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Bubba would often talk about how his life had been suffused with a grace that was beyond his comprehension. He believed that was the essence of God, and today he was telling his congregation that if God could love him—of all people—it was a sure sign that God loved everyone created in His image. That last Sunday of October 2023 would be the last Sunday of Bubba Copeland's life.

View in Browser  SHOP EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBE Right-Wing Media and the Death of an Alabama Pastor: An American Tragedy Bubba would often talk about how his life had been suffused with a grace that was beyond his comprehension. He believed that was the essence of God, and today he was telling his congregation that if God could love him—of all people—it was a sure sign that God loved everyone created in His image. That last Sunday of October 2023 would be the last Sunday of Bubba Copeland's life. Read More I Am a Wellness Asshole Now A no-bullshit guide to annoying habits that actually work: cold plunges, microdosing psilocybin, and testosterone treatments. Read More What Really Happened to Baby Christina? Twenty-six years ago, Barton McNeil called 911 to report that his three-year-old daughter had died in the night. It was the worst thing that could ever happen to any parent. Then a new nightmare began. Read More Inside Zoë Kravitz's (Shocking! Twisted! Brilliant!) Mind Kravitz approaches life with a side-eyed, surreal sense of humor that is very much at odds with her public persona. This sensibility has governed how she has responded to everything that's come since. To years of self-hate and insecurity; to an industry—a world—that rewards neither loyalty nor sanity; to professional rejection and personal heartache; to the ill will of web commenters and a doubting public. Her ability to laugh despite, well, everything is "something that gets me through life." And that offbeat sense of humor is partly what makes Blink Twice—her directorial debut and the biggest creative swing of her career—so damn watchable. Nearly a decade in the making, Kravitz's bombshell social critique both terrifies and enrages. Read More My Life As a Homeless Man in America An extraordinary firsthand account. Read More Ewan Mitchell and Tom Glynn-Carney are Ready for the Throne The actors play brothers battling for power on the second season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon. Off camera, they're keeping each other humble. Read More The Rise and Fall of a Gay Porn Empire The business was two decades old at the time and thriving. Pre-Internet, the market for gay-porn magazines was highly lucrative. Along with a hundred magazine titles and a handful of mistresses, Mavety amassed a fortune of up to $36 million during the twenty-six years he ran the company. Magazines had been in people's lives for more than a hundred years. And as long as God made little boys, a percentage would grow up wanting to see man-on-man action. What could go wrong? The pay sucked, but every day was an Andy Warhol short film. Read More Follow Us Unsubscribe | Privacy Notice | CA Notice at Collection Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779