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
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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
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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
