The Real Larry David
A new book on the making of Curb Your Enthusiasm offers rare insight into its creator, from his pre-Seinfeld misery to his lifelong friendship with Richard Lewis
Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and the $1 Billion Lawsuit
On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage discusses the fight that could put the First Lady on the stand
Of Monsters and Mangione
For a window into the motive of UnitedHealthcare killer Luigi Mangione, one biographer delved deep into the world of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski’s admirers
Eva Victor
The Billions actor and comedian is making her directorial debut with Sorry, Baby, starring Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges
There’s Something About Julie
How Walt Disney and the Sherman brothers landed on Julie Andrews for the role of Mary Poppins—without whom “A Spoonful of Sugar” would not exist
The Wrecking Crew
Last week’s surprise demolition of the White House’s East Wing wasn’t the first time Trump destroyed a great American building
Jeeves and the Well-Meaning Acolytes
A collection of 12 new stories about P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster—including tales by Roddy Doyle and Dominic Sandbrook—update the duo
Alexander the Great
Maestro Soddy plants another flag at La Scala with this month’s Così Fan Tutte
The Undecided Voters of the New York Mayoral Election
Featuring: people stuck underground on the train, people stuck in their Halloween costumes, and more
A Wrinkle in Time
Toni Morrison, Truman Capote, Patti Smith … A new coffee-table book collects Richard Avedon’s portraits of his aging subjects
The Sky’s the Limit
From the Wright brothers’ near-fatal crashes to this year’s midair collision over the Potomac, failure has always been the cost of progress in aviation
Paula Wallace’s Guide to Savannah
The president and co-founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design shares her go-to spots in her adopted city
Found in Translation
The French may never forgive Richard Linklater for having made the best film of the nouvelle vague, on the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless
The Nuns, the Masterpiece, and a Remote Canadian Island
On this week’s podcast, John von Sothen goes on a quest to visit one of the world’s great sculptures
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again!
With Halloween around the corner, music photographer Mick Rock’s behind-the-scenes images from the set of The Rocky Horror Picture Show offer a rare glimpse into the making of Richard O’Brien’s campy cult classic
Mckenna Grace
The 19-year-old actress is making her romance debut as the lead in Regretting You, the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation, starring Allison Williams and Dave Franco
Bach in Motion
In Copenhagen, the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky reimagines The Art of Fugue as a ballet, transforming Bach’s esteemed final score into an abstract work in five acts
Sam Shepard and the Blue Star Kachina
Inside the making of Operation Sidewinder, the playwright’s first and only drama to premiere on Broadway
