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 …
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
Somerset Revisited
Evelyn Waugh’s beloved home hits the market
Emergency Exit
Come out of hiding with these songs from the Animals, Junior Parker, Lyn Collins, Animal Collective, and more
Marisa Abela
The Industry star on changing the way we talk about women, sex, and careers
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
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
Opera Pick of the Week
The Zurich Opera streams a new production of Jacques Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann by Andreas Homoki
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
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
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?
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
