February 11, 2023

Cyber-Stalking

From Moscow, Idaho, Howard Blum goes inside the grassroots social-media efforts that filled in the gaps of the police investigation into the murders of four university students …

Trickling Down

From New York, Charles Leerhsen details the unraveling of Jeffrey Sachs, once “the most important economist in the world,” now a peddler of pro-Russian propaganda and coronavirus conspiracies …

Sweating the Details

From London, Stuart Heritage goggles at the new movie based on Prince Andrew’s disastrous BBC interview—He can’t sweat! He was never there!—that stars a slumming Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell …

Dirty Dancing

From the club, Flora Gill gets hot, sweaty, and surprisingly feminist about the male-stripper phenomenon that is the chiseled Magic Mike franchise …

Staff Infection

From the boardroom, Jensen Davis reveals how chiefs of staff are taking over the world of business and beyond …

I Got You, Abe

From the library, Mark Bowden charts his all-consuming, bookshelf-breaking Lincoln habit, in celebration of the 16th president’s birthday …

Laps in Consciousness

From the seaside, Rebecca Rose reports on the phenomenon of outdoor swimming—in winter!—which is all the rage in Britain despite rising cases of hypothermia …

Table for Two, Please!

AIR MAIL’s essential new podcast finds Bruce Bozzi trading stories with Chelsea Handler, as they discuss ways to get rid of one’s family and the simple pleasures of the missionary position …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Sumner Redstone’s hideous succession story … Salman Rushdie’s first novel since the stabbing that almost killed him … the small English town that’s ground zero for devil worship … André Leon Talley’s auction for the ages … Gary Janetti’s travel routine … the perfect pick-me-ups for winter blues … another week, another Attention-Whore Index!

Issue No. 187

The View from Here Jeffrey Sachs, the man once described as “the most important economist in the world,” has been saying some very strange things in some very peculiar venues

By Charles Leerhsen

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Making a Perjurer An all-star cast has been assembled for a new Netflix film about Prince Andrew and his disastrous BBC interview

By Stuart Heritage

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The Eyes of a Killer: Part III The investigation into the murders of four University of Idaho students was crowd-sourced—for better and worse

By Howard Blum

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Essential Kit for the 1 Percent Like consultants and creative directors in the past, chiefs of staff—for everyone from C.E.O.’s to their spouses—are all the rage

By Jensen Davis

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My Favorite Things Suzanne Demisch, the co-founder of the Demisch Danant gallery, shares the treasured finds that fill her 19th-century apartment, from Pierre Paulin furniture to vintage Japanese textiles and beyond

By Suzanne Demisch

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Photo: Stephen Kent Johnson (Demisch)

The Attention-Whore Index We have a new champion, but will his fabulations keep the other poseurs at bay? The decision is up to you!

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“I find I don’t get as high since they made it legal.”

The Magic Touch How Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike franchise morphed from a film for teenage boys into a feminist masterpiece

By Flora Gill

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Lunch with Chelsea Handler The fast-talking, eternally saucy comedian sits down with host Bruce Bozzi to talk about auditioning potential lovers, escaping her family, and much more in our podcast Table for Two

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What a Gas! Quick-fire answers to all your pressing questions about the Chinese spy balloon

By John Ficarra

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The Sun God A sundial for the stars! The bike light that’s visible from a mile away! Headphones that even the hard of hearing can appreciate! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis

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The Things He Left Behind The collection of the six-foot-six-inch fashion scholar, journalist, and man-about-town, André Leon Talley, goes up for auction at Christie’s next week

By Amy Fine Collins

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Read You Must Remember This We all know some version of this story: an elderly woman’s dementia throws her back into a love affair…

Watch Poker Face Legally speaking, Peacock’s Poker Face isn’t a reboot of Columbo, the 1970s detective show that inverted the ubiquitous whodunit format…

Eat Tête de Moine The Swiss have perfected many things: luxury timepieces, closely guarded bank accounts, and cheese. I thought I had eaten my way through…

Read Imagining the Future Museum In the 1970s, as France started to lose its status as the leader of the contemporary-art scene…

Stay The Dewberry A recent trip down to Charleston was meant to be a break from what’s lately felt like an ever shrinking orbit of regular haunts throughout…

Wear Shiro Socks should not be terribly exciting, and trust me when I say that I was not especially chuffed to receive a pair of them as a Christmas gift…

Read You Must Remember This We all know some version of this story: an elderly woman’s dementia throws her back into a love affair…

Watch Poker Face Legally speaking, Peacock’s Poker Face isn’t a reboot of Columbo, the 1970s detective show that inverted the ubiquitous whodunit format…

Eat Tête de Moine The Swiss have perfected many things: luxury timepieces, closely guarded bank accounts, and cheese. I thought I had eaten my way through…

Read Imagining the Future Museum In the 1970s, as France started to lose its status as the leader of the contemporary-art scene…

Stay The Dewberry A recent trip down to Charleston was meant to be a break from what’s lately felt like an ever shrinking orbit of regular haunts throughout…

Wear Shiro Socks should not be terribly exciting, and trust me when I say that I was not especially chuffed to receive a pair of them as a Christmas gift…

A Stylish Entrance After a three-year hiatus, le Bal des Débutantes returns to the Shangri-La Paris hotel

By Ashley Baker

Photographs by Jonathan Becker and Daniel Paik

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Wenhao Cai in Iris van Herpen haute couture.

Bristol Fales-Hill in Stéphane Rolland haute couture.

Ondine Peck-Voll, in Elie Saab haute couture, shows off her dance moves.

Annabel Zimmer in Gaultier Paris with her cavalier, Ignacio de Borbón.

Teale Burrell takes in the Eiffel Tower.

Zimmer in Gaultier Paris and Leah Behn in Giambattista Valli haute couture.

Archduchess Sophia von Habsburg-Lothringen, in Franck Sorbier haute couture, dances with Count Rodolphe Hemricourt de Grunne, while H.I.R.H. Princess Archduchess Ildiko von Habsbourg-Lorraine looks on.

Despite the elegant tablescapes, most of the action happened on the dance floor.

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Lincoln Fever When it comes to the 16th president, you can never have too many biographies

By Mark Bowden

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Very Stiff Upper Lips This winter, Londoners are flocking to swim in the city’s unheated outdoor pools and ponds—no wetsuit, please!

By Rebecca Rose

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Rogues’ Gallery

The painter Jamian Juliano-Villani unveils her new art gallery, on New York’s Avenue A, formerly home to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

By Max Lakin

Photographs by Daniel Arnold

Did Social Media Trigger the Idaho Murders? Writer Howard Blum discusses the case—and the questions he’d like answers to

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Jack Siebert The Los Angeles–based curator using social media to find the art world’s rising stars

By Elena Clavarino

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Fresh, Fly, Fabulous! A new coffee-table book chronicles 50 years of hip-hop style, from Queen Latifah to Dapper Dan, Slick Rick to Run-DMC

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Queen Latifah, around the time of releasing “Ladies First” (1989), whose music video steered the style conversation toward Pan-Africanism.

Run-DMC, photographed by Janette Beckman in Queens, 1984.

LL Cool J, photographed by Beckman, 1987.

*Top,* Offset, Quavo, and Takeoff of Migos at the 2018 Met Gala; *above,* GrandMixer DXT, one of the first people to use turntables as a musical instrument, in London, 1982.

Dapper Dan, photographed at home in Harlem by Jamel Shabazz.

Photographed by Shabazz listening to music on the Lower East Side, 1982.

Lil Kim, surrounded by bodyguards at a Notting Hill carnival in London, 1997.

Photographed by Shabazz reading *Vibe,* Quincy Jones’s music magazine, in New York, 1996.

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William D. Cohan On

Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

by James B. Stewart and
Rachel Abrams

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Robert Douglas-Fairhurst On

The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe Nearly 175 years on, the writer’s death remains as mysterious as his literature. A new book reveals the roles of a jealous poet and a conniving doctor in keeping it so

By Mark Dawidziak

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A Film Festival About Writers The Brooklyn Public Library’s LitFilm festival explores the work of Maya Angelou, Leonard Cohen, and others, through the lens of film

By Nick Vincenzo Barney

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Gary Janetti The comedy writer and producer behind Family Guy, Will & Grace, and a beloved Instagram account reveals his travel routine

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In Memoriam

Peter Bogdanovich Duncan Hannah Douglas McGrath Richard David Story André Leon Talley

The View from Here Jeffrey Sachs, the man once described as “the most important economist in the world,” has been saying some very strange things in some very peculiar venues

Making a Perjurer An all-star cast has been assembled for a new Netflix film about Prince Andrew and his disastrous BBC interview

The Eyes of a Killer: Part III The investigation into the murders of four University of Idaho students was crowd-sourced—for better and worse

Essential Kit for the 1 Percent Like consultants and creative directors in the past, chiefs of staff—for everyone from C.E.O.’s to their spouses—are all the rage

If winter’s sleet, storms, and gray skies have got you down, allow AIR SUPPLY to come to your rescue. Here, a selection of colorful pick-me-ups to lend you a bright disposition—no matter the forecast

My Favorite Things Suzanne Demisch, the co-founder of the Demisch Danant gallery, shares the treasured finds that fill her 19th-century apartment, from Pierre Paulin furniture to vintage Japanese textiles and beyond

The Attention-Whore Index We have a new champion, but will his fabulations keep the other poseurs at bay? The decision is up to you!

The Magic Touch How Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike franchise morphed from a film for teenage boys into a feminist masterpiece

Lunch with Chelsea Handler The fast-talking, eternally saucy comedian sits down with host Bruce Bozzi to talk about auditioning potential lovers, escaping her family, and much more in our podcast Table for Two

What a Gas! Quick-fire answers to all your pressing questions about the Chinese spy balloon

The Sun God A sundial for the stars! The bike light that’s visible from a mile away! Headphones that even the hard of hearing can appreciate! And more …

The Things He Left Behind The collection of the six-foot-six-inch fashion scholar, journalist, and man-about-town, André Leon Talley, goes up for auction at Christie’s next week

A Stylish Entrance After a three-year hiatus, le Bal des Débutantes returns to the Shangri-La Paris hotel

Lincoln Fever When it comes to the 16th president, you can never have too many biographies

Very Stiff Upper Lips This winter, Londoners are flocking to swim in the city’s unheated outdoor pools and ponds—no wetsuit, please!

The painter Jamian Juliano-Villani unveils her new art gallery, on New York’s Avenue A, formerly home to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

Did Social Media Trigger the Idaho Murders? Writer Howard Blum discusses the case—and the questions he’d like answers to

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Pardon their French: la Monnaie, in Belgium, streams a posthumous premiere of the off-color comedy On Purge Bébé …

Jack Siebert The Los Angeles–based curator using social media to find the art world’s rising stars

Fresh, Fly, Fabulous! A new coffee-table book chronicles 50 years of hip-hop style, from Queen Latifah to Dapper Dan, Slick Rick to Run-DMC

The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe Nearly 175 years on, the writer’s death remains as mysterious as his literature. A new book reveals the roles of a jealous poet and a conniving doctor in keeping it so

A Film Festival About Writers The Brooklyn Public Library’s LitFilm festival explores the work of Maya Angelou, Leonard Cohen, and others, through the lens of film

Gary Janetti The comedy writer and producer behind Family Guy, Will & Grace, and a beloved Instagram account reveals his travel routine

Mourn the loss of one of the 20th century’s most prolific composers with 30 songs from his vast catalogue

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In Memoriam