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Little Britain

Access Denied Quintessentially, the accounting-error-prone concierge company that once organized parties at Buckingham Palace, is reportedly facing a takeover

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Mass Appeal

Uncut Gemstones If the Safdie brothers made a movie about a Christian mega-church, it would look a lot like a Hillsong service

Knives Out!

Extreme Body Makeovers Dr. Ryan Neinstein’s kneecap-to-neck approach to surgery nearly bisects the waist and requires a four-week recovery. Yet people are scrambling for a slot on his schedule


Art

The Art of the Steal Within the world of art thievery, there are those who do it for the money, those who do it because it’s easy … and those who do it because they love it

Eight Questions

Going Viral Ben Smith, the former BuzzFeed editor and New York Times columnist, discusses Fox’s firing of Tucker Carlson, the Gawker–Hulk Hogan scandal, and his new book on the age of disinformation, Traffic

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Tempest in a Martini Glass

Owning the Lits Fringe scholars have long argued that Shakespeare wasn’t really Shakespeare. So why has it suddenly become an article of faith among young conservatives?

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Spring Migration The Ghanian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey brings an iteration of his “Afrogallonism” series to the Venice Architecture Biennale

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It Girl Diaries

The Fantastic Ms. Fox Julia Fox’s life has been filled with sex, drugs, and Kanye West. Unbowed and unashamed, she’s now taking on motherhood with the same riotous spirit

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Lizzo takes a Mean Girl swerve, Prince Harry keeps getting paid, and Commander won’t stop biting the hand that feeds. Who deserves your vote?

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Scandal

It Never Ends with Them As their frenzied mudslinging intensifies, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni seem to share a single goal: mutually assured destruction

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Can anyone dethrone Harry as he looks for his third straight No. 1 ranking? It’s up to you! Plus: news of the week that’s not to be missed

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But First …

The View from Here Will a billionaire yachtsman and former Republican become mayor of oh-so-woke Los Angeles?

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Hey, Genius Cécile McLorin Salvant sings art songs for the new 20s


Style

Tie One On! AIR MAIL teams up with Chez Dede on a trio of scarves

Russia’s Wild Card

Wagnerian Army Why is Prigozhin’s Russian mercenary force named after Hitler’s favorite 19th-century German composer?

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Small Talk

Where Have You Gone, Bill de Blasio? New York City’s former mayor decided not to run for governor, maybe because he had these losers behind him

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Director’s Cut In the 1970s, Stanley Kubrick fought to block the publication of The Magic Eye, a book lightly critical of his films. Now, it’s finally getting published

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Modern Times

There’s a Nip in the Air Loved, lusted over, and frowned upon throughout history, nipples are making a comeback, thanks largely to a single, ultra-perky bra

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Air Mail Diary

Is It Bunga-Bunga Time (Again)? And other strange news about these curious days …

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Anatomy of a Murder

Beating Putin’s Propaganda Alex Goldfarb was falsely accused by Russian state media of poisoning his friend Alexander Litvinenko. His long fight for truth finally ended this week

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The View from Here Trying out for the Actors Studio was a trial by fire. But holding screen tests for porn films was no breeze, either


Bright Young Things

A Summer Odyssey Emma Cline has communed with the Manson family and channeled Harvey Weinstein. For her new novel, she infiltrates the Hamptons

Adventures in Filmmaking

King of the Costume Drama Amid constant fights, infidelity, and financial woes, James Ivory and his partner, Ismail Merchant, created the most elegant films of the era

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