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Gia Kuan’s Guide to Seoul The New York publicist and founder of Gia Kuan Consulting shares her go-to spots in one of her favorite cities

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The Big Fail


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The Womb Boom Once merely expensive, surrogacy has become a luxury arms race, with private equity snapping up clinics, agencies, and egg banks. Can a new $600,000 white-glove service really be worth it?

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Invasion of the Bodyworkers The planned 236-acre Six Senses luxury wellness retreat in the Hudson Valley has many locals feeling very un-Zen

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Celebrity Skin

Coming Clean People told her she was dirty. After years of frustration, Scarlett Johansson tackled the problem head-on—and now watch her glow

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Close-up

Thomas Doherty After playing cheeky bad boys in High Fidelity and Gossip Girl, the 29-year-old actor is taking on a much darker role in his first indie film, Dandelion

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Inside Story

Cutting Through the Noise From Homer’s singing Sirens to Doctor Who’s sonic screwdriver, sound as a deadly weapon has long captivated our imagination. But have we overlooked its true dangers?

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Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a chronicle of rebuilding the World Trade Center, an ode to the Bronx, a look at Venice’s foremost geographer, and a Tchaikovsky biography

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Open Book

Eyes on the City Evelyn Hofer’s photographs of New York, Paris, and Dublin offer a look at 1950s-and-1960s-era city life and its evocative street scenes

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The View from Here The Olympic Village by the Seine provided city planners with a chance to create a new, socially equitable, and eco-friendly neighborhood

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Restaurant Life

Le Coucou Confidential From a New York City maître d’, an inside look into what critics mean for restaurants—and how owners steel themselves for the dreaded reviews

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The Look From Here

Baby Face Pricey serums and high-end night creams aren’t just for grown women anymore—meet the new consumers who are raiding the skin-care aisles

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Adventures in Journalism: Part II

The Man in the White Suit Is Back With his pyrotechnic prose and clinical dissecting of social mores, Tom Wolfe was the pre-eminent chronicler of the United States in the late 20th century. Now, five years after his death, he’s back in the public eye

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Crime and Punishment

The Man in the Lineup: Part IV Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in jail for a rape he didn’t commit. Nearly 40 years later comes a precisely calculated payback

The Seasoned Traveler

Diplo The D.J., music producer, and frequent flier details his travel routine

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