Sabrina Carpenter is domming the music industry 🐶 Shortly before the release of her seventh studio album “Man’s Best Friend,” @SabrinaAnnLynn called Interview EIC Mel Ottenberg for our September cover story to talk controversy, devotion, and life in the fast lane.

In this week's installment of SMOKE BREAK, we headed north to Toronto to join photographer Christopher Sherman at the opening of his debut solo exhibition, "Your Shame Bores Me." https://t.co/yq3lTRBuIu

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On "Top Chef,” @PadmaLakshmi judged the dishes. At Indochine with our food editor, J Lee, she judged everything else.

In the 1960s, Brooklyn-born photographer Arthur Tress began documenting his visits to New York's most famous cruising ground. A half-century later, his vibrant, watchful images are finally getting their due. https://t.co/OFYHj9tTka

After an extended layoff and a tour with @xboygeniusx, singer-songwriter @jaysomband joined us to talk about recruiting Hayley Williams and Jim Adkins for “Belong,” her first album in four years. https://t.co/EElOGDsIvB

After premiering their animated feature “Bouchard” at @TheNYFF last week, filmmaker duo Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki joined us for a smoke break to talk meta layers and martinis. https://t.co/BADTQH3ikG

“I have to make films, and I consider this my natural right,” says Iranian director Jafar Panahi, whose latest release, “It Was Just an Accident,” took home the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival this summer. https://t.co/86q6Xqic6t

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In the latest installment of @netflix’s “Monster” series, Charlie Hunnam descended into the mind of America’s original psycho, Ed Gein. To mark the moment, he reunited with the show’s creator @ryanmurphyprod for a debrief on what it takes to find some heart in the darkness.

As he prepared to open his brand-new restaurant, Cove, the culinary boy wonder Flynn McGarry documented a busy and beautiful month of repairs, installations, press previews, and menu tweaks. https://t.co/cjuB48ySbU

In town for @TheNYFF premiere of his new feature “Resurrection,” director Bi Gan joined @jeremyoharris to talk astrology, algorithms, and the dreamlike logic that fuels his cinema. https://t.co/BPteZsQvN4

To mark the publication of her debut novel “Herculine,” author @emotrophywife joined Substack princess @raynefq to talk faith, jealousy, suffering, and demons. https://t.co/RWWJuEZgBF

"I'm a captain and a conduit," says the photographer Matt Lambert, whose sixth book comes out this month. "I’m just creating a play space for all these energies to come together." https://t.co/UI6Dr95DRV

After @TheNYFF premieres of his two new films, "Kontinental '25" and "Dracula," the Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude joined us to talk A.I. slop, the descent of the West, and the peasants and pornstars that populate his algorithm. https://t.co/VtsJzyuvTc

"The theme is labor, motherhood," our senior editor Taylore Scarabelli writes of @MIUMIUofficial SS26. "This all fits neatly with my new fashion week thesis: it's exhausting to be a woman." https://t.co/CAj6oajxEu

The reigning NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got in touch with his Toronto roots for his latest collaboration with @canadagoose. https://t.co/xehdFKl17Y

Which looks was Uma Thurman thirsting over at Celine SS26? “I wouldn’t tell you what I would steal from the show,” said the “Kill Bill” icon, “because then everyone else would steal it too.” https://t.co/taUjA4ArpN

For his @CHANEL debut on Monday night, Matthieu Blazy transformed the Grand Palais into a solar system. After the show, we looked to the stars for their instant reactions. https://t.co/4MlW0mY4lS

When New York nightlife icon @MacyRodman made us a playlist for this week’s SOUND ADVICE, we asked her which songs she wished she’d written. “All of them,” she quipped. “Imagine the royalties.” https://t.co/FPrZZzhbLo