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Closing the Captions

The soundbar so effective that you can shut off subtitles once and for all! A pendulum clock for the Digital Age! Headphones that work underwater! And more …

The Boss from Hell

Before becoming known as a sex offender, Mohamed Al-Fayed was just another under-the-radar Lothario overseeing an empire. One of his former employees looks back

“All the Romance of Filmmaking Is Gone”

Woody Allen on Paris, cancel culture, retirement, and “the whole mortality question”

Magic in a Bottle

After decades of drinking Diet Coke, fans have made it a hot topic. Is it toxic, a harmless vice, or something in between?

The Shooting of Pretty Boy Melvin

Was Sean “Diddy” Combs’s father murdered by the Gambino crime family?

Follow the Ruby Red Slippers!

The crazy tale of a career criminal’s theft of the shoes worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz—and the madcap, decades-long fight to get them back

Devil’s Bargain

A 2004 visit with the future Nobel laureate Alice Munro left me with a slightly uneasy feeling. Now I know why

Investigating “Oatzempic”

This controversial new diet drink is the talk of TikTok, but does it actually work?

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