that’s a mark of their success. It was refreshingly edgy when these two Odeon bartenders founded Diner in still-remote Williamsburg on the cusp of the millennium. “I am actually not cool enough to go to Diner. Nobody I know is cool enough,” the Daily News critic wrote in 1999. She loved it. The East River was the unbridgeable divide, and as the Marlow Collective grew (it now comprises Diner, Marlow & Sons,…

FROM HIS EARLIEST credited movie appearance in Kathryn Bigelow’s 1982 biker drama, The Loveless, through his current role in Robert Eggers’s horror epic, Nosferatu, Willem Dafoe has never been one of those “I know that guy!” character actors whose name you have to look up. His slender, angular face is unmistakable. Ditto his gravelly tenor voice, one he’s applied to everything from the enveloping kindness of Jesus and the existential self-awareness of a Vietnam War soldier to the tormented genius of Vincent van Gogh and the chaotic evil of the Green Goblin. Calling from Rome, where he lives part time, Dafoe, 69, spoke extemporaneously about the theory and practice of creative work with a plainspoken eloquence that’s rare. You’re in a unique position, having played a version of Nosferatu in…

SIGN UP NOW nymag.com/ogs Additional Credits ON THE COVER: PORTFOLIO BY DAVID LACHAPELLE STYLING BY ANNA TREVELYAN (NYC, L.A.). STYLE ASSISTING BY MIKE SNAVELY, NIAMBI MOORE, RASHIED BLACK, DEVANTÉ ROLLINS, AND JACQUELINE MOORE (NYC). STYLE ASSISTING BY DAMIEN LLOYD AND BIN X NGUYEN (L.A.). TAILORING BY TAYLOR SPONG (NYC). HAIR BY LARRY DEAN MCDANIEL (NYC, L.A.). HAIR ASSISTING BY JIMMY SALAZAR, BONNIE SUBNICK, MARIAH MOLINA, AND MIDEYAH PARKER (NYC, L.A.). MAKEUP BY EUNI LEE (L.A.). MAKEUP ASSISTING BY JULIA AUCH AND FAITH JARAMILLO (L.A.). MAKEUP BY CHARLOTTE WILLER USING CHANEL BEAUTY AT HOME AGENCY (NYC). MAKEUP ASSISTING BY SONY WATSON, KIM K. PHAM, AND HANNAH LAUREN (NYC). EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION BY MICHAEL SCHEIDELER. PRODUCTION BY ANNA MAGRIPLIS. STUDIO MANAGEMENT BY TOMMY PAGANO FARNAULT. PRODUCTION COORDINATION BY PIETRO CLEMENTE (NYC). PRODUCTION SUPERVISION…