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Scarlett Johansson Has Women Seeing Red

And other curious news about these strange days …

The Gray Ladies

Watch out, Gen Z—a new crop of over-40 influencers is out to conquer the industry

Roiling in the Deep

The deep sea has so far managed to evade human intervention. Now mining companies are threatening Earth’s last frontier

The King Lear of Wine

In death, one of Spain’s most famous vintners crushes the hopes of his three daughters

Jackie Chan, (Communist) Party Animal

And more curious news about these strange days …

Out-of-Office Reply

Private jets, free lunches, public pleas … can anything get people back in the office?

The View from Here

Putin’s absolute rule is challenged by a noisy majority of Russian, woke-hating anti-vaxxers

Sympathy for the Girlboss

Once-celebrated female entrepreneurs are being torn down for “failing at feminism.” Is this progress?

Meghan Markle, Backbencher

And other curious news about these strange days …

A Summer-Camp Horror Story

Why has a man accused of sexual harassment been rehired at a summer camp for the kids of elite New Yorkers?

The View from Here

When C.R.T. met S&M

Starry Might

The millennial masses are gaga for Pattern, the uncannily accurate new astrology app

Swamp Country

Jason Williams was elected district attorney of New Orleans to reform America’s murder capital. Then came the suspiciously timed audit …

The View from Here

Want to be a writer? Find a (hotel) room of one’s own

Speak, Memory

The Manhattan district attorney has indicted Trump’s ever loyal C.F.O., Allen Weisselberg, in the hope that he will turn on the boss to save his own skin

TikTok for the Non–Gen Z Set

If you’re over the age of 23, don’t despair: there’s a place for you on TikTok. Meet the “cleanfluencers” …

Match Made in Hell, Part I

At first, the lying, ghosting, and money-borrowing could be overlooked in the name of true love …

The View from Here

At America’s Bicentennial, in 1976, the fireworks included an unlikely romance between Liz Taylor and a future senator

The View from Here

A frontline doctor looks back on a plague year, and a film that recorded the horror of it all

Heaven on Earth

Before Ann Russell Miller entered the convent, she was a swinging socialite in San Francisco

The OMGs of GB News

Start-up hiccups plague a new U.K. news start-up, causing no end of watchable mishaps

Origin Story

How a self-published investigation into the possibility of a “lab leak” upended groupthink about the coronavirus

Emily Segal

The 32-year-old trend forecaster who made history selling the first novel-as-NFT discusses memes, tech, and what the future has in store

The Adulterer in the Room

In 2001, Eric Schmidt was brought to Google to be “the adult in the room.” He became a billionaire—but raised eyebrows with his very open marriage