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Busy Is as Busy Does

It used to be that doing nothing was the ultimate luxury. Now being productive—or looking it—is everything

Poor Little Reich Girl?

Countess Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck gleefully paraded her lavish Euro-nobility lifestyle to a huge TikTok following, until it was wrongly suggested her ancestors had helped the Nazis

The View from Here

Among the casualties of the Israel-Hamas war: harmony between Black and Jewish Americans

Battle Royale

In a warped tale of lust and betrayal befitting a telenovela, Queen Letizia of Spain’s former flame alleges that they had an affair during her marriage to King Felipe

Baroness Bra Comes Undone

Before Michelle Mone sat in the House of Lords, she made a fortune in lingerie. Now that she’s accused of selling defective P.P.E. to the government, gravity is working against her

Oh, Mon Depardieu!

Scores of sexual-harassment charges are finally catching up with France’s most decorated actor. And that’s when the culture wars stepped in

Biting the Hand That Feeds You

With huge social-media followings, pet influencers—yes, that’s a thing—are landing big brand deals. The issue for agents: the animals’ catty owners

The View from Here

In Putin’s Russia, the only way that women are equal to men is in the brutality of their punishments

An Almond a Day Keeps the Calories Away

How a dieting trend bred a generation of women with eating disorders—and mommy issues

Jane Birkin

Born in England and adopted by France—the singer, model, and muse, as seen through the eyes of her longtime friend and compeer

The Attention-Whore Index

Who will take the first title of the year? Nikki Haley? Jeff Koons? You-Know-Who? Plus, the world’s most delectable stories, collected for your reading pleasure!

The Attention Whore of the Year Awards

Harry? Donald? Elon? Meghan? Whom did you choose as the biggest swanker, windbag, and blatherskite of 2023?

The View from Here

Growing up Greek in New York City was a double-edged sword—pride in one’s ancestry mixed with fear of the fez

The View from Here

From Kabul’s Serena to Jerusalem’s King David, war hotels have long served as headquarters and havens for international journalists. In the war in Ukraine, the Kharkiv Palace is the new gathering place

Taliban Fanboys

“Lord Miles” is a twice-captured, twice-rescued danger tourist seeking to monetize his cozy ties to the terrorist rulers of Afghanistan

By Hook or by Crook

David Henty can mimic Picasso, Monet, Modigliani, Caravaggio, Basquiat, and more. The ex-convict may be the world’s greatest art forger, and he has the plaque to prove it

Burn After Watching

How a flamboyant Frenchman who rose to fame for restoring lost film classics—and burning old film onstage to impress audiences—ended up on trial for manslaughter

The View from Here

A veteran comedy writer is suddenly rendered speechless

I Was a Trump Ghostwriter

Back in the 1990s, when Donald Trump was still in his larval stage, it was almost possible to feel sorry for him

Drawing a Blank

Fergie guest-hosts the ill-fated British chat show This Morning, offering underwhelming relationship advice and struggling to read the teleprompter

Al Jaffee

The ingenious Mad-magazine cartoonist was as quick-witted and irreverent in person as he was on paper

The Attention-Whore Index

Can a weeping Kim Jong Un defeat a cheering Shohei Ohtani? Not if Elon Musk and his conspiracies have anything to do with it. Plus, bizarre news from around the world

The Trenches of Academe

Allegations of anti-Semitism have students, faculty, and donors at Harvard in an uproar—and the university’s new president is caught in the middle

The Whole $59 Million Yards

Dress by Dior and music by Maroon 5—yes, the viral “wedding of the century” was between a car dealer’s daughter and her 29-year-old groom facing serious jail time