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The Way We Wordle

How to win at the Internet’s latest obsession—now a part of The New York Times

The View from Here

Why are our politics so divisive right now? Fifty years after Watergate, it still all goes back to Tricky Dick

A Fawlty Tower of Billionaires

432 Park Avenue flipped a middle finger to New York’s elegant skyline. Now the hyper-rich who bought in, finding it riddled with shoddiness, are flipping the finger to the developers

Madoff, the Sequel!

Meet Zach Horwitz, the part-time actor and millennial Madoff of Hollywood, who soaked suckers for $227 million

Talking Eurotrash

The hard-partying moneyed set, with New York roots dating back to Studio 54, traded the city for their old jet-set life in the spring of 2020. Will they come back?

Will Tom Cruise Go Too Far This Time?

And other strange news about these curious days …

The View from Here

Vladimir Putin watches TV and believes the lies he imposes on the Russian media about Ukraine and the United States. Who does he sound like?

Jody Gibson. Or, to Some of You Cads, “Babydol”

In the 90s, she ran Hollywood’s most elite—and, perhaps, most expensive—prostitution ring

Disappearing Act

The filmmaker behind Made You Look on why 2022 is poised to be the biggest year yet for art forgery and fraud

Seeing Green

The Cousteau family gets into the cannabis business

The Talented Dr. Gray

As priceless heirlooms disappeared from the homes of Newport bluebloods and Georgetown ambassadors, Lawrence Gray remained above suspicion—and on the guest list

The View from Here

Remembering fashion’s caped crusader

In Paris, Breadlines Are Drawn

And other curious news about these strange days …

Baby Face

As the beauty industry strives for a younger and younger look, the only place left to go is … skin as soft and supple as a baby’s (literally)

Is It Bunga-Bunga Time (Again)?

And other strange news about these curious days …

The View from Here

Everyone agrees Broadway needs more diversity. How to get there is a different story

The Scent of a Scoundrel

In Paris, accusations of elder abuse bring a stench to France’s oldest perfume house

Baroness Busted

Lingerie entrepreneur turned English lord and self-appointed crypto-currency expert Baroness Bra is now facing legal action over racist texts and millions in dodgy government contracts

Bad Words

No worries! I am literally about to circle back to that … Some words are better left unsaid

Libertines of London

These days, hedonism is even more infectious than Omicron

Brad Pitt Starts a Studio

And other curious news about these strange days …

Botany of a Murder

England may be a nation of gardeners, but in the picturesque coastal town of Poole, trees have been dying under mysterious circumstances

Bloody Hands All Around

Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty. But was justice served?

The View from Here

Farewell to a Hollywood original, an auteur with no hauteur