Paper Magazine

29/12/2025

As audiences, we love ourselves a good bad guy. (It’s a far worse crime to be boring than to be bad.)

We unpack the “Villain Edit,” our appetite for spectacle, the risk of warping reality and more:

Do bad deeds again and again.

24/12/2025

Hear ye, hear ye: these are not the classic Christmas carols society hears in CVS or at a holiday church service. These are deep cuts from the archives!

PAPER presents: A Very Diva Christmas Playlist.

These are not the classic Christmas carols society hears in CVS.

24/12/2025

Yes, we sat down with Tyra Banks AND her Christmastime arch-nemesis and doppelgänger, Santa SMiZE for the world premiere of their new music video and the most chaotic convo this holiday season.

"Is Santa SMiZE in the room with us right now?"

23/12/2025

What does it take to become an artist of the modern Christmas carol canon?

Our favorite pop girls pull all the stops each holiday season — and they don’t stop in the booth. Styling is just as much part of the holiday magic. A few ensembles come to mind:

What does it take to become an artist of the modern Christmas carol canon?

23/12/2025

It wouldn’t be a 2000s movie premiere without a chaotic red carpet of unpredictable fashions emblematic of the turn of the century.

“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” was no exception. Let’s get into it:

Christine Baranski forever.

23/12/2025

A fashionista's take on pleasure - Lelo makes a chic on-screen appearance in Emily in Paris. Did you spot it?

Tucked in the seventh episode of the latest season of Emily in Paris is a float boldly branded with the word LELO. In the scene, festival goers are in full on revelry mode waving flags and toys from the brand. It's peak brand cameo.

16/12/2025

Timothée Chalamet and the “Marty Supreme” marketing campaign beg the question: What does it really take to become one of the greats?

Timothée Chalamet's claim of ambition was decried and admired in equal parts by the internet’s horde of critics, and ultimately dissected: What does it truly take to join Hollywood’s hall of giants?

15/12/2025

Pop princess Kylie Minogue returns to her festive throne with a deluxe anniversary edition of her classic holiday album: “Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped)”

We caught up with Minogue to talk the new tracks, revisit the original, and play F-M-K:

PAPER caught up with Kylie Minogue to revisit her Christmas (album) past, chat holiday traditions, and hear more about the stories behind the new tracks.

15/12/2025

Leave it up to 21 Savage to turn album rollout into a full-blown art exhibition.

For the release of his fourth studio album, GRAMMY-winning rapper teamed up with British-Nigerian artist on a new exhibition featuring 15 original works — including the cover art, an original painting and collector’s item from Slawn.

Swipe to the end for a closer look the full moving art moving installation featuring 21 Savage’s face that took over Miami Art Basel.

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12/12/2025

Cheers to the weekend — and another iconic week of breaking news (*cough cough* Beyoncé Met Gala co-chair), it-couple antics, discourse and more on PAPER’s internet 🙂‍↕️

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12/12/2025

Infinite Coles isn’t here to be just one thing.

After living in a shelter in Queens, New York for over a year, , the notorious estranged son of GhostFace Killah, finally had enough.

“After six months, I started to feel powerful, strong,” he tells PAPER. “I knew something big was going to come…. I could feel my music getting better, my writing getting better. Something felt different — and now look.”

At the , we sat down with Coles to talk about his huge 2025, his debut album “SweetFace Killah,” wild TikTok fan reactions and more.

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12/12/2025

How is it that the richest Real Housewives get out-dressed by Mormons in Salt Lake City or millennials working at a brunch restaurant?

Let’s talk about it! Some hits, some misses, lots of divorces:

Go girl, give us divorce.