Shamier Anderson
The actor toughed it out in L.A. until he got his big break. Now he’s giving back with a nonprofit that encourages aspiring actors in Toronto’s inner city
The Happiness Equation
When it comes to world happiness, the Nordic countries are the gold standard. Here’s what the rest of us can make of our abysmal numbers
The Write Stuff
Eight questions with Michael Lewis, author of a new book on the pandemic, about writing, luck, and why George W. Bush isn’t all bad
Call His Agent!
The French talent agent who turned his frustrations into a hit TV series
Paris When It Sizzles
What’s more dazzling than Paris? Seeing it from above …
Does Bill Gates Have a Camilla Problem?
And will a jilted Melinda plot revenge with the First Wives of Tech Club?
Opera Pick of the Week
A digital reboot of the Houston Grand Opera’s Marian’s Song features a libretto by the city’s first Black poet laureate
Flying Lessons
The author of a new book on Virgin Galactic didn’t have to look far for inspiration—like Virgin’s lead test pilot, his dad was a fighter pilot and Top Gun grad
Fifty Shades of Downing Street
A British aide who worked with Dominic Cummings on the Brexit campaign is writing an erotic novel based on her time in politics
Afternoon of a Fawn
An audio play re-creates what went down when Dame Edith Sitwell met Marilyn Monroe
Déjà Voodoo
Reggae covers of non-reggae songs that will make you think twice, from John Holt, Peter Tosh, Marcia Griffiths, Alton Ellis, and more
We’re Crashing at Clooney’s
Where do you want to go, now that Europe is welcoming vaxxed Americans?
Where the Magic Happens
Beatrice Monti della Corte has been welcoming writers to her villa in Tuscany for what feels like forever. Ralph Fiennes and Edmund White recount the extraordinary experience of being there
Opera Pick of the Week
The Los Angeles Opera mounts a rare revival of Joseph Bologne’s L’Amant Anonyme with a cast from its young-artists program
Bourgeois Fever
A long career. A merciless eye. Implacable life force. In museums and galleries, Louise Bourgeois is the queen to Picasso’s king
