September 14, 2024

GRUBBY HUBBY

Although Sergio Pino appeared to be a pillar of his community, the Miami developer’s continual attempts to murder his wife backfired in the worst possible way …

PUTIN THE WORD OUT

By peddling Kremlin-approved propaganda, former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter has found in Russia what’s eluded him in America all his career: notoriety …

JUSTICE IS SERVED

When tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg’s reporting on domestic-abuse claims against Alexander Zverev resulted in a libel case, his own troubles started …

FRENCH LEAVE

In between his glamorous affairs with Brigitte Bardot, Shirley MacLaine, and Jane Fonda, Alain Delon also fathered—and scarred for life—a son with German singer Nico …

GET OFF MY BROWNSTONE!

The Upper West Side’s prestigious Calhoun School is twisting its neighborhood’s liberal residents in a moral pretzel after revealing that one of its buildings is becoming a homeless shelter …

BARTLET (STILL) FOR AMERICA

Twenty-five years after The West Wing first aired, Janel Moloney reflects on the legacy of a show that maintains its relevance with each passing political cycle—and changed her life forever …

MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH SHTUPPING

Paul Bocuse was among the finest French chefs of his generation, but an account of his womanizing by the child of one of his mistresses paints a picture too severe for even his countrymen to ignore …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Is Brittany the men’s-wear capital of the world? … Eric Roberts’s road to redemption … how Maddie Ziegler went from Dance Moms to Hollywood fame … Reagan and the Queen, up close … going crazy for Van Gogh in London … Diane Keaton reveals her favorite things … Do you have the guts to cast your vote for this week’s biggest Attention Whore?

Issue No. 270

The View from Here In the 1990s, Scott Ritter was a respected U.N. weapons inspector. Now he’s a Kremlin propagandist, defending Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Andrew Ryvkin

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Pino Noir: Part II Even with the F.B.I. hot on his trail, Miami developer Sergio Pino was so desperate to end his marriage that he’d do anything—including murder

By Mark Seal

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A Hard Game to Love Tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg wasn’t afraid to uncover the game’s scandals, but when he claimed a top player was a domestic abuser, he was cut loose by his publishers—and slapped with a lawsuit

By Laura Wagner

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The Dark Side of Alain Delon He played charming but icy characters on-screen. The available evidence suggests that he was one in real life

By Legs McNeil

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHOP CHOPPISH SHOP

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Classical Studies

AIR SUPPLY finds the greatest of the greats across categories—fashion, food, home, gadgets, books, and more. Re-discover old favorites and what makes them stand the test of time

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Photo: John Cowan/Condé Nast/Getty Images (Bergen)

Fall Is for Notetakers A tablet that will take your to-do lists to the next level! The perfect appliance for roasting chicken! An oddly useful at-home endoscope! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis

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Ariel Ashe and Reinaldo Leandro’s Favorite Things Upon the release of their first book, the interior designers share their picks for a stylish life

By Ashe Leandro

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A New York Liberal Turf War When the Upper West Side’s tony Calhoun School announced that a homeless shelter would take over one of its buildings, the neighborhood’s liberal pieties were put to the test

By Sage Lattman

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The Attention-Whore Index Tucker Carlson doubts the Holocaust, Melania Trump believes the conspiracies, and Donald Trump is certain someone is eating America’s pets

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WEAR Burberry Trench-coat weather has arrived in many pockets of the U.S. and Europe, and while it’s always tempting to shop for a…

WATCH The Cowboy and the Queen “I was born in the saddle,” says the American horse trainer Monty Roberts of his upbringing in an…

LISTEN Witnessed: Night Shift Coincidence or homicide? That was the question circulating the halls of the Truman Memorial Veterans’…

COOK Tortoise For a tragic majority of Americans, rice comes in one of two forms: either a toxic-looking, boilable bag of Success or a Fold-Pak…

READ The World She Edited Editors are necessary evils, with an emphasis sometimes on the latter word. One could argue that the…

SMELL Hermès You can swoon over the Hermès leather armamentarium, but I tend to lose my composure over their fragrances. The new Barénia…

WEAR Burberry Trench-coat weather has arrived in many pockets of the U.S. and Europe, and while it’s always tempting to shop for a…

WATCH The Cowboy and the Queen “I was born in the saddle,” says the American horse trainer Monty Roberts of his upbringing in an…

LISTEN Witnessed: Night Shift Coincidence or homicide? That was the question circulating the halls of the Truman Memorial Veterans’…

COOK Tortoise For a tragic majority of Americans, rice comes in one of two forms: either a toxic-looking, boilable bag of Success or a Fold-Pak…

READ The World She Edited Editors are necessary evils, with an emphasis sometimes on the latter word. One could argue that the…

SMELL Hermès You can swoon over the Hermès leather armamentarium, but I tend to lose my composure over their fragrances. The new Barénia…

Houdini of History Robert Harris, the master of historical fiction, discusses his Ancient Rome Trilogy, U.K. politics, and the subject of his latest novel, Prime Minister H. H. Asquith’s scandalous affair

By Jim Kelly

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Tangled Up in The West Wing On the 25th anniversary of Aaron Sorkin’s beloved political drama, Janel Moloney—who played the idealistic Donna Moss—grapples with the show’s role in her life

By Janel Moloney

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A Dame-in-Waiting Lesley Manville has gone toe-to-toe with Daniel Day-Lewis and been married to Gary Oldman. But with myriad new projects—and a fashion campaign for Loewe—she’s never been more front and center

By Charlotte Williamson

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“Sorry, Rick, but no thongs means no thongs.”

The Last Days of La Grenouille The once great Midtown shrine to formal French dining was finally put out of its misery after years of decline at the hands of Philippe Masson

By Corby Kummer

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Reality Bites In France, the late chef Paul Bocuse is revered as a national treasure. An explosive new memoir by his mistress’s daughter might change that

By Alexander Lobrano

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The Bretons Are Coming! In Paris’s booming men’s-wear scene, three leading designers—of Officine Générale, Husbands, and Fursac—are from France’s northwestern coast. But is it really a coincidence?

By Emilie Hawtin

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The Good Kind of Political Drama: The West Wing at 25 On this week’s podcast, Janel Moloney, who played idealistic assistant Donna Moss, takes us inside the landmark show

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Jonathan Darman On

The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business Eric Roberts was being groomed for stardom, until a cocaine habit derailed his career—and nearly cost him his life. Now his only addiction is to acting

By Sam Kashner

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Poster Child The most comprehensive overview of film posters to date is published in a new coffee-table book from Tony Nourmand, the world’s foremost expert on the art form

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A 1941 poster of *Sullivan’s Travels,* with art direction by Maurice “Mischa” Kallis and illustrated by Frederick “Fritz” Siebel.

*42nd Street,* with art direction by Hubbard G. Robinson and Joseph Tisman, 1933.

*2001: A Space Odyssey,* by Mike Kaplan, 1968.

*Breakfast at Tiffany’s,* by Lutz Peltzer, 1961.

*Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,* by Reynold Brown, 1958.

*Nocny Kowboj,* designed by Waldemar Świerzy for the Polish release of *Midnight Cowboy,* 1973.

*Top, Jour de Fête,* by Jean Jacquelin, 1949; *above, The Man in the White Suit,* by Alfred Reginald Thomson, 1951.

*Gilda,* with art direction by Jack Kerness using a colorized photograph by Robert Coburn, 1946.

*King Kong,* with art direction by David L. Strumpf and illustrated by S. Barrett McCormick and Bob Sisk, 1933.

Inserts—thin posters used to complement primary campaigns—for *New York* and *Metropolis,* 1927.

*I Was a Teenage Werewolf,* by Albert Kallis, 1957.

*Top, Thunderball,* by Robert McGinnis and Frank McCarthy, 1965; *above, A Hard Day’s Night,* photographed and designed by Robert Freeman, 1964.

*Casablanca,* designed by Pierre Pigeot for the film’s first postwar French release, 1947.

*Kiss of Death,* by Twentieth Century Fox, 1947.

*Anatomy of a Murder,* by Saul Bass, 1959.

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Maddie Ziegler The Dance Moms star turned actress reflects on her unusual path to Hollywood

By Jeanne Malle

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In the snowy February of 1888, Vincent van Gogh, in search of respite, moved south from Paris to Arles, eventually renting a house—now known as “the Yellow House”—with a vision of establishing an artists’ retreat. Paul Gauguin came to stay in October of that year, but left in late December when a blazing row erupted and Van Gogh broke down, infamously severing his left ear. After five more months of repeated psychosis and hospitalization, the Dutch artist, in May 1889, admitted himself to an asylum in nearby Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, where he stayed until the following May, prone to episodes that drove him to eat paint. READ ON

Olive Grove, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889. Read On

Hallowed Halls Can an electronic-music entrepreneur turn Parnham House, an exquisite but cursed country estate in Dorset, into Britain’s hottest place to stay?

By Simon Mills

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Diane Keaton

The Academy Award–winning actress answers 34 of life’s most pressing questions

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The View from Here In the 1990s, Scott Ritter was a respected U.N. weapons inspector. Now he’s a Kremlin propagandist, defending Russia’s war in Ukraine

Pino Noir: Part II Even with the F.B.I. hot on his trail, Miami developer Sergio Pino was so desperate to end his marriage that he’d do anything—including murder

A Hard Game to Love Tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg wasn’t afraid to uncover the game’s scandals, but when he claimed a top player was a domestic abuser, he was cut loose by his publishers—and slapped with a lawsuit

The Dark Side of Alain Delon He played charming but icy characters on-screen. The available evidence suggests that he was one in real life

AIR SUPPLY finds the greatest of the greats across categories—fashion, food, home, gadgets, books, and more. Re-discover old favorites and what makes them stand the test of time

Fall Is for Notetakers A tablet that will take your to-do lists to the next level! The perfect appliance for roasting chicken! An oddly useful at-home endoscope! And more …

Ariel Ashe and Reinaldo Leandro’s Favorite Things Upon the release of their first book, the interior designers share their picks for a stylish life

A New York Liberal Turf War When the Upper West Side’s tony Calhoun School announced that a homeless shelter would take over one of its buildings, the neighborhood’s liberal pieties were put to the test

The Attention-Whore Index Tucker Carlson doubts the Holocaust, Melania Trump believes the conspiracies, and Donald Trump is certain someone is eating America’s pets

Houdini of History Robert Harris, the master of historical fiction, discusses his Ancient Rome Trilogy, U.K. politics, and the subject of his latest novel, Prime Minister H. H. Asquith’s scandalous affair

Tangled Up in The West Wing On the 25th anniversary of Aaron Sorkin’s beloved political drama, Janel Moloney—who played the idealistic Donna Moss—grapples with the show’s role in her life

A Dame-in-Waiting Lesley Manville has gone toe-to-toe with Daniel Day-Lewis and been married to Gary Oldman. But with myriad new projects—and a fashion campaign for Loewe—she’s never been more front and center

The Last Days of La Grenouille The once great Midtown shrine to formal French dining was finally put out of its misery after years of decline at the hands of Philippe Masson

Reality Bites In France, the late chef Paul Bocuse is revered as a national treasure. An explosive new memoir by his mistress’s daughter might change that

The Bretons Are Coming! In Paris’s booming men’s-wear scene, three leading designers—of Officine Générale, Husbands, and Fursac—are from France’s northwestern coast. But is it really a coincidence?

The Good Kind of Political Drama: The West Wing at 25 On this week’s podcast, Janel Moloney, who played idealistic assistant Donna Moss, takes us inside the landmark show

The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business Eric Roberts was being groomed for stardom, until a cocaine habit derailed his career—and nearly cost him his life. Now his only addiction is to acting

Poster Child The most comprehensive overview of film posters to date is published in a new coffee-table book from Tony Nourmand, the world’s foremost expert on the art form

Maddie Ziegler The Dance Moms star turned actress reflects on her unusual path to Hollywood

Hallowed Halls Can an electronic-music entrepreneur turn Parnham House, an exquisite but cursed country estate in Dorset, into Britain’s hottest place to stay?

The Academy Award–winning actress answers 34 of life’s most pressing questions

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