I hang a right onto the Foxen Canyon Wine Trail in the hills north of Santa Barbara, and the 2026 Lucid Gravity seems to defy physics. My hands grip the steering wheel as the vehicle carves country roads with a slalom skier's dexterity and the gusto of a much smaller car. Not bad for the seven-seat, all-electric SUV, which handily wins Esquire's Car of the Year. "Three-row SUVs usually either have a lot of space but aren't much fun to drive, park, or get around, or they're sporty and dynamic but lack the space," says Derek Jenkins, Lucid's senior vice president of design. "When we began planning Gravity five years ago, we saw an opportunity to do an SUV with plenty of interior space that still drives like a performance sedan." |
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Jason Bateman has been famous for nearly 50 years and has transformed himself from a child star into a Golden Globe–winning actor, an Emmy-winning director, and one third of the incredibly popular podcast Smartless. (His latest projects, Black Rabbit and Zootopia 2, are out now.) With his wife of 24 years, Bateman has two daughters, one of whom just went off to college. How did he reach this point in his life and career, and what hard-earned lessons has he learned along the way? Here, in owns words, he explains it all. This interview took place on October 7 in Los Angeles, where Bateman lives. "Starting at the age of ten, I was teaching myself how to be a professional liar. How to convince people that I was something other than what I was thinking inside." "I married a friend as opposed to a girlfriend. Since I only wanted to get married once, I thought, Find someone I'm sexually attracted to that's also a friend. That's the bull's-eye." "I am a people pleaser. I care about what people think about me. I read all the reviews. I am doing these projects for public consumption, so it matters to me what the public thinks about them. It matters to me what critics think about them. But what's most important is that the weather inside is 72 and breezy. It takes a lot of work to stay happy, to stay clear, and to be proud of yourself. You can try to drink through it, but you're sober in the morning and you got to live in those hours too." |
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Alone in the fog, after six days of running through the British mountains, Raf Willems began to speak with the grass and stones. About what, he doesn't know. The air was freezing, but he liked it that way; summer heat made for awful running weather. To be in nature—the thickening precipitation above, the undulating terrain below—pushing his physical limits was a thrilling adventure. Until he saw dead people lying in the snow, calling to him: Help, help, help me! The start of the ultramarathon had been lively. More than one hundred deliriously excited long-distance runners—their faces flushed from the drizzly 35 degree morning, colorful waterproof jackets zipped to the chin with hoods up—all huddled in mass anticipation of the Montane Winter Spine Race. It was January 15, 2023. Some wanted to win. Most, like Willems, simply wanted to finish. But completing the 268-mile course in the allotted time of 168 hours would be no simple feat. Starting in the town of Edale in Derbyshire, the trail ultramarathon threads the Pennine Way, a ragged seam that sews together northern England's east and west halves. It ultimately needles just past the Scottish border. Participants would have to climb mountains that jut from the earth like knobby vertebrae, the highest being the nearly three-thousand-foot Cross Fell. Running the course takes nearly a week, even in the best conditions, and British winters are particularly unkind. |
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Started in 2023, SubwayTakes is an interview show on Instagram and TikTok in which host Kareem Rahma asks his guest, "So what's your take?" The conversation happens on a New York City subway car. The show is a sensation—an essential stop for celebrities, politicians, comedians, artists, interesting people. Rahma lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Karina. They welcomed their first child in 2024. He spoke to Esquire at his office in New York City on October 13. Having a good conversation is a lost art. SubwayTakes came out of this: My ideal night is four hours at a table arguing and conversing with a group of five people. Debating about nothing, no one getting offended, because it's for fun. The spirit of debate is missing from America. SubwayTakes is a place where you can have a good time arguing. |
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The night my engagement ended, I wasn't looking for sex. I wasn't looking for anything, really. It was the summer of 2019, and I was sitting alone in my apartment, the ring still on the counter where I'd set it after she'd handed it back, trying to understand how someone I loved could look me in the eye and lie so easily. My phone kept lighting up with friends asking if I was okay. I didn't answer. I wanted a distraction, something impersonal, something that didn't require explaining myself. Instead, I logged on to Reddit and found a page called RandomActsOfMuffDive, a bulletin board where strangers request one specific service: oral sex. Some women attach cropped photos of their legs or torsos. Others post the corner of their bed, a book on the nightstand, or an open drawer full of sex toys. You scroll through posts the way other people browse Craigslist—location, preferences, a few boundaries. Most are blunt. Some are funny. A surprising number are sincere. I wasn't planning to reply to anything. I just needed something to distract me from the humiliation pounding in my chest. But then I saw her post. |
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At one point in time, crewnecks were exclusively meant for going to the gym. But nowadays, the office is filled with comfortable folks in their cotton sweatshirts and elastane-waisted pants, and wearing a hoodie on a date is no longer a faux pas. Given that fashion has become overwhelmingly casual, it's clear that crewnecks aren't going to be relegated to the "at home only" section of our wardrobes anytime soon. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't put a little more effort into our most comfortable clothes, and finding stylish crewnecks is an easy way to do just that. We're officially in layering season now, and if elevated cardigans or wool sweaters lean a little more formal than you'd prefer, crewnecks can still be worn under your go-to work jackets or quilted puffers. Despite their classic status, there are so many different variants on the sweatshirt to play around with. If you really are going to the gym, armed with heavy-duty deodorant and some workout sneakers, finding lightweight options that don't get in the way are essential. For the streetstyle aficionado, a '90s-inspired, oversized fit is both comfortable and cool. Or you could keep it classic with elevated options from Todd Snyder and Buck Mason–the choice is yours. |
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