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You've probably seen the headlines: America's alcohol consumption is at its lowest point in recorded history. After a booze-soaked 20th century, we appear to be in the hangover era. One cohort driving that trend is Gen Z—basically, people in their twenties. But many of them still imbibe, and we did some reporting to learn what they're consuming. I was surprised. You can read all about it here. – Michael Sebastian, editor-in-chief
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Bartenders are putting a modern spin on this simple, elegant, and refreshing recipe to attract young imbibers. It's working. | There's no greater generational divide between Millennials and Gen Z than alcohol consumption. According to Gallup data, young adults today are drinking less than young adults in prior generations. Mocktail menus are increasingly popular and the low ABV spirits market is experiencing significant growth, mostly due to younger consumers. So what are they drinking when they do choose to imbibe? Long drinks—the most iconic of which is the highball. When I hear "highball," I picture a quiet Japanese listening bar playing smooth jazz at dulcet tones. But the highball actually has origins in the UK thanks to its predecessor, the Scotch and soda. In Japan, the cocktail is said to have grown in popularity when Suntory Whisky founder Shinjiro Torii opened a chain of Tory's Bars that featured whisky highballs. In the U.S., an increased interest in Japanese-style bars, as well as booms in whisky and low-ABV and low-sugar drinks, fueled this wave. |
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There's never going to be another Giorgio Armani. Time will ultimately tell, but I think he's one of the most influential people men's fashion has ever seen and will ever see. I think every man deep down just wants to wear an Armani suit. Even as men's fashion gets more conceptual, that strong shoulder and flatteringly draped V shape will never go out of style. Mr. Armani's empire thrived in America, and the brand became synonymous with our stars. He did costumes for the Scorsese movies I grew up on, like Casino, Goodfellas, and The Wolf of Wall Street. In Christopher Nolan's Batman movies, he created the suits for Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne. In Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt's Lieutenant Aldo Raine dons an Armani-designed tux and a nonexistent Italian accent when posing as a famous Italian stuntman. To honor Mr. Armani, the best thing to do is clear out one of your days and go on an Armani movie binge. |
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About six years ago, Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk knew that his decade-long run as the sympathetic scofflaw attorney from Breaking Bad would eventually draw to a close, so he began devising an unlikely next chapter for a performer pushing 60: gunslinging, bare-knuckle action hero. "I said, Hey, I'm known as this character Saul who fights. He is clever. He never quits. He gets knocked around by life and he always comes back—and that's an action character. Except he doesn't fight, and I'm willing to learn to fight," Odenkirk says. "I wonder if somebody would want to write me a story where I get to do that." In a sense, Odenkirk owes action movies a life debt. Fortunately, fighting for survival looks good on the now-62-year-old actor. He just starred in Nobody 2, in which his low-key dad with a high-strung past tangles with hoodlums during a family vacation to a ramshackle water park. Screenwriter Derek Kolstad also collaborated with Odenkirk on yet another thriller, in which the actor's character is far less self-sufficient in the self-defense department: a neo-noir modern western called Normal. The indie movie will play on Sunday, September 7, in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival, where it aims to find a distributor. |
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