According to Luke Combs, there is no excuse to not enjoy country music. “There's some version of it that you like," he says. "You just haven't found that one yet." Read more about the country star here.

Zoe Saldaña has become the highest-grossing actor in the history of film, overtaking Scarlett Johansson to claim that title. “People like me never even imagine breaking a record,” she says. Read the full profile of Saldaña here.

Nikki Glaser has traveled the country as a stand-up comedian since she was 18. But in less than two years she has vaulted into the inner circle of Hollywood. “I feel like I've just been given this opportunity to do exactly what I've always dreamed of,” says the comedian. Read more about Glaser here.

Wagner Moura has long been a movie star in Brazil, and his latest film, The Secret Agent, has resonated with viewers all over the world—particularly in the United States. “I never was afraid to say what I believe, because that's how I am,” he says. Read the full profile of Moura here.

Margo’s Got Money Troubles. Just because a book is an obvious choice for adaptation, doesn’t mean that the show will live up to its source material. Margo succeeds, according to television critic Judy Berman, who writes that “It’s an ideal adaptation and one of the year’s best shows.” We also profiled Michelle Pfeiffer, who plays a key character in the show.

Beef. While Season 2 doesn’t offer quite the same depth of character or adrenaline rush as the original, the show remains a sharply observed, virtuosically acted, and artfully shot study of human behavior at its ugliest. Read more.

The Violence. “Colombia is a land of many truths, and this is just one.” Thus commences Adriana E. Ramírez’s sinuous narrative, melding family saga with the history of this Latin American nation. Read more.

Cherry Baby. Meet Cherry: 36, a native of Omaha, heavyset, and divorced from Tom, who’s off working on a film version of his cult cartoon, Thursday, starring “Baby,” a thinly veiled version of his ex-wife. Once the movie trailer drops, Cherry is pulled back into the disappointments of her failed marriage. Read more.

A Private Man. Inspired by the author’s grandparents, Stephanie Sy-Quia’s assured debut traces a blazing, illicit romance between a Catholic priest and a feminist theologian in England during the social upheavals of the 1960s. Read more.