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NIMBY FOR THE 1 PERCENT

A battle over Zero Bond, the controversial social club aiming to lease one of East Hampton’s historic inns, is the latest in a war between the rich and Über-rich on the eastern tip of Long Island …

PICKET YOUR BATTLES

From the man who set himself on fire outside the Trump trial to the Extinction Rebellion art defacings, to college students railing against the war in Gaza, we’re living in a time of radical protest. Is it doing any good?

A SCOUNDREL IN THE COURT (NOT THAT ONE!)

Early hearings inside the Idaho-student-killings courtroom reveal a clash between a prosecution lacking a motive—and a murder weapon—and a defense struggling to find suitable jurors …

CHANGING OF THE GUARD

Amid a steady hemorrhaging of contracts and employees, the Sussexes still have to sell Meg’s strawberry jam. Four P.R. experts weigh in on how the Montecito couple could quell the torrent of bad press …

FAST TIMES IN MAGIC CITY

As the Formula One Grand Prix speeds into Miami, we report from the inordinately splashy event—featuring fast cars, big yachts, and bored billionaires …

THE MIGHTY QUINN

A friend of Andy Warhol’s and party host to everyone from Hockney and Basquiat to Anjelica Huston and Joan Didion, Joan Agajanian Quinn may well be the most influential L.A. art collector you’ve never heard of …

HOLLYWOOD NOIR

A new book reveals how the Faye Dunaway–starring camp classic, Mommie Dearest—adapted from a bombshell memoir by Joan Crawford’s daughter—came to be …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

A dream villa for your Lake Como getaway … Shonda Rhimes talks Grey’s Anatomy, parenting, and the latest season of Bridgerton … George Hoyningen-Huene’s glimmering portraits spotlight 20th-century greats … comedian Mo Gilligan reveals his least favorite things … Who was this week’s biggest Attention Whore?

But First …
Issue No. 250

The View from Here Blocking traffic. Throwing soup at the Mona Lisa. Lighting oneself on fire. Radical acts of protest are guaranteed to make headlines. But do they work?

By Adam Kirsch
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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook
East End Story

Hamptons Agonistes When the starry New York club Zero Bond tried to lease a historic inn in tony East Hampton, battle lines were swiftly drawn in the well-groomed sand

By Carrie Monahan
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHOP CHOPPISH SHOP
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In Cold Blood

The Eyes of a Killer: Part VII It began as a routine hearing. Then came a pair of revelations that could upend the government’s case against Bryan Kohberger

By Howard Blum
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Megxit Follies

Selling Sussex Harry and Meghan’s new director of communications has a Sisyphean task: making the pair, well, likable. Four public-relations experts weigh in on how they would achieve the impossible

By Kate Wills
Photo Illustration by Chop Choppish Shop
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Air Supply

Tying the Knot

This week, AIR SUPPLY raises a glass to the happy couple with a pitch-perfect pairing of presents for every union. Take heart: these thoughtful offerings are destined to be cherished throughout the years—and generations—to come
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Photo: Pierluigi Praturlon/Reporters Associati & Archivi/Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images (Loren and Mastroianni)
Guest Edit

My Favorite Things The young decorator behind L.A.’s Seventh House design gallery shares his timeless must-haves, from subtle wardrobe staples to heirloom-worthy interior accents

By Trevor Cheney
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Photo: Billal Taright (Cheney)
Small Talk
“Depending on how the next election plays out, we either get married at the botanical gardens or flee the country.”
“Depending on how the next election plays out, we either get married at the botanical gardens or flee the country.”
Landing Gear

The Camera That Goes TikTok Fujifilm’s instant classic has captured the hearts, minds, and eyes of the social-media generation! A Swiss company’s “dumbphone” will protect you from Big Brother! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis
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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump creates a stink, Joe Biden causes offense, and Taylor Swift doth protest too much. Plus, the most peculiar news from around the world

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Wheely, Wheely Expensive

Maximum Speed and Micro Bikinis Eurotrash, tech bros, and global power brokers mingle at the crypto-currency-sponsored orgy of excess that is the Formula One Miami Grand Prix

By Jack Sullivan
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Best
Carry Strathberry x Collagerie The thrill of spring shopping in person is not easily replicated online, but Collagerie, the smartly edited, wide-ranging… SWIM Cover Swim Those looking to receive a lot of attention on the beach, behold Cover Swim’s new Unisuit. Granted, it elicits a different sort… TREAT La Grotta Ices To quote Twin Peaks’ Dale Cooper, “Every day, once a day, give yourself a present.” For Londoners demoralized by… WATCH Patriots Nations get the Broadway plays they deserve. The United States got Hamilton, a joyous, stirring musical about the Founding Fathers… READ The Urbanist Like Rome, New York City was not built in a day. It was, however, rebuilt during Michael Bloomberg’s first two terms as… WATCH Uncropped James Hamilton started out as a painter, but thanks to a summer job at the studio of pioneering photographer Alberto Rizzo… Carry Strathberry x Collagerie The thrill of spring shopping in person is not easily replicated online, but Collagerie, the smartly edited, wide-ranging… SWIM Cover Swim Those looking to receive a lot of attention on the beach, behold Cover Swim’s new Unisuit. Granted, it elicits a different sort… TREAT La Grotta Ices To quote Twin Peaks’ Dale Cooper, “Every day, once a day, give yourself a present.” For Londoners demoralized by… WATCH Patriots Nations get the Broadway plays they deserve. The United States got Hamilton, a joyous, stirring musical about the Founding Fathers… READ The Urbanist Like Rome, New York City was not built in a day. It was, however, rebuilt during Michael Bloomberg’s first two terms as… WATCH Uncropped James Hamilton started out as a painter, but thanks to a summer job at the studio of pioneering photographer Alberto Rizzo…
Film and Television

The Life Lessons of Shonda Rhimes The trailblazing creator of Bridgerton, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scandal is raising kids on her own, worrying about Donald Trump, and having trouble getting a date

By Decca Aitkenhead
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Arts and Letters

High Definition An exhibition of rare dictionaries includes volumes by Samuel Johnson and J. R. R. Tolkien

By David A. Andelman
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Profiles in Patronage

L.A. Paints Itself Since the 1960s, Joan Agajanian Quinn has supported the careers of L.A. artists, from Ed Ruscha to Frank Gehry. Now her rarely shown collection is on view in Laguna Beach

By Stacie Stukin
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Listen

To Catch (and Release?) a Killer On this week’s podcast, Howard Blum reveals why the case against the alleged University of Idaho murderer looks shockingly thin

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Small Talk

An Open Letter to My Aging Body What did I do to deserve this?

By Alan Zweibel
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Books
Alex Belth On

With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic

by A. Ashley Hoff
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Joanne Kaufman On

My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

by Owen Elliot-Kugell
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Small Talk
“Wing tips—this is a white-collar gang.”
“Wing tips—this is a white-collar gang.”
Close-up

Lucca Hue-Williams The 26-year-old gallerist behind Albion Jeune is bringing fresh perspectives to London’s art scene

By Elena Clavarino
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Open Book

Photography’s Années Folles George Hoyningen-Huene’s portraits of everyone from Josephine Baker to Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, and Frank Capra—collected in a new book—evoke the style and glamour of the 20th century

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Frank Capra, photographed by George Hoyningen-Huene for Vanity Fair, circa 1934.
Lee Miller, the photographer and model, in 1932.
Divers, Swimwear by A. J. Izod, taken on the roof of a Parisian terrace in the summer of 1930. The models are thought to be Horst P. Horst and Miller.
Josephine Baker, the Jazz Age performer, posing for Vanity Fair in 1929.
Judy Garland on set in Hollywood, 1945.
Katharine Hepburn in 1939.
Coco Chanel in Paris, 1932.
Toto Koopman, the Dutch model, wearing an evening dress by Augustabernard, 1933.
A model posing in an evening dress designed by Jeanne Paquin, 1934.
Maggy Rouff, the designer and socialite, 1939.
The Porch of the Maidens at the Temple of Athena Polias, on the Acropolis, in Athens, 1939.
Marlene Dietrich in 1936.
Serge Lifar and Olga Spessivtzeva, principal dancers for the Ballet Russes, as Bacchus and Ariadne, 1931.
Salvador and Gala Dalí, photographed with Salvador’s L’Instant Sublime, 1939.
Cecil Beaton at Ashcombe, his English country house, 1930.
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Highlight

Pitch-Perfect In an interview, the breakout tenor Jonathan Tetelman chronicles his road from D.J.-ing to starring in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Met

By Matthew Gurewitsch
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View With a Room

Top of the Lake Why not spend a superlative vacation in Como at a villa straight out of Gio Ponti?

By Catherine Fairweather
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Small Talk
The Imperfect Ending

Mo Gilligan

Gearing up for Netflix’s comedy special and his largest tour yet, the three-time-BAFTA-winning comedian shares his least favorite things
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Paul Davis’s Sketchbook
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Paul Davis, the illustrator, painter, and art director beloved for his vibrant posters for Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival (and who has also contributed to AIR MAIL), is featured in a “combination of giants” exhibition alongside mixed-media artist Peter Solow at Keyes Art, in Sag Harbor. “Vision’s Breath” runs through May 10.
Paul Davis, the illustrator, painter, and art director beloved for his vibrant posters for Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival (and who has also contributed to AIR MAIL), is featured in a “combination of giants” exhibition alongside mixed-media artist Peter Solow at the Keyes Art gallery, in Sag Harbor. “Vision’s Breath” runs through May 10.
Paul Davis, the illustrator, painter, and art director beloved for his vibrant posters for Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival (and who has also contributed to AIR MAIL), is featured in a “combination of giants” exhibition alongside mixed-media artist Peter Solow at the Keyes Art gallery, in Sag Harbor. “Vision’s Breath” runs through May 10.
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