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Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and the $1 Billion Lawsuit

On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage discusses the fight that could put the First Lady on the stand

Drew Friedman’s Sketchbook

Alexander the Great

Maestro Soddy plants another flag at La Scala with this month’s Così Fan Tutte

Eva Victor

The Billions actor and comedian is making her directorial debut with Sorry, Baby, starring Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges

There’s Something About Julie

How Walt Disney and the Sherman brothers landed on Julie Andrews for the role of Mary Poppins—without whom “A Spoonful of Sugar” would not exist

Notes from Underground

The Wrecking Crew

Last week’s surprise demolition of the White House’s East Wing wasn’t the first time Trump destroyed a great American building

Jeeves and the Well-Meaning Acolytes

A collection of 12 new stories about P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster—including tales by Roddy Doyle and Dominic Sandbrook—update the duo

The Real Larry David

A new book on the making of Curb Your Enthusiasm offers rare insight into its creator, from his pre-Seinfeld misery to his lifelong friendship with Richard Lewis

A Wrinkle in Time

Toni Morrison, Truman Capote, Patti Smith … A new coffee-table book collects Richard Avedon’s portraits of his aging subjects

The Sky’s the Limit

From the Wright brothers’ near-fatal crashes to this year’s midair collision over the Potomac, failure has always been the cost of progress in aviation

Paula Wallace’s Guide to Savannah

The president and co-founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design shares her go-to spots in her adopted city

Found in Translation

The French may never forgive Richard Linklater for having made the best film of the nouvelle vague, on the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Sam Shepard and the Blue Star Kachina

Inside the making of Operation Sidewinder, the playwright’s first and only drama to premiere on Broadway

Mckenna Grace

The 19-year-old actress is making her romance debut as the lead in Regretting You, the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation, starring Allison Williams and Dave Franco

Bach in Motion

In Copenhagen, the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky reimagines The Art of Fugue as a ballet, transforming Bach’s esteemed final score into an abstract work in five acts

Updike Redux

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again!

With Halloween around the corner, music photographer Mick Rock’s behind-the-scenes images from the set of The Rocky Horror Picture Show offer a rare glimpse into the making of Richard O’Brien’s campy cult classic

The Nuns, the Masterpiece, and a Remote Canadian Island

On this week’s podcast, John von Sothen goes on a quest to visit one of the world’s great sculptures

Magma

Virginia Giuffre’s Last Words

An explosive account of alleged abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew is seeing the light of day six months after Giuffre’s suicide

The Making of Bruce Lee

A new book traces the actor’s journey from Hong Kong to Hollywood—and reveals how his career redefined Asian representation on-screen

Iris van Herpen’s Guide to Amsterdam

The Dutch fashion designer shares her go-to spots in the city she calls home