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Ultra Violet As the fairy-tale life of Violet Grey founder Cassandra Grey enters its next chapter, her business goes back on the block

By Brennan Kilbane

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School of Hard Knocks

Chris Whittle’s Teachable Moment The charter-school entrepreneur went from being one of the most acclaimed operators in the education sphere to losing everything. Will he be able to make a comeback?

By William D. Cohan

Wheels of Fortune

What Money Can’t Buy If you want an extremely limited-edition Bentley or Ferrari or Lamborghini, simply having the money isn’t enough. You’ve got to give a whole lot more

By Mark Healy

Radical Chic

Edward Enninful on Life After Vogue For years, he was 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, EE72, is just getting started

By Vassi Chamberlain

Lost and Found Anorexia seemed to come out of nowhere—and was determined to steal decades of my life

By Hadley Freeman

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Bono Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For The U2 front man’s new memoir is romantic, sincere, and self-effacing. More than an inventory of rock ‘n’ roll high jinks, it reveals how deep the trauma of losing his mother at just 14 sits, even today

By Mariella Frostrup

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Lost and Found Anorexia seemed to come out of nowhere—and was determined to steal decades of my life

By Hadley Freeman

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Assignment: Sinatra A legendary editor. A recalcitrant writer. And a subject that was both man and myth. The story behind the writing of what became known as the greatest magazine profile ever

By Gay Talese

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Assignment: Sinatra
Part II While he waits for an opening into the singer’s inner circle, Gay Talese acquaints himself with “the unhappy ones”

By Gay Talese

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Changing Places Linda Fairstein put Yusef Salaam in prison for the attack on the Central Park jogger. He was exonerated and is running for office; she is excoriated and living as a pariah

By Jeffrey Toobin

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30 Years of Friends From Matthew Perry’s addiction issues to David Schwimmer’s leather pants, the creators and actors of the hit sitcom tell the story of how it came to be, three decades after its first episode

By Blanca Schofield

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Film and Television

The Rules of the Dame Helen Mirren may have turned 80, but she’s still acting—and aging—gracefully. Just don’t call her feisty

By Dominic Maxwell

Special Report

Armie Hammer Breaks His Silence Two years after some of the most shocking allegations of the #MeToo era lit up the Internet and destroyed his career, the actor has finally decided to tell his side of the story

By James Kirchick

Film and Television

A Lone Star Is Born From Texan cowboy to Hollywood’s hottest leading man, Glen Powell is equal parts Tom Cruise adrenaline and Matthew McConaughey charm

By Marina Hyde

To Catch a Murderer In 1973, Cynthia Bouron, a notorious Hollywood hanger-on who publicly alleged that Cary Grant fathered her child, was brutally killed. Why has the case remained unsolved?

By Hadley Meares

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Dollar Diplomacy Israel and the U.S. had a plan to cut off funding to Hamas, but they chose instead to buy peace by facilitating prosperity for the terrorist organization

By Jennifer Gould

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The Eyes of a Killer: Part V This week, Bryan Kohberger’s defense team announced that they plan to prove their client wasn’t even at the scene of the crime. Could they actually get him off?

By Howard Blum

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There Goes the Neigh-borhood! In Florida, old-guard horse-lovers and new-money developers are duking it out for the soul of Wellington

By Nancy Jo Sales

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Super Star Power More than half a century after Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol hooked up, their mystique endures. Now Edie’s sister Alice is making sense of it all

By Lili Anolik

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Tommy Supreme and the Blitz Tom Goldstein was a star in arguing cases before the Supreme Court. He was also one of the world’s highest-rolling—and most reckless—poker players. Then his worlds collided

By George Pendle

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The Whistleblowing Wife Gaslit, starring Julia Roberts, tells the story of Martha Mitchell, the first and most improbable person to publicly accuse Nixon over Watergate

By Martin Fletcher

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Facing the Music

The Alien and the Fawn Accusations of sexual harassment upended the career of award-winning Hollywood composer Danny Elfman. But what really happened between him and his accuser?

By Jacob Bernstein

Disappearing Act

The 40-Year Con: Part III Once Spiro Pavlovich became Nicholas Rockefeller, he never dropped the charade, even in private. But beneath the “wonderful man,” as he was described by a Yale Law School classmate, lurked a dark, abusive Mr. Hyde

By Jonathan Alter

The King of Lies Separating fact from fiction in the latest, heavily fabricated season of The Crown

By Hugo Vickers

Assignment: Sinatra
Part III Harold Hayes decides that Esquire will be proceeding with or without the cooperation of Sinatra—whom Talese trails to Las Vegas

By Gay Talese

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Ultra Violet As the fairy-tale life of Violet Grey founder Cassandra Grey enters its next chapter, her business goes back on the block

Chris Whittle’s Teachable Moment The charter-school entrepreneur went from being one of the most acclaimed operators in the education sphere to losing everything. Will he be able to make a comeback?

What Money Can’t Buy If you want an extremely limited-edition Bentley or Ferrari or Lamborghini, simply having the money isn’t enough. You’ve got to give a whole lot more

Edward Enninful on Life After Vogue For years, he was 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, EE72, is just getting started

Lost and Found Anorexia seemed to come out of nowhere—and was determined to steal decades of my life

Bono Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For The U2 front man’s new memoir is romantic, sincere, and self-effacing. More than an inventory of rock ‘n’ roll high jinks, it reveals how deep the trauma of losing his mother at just 14 sits, even today

Lost and Found Anorexia seemed to come out of nowhere—and was determined to steal decades of my life

Assignment: Sinatra A legendary editor. A recalcitrant writer. And a subject that was both man and myth. The story behind the writing of what became known as the greatest magazine profile ever

Assignment: SinatraPart II While he waits for an opening into the singer’s inner circle, Gay Talese acquaints himself with “the unhappy ones”

Changing Places Linda Fairstein put Yusef Salaam in prison for the attack on the Central Park jogger. He was exonerated and is running for office; she is excoriated and living as a pariah

30 Years of Friends From Matthew Perry’s addiction issues to David Schwimmer’s leather pants, the creators and actors of the hit sitcom tell the story of how it came to be, three decades after its first episode

The Rules of the Dame Helen Mirren may have turned 80, but she’s still acting—and aging—gracefully. Just don’t call her feisty

Armie Hammer Breaks His Silence Two years after some of the most shocking allegations of the #MeToo era lit up the Internet and destroyed his career, the actor has finally decided to tell his side of the story

A Lone Star Is Born From Texan cowboy to Hollywood’s hottest leading man, Glen Powell is equal parts Tom Cruise adrenaline and Matthew McConaughey charm

To Catch a Murderer In 1973, Cynthia Bouron, a notorious Hollywood hanger-on who publicly alleged that Cary Grant fathered her child, was brutally killed. Why has the case remained unsolved?

Dollar Diplomacy Israel and the U.S. had a plan to cut off funding to Hamas, but they chose instead to buy peace by facilitating prosperity for the terrorist organization

The Eyes of a Killer: Part V This week, Bryan Kohberger’s defense team announced that they plan to prove their client wasn’t even at the scene of the crime. Could they actually get him off?

There Goes the Neigh-borhood! In Florida, old-guard horse-lovers and new-money developers are duking it out for the soul of Wellington

Super Star Power More than half a century after Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol hooked up, their mystique endures. Now Edie’s sister Alice is making sense of it all

Tommy Supreme and the Blitz Tom Goldstein was a star in arguing cases before the Supreme Court. He was also one of the world’s highest-rolling—and most reckless—poker players. Then his worlds collided

The Whistleblowing Wife Gaslit, starring Julia Roberts, tells the story of Martha Mitchell, the first and most improbable person to publicly accuse Nixon over Watergate

The Alien and the Fawn Accusations of sexual harassment upended the career of award-winning Hollywood composer Danny Elfman. But what really happened between him and his accuser?

The 40-Year Con: Part III Once Spiro Pavlovich became Nicholas Rockefeller, he never dropped the charade, even in private. But beneath the “wonderful man,” as he was described by a Yale Law School classmate, lurked a dark, abusive Mr. Hyde

The King of Lies Separating fact from fiction in the latest, heavily fabricated season of The Crown

Assignment: SinatraPart III Harold Hayes decides that Esquire will be proceeding with or without the cooperation of Sinatra—whom Talese trails to Las Vegas

Assignment: Sinatra
Part II While he waits for an opening into the singer’s inner circle, Gay Talese acquaints himself with “the unhappy ones”

Assignment: Sinatra
Part III Harold Hayes decides that Esquire will be proceeding with or without the cooperation of Sinatra—whom Talese trails to Las Vegas