Viola and Vera Arrivabene’s Guide to Venice
The Italian sisters and co-founders of ViBi Venezia share their favorite spots in their home city
Naomi Ackie
The actress, who stars alongside Channing Tatum in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, Blink Twice, details her path to Hollywood
Who Is Gwyneth Paltrow’s Plastic Surgeon?
On this week’s podcast, Linda Wells reveals all
Deadly Pleasures to Watch and Read
This month’s best mystery books and TV shows
Lunch with Paul Feig
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the director gives his view on where the Star Wars franchise went astray, and why he won’t ever work on another remake
The Bad Habits of Eve Babitz
The razor-sharp essayist and chess partner of Marcel Duchamp, who dated Jim Morrison, Harrison Ford, and Steve Martin, relentlessly explored the power of beauty
30 Years of Friends
From Matthew Perry’s addiction issues to David Schwimmer’s leather pants, the creators and actors of the hit sitcom tell the story of how it came to be, three decades after its first episode
Cult Classic
For 50 years, the Telluride Film Festival has celebrated cinema—not sponsors—with inspired programming and devoted attendees
Let There Be Light
The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, exhibits the photographs of 26 avant-garde artists who made light their subject, such as Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, Thomas Wilfred, and Mary Ellen Bute
Grand Slam
As the U.S. Open approaches, a new book collects more than 150 objects of tennis memorabilia, with text by Gustavo Fernández, Rafael Nadal, and Stan Smith
Happily Ever After
In the 1500s, Thomas Cranmer, a Catholic priest infatuated with marriage, translated Roman Catholic wedding vows into English. His tweaks shaped the modern idea of marriage
Brooke Shields’s Guide to Long Island
The actress, union leader, and C.E.O. shares her favorite summer spots around her Southampton home
Anna Sawai
The star of Shōgun discusses her J-pop past and hopes for the second season of Pachinko
Eva Marie Saint
Hitchcock’s other blonde
A Gold-Medal Stunt
The Paris Olympics was one for the ages. Then, attention-seeking Tom Cruise jumped through the roof of the Stade de France
Conventional Madness
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Buzz Bissinger is maddened by political conventions, sickened by the costumes, and apoplectic at the idiots on and off the stage
Ennui au Soleil
Françoise Sagan’s debut novel, Bonjour Tristesse, caused a sensation, rocked the sleepy town of St. Tropez, and helped usher in an era of rebellious youth
The Queen’s Next Move
In Salzburg’s The Tales of Hoffmann, Kathryn Lewek shows four faces of the Eternal Feminine
