August 24, 2024 – Air Mail

SERMON ON THE MONDO

Before founding his single-topic, anti-Zionist Web site, Mondoweiss, Philip Weiss was a journalistic heavyweight who wrote stories about Bohemian Grove, Jeffrey Epstein, and topics with “a slightly priapic air” …

TWISTED SISTERS

When a group of chocolate-making Spanish nuns seceded from the Vatican, they made it known that they don’t support the Pope—they prefer to worship cult-affiliated bishops and far-right ideologues …

FEMME FATALE

Gavin Newsom! Anthony Scaramucci! Donald Trump Jr.! To help you make sense of Kimberly Guilfoyle’s tangled web, AIR MAIL has put together an indispensable guide …

A GILDED ARMADA

To bolster the United States Navy’s fleet during W.W. I, a young Franklin Delano Roosevelt mobilized the Persian-rug-and-Renaissance-tapestry-filled yachts of New York’s richest families …

HOLLYWOOD SWINGING

On the 50th anniversary of Eve Babitz’s coming-of-age memoir, Eve’s Hollywood, the writer’s friends and admirers make the case for taking her—and her L.A. milieu—as seriously as Joan Didion did …

ROUGH ROAD

At this year’s cutthroat Italian Grand Prix, Ferrari star and crowd favorite Charles Leclerc must win it all, or risk fading into Formula One obscurity …

MURDER MOST FRENCH

Lisa Henricksson investigates two mini-series that offer very different but equally compelling pleasures: a revenge drama set in the Alps and a deadly dispute in wine country …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

A 30th-anniversary Friends oral history … remembering Mike Lynch’s bright ideas …the Telluride Film Festival’s Rocky Mountain highs … Ivy Getty, pop singer … Have American tourists ruined Italy once and for all? … Mexico City’s new zero-waste restaurant … Don’t forget to cast your vote in this week’s Attention-Whore Index Poll!

The View from Here

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s personal and professional relationships—and their circular connections to Trump—condensed into one sentence

By George Kalogerakis

Photo illustration by Chop Choppish Shop

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The Cutthroat World of Formula One As the Italian Grand Prix approaches, Ferrari is desperate to win on its home track—and ruthless in its pursuit of success

By Theo Baker

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Mike Lynch’s Theory of Probability The British mogul, who died on a super-yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily this week, may have been a genius, but he relied on gut instincts as much as he did his brain

By Jonathan Margolis

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Rebel with a Cause How Philip Weiss went from being “the Dennis Rodman of journalism” to full-time anti-Zionist agitator

By David Freedlander

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Labor Day

Fire up the barbecue, take one last dip in the pool, and embrace the existentialism that comes with the change of seasons. AIR SUPPLY’s Labor Day guide includes Lamson grill tools, a Snow Peak folding chair, and a Stuart Parr Attica Cabrioletta to maximize the last gasps of summer

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Caitlin Thompson’s Favorite Things The founder of Racquet magazine is devoted to the sport and style of tennis. Her picks for upping your game on and off the court include Byredo Bal d’Afrique Body Cream, Nike Tennis Air Zoom Vapor 11s, and more

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The Far-Right Hand of the Father How a group of chocolate-making Spanish nuns, a mixologist, and a former Vatican ambassador with ties to Steve Bannon are trying to MAKE CATHOLICISM GREAT AGAIN

By Marta Represa

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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

By Blanca Schofield

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The New York Yacht Club Goes to War During World War I, the lavish yachts of New York’s richest families—replete with Tiffany interiors and pipe organs—were commandeered into hunting German submarines

By Henry R. Schlesinger

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The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump angers the Queen, Elon Musk has warlord friends, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drops out

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READ Salinger’s Soul Fourteen years after his death, J. D. Salinger remains the same fascinating enigma he was during his lifetime, known for his…

Sip Swift Hibernian Lounge What makes a good Irish pub? I say: dim lighting, Guinness on tap, worn wooden seats, loud regulars…

READ How It All Ends Emma Hunsinger’s debut graphic novel, How It All Ends, delves into the world of 13-year-old Tara, whose vivid imagination offers…

DINE Le Coq La Jolla is not exactly known as an epicenter of French fine dining, but Le Coq, a stylish new restaurant on Herschel Avenue…

WATCH Killer Lies For decades, true-crime fans were captivated by the French criminology expert and author Stéphane Bourgoin, known for…

WATCH The Last of Sheila In the late 60s and early 70s, close friends Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim were known within their showbiz social circle…

READ Salinger’s Soul Fourteen years after his death, J. D. Salinger remains the same fascinating enigma he was during his lifetime, known for his…

Sip Swift Hibernian Lounge What makes a good Irish pub? I say: dim lighting, Guinness on tap, worn wooden seats, loud regulars…

READ How It All Ends Emma Hunsinger’s debut graphic novel, How It All Ends, delves into the world of 13-year-old Tara, whose vivid imagination offers…

DINE Le Coq La Jolla is not exactly known as an epicenter of French fine dining, but Le Coq, a stylish new restaurant on Herschel Avenue…

WATCH Killer Lies For decades, true-crime fans were captivated by the French criminology expert and author Stéphane Bourgoin, known for…

WATCH The Last of Sheila In the late 60s and early 70s, close friends Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim were known within their showbiz social circle…

American Holiday Here’s what Italians really think of popular tourist destinations, from Lake Como to Capri

By Elena Clavarino

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A Getty on the Dance Floor The oil heiress Ivy Getty lost her father and divorced her husband—but found salvation in breezy, summertime pop

By Joseph Bullmore

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“Would you mind telling me why you keep hitting a scary-music sound bite every time you pick up your steak knife?”

The Man in the Tan Corduroy Suit By insisting on manufacturing everything in his native Italy, designer Massimo Alba has won over fashion-world cognoscenti and action heroes alike

By Eugene Rabkin

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Cult Classic For 50 years, the Telluride Film Festival has celebrated cinema—not sponsors—with inspired programming and devoted attendees

By William Zimmerman

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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

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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

By Kat Lister

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Tim Bouverie On

The Strategists: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler—How War Made Them and How They Made War

by Phillips Payson O’Brien

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Ruth Peltason On

Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion

by Nancy MacDonell

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Deadly Pleasures to Watch and Read This month’s best mystery books and TV shows

By Lisa Henricksson

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Chinampa to Table A zero-waste restaurant opens, in Mexico City

By Jeanne Malle

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“No wonder people like dancing with the Devil. You’re a good lead.”

Who Is Gwyneth Paltrow’s Plastic Surgeon? On this week’s podcast, Linda Wells reveals all

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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

By Peter Saenger

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*Pure Energy and Neurotic Man,* by Barbara Morgan, 1940–41.

*Untitled (Abstraction),* by Hy Hirsh, circa 1950.

*Untitled (Design in Abstract Forms of Light),* by Francis Bruguière, circa 1927.

*Untitled (Corkscrew and Lampshade),* by Man Ray, 1927.

*Vortex* (detail), by Edward W. Quigley, 1933.

*Car Light Study #7,* by Nathan Lerner, 1939.

A still from Thomas Wilfred’s *Untitled,* opus 161, 1965.

*Perpetual Motion,* by Asahachi Kono, 1931.

*Luminogramm, Paris,* by Otto Steinert, 1952.

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Naomi Ackie The actress, who stars alongside Channing Tatum in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, Blink Twice, details her path to Hollywood

By Paulina Prosnitz

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Yana Peel

The head of Chanel’s arts-and-culture projects answers 44 of life’s most pressing questions

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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s personal and professional relationships—and their circular connections to Trump—condensed into one sentence

The Cutthroat World of Formula One As the Italian Grand Prix approaches, Ferrari is desperate to win on its home track—and ruthless in its pursuit of success

Mike Lynch’s Theory of Probability The British mogul, who died on a super-yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily this week, may have been a genius, but he relied on gut instincts as much as he did his brain

Rebel with a Cause How Philip Weiss went from being “the Dennis Rodman of journalism” to full-time anti-Zionist agitator

Fire up the barbecue, take one last dip in the pool, and embrace the existentialism that comes with the change of seasons. AIR SUPPLY’s Labor Day guide includes Lamson grill tools, a Snow Peak folding chair, and a Stuart Parr Attica Cabrioletta to maximize the last gasps of summer

Caitlin Thompson’s Favorite Things The founder of Racquet magazine is devoted to the sport and style of tennis. Her picks for upping your game on and off the court include Byredo Bal d’Afrique Body Cream, Nike Tennis Air Zoom Vapor 11s, and more

The Far-Right Hand of the Father How a group of chocolate-making Spanish nuns, a mixologist, and a former Vatican ambassador with ties to Steve Bannon are trying to MAKE CATHOLICISM GREAT AGAIN

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

The New York Yacht Club Goes to War During World War I, the lavish yachts of New York’s richest families—replete with Tiffany interiors and pipe organs—were commandeered into hunting German submarines

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump angers the Queen, Elon Musk has warlord friends, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drops out

American Holiday Here’s what Italians really think of popular tourist destinations, from Lake Como to Capri

A Getty on the Dance Floor The oil heiress Ivy Getty lost her father and divorced her husband—but found salvation in breezy, summertime pop

The Man in the Tan Corduroy Suit By insisting on manufacturing everything in his native Italy, designer Massimo Alba has won over fashion-world cognoscenti and action heroes alike

Cult Classic For 50 years, the Telluride Film Festival has celebrated cinema—not sponsors—with inspired programming and devoted attendees

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

Deadly Pleasures to Watch and Read This month’s best mystery books and TV shows

Chinampa to Table A zero-waste restaurant opens, in Mexico City

Who Is Gwyneth Paltrow’s Plastic Surgeon? On this week’s podcast, Linda Wells reveals all

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

Naomi Ackie The actress, who stars alongside Channing Tatum in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, Blink Twice, details her path to Hollywood

The head of Chanel’s arts-and-culture projects answers 44 of life’s most pressing questions

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