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Shiver Your Timbers!

By Max Carter

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blood, lies, and videotape

“It’s Elizabeth Holmes … I Understand We’ll Be Making a Film Together” The Theranos documentary that wasn’t

By Ravi Somaiya

In Search of Lost Time

Like Mother, Like Daughter As a new exhibition celebrates the enduring style of C. Z. Guest, her daughter, Cornelia, reflects on the socialite’s understated wardrobe and independent spirit

By Amy Fine Collins

spin cycle

Inside the Wiki Laundry Wikipedia is the world’s most influential information source—and one of A.I.’s key training grounds. No wonder reputation-launderers everywhere are trying to hijack it

By Joseph Bullmore

Nicola Peltz’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year As the Beckham feud rages on, the private dramas of Brooklyn’s wife are threatening to eclipse her long-frustrated acting career

By Katie Hind

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The House of Girth We know what hyaluronic-acid injections can do for the face. But what happens when they’re used in the penis? Introducing Phallofill!

By Mark Ellwood

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Modi Operandi

By Salil Tripathi

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Welcome to Fantasyland With a ski slope, amusement park, and more than 350 shops, American Dream is the second-largest mall in America. It’s a little bit of a nightmare—and the key to understanding who we are now

By Brennan Kilbane

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Tottenham Hothead Antonio Conte, former manager of the British Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur, went down swinging … at his own team. But did he have a point?

By Jonathan Margolis

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Trump on the Volga Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin’s chef turned mercenary, is a gaudy egomaniac with a message: Make Russia (and me) Great Again

By Andrew Ryvkin

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“She Had Her Whole Life Ahead of Her” The killing of Brianna Kupfer

By Barbara Schroeder

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Television

From The Office to the Lab Lee Eisenberg knows funny. But he and his wife, Emily Jane Fox, learned a lot working together on Lessons in Chemistry

By Sam Kashner

Déjà Vu

Before January 6, There Was Seven Days in May J.F.K. was haunted by the book that outlined how a right-wing coup could happen in America. The movie still rivets audiences

By Sam Kashner and Spike Carter

But First …

The View from Here Tel Aviv diary: a visit to Israel in a state of war

By Mark Horowitz

My Scan, My Self Is a $2,499 M.R.I. the apex of preventive health care, a whole-body scam, or something in between?

By Lauren Larson

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From Anthem to Elegy Six gifted young poets signed up to fight in World War I. In their disillusionment, Michael Korda sees a cautionary tale for our time

By Lea Carpenter

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The Blind Gallerist Johann König was the king of the Berlin art world, until #MeToo allegations threatened his reign

By Joseph Bullmore

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Sinatra in the Jungle On the 70th anniversary of Mogambo, John Ford’s 1950s adultery epic set in Africa, a behind-the-scenes look at its stars—Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, and Ava Gardner, married to Frank Sinatra at the time

By Richard M. Cohen

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The Hard-Crusted Softy in Winter, Part II Ten years after Gore Vidal’s death, the one biographer to remain friendly with the prickly master reveals poignant details of his final years

By Matt Kapp

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Skeletons in the Closet The culture wars have come for Skull and Bones, Yale’s most prestigious—and mysterious—secret society

By William D. Cohan

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The Oracle of Oxford Larry Ellison, who surpassed Elon Musk last week to become the world’s richest man, is transforming the city into the new Silicon Valley

By Mick Brown

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Books

Buying Basquiat Long before Andy Warhol, known for championing Jean-Michel Basquiat, there was Stéphane Janssen—a Belgian art collector in Beverly Hills who recognized the young artist’s genius early on

By Doug Woodham

Laughing Matters

The Sway of Peter Sellers Woody Allen, Christopher Guest, and Geoffrey Rush recall the influence of the great comic actor, who was born 100 years ago

as told to Andrew Pulver

Book Excerpt

Emperor of the New Order How a promising young director gave up a comfortable life in Hollywood—and gained true creative freedom for a new generation of filmmakers. An exclusive excerpt from The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

By Sam Wasson

Edward Enninful on Life After Vogue He was once Condé Nast’s crown jewel. Then came the rumors of a rift and a corporate cull. Now the fashion visionary reveals the truth about his “chic” exit, Oprah’s advice, and why his new media empire is just getting started

By Vassi Chamberlain

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Shiver Your Timbers!

“It’s Elizabeth Holmes … I Understand We’ll Be Making a Film Together” The Theranos documentary that wasn’t

Like Mother, Like Daughter As a new exhibition celebrates the enduring style of C. Z. Guest, her daughter, Cornelia, reflects on the socialite’s understated wardrobe and independent spirit

Inside the Wiki Laundry Wikipedia is the world’s most influential information source—and one of A.I.’s key training grounds. No wonder reputation-launderers everywhere are trying to hijack it

Nicola Peltz’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year As the Beckham feud rages on, the private dramas of Brooklyn’s wife are threatening to eclipse her long-frustrated acting career

The House of Girth We know what hyaluronic-acid injections can do for the face. But what happens when they’re used in the penis? Introducing Phallofill!

Modi Operandi

Welcome to Fantasyland With a ski slope, amusement park, and more than 350 shops, American Dream is the second-largest mall in America. It’s a little bit of a nightmare—and the key to understanding who we are now

Tottenham Hothead Antonio Conte, former manager of the British Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur, went down swinging … at his own team. But did he have a point?

Trump on the Volga Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin’s chef turned mercenary, is a gaudy egomaniac with a message: Make Russia (and me) Great Again

“She Had Her Whole Life Ahead of Her” The killing of Brianna Kupfer

From The Office to the Lab Lee Eisenberg knows funny. But he and his wife, Emily Jane Fox, learned a lot working together on Lessons in Chemistry

Before January 6, There Was Seven Days in May J.F.K. was haunted by the book that outlined how a right-wing coup could happen in America. The movie still rivets audiences

The View from Here Tel Aviv diary: a visit to Israel in a state of war

My Scan, My Self Is a $2,499 M.R.I. the apex of preventive health care, a whole-body scam, or something in between?

From Anthem to Elegy Six gifted young poets signed up to fight in World War I. In their disillusionment, Michael Korda sees a cautionary tale for our time

The Blind Gallerist Johann König was the king of the Berlin art world, until #MeToo allegations threatened his reign

Sinatra in the Jungle On the 70th anniversary of Mogambo, John Ford’s 1950s adultery epic set in Africa, a behind-the-scenes look at its stars—Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, and Ava Gardner, married to Frank Sinatra at the time

The Hard-Crusted Softy in Winter, Part II Ten years after Gore Vidal’s death, the one biographer to remain friendly with the prickly master reveals poignant details of his final years

Skeletons in the Closet The culture wars have come for Skull and Bones, Yale’s most prestigious—and mysterious—secret society

The Oracle of Oxford Larry Ellison, who surpassed Elon Musk last week to become the world’s richest man, is transforming the city into the new Silicon Valley

Buying Basquiat Long before Andy Warhol, known for championing Jean-Michel Basquiat, there was Stéphane Janssen—a Belgian art collector in Beverly Hills who recognized the young artist’s genius early on

The Sway of Peter Sellers Woody Allen, Christopher Guest, and Geoffrey Rush recall the influence of the great comic actor, who was born 100 years ago

Emperor of the New Order How a promising young director gave up a comfortable life in Hollywood—and gained true creative freedom for a new generation of filmmakers. An exclusive excerpt from The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

Edward Enninful on Life After Vogue He was once Condé Nast’s crown jewel. Then came the rumors of a rift and a corporate cull. Now the fashion visionary reveals the truth about his “chic” exit, Oprah’s advice, and why his new media empire is just getting started