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The Spruce Deuce

Before Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, there was Howard Hughes and Jean Peters

The View from Here

As Jared Kushner reveals in his new book, the Trumps have more in common with the Mussolinis than he realizes

Bed of Lies

Dodi Fayed’s super-yacht, a Paris suite, 11 shots of whiskey—25 years after Princess Diana’s death, there are still more questions than answers

Where Oligarchs Have Found Safe Harbors

And other strange news about these curious days …

Just Another Revolution

A director and producer at the vanguard of New Hollywood, Bob Rafelson infused his films with real life—and his life with high adventure

By Giorgia!

As the favorite to be Italy’s next prime minister, is Giorgia Meloni—backed by bunga-bunga Berlusconi—the most dangerous woman in Europe?

J. K. Rowling’s Goblet of a Firestorm

Even when she’s defending Salman Rushdie’s rights, some in the literary world want to see her silenced. Or worse

Trouble in Paradise

The talk of the town in idyllic Nantucket is an allegation of strangulation that pits prominent D.C. figures against each other

Perfecting Their Backhand

As the U.S. Open approaches, WOTs—the wives of tennis stars—are giving soccer’s WAGs a run for their money

The Further Adventures of the Heir and the Spare

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The View from Here

One of our Writers at Large explains how to avoid heartbreak, of the existential variety

Tim Page

Shot four times, the courageous British photojournalist was the inspiration for Dennis Hopper’s character in Apocalypse Now, and his powerful imagery captured the horrors of war

The View from Here

With Trumpism more rabid and violent than ever, is it finally time to leave?

Brotopia

At Hustler’s University, you can earn a Ph.D. for just $400 and walk away a bona-fide expert in “pimpin’ hoes”

In Ukraine, the War Gets Very Personal

A new service promises to drop hand-inscribed missiles on Russian invaders

The Great Leveler

Every year, tens of thousands of ordinary South Africans compete in the ultra-marathon called “the Comrades.” Millions of their countryfolk tune in

BoJo Hustles for Work

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The Slowdown

A growing number of parents with autistic children are turning to an unconventional—and, in some places, unlawful—remedy

Dirty Rotten Royals

Where did previously “penniless” Sarah Ferguson get $6.1 million to buy a bougie Mayfair town house?

The View from There

Writing pro-war poetry for money is one way to survive in Putin’s Russia

A Great Escape

It was difficult enough to smuggle girls who had been abandoned by the U.S. out of Afghanistan. Harder still to do it twice

Poor Little Rich Boy

What do you do if you make only $40 million a year? If you’re the founder of a Greenwich, Connecticut, hedge fund, you allegedly steal from your partners and shortchange investors

The Many Mysteries of Murder Boy, Part II

His grandfather had an estate worth nearly $40 million. When his mother died, he stood to inherit millions. Did Nathan Carman kill them both?

Two More Prince Andrew Dramas

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