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French Exit

“All the Romance of Filmmaking Is Gone” Woody Allen on Paris, cancel culture, retirement, and “the whole mortality question”

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The Art of Travel

Bloom Town Before lockdown, Kyoto was overrun with tourists. Now that it’s been reclaimed by the locals, the fun really begins

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Sid Mashburn


The Chelsea Portraits

The Misfits Tony Notarberardino has been a resident of the Chelsea Hotel—and its unofficial photo-portraitist—since 1994

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Delaney Buffett The daughter of the “Margaritaville” singer honors her late father with her new film, Adult Best Friends

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After Hours

A Night Celebrating Adam Nagourney On Tuesday, Gay Talese, Maureen Dowd, Maggie Haberman, and other journalistic swells gathered at a book party hosted by AIR MAIL Co-Editors Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley in celebration of the writer’s new book, a history of The New York Times

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High Times

Unabashedly Arab The war in Gaza has not stopped New York’s Habibi from dishing out Levantine good vibes

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Stranding Out!

Bounce with Me How do some New York women achieve such incredibly lush, shiny, healthy-looking hair? One new arrival steals their secrets

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The Imperfect Ending

Nicholson Baker The award-winning author, who’s written about everything from actual secret government programs to imagined inter-dimensional sex fantasias, reveals a few of his least favorite things

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Shyan Zakeri The Los Angeles native is bringing his favorite childhood burgers—greasy, thin patties—to New York City with his pop-up concept, Shy’s Burgers

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Knives Out!

Breast Strokes Smaller implants have given rise to a new surgical procedure, and even some exotic dancers are fans

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Dodging Bullets Trump has a long history of surviving sex scandals, bankruptcies, criminal investigations, impeachments, lawsuits—and now this


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Clarence Maclin In his breakout role, the formerly incarcerated actor stars alongside Colman Domingo and Paul Raci in the semi-biographical film Sing Sing

The Long Run

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

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Open Book

Mad About the Girl A new coffee-table book collects the photographer Sam Shaw’s never-before-seen pictures of his longtime friend and muse, Marilyn Monroe

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The Real Deal

Diary of a Southern Grande Dame Patricia Altschul—the richer-than-God, twice-divorced Charleston matriarch who inspired Parker Posey’s White Lotus character—tells all on her run-ins with royals, Trump, and America’s gilded circles

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Food and Wine

The Last Front-of-House Man For five decades, Ken Aretsky has defied New York restaurant odds by making charm, simplicity, and elegance the first orders of business

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Inside Story

The Connecticut Way of Death How my investigation into the disappearance of mother of five Jennifer Dulos went from In Cold Blood to Madame Bovary


The Perfect Ending

Stephen Fry The actor, writer, comedian, and director answers 45 of life’s most pressing questions

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Nick Kroll The force behind Kroll Show and Big Mouth shares his least favorite things

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