Hail, Caesar!
A new book tells the story of Sid Caesar, the often-overlooked Jewish sketch comedian who inspired everyone from Woody Allen to Conan O’Brien
“Always Be a Yes”
How the wellness cult OneTaste turned consciousness-raising into alleged sex slavery
The Bastard Sons of Hunter S. Thompson
In an excerpt from his memoir, the former Viacom and MTV C.E.O. recalls getting pitched by Vice’s infamous co-founder, Shane Smith
Buying Basquiat
Long before Andy Warhol, known for championing Jean-Michel Basquiat, there was Stéphane Janssen—a Belgian art collector in Beverly Hills who recognized the young artist’s genius early on
Editors’ Picks
This week, don’t miss a queer reimagining of 1970s Italian filmmaking, a biography of the “zip” painter Barnett Newman, Thomas Beller’s personal essays, and a dictionary of 2,000 ways to say “rain” in Japanese
Across the Universe
From James Baldwin to Stephen Hawking, Dublin to the Bronx, a coffee-table book collects 60 years of photographs by the social-justice advocate and artist Stephen Shames
¡Ay, Caramba!
Exile in Abu Dhabi hasn’t stopped Spain’s disgraced king, Juan Carlos I, from sounding off on “benevolent” dictator Francisco Franco, Princess Diana, and that infamous safari incident
A Family of Filmmakers
Two of Me brings Eleanor Coppola’s revelatory, 50-year diary project to a close
Ariana Harwicz
As her debut novel inspires a new thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, the Argentinean writer unveils her fifth and darkest book, Unfit
Editor’s Pick
This week, don’t miss Walter Isaacson’s deep dive into the sentence that birthed a nation: “We hold these truths to be self-evident … ”
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
A Wrinkle in Time
Toni Morrison, Truman Capote, Patti Smith … A new coffee-table book collects Richard Avedon’s portraits of his aging subjects
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
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
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
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
Sam Shepard and the Blue Star Kachina
Inside the making of Operation Sidewinder, the playwright’s first and only drama to premiere on Broadway
The Making of Bruce Lee
A new book traces the actor’s journey from Hong Kong to Hollywood—and reveals how his career redefined Asian representation on-screen
Virginia Giuffre’s Last Words
An explosive account of alleged abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew is seeing the light of day six months after Giuffre’s suicide
