Everybody’s Talkin’
How a disruptive new technology—sound—brought an end to the silent era and gave rise to the studio system. An exclusive excerpt from Hollywood: The Oral History
Hello, Doctor?
For just $100, a new online concierge service will connect the procedure-curious with some of the world’s top plastic surgeons and dermatologists
Unoriginal Sinner
Italy’s little-known, highly suspicious history with the same steroids Jannik Sinner tested positive for bodes poorly for the tennis world champion and his massage-table alibi
The Affluenza Set
Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s Gilded Age housewarming party has his Newport neighbors abuzz about his renovations and social ambitions
The Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk’s wealth becomes engorged, Prince Andrew receives a mysterious handout, and Anthony Weiner exposes himself (to ridicule) yet again
Bohemian Rhapsody
The artist Duncan Hannah’s unpublished 1980s diaries chronicle his run-ins with everyone from Bowie and Basquiat to Warren Beatty and a precocious call girl
Master of None
Amid his battle to take back the White House, Donald Trump is in danger of becoming towerless and losing the Manhattan building that made him a star
The Attention-Whore Index
Macron punches for popularity, Trump continues his all-caps insanity, and Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of all sorts of depravity. Plus, the strangest news from around the world
How Hip-Hop Was Made
After photographing London’s nascent punk scene, Janette Beckman moved to New York to chronicle hip-hop’s early days and founding artists—A Tribe Called Quest, Run-DMC, and LL Cool J among them
Eye of the Beholder
Ashley Graham has been body-positive since before it was a buzzword. As one of the most compelling voices in modeling, she has transformed the fashion industry—and she’s just getting started