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Brief chats with people who are doing things that thrill them.

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Anora Star Mikey Madison Is Having a Fairy-Tale Year

 After giving up competitive horseback riding to pursue acting, the rising star earned an Oscar nomination for her Anora role as a determined stripper. By Ruth Madievsky

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  2. Amelia Dimoldenberg Is Hungry for MoreA decade of Chicken Shop Date behind her, the popular creator is still holding out for the One.
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  3. Sydney Lemmon Has Killer InstinctsIn the 34-year-old’s star turn in Broadway’s Job, she plays a hysterical tech worker driven to extremes.
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  4. Everybody in the Bar Plays ShaboozeyThe country musician’s verses have the potential to unite Americans of all stripes.
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  5. Open the Curtains for Sarah PidgeonThe Broadway newbie is already Tony nominated. What’s next?
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  6. The Actor Bringing Harlem to BroadwayKara Young reflects on the politics of performance.
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  7. Lydia West Is in Your CornerAfter breaking out in the U.K., the actress arrives Stateside with Big Mood, a dark riff on the buddy comedy.
    By Danielle Cohen
  8. Sunny Choi Brings Break-dancing to the Olympics“I always knew I wanted to be able to be free, to let go of everything and just be there: me, floor, music.”
    By Katja Vujić
  9. Mia McKenna-Bruce Is All Grown UpA veteran of British children’s television is now a film-festival darling.
    By Iana Murray
  10. Gen Z Gets Its Own Wharton HeroineJosie Totah breaks out in an updated Buccaneers.
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  11. Eclipsing the RotundaWith “Going Dark,” curator Ashley James brings an unconventional group show to the Guggenheim’s famed spiral.
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  12. “I Don’t Like the Feeling of Being Pinned Down”C Pam Zhang’s debut examined an unsung period of Chinese-American history. Her new novel is all about pleasure.
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  13. Reneé Rapp Is So Over ItShe paused her Hollywood and Broadway careers to go pop. It’s working way too well.
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  14. Courtney Eaton Eats Flesh in Real Life, TooBut the Yellowjackets star is nowhere near as dark as her character.
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  15. Auli’i Cravalho Embraces Her PowerPlaying a Disney princess made her famous at 14. Now, she’s carefully calculating her next act.
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  17. The Character Actor Turned Leading LadyKeyla Monterroso Mejia is graduating from comic relief to plucky protagonist.
    By Hannah Jackson
  18. Introducing Nico ParkerMeet the breakout star of The Last of Us.
    By Iana Murray
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    By Hannah Jackson
  20. A Perfectionist on the BeatDiscipline is second nature to composer turned rapper HAWA.
    By Melinda Fakuade
  21. Paulina Alexis Doesn’t Care If You Think She’s ‘Too Rez’The Reservation Dogs actress won’t let anything — or anyone — get in her way.
    By Simon Moya-Smith
  22. Rina Sawayama Knows What Gen Z WantsAn early aughts revival.
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  23. Marisa Abela Is Ready to Take Up SpaceThe Industry star reflects on growing up and landing a part in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie.
    By Brooke LaMantia
  24. Coco Jones on Colorism, Disney, and Playing Hilary Banks“I get to represent dark skin, Black beauty.”
    By Scarlett Newman
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    By Naomi Pike
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    By Brooke LaMantia
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