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Daddy Issues To the outside world, my father was a gifted and accomplished author. To his family, he was a self-destructive and deeply flawed man

By Joe McGinniss Jr.

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Rules of Attraction

The Silver Fox Is Back, Baby! From George Clooney to The White Lotus’s Jason Isaacs, to Canada’s new prime minister, men over the age of 60 are having a moment

By Hilary Rose

T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump is in a dilemma, Kathy Hochul is in a dither, and Steve Bannon is going inside. Plus, the strangest news from around the world

By George Kalogerakis

The Restaurant Life

From Tadpole to Frog Prince For decades, Charles Masson presided over La Grenouille, hosting everyone from Edward R. Murrow to David Rockefeller—not to mention a tricky Truman Capote

By Charles Masson

The View from Here Welcome to Toronto, the West’s newest sanctuary city—for Americans

By Jennifer Gould

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Are Those Socks Bukowski? Celebrated authors don’t have to “go Hollywood” to sell out—they just have to die

By Steve Garbarino

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Golden Girl The spray tan has shed its streaky reputation, and now everyone from Ryan Gosling to Jennifer Lawrence is going under the gun

By Lauren Bans

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Lily McInerny In a starring role alongside Chloë Sevigny, the 26-year-old brings new energy to a coming-of-age classic

By Carolina de Armas

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Less Was More A new documentary explores the complicated legacy of Jule Campbell, the woman behind the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

By Terry McDonell

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Hang It in the Louvre The comics-loving French have turned World Without End, a graphic novel about climate change, into a surprise best-seller

By Peter Conradi

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Table for One Traveling alone, even to one of the world’s most romantic Greek islands, is nothing to fear

By Olivia Petter

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Close-up

E. A. Hanks Tom Hanks’s daughter makes her literary debut with a revelatory memoir

By Elena Clavarino

Sun’s Out, Guns Out

Bullets over East Hampton A shooting range “for the common man” has been accused of peppering the houses of wealthy residents with stray bullets. Who’ll wave the white flag first?

By Carrie Monahan

Books

Bright Young Things

By Tom Scocca

The Attention-Whore Index This week’s dross rising to the top includes some old familiar names causing all-new commotions. Who is the unworthiest? You decide!

By George Kalogerakis

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Magda Butrym’s Guide to Warsaw The Polish fashion designer shares her favorite spots in her hometown

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On the Scent During World War II, spies had a little-suspected weapon: perfume. It was used for everything from building an undercover alias to making covert correspondences seem like love letters

By Elyse Graham

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Death in Venice For decades, the Hotel Bauer was a home away from home for the international glitterati. Now it’s a cautionary tale

By Mark Ellwood

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Crank Up the Heat Don’t even think about stripping down to your sports bra—the latest fitness fixation is all about raising your body temperature

By Sean Russell

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Tuscany on the Thames Started as a lunch canteen for the architects upstairs, Ruthie Rogers’s River Cafe has shaped The Way We Eat Now—and launched the careers of countless chefs

By Mark Rozzo

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The Preppy Crack-Up

By Michael Knox Beran

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Portfolio

The Nine Lives of Lillian Bassman Colleague to Alexey Brodovitch, friend to Richard Avedon and Irving Penn … an exhibition in New York celebrates the postwar fashion photographer and art director

By Ruth Peltason

T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Can professional victims HarMeg™ once again hang on to their No. 1 ranking? It’s up to them. But also up to you! Plus: news of the week that’s not to be missed

By George Kalogerakis

Coupling

The Great Divide The most unexpected—and controversial—new trend in self-care? Scheduling a midlife divorce

By Alina Dizik

Calder on Their Minds A Seattle power-collector couple’s love for the great American artist of suspended sculptures reaches new heights at the Seattle Art Museum

By Osman Can Yerebakan

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