In Hollywood, a Hugo Award for best film or TV series may not carry the same cachet as an Oscar or an Emmy, but in bookstores from New York to Moscow, a bright Hugo Award badge on the cover of a novel can help it stand out. In their early days, the Hugo Awards recognized writers who have since become genre legends, like Isaac Asimov, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Frank Herbert; more recently, honorees have included modern masters like George R.R. Martin, Brandon Sanderson, and N.K. Jemisin. But last week, the Hugo Awards melted down over unexplained disqualifications. Insiders tell Esquire what really happened—and what it could mean for the future of literary awards. |
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Yeah, even Herman Miller. |
| World War II fighter jet and Austin Butler hair swoop not included with purchase. |
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NuNorm, a new men's makeup brand, helped me achieve confidence in my skin. |
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| If this is really Larry David's final farewell, we should celebrate the 110-plus episodes he's given us so far. Not that I need the excuse! My colleague Adrienne Westenfeld and I asked our editor if "every episode" was an acceptable answer to "How many episodes should we include in our 'Best of' rankings?" For sanity's sake, we settled on a top 20—and even that was difficult. We had a meeting in Esquire's largest conference room for this one, which should tell you that this is very important work. |
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| In-house perfumer Christine Nagel on what inspired H24 Herbes Vives and the surprising ingredients that went into it. |
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| Truman Capote's "La Côte Basque," originally published in the November 1975 issue of Esquire, was meant to serve as the first taste from his upcoming masterpiece about the inner circles of high society women. That novel, eventually called Answered Prayers, wouldn't publish until after the writer's death, but the passage became famous for the scandals it brought. Recently, it was adapted for the television screen, for FX's Feud: Capote vs. the Swans. Read the entire story, in full. |
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 In the mid-'50s, Norman Mailer described Truman Capote as "a ballsy little guy," yet also "the most perfect writer of my generation, he writes the best sentences, word for word, rhythm for rhythm." Mailer added, "he has less to say than any good writer I know," due to his "attractions to Society." It comes as no surprise that Ryan Murphy, who is drawn to the sordid complexities underneath polished, shiny surfaces, chose to explore the public coming-apart of one of the last great literary celebrities. In Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, which debuted its first two episodes on FX this Wednesday night (streaming on Hulu), he takes on the Esquire story that ruined Capote's standing with his society friends. |
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| The 48-year-old actress and director on why all her films are about spiritual crisis, even that one with Mel Gibson. |
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Even the most casual of watch fans knows about the madness that surrounds the MoonSwatch. The groundbreaking collaboration between Swatch Group stablemates Omega and Swatch was a seismic force when it was announced in 2022, sending ripples into the watch world and setting off all kinds of speculation. Would it devalue the brands? Would it be cool? Would people actually buy it? The answer to those questions, of course, was a resounding no, yes, and fuck yes, respectively. MoonSwatches sold out everywhere. |
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The comfortable, casual sneakers you've been waiting for are here. |
| One groundbreaking plane spurred the death of the radial engine, another was christened by a king. |
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Every Republican politician in America, except Nikki Haley, and she'll come around eventually, is little more than a performing seal. El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago is the guy with the fish in his pockets. We don't need more evidence than the current performance of the Republicans in Congress, but the barking and the flipper-slapping is coming from the states, too. Down in Texas, they were finally gearing up to take depositions in the whistleblower case against Ken Paxton, the MAGA fanatic who is the state's attorney general. This case is not to be confused with the stockjobbing indictment that Paxton has been toting around for years. So the depositions were scheduled, and everybody was warmed up and ready to go, their whys fully loaded and their wherefores sharpened. And then, the Texas Supreme Court happened. |
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