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Louis Tunes

A new monograph collects the eccentric, avant-garde illustrations of Louis M. Glackens, the satirical cartoonist and longtime staff artist at Puck

Band of Brothers

How the Gallagher siblings broke up Oasis five minutes before going onstage in front of 40,000 people

Inside Jared Leto’s Sex Scandal

On this week’s podcast, Elena Clavarino discusses her report on the women who have accused the actor of grooming

Big Stick Energy

Owen Wilson’s new Apple TV+ golf sitcom might be the new Ted Lasso

Celine Song

A stint as a matchmaker inspired the Past Lives director’s latest film, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Albert Einstein’s Eureka! Moment

How a spiritual tradition with origins in ancient Greece influenced the Nobel Prize–winning physicist—and shaped the greatest scientific achievements of the millennium

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a new edition of John Gregory Dunne’s quasi-divorce memoir, an investigation into a Manhattan-art-gallery scandal, and a short-story collection capturing life in northern China

Christine Sun Kim’s Guide to Berlin

The American artist shares her favorite spots in her adopted city

Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch

A Bonfire of the Vanities for our times, and a family drama that follows a wealthy patriarch’s sudden death

I Love Lucy’s Other Half

Raised as a prince in pre-Guevara Cuba, Desi Arnaz fled to America and revolutionized TV with Lucille Ball—but he couldn’t escape the trauma of his youth

The Adventures of Captain Crunch

Forget Roy Cohn. William F. Buckley Jr. Is the True Dark Knight of the Right

On this week’s podcast, Sam Tanenhaus reveals how the writer set the agenda for Trump’s presidency

Making a Scene

In Slauson Rec, a new behind-the-scenes documentary, Shia LaBeouf builds a theater company—then torches it with tantrums, tirades, and flying chairs

Front Lines

In his illustrations of war, the British artist George Butler adds color to the oft overlooked human experiences behind global conflicts

A Bro Is Born

How Cory Michael Smith went from growing up in blue-collar Ohio to playing a tech billionaire in Mountainhead, the new movie from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Dog Days

With an essay by P. G. Wodehouse, a newly reissued coffee-table book collects 820 photographs of Elliott Erwitt’s most unexpected muse

The Making of The Thick of It: Part II

The creators and cast reflect on the Britcom’s stickiest moments—including a scandal that nearly derailed the whole thing—and the show’s legacy today

Notting Hell

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a collection spotlighting Vietnamese voices, the story of a troubled American dynasty, and a Pulitzer Prize–winning funny guy’s new memoir

Magda Butrym’s Guide to Warsaw

The Polish fashion designer shares her favorite spots in her hometown

Billionaire Boys’ Golf Club

On this week’s podcast, William D. Cohan reports on the latest power move for .01-percenters

Fifty Shades of White

A Robert Ryman retrospective goes up at David Zwirner’s Hong Kong outpost, marking the monochrome painter’s first solo exhibition in Greater China