Short List
What to read this week, including a look back at home ec, a blow-by-blow of the Watergate scandal, and a history of Oceania
Buddy Movies
Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby were one of Hollywood’s great creative teams. Their unraveling left insiders mystified
Burn After Listening
A discreet, ultra-cool music festival in Garbicz, Poland, could blow Burning Man out of the water
Dan White
Hollywood’s favorite magician reappears on … Zoom?
The Techno King of Tesla
Elon Musk may dislike being C.E.O. of the car company, but he wants to remain in power
A Conversation with Stephen Fry
Plus: a look at the scandal rocking the Vatican
Character Study
Tourist kitsch and high fashion collide in Mike White’s addictive new series, The White Lotus
The Sonic Route
Savor every second of this fast-waning summer with songs by Fred Neil, Angélique Kidjo, Patsy Cline, Paul Brady, and more
The Duchess of York’s Bodice Ripper
On the release of Fergie’s romance novel, we share a preview of what’s to come. Or so we think …
Johnny Depp’s Never-Ending Toxic Trail
His reputation imperils a movie about how a Japanese chemical company poisoned children in the 1950s
And All That Jazz
Look back at Bert Stern’s classic film, Jazz on a Summer’s Day, which next week comes out in a sparkly new restoration
Opera Pick of the Week
From the Boston Lyric Opera, a never-before-released video of Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, starring American soprano Deborah Voigt
Tears in Heaven
The George Harrison–Pattie Boyd–Eric Clapton love triangle is one for the ages. But were Boyd and Clapton doomed from the start?
The Glass Menagerie
From Czech sea creatures to Venetian vessels to contemporary sculptures, exhibitions across the world take glass art in delightfully different directions
