The 2023 Best Performances Issue

BEST PERFORMANCES

Brad Pitt Tries to Find the Music in Each Day

BEST PERFORMANCES

All Hail Queen Michelle Yeoh

BEST PERFORMANCES

Zoë Kravitz Remembers Everything

BEST PERFORMANCES

Jennifer Lawrence’s Fresh Perspective

BEST PERFORMANCES

Eddie Redmayne Taps Into His Dark Side

BEST PERFORMANCES

How Ana de Armas Went ‘Blonde’

BEST PERFORMANCES

Daniel Craig Is Building a Mystery

BEST PERFORMANCES

Michelle Williams Plays the Cool, Complicated Mom

BEST PERFORMANCES

Jonathan Majors Is Ready for Takeoff

BEST PERFORMANCES

Cate Blanchett Can’t Imagine Her Life Without Lydia Tár

BEST PERFORMANCES

Austin Butler on the Moment He Truly Connected With Elvis

CULTURE

Taylor Russell Makes Her Own Luck

BEST PERFORMANCES

Brendan Fraser: The Comeback Kid

BEST PERFORMANCES

Margot Robbie Dials Up the Chaos

BEST PERFORMANCES

There’s Something About Paul Mescal

BEST PERFORMANCES

With ‘Till,’ Danielle Deadwyler Takes on Her Biggest Role Yet

BEST PERFORMANCES

Kate Hudson Knows How to Make an Entrance

BEST PERFORMANCES

Keke Palmer Holds Nothing Back

BEST PERFORMANCES

In ‘Babylon’, Diego Calva Gets His Big Break

BEST PERFORMANCES

Ke Huy Quan Is Back and Better Than Ever

BEST PERFORMANCES

Jeremy Strong Pours Himself Into Every Role

CULTURE

Claire Foy Wants to Break Some Rules

BEST PERFORMANCES

Aubrey Plaza Loves an Antihero

BEST PERFORMANCES

Stephanie Hsu Brings the Fear in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

BEST PERFORMANCES

With ‘The Inspection,’ Jeremy Pope Stakes His Claim on Big Screen Stardom

BEST PERFORMANCES

How Judd Hirsch Became the Oracle of ‘The Fabelmans’

CULTURE

There’s No Stopping Rachel Sennott

BEST PERFORMANCES

The Many Worlds of Janelle Monáe

BEST PERFORMANCES

Sadie Sink Shows No Mercy

BEST PERFORMANCES

Seth Rogen Dug Deep for ‘The Fabelmans’

WHAT IS IT CALLED?

What Is It Called? W’s Best Performances Stars Delight in Rainbow Spinner

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Paul Mescal Brings the Drama to Taylor Swift’s ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’

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W's Cover Stars Share a Dramatic Reading of Taylor Swift Lyrics

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Lisa Love's Life in Parties

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Native Artists Step Into the Light

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Theophilio’s Edvin Thompson Brings Jamaican Flair to New York Fashion

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Hoopskirts Come Full Circle

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Softly Tailored Fashion For Facing a Hard World

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Karl Lagerfeld in Private: Uncovering the Man Behind the Myth