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• The revived talk show wardrobe: John Mulaney's live, zany Netflix show was a wild ride. And then there were the clothes.
• Blancpain's Fifty Fathoms Automatique 42mm: One of the world’s first modern dive watches is now available in a smaller size in titanium or red gold.
• Where you can buy this year's Pappy: Behold, we have the release dates for all your favorite rare and limited-edition bottles, including Buffalo Trace, Booker's and Pappy

The Comedian’s New Clothes: How “Everybody’s in LA” Revived the Talk Show Wardrobe

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. was, by all accounts, a slam-dunk success. Part of the Netflix Is a Joke festival and premised as a live talk-show-cum-giant-inside-joke, the series concluded its six-day nightly run last Friday and is now available to view in its entirety on the platform. If you’re a fan of Mulaney’s or an Angeleno, I highly recommend you do.

Mulaney cuts a new man in Everybody’s in L.A. from the quaffed, slim-cut suit, boyishly charming comic we’ve come to know. (Astute culture vultures will point out that this change was previously evident at the Oscars.) His new caricature — and it is very much a caricature, even if some of the real thing is peppered in — instantly invokes the Everybody’s in L.A. universe as much as a paneled coffee table, an appealing mish-mosh of Johnny Carson and Jerry Maguire, with a conspicuously e-boy-leaning middle part to boot. (We dig it!)

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When Can You Buy This Year’s Pappy? Consult Our Whiskey Release Schedule.

Like the Shamrock Shake, Shark Week and PSL season, limited-edition whiskies are hotly anticipated throughout the year, their fleeting nature heightening excitement and — when you’re actually able to score a bottle — enjoyment. As competition for rare bottles stiffens with each passing day, a game plan is required. Get started with our rare whiskey release schedule, which will help you anticipate upcoming launches.

Yesterday, we asked you about the one grooming product you couldn't live without. A whole lot of you mentioned your go-to skin care products and sunscreen, some of you said your razors and your hair gels, and some of you even shared your favorite brands. The honorable mentions: American Crew, Boscia and AESOP.

What It’s Like to Wear the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique 42mm

At 42.3mm wide and 14.3mm tall, the Fifty Fathoms is not a small watch — but it’s a far cry from the imposing, 45mm models of the early 2000s, and when paired to a two-piece strap such as Blancpain’s new Tropic rubber, sail canvas or titanium bracelet, it wears surprisingly comfortably. With water resistance equivalent to 300m; a modern, unidirectional dive bezel; and 120 hours of power reserve, it can certainly be used as a serious tool — and this despite its good looks and luxurious materials.

Anguilla’s Malliouhana Is the East Coast’s White Lotus

Located in the most northerly island in the Eastern Caribbean, we checked into Malliouhana, the island’s very first luxury resort, a mere four hour flight from New York. Despite the fact that travelers have been visiting for decades, Anguilla, with its turquoise waters and white sand beaches, is still a bit of a secret. Or, at least, it certainly feels that way. That’s largely to do with how few direct flight options there are (many visitors still ferry from Sint Maarten). Yet, Malliouhana has been operating atop its bluff, which gives way to nothing but stunning — and seemingly endless — views of the Caribbean, for 40 years now.

You Don’t Have to Love Everything Your Favorite Musician Does

It’s subjective, of course, as all music is, but if I had to really sit back and think about it, I’d say there are probably less than 100 artists over the course of pop culture as we know it who have never put out a mediocre record. The Rolling Stones had one of the most impressive four-album runs in rock history with Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St., but they still followed it up with the reviled dud Goats Head Soup. Lou Reed made some of the most essential music of the ’60s and ’70s, but he also made 2011’s disastrous Metallica collaboration Lulu.

But how hard, as a fan of any given artist, are you obligated to try to like their new music before you give up and admit it simply isn’t your cup of tea?