November 15, 2025

OF VICE AND MEN

Former MTV C.E.O. Tom Freston recalls the tequila-fueled night Vice’s Shane Smith pitched him on “programming by drunks to amuse stoners”—and the wild ride that followed …

TWO-PIECE DE RESISTANCE

The unlikely story of how the itsy-bitsy bikini helped topple Franco’s Fascist regime in Spain (yes, you read that right), 50 years ago next week …

REDDIT AND WEEP

Alexis Ohanian—Mr. Serena Williams—helped build Reddit into an Internet superpower. He explains why he walked away, sacrificing billions in the process …

DON’T MENTION THE WAR!

Two new films on the Nuremberg trials—one Russian, one American—reveal the political anxieties each country still feels about the other nearly eight decades on, says Michael Idov …

THE LADY OF LORAZEPAM

The 84-year-old Charleston socialite and reality-TV grande dame who inspired Parker Posey’s White Lotus character tells all—martini in hand …

BRIDE AND PREJUDICE

With Vogue now branding boyfriends as “embarrassing,” our newlywed editor Elena Clavarino offers a spirited defense of keeping a man around …

Ted Talk

The Cheers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and A Man on the Inside actor Ted Danson answers 26 pressing questions, including his cocktail of choice and his favorite movie (he’s a softy) …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Sir Roger Deakins’s cinematographic diaries, from The Shawshank Redemption to The Big Lebowski … Yellowstone’s billionaire cowboy … the secret weapon of New York’s most eclectic orchestra … the finest manor in all of Scotland … and our weekly Attention-Whore Index Poll!

Issue No. 331

The View from Here When the mayor of a small beach town in Spain mounted a defense of the bikini in 1953, he had no idea it would trigger the fall of Franco’s Fascist regime

By Gerard DeGroot

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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

By Tom Freston

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The Weekly Waffle

A positively addictive word game to go with your morning coffee

The Battle for Reddit’s Soul When the co-founder of the online forum—and husband of Serena Williams—walked away from his creation, he gave up billions. But what price for a clear conscience?

By William Turvill

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Nuremberg, Two Ways James Vanderbilt’s new film shares a title and a subject with a Russian feature from 2023. A side-by-side comparison speaks volumes

By Michael Idov

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“I thought a fun runner might be humanity making the same mistakes over and over, but each time they’re like, ‘Whoa, we’re not doing that again!’”

Gifts for the Cook

AIR SUPPLY’s guide gets to your chef’s heart through an insufferably perfect kitchen stocked with Snibbs clogs, the Wooden Palate’s lip board, and Christophe Pourny’s tonic to clean it

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Photo: Columbia Pictures/Photofest (Grant in The Talk of the Town)

In the Kitchen with Gaz Herbert

The chef behind Comal, a Mexican-inflected restaurant on N.Y.C.’s Lower East Side, shares his secrets to a successful holiday menu, including warm plates, Mexican chilies, and love

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Photos: TV Times/Future Publishing/Getty Images (Hitchcock stirring pot)

Diary of a Southern Grande Dame Patricia Altschul—the richer-than-God, twice-divorced Charleston matriarch who inspired Parker Posey’s White Lotus character—tells all on her run-ins with royals, Trump, and America’s gilded circles

By Megan Agnew

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Who Was This Week’s Biggest Attention Whore? Michael Wolff dishes out advice to Jeffrey Epstein, Jack Schlossberg humbly chases the spotlight, and much more!

By George Kalogerakis

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The Cowboy King of Hollywood How Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan went from a struggling actor living in a one-bedroom apartment to the recipient of an unprecedented $1 billion television contract

By Will Pavia

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read Dog Show There are lots of books about man’s best friend, but none as sweet or as beautiful as Dog Show. The slim volume of 25 poems…

dine Mokonuts Several years ago, my wife and I were in Paris looking for a place to eat. I asked my friend for a recommendation, and he couldn’t…

read Flat Earth In Anika Jade Levy’s new novel, Flat Earth, her sentences, meant to be oracular at the time they were written, are at their most colorful…

watch I Am Curious Johnny Heeeeere’s Johnny … Pigozzi, that is. The French-Italian photographer, fashion designer, art collector, heir to C.E.O. of Simca automobiles…

listen Long After the Fire Recent months have been a treat for devotees of a certain kind of … let’s call it smart, rootsy alt-rock. Vicki Peterson (the Bangles…

shop Yoya “I wish you had this in adult sizes,” shoppers would tell Cristina Villegas, the owner of Yoya, which offered kids clothes for 20 years…

read Dog Show There are lots of books about man’s best friend, but none as sweet or as beautiful as Dog Show. The slim volume of 25 poems…

dine Mokonuts Several years ago, my wife and I were in Paris looking for a place to eat. I asked my friend for a recommendation, and he couldn’t…

read Flat Earth In Anika Jade Levy’s new novel, Flat Earth, her sentences, meant to be oracular at the time they were written, are at their most colorful…

watch I Am Curious Johnny Heeeeere’s Johnny … Pigozzi, that is. The French-Italian photographer, fashion designer, art collector, heir to C.E.O. of Simca automobiles…

listen Long After the Fire Recent months have been a treat for devotees of a certain kind of … let’s call it smart, rootsy alt-rock. Vicki Peterson (the Bangles…

shop Yoya “I wish you had this in adult sizes,” shoppers would tell Cristina Villegas, the owner of Yoya, which offered kids clothes for 20 years…

If Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing, What Does That Mean About Husbands? A viral Vogue article has our newly married editor in a tailspin

By Elena Clavarino

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Nicolas Rapold On

Reflections: On Cinematography

by Sir Roger Deakins

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“No, Jim, you don’t point to the lady you mugged.”

On December 10, the Brentano String Quartet returns to 92NY with Haydn, Bartók, and Dvořák—a mini-survey of the giants of the literature.

The Music Man of Carnegie Hill

By their metaphors ye shall know them. As we chat about the concert series at the 92nd Street Y, on upper Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, the music director Nicholas Russotto, 35, describes himself in passing as an “omnivore” and an “evangelizer”—two words that pretty much say it all. READ ON

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Some Like It Scot One of the finest Palladian manors in Scotland has been reborn as an exquisite resort. Welcome to Penicuik House

By Fiona Kerr

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Ted Danson

The Cheers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and A Man on the Inside actor answers 26 of life’s most pressing questions

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Sitting in the window of my local coffee shop—the Coppola Cafe, on West Fourth Street in New York City’s West Village—I saw one of those classic red, torch-topped fire-alarm call boxes. It looked like a miniature cast-iron lighthouse, and I said, “I’m going to draw you.” Thanks, fire-alarm box, for posing for me.

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The View from Here When the mayor of a small beach town in Spain mounted a defense of the bikini in 1953, he had no idea it would trigger the fall of Franco’s Fascist regime

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

The Weekly Waffle

A positively addictive word game to go with your morning coffee

The Battle for Reddit’s Soul When the co-founder of the online forum—and husband of Serena Williams—walked away from his creation, he gave up billions. But what price for a clear conscience?

Nuremberg, Two Ways James Vanderbilt’s new film shares a title and a subject with a Russian feature from 2023. A side-by-side comparison speaks volumes

AIR SUPPLY’s guide gets to your chef’s heart through an insufferably perfect kitchen stocked with Snibbs clogs, the Wooden Palate’s lip board, and Christophe Pourny’s tonic to clean it

The chef behind Comal, a Mexican-inflected restaurant on N.Y.C.’s Lower East Side, shares his secrets to a successful holiday menu, including warm plates, Mexican chilies, and love

Diary of a Southern Grande Dame Patricia Altschul—the richer-than-God, twice-divorced Charleston matriarch who inspired Parker Posey’s White Lotus character—tells all on her run-ins with royals, Trump, and America’s gilded circles

Who Was This Week’s Biggest Attention Whore? Michael Wolff dishes out advice to Jeffrey Epstein, Jack Schlossberg humbly chases the spotlight, and much more!

The Cowboy King of Hollywood How Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan went from a struggling actor living in a one-bedroom apartment to the recipient of an unprecedented $1 billion television contract

If Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing, What Does That Mean About Husbands? A viral Vogue article has our newly married editor in a tailspin

Some Like It Scot One of the finest Palladian manors in Scotland has been reborn as an exquisite resort. Welcome to Penicuik House

The Cheers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and A Man on the Inside actor answers 26 of life’s most pressing questions

Was Founded By

And Is Edited By

Creative Director

Chief Technology Officer

Deputy Editors

Books Editor

Arts Intel Report Editor

Photo Director

Art Director

Copy Editor

Research & Legal Editor

Production Editor

Junior Editors

Deputy Photo Director

Deputy Art Director

Columnists

Writers at Large

Contributing Artists

Contributing Photographers

Architectural Consultant

Social Media Manager

Head of Audience Development

Audience Growth Manager

Cartoon Editor

Music Supervisor

Technology

General Manager, Commerce & Brand Partnerships

Business Development Director

European Sales Director

Financial & Business Operations

Account Manager

Chief Strategy Adviser

Editor, Commerce, and Chief Merchandiser

Shop Editor

E-Commerce Manager

In Memoriam