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The Hamptons’ Secret Shame

Why do some of the most expensive homes in the country surround one of its most polluted lakes?

More Photos, Please!

Paparazzi got a terrible rap in the Diana and Britney years. So why are stars still seeking them out?

The Club That Welcomes Crashers

London’s Goldfish Club has been a tight brotherhood for years. Does Clint Eastwood want to join?

The Winklevoss Wrinkle

After years of post-Facebook conniving, the Winklevosses were finally on the road to redemption. Then they met another set of troublemaking twins

No Skin in the Game

Millennials and Gen Z–ers are all about empowerment and freeing the nipple. So why aren’t they embracing the nudism movement?

George Clooney, Kendall Jenner, and the Great Tequila Crisis

And other curious news about these strange days …

J.F.K. and the Radcliffe Girl

For the first time ever, one of the former president’s lovers tells her story

The View from Here

Al Gore says it’s not too late to prevent cataclysmic climate change, but is it too late for us to change?

Ooh La La!

Inside the bedroom of Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron …

Cruise Control

So much for your nether regions. Gwyneth Paltrow now wants to fiddle with your vacation!

QAnon on the Volga

A growing number of Russian “revivalists” believe that the dissolution of the Soviet Union is a hoax

The Big C

Indian businessman Lalit Modi allegedly name-dropped royals and public figures to con investors for his bogus cancer treatment

Are You Ready for the “Genuinfluencers”?

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What Makes TikTok Tick?

It starts with 75 million videos vying for your attention …

Kabul and Kaput

What do the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan and the White Lotus finale have in common? Plenty

Warding Off Evil

CNN’s star correspondent takes us to the front lines of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

He Said, She Said

The socialite who shot a police officer in Belize is out of jail and under siege

Black Robe, White Knuckles

Justice Breyer’s refusal to retire is not just annoying—it’s a harsh reminder that we always put our own interests above society’s

Fussy Eaters Are Bad in Bed

And other curious news about these strange days …

Locks, Sex, and Two Smoking Barrels

During shooting season in the U.K., the most coveted “birds” are bagged at night

The Lady Vanishes

Charged with a fraudulent $1.3 million art deal, a millennial, private-jet-hopping grifter is now heading to prison

The View from Here

Wuthering fights! Will this priceless book collection be preserved or broken up at auction?

When Your Mother Is a Conspiracy Theorist

Gen Z–ers struggle with how to save parents radicalized by social-media-fueled lies

Stories We Tell

The most erudite man in Italy, Roberto Calasso lived for literature—and re-invented it