Issue #382 | The Zen-Dad Wisdom of Michael Keaton

The Zen-Dad Wisdom of Michael Keaton

Nobody needed to utter his name thrice: Beetlejuice was always coming back (and with him, Harry Belafonte’s Banana Boat song, but this time with a creepy twist on the zesty Caribbean jingle.) Of course, the surrealist nightmare of a film couldn’t return without what made it jump off the screen in the first place, the inimitable Michael Keaton as the eponymous bio-exorcist, electric-shock hair, jailhouse two-piece, and all. But, says Keaton, if he was to return, there would be terms. Here, the actor recounts the 35-year road back to the character that put him on the map.

GQ

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An Interview With Hagop Kourounian, Founder of How Directors Dress

In the beginning, Directorfits was an Instagram account. Founder Hagop Kourounian would spend hours surfacing archived images of cinema’s best-dressed auteurs to share online: Robert Altman on the set of MASH in crepe-soled Clarks and a bush hat; Wes Anderson doing a blue corduroy suit with gray New Balance sneakers. Now the account is its own brand, and with the release of its first printed volume, How Directors Dress, Kourounian talks with fashion insider Lauren Sherman about how director style is a world unto its own.

Puck

Adam Sandler Says Becoming a Gen Z Style Icon Was ‘Accidental’

Something about how a broken clock is right twice a day? In other words, any Gen X-er who set out to be some kind of slouchily dressed north star for the kids would be a major cringe-inducing fail. But somehow, Adam Sandler, once SNL star, jokey songster, and self-deprecating comedic hero to his own generation and their younger siblings has failed upward with his bad dressing by sticking to his schlubby style. This is Sandlercore, and apparently, the kids are all about it.

Complex

Inside the Biggest Vintage Piaget Watch Collection in North America

One Manhattan watch dealer holds, if not the largest, than an impressively sized collection of vintage Piagets, and Robb Report’s horological correspondent Allen Farmelo was recently invited to take a look. Which means we all get a look, too. Gai Gohari admits that he was taking a chance by amassing the Italian-made timepieces, which were often overlooked by peers who sought coveted Swiss brands. But Gohari’s gusto for the gucci watches is now paying off, he says. Take a look for yourself.

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