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Madison Vain

Madison Vain is the Executive Editor at Esquire; a writer and editor living in New York, she previously worked at Entertainment Weekly and Sports Illustrated

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This Infrared Sauna Is the Final Frontier of At-Home Wellness

Lit Method has perfected the most talked-about wellness tool of right now.

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It Turns Out, Anyone Can Have the Perfect Home Office

You just need to throw out the oldest rule in interior decorating.

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The Best New Hotels in the World 2026

After a year of traveling the globe, our editors are confident these are the 43 most outstanding new places you can stay this year.

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Lee Pace Makes His Own Luck

The star of Apple TV+’s Foundation has stitched together one of the most dynamic, category-defying onscreen careers of his generation. So what’s his secret?

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Did Tessa Thompson Discover the Secret to Life? (Probably.)

This fall, the actor stars in a new adaptation of an Ibsen classic and a Netflix miniseries, but she's building her life around something entirely different.

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I Finally Found a Plush But Put-Together Sectional

Sunday's Get Together sofa is well-made, functional, and everything you want in your home.

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Bono Has Another Story to Tell

The U2 frontman spent the past few years reexamining his life and career. Now he’s back with new projects, new music—and a fresh sense of urgency to change the world.

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Lindsey Vonn Is Doing the (Previously) Unthinkable

The two-time world-champion skier paid a physical price for her success. But now she’s returned to competition with a new knee, a free mind, and one goal in mind.

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The Best New Hotels in the World 2025

42 glittering properties worthy of your time and money.

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Kip Moore Is Finally Living

The country artist’s sprawling sixth album, Solitary Tracks, is restless, rowdy, and deeply introspective. He took us inside the transformative years that got him there.

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Zoë Kravitz's (Shocking! Twisted! Brilliant!) Mind

Kubrick. Tarantino. Peele . . . Kravitz? With the thirty-five-year-old’s directorial debut—the deeply unsettling psychological thriller Blink Twice—she is redefining herself as a creative force. Over two days in New York, she lets us into her world.

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