Air Mail

Chris Whittle’s Teachable Moment The charter-school entrepreneur went from being one of the most acclaimed operators in the education sphere to losing everything. Will he be able to make a comeback?

By William D. Cohan

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Style

Michael Bargo’s Holiday Gift Guide The interior designer recommends the items that will elevate every corner of your home, including Italian teacups, Art Deco ashtrays, and the one thing you can purchase only in Paris

By Michael Bargo

Double Feature

The Mafia’s Dark Knights With Robert De Niro playing both leading roles, Barry Levinson’s exhilarating The Alto Knights depicts the real-life clash of the Mafia titans Vito Genovese and Frank Costello

By Michael Sragow

Retail Therapy

The Zitomer Mystique Why can’t every pharmacy be as happiness-inducing as this fancy drugstore on New York’s Upper East Side?

By Emilia Petrarca

The Place to Be For a few short years in the 1970s, New Times magazine punched way above its weight, tackling the big issues of the day while elevating a new generation of writers

By Alex Belth

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Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a memoir from a trial attorney for the rich and infamous, a novel about naughty aristocrats, and the history of Billionaires’ Row

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Breaking the Bank The victim of an international crypto-currency scam details how she was drawn into the OneCoin fraud, and why the woman behind the scheme landed on the F.B.I.’s 10 Most Wanted list

By Jennifer McAdam

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The Rolling Stones, Out of Time On the heels of Hackney Diamonds, the Rolling Stones’ first original studio album in 18 years, a new book collects rare and never-before-seen images of the band, photographed by Bill Wyman, Terry O’Neill, and others

By Henry McGrath

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The Attention-Whore Index Ron DeSantis wades into Israel, Jada Pinkett Smith comes clean on her marriage, and Donald Trump gets gagged but not bound. (We wish!) Come one, come all! And vote for the biggest Attention Whore!

By George Kalogerakis

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The Cowboy King of Hollywood How Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan went from a struggling actor living in a one-bedroom apartment to the recipient of an unprecedented $1 billion television contract

By Will Pavia

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Natalie Portman Takes to the Pitch And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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Travel

Northern Exposure Looking for style, hygge, and value, travelers are flocking to Scandinavia—and the hotels are rising to the occasion

By Mary Holland

Sex, Drugs, and Photography

Dance Therapy Forty years ago, renowned music photographer Lynn Goldsmith created a cult-hit music album with the help of Carly Simon, Sting … and Warren Beatty

By Spike Carter

Kiss and Makeup

Missing the Marc What ever happened to Marc Jacobs Beauty? The makeup line once loved by Emily Ratajkowski, Aubrey Plaza, and seemingly everyone on the Internet suddenly disappeared. Now maybe, just maybe, it’s coming back again …

By Brennan Kilbane

Some Strings Attached The little-known story of a wartime British ambassador who appeased Adolf Hitler but saw the error of his ways

By Charles Spicer

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The World’s Most Expensive Face-Lift What does half a million dollars’ worth of plastic surgery get you? We peek beneath the bandages

By Jolene Edgar

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Bombs Away!

By Nicolas Rapold

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Donald Trump, Party Crasher Dana Brown was plucked from his bartending post to work at Vanity Fair in its golden era. One of his jobs was manning the door at dinner parties—and keeping the uninvited out

By Dana Brown

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Eye of the Beholder Whether it’s real (Barbra), prosthetic (Bradley), or doctored (every third Instagram influencer), the nose is having a moment. Our beauty-and-wellness reporter sniffs around Hollywood

By Linda Wells

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Are We There Yet? After two years of limbo, the gap year is back. One hardened traveler offers up all the overly detailed, tried-and-tested advice your teen should know but will inevitably ignore

By Caitlin Moran

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Behind Closed Doors Claims of questionable business ethics and sexual improprieties at Carpenters Workshop, the art world’s most prestigious design gallery, reveal a company flying dangerously close to the sun

By Elena Clavarino

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Eight Questions

One Thing Ledes to Another The longtime New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin discusses his early years in journalism, humor in the Internet era, and his new essay collection, The Lede

By Jim Kelly

Hot on the Presses

The Lady’s Not for Turning Emma Tucker, the first woman to lead The Wall Street Journal, has taken on Donald Trump—by publishing his intimate letter to Jeffrey Epstein—and she isn’t backing down

By Michael Savage

Books

Facing the Music

By Joanne Kaufman

So Much More than a Wedding This season, “non-wedding weddings”—think short ceremonies, long parties, and far-flung locales—are all the rage, and brides have taken the assignment to heart

By Elena Clavarino

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