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Will a Divorce Put Trump in Prison?

Plus: a look at Bumble, the billion-dollar dating app; Bethany McLean on the Sackler family; and more

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Nancy Reagan’s Cross to Bear

The First Lady dedicated herself to achieving a picture-perfect life. A look at her traumatic—and covered-up—childhood helps explain why

Heartbreak Hotel

Photographs from a new book pay homage to the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, the dazzling seafront retreat that has played host to Ernest Hemingway, Jane Birkin, and Mick Jagger, on its 150th anniversary

Scott Rudin’s Employee Handbook

Welcome to the team! Here are a few things to know …

A Happy Accident

Fame didn’t come overnight for Tony-winning actor John Cullum. The film An Accidental Star traces his road from the American South to the Broadway stage

Doug Varone in Ten Acts

The choreographer’s first pandemic piece is a mini-series of short films, set to songs from the 1940s and 50s and produced through Zoom

Opera Pick of the Week

The Zurich Opera streams a new production of Jacques Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann by Andreas Homoki

The First Lady of the Skies

Between her record as the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air and her disappearance a decade later, Amelia Earhart was the Eleanor Roosevelt of flying, championing women’s careers in aviation

Short List

Books to read this week, from a history of crime and punishment in ancient Rome to a novel of clashing cultures and an account of post–W.W. II recovery

Writing the World

Win or Die

Game of Thrones was a flop when it first aired 10 years ago. Its final episode set an all-time U.S. record with 16.5 million live viewers. What changed?

Cathy Graham’s Sketchbook

Playing with Fyre

The bizarre, ongoing story of Billy McFarland, the mastermind behind the music-festival fiasco who started a podcast behind bars

The H-Word

David Cowles and Josh Gosfield’s new magazine, Public Eye, invites great artists to create works based on a theme. First up: heroes, as introduced by the talk-show host in Public Eye’s opening pages

Bon Voyage!

A new book collects the best of airport style, from an impossibly bouncy-haired Dolly Parton to Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin

Neon Dion

The Bronx’s doo-wop prince is also a soulful rock ’n’ roller whose catalogue is as deep as it is vast

From Morocco, with Style—and Wit

Sister Act

Get Them Re-write!

Has Hunter Biden Written the Season’s Best Book?

It’s up for debate—as is the best way to drop the lockdown weight, and what exactly makes someone the new It Girl

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

The Sex Queen of Paris

Madame Claude schooled high-priced prostitutes for clients such as J.F.K. and Onassis. Now she gets the Netflix treatment