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When Life Gives You Lemons … Produced by Pauline Chalamet and directed by Rachel Walden, the short film Lemon Tree is inspired by a true story from Walden’s grandfather’s childhood

By Clara Molot

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Smoke and Mirrors

Quit Doing That! Smoking cessation has never looked better, thanks to these new products and therapies

By Hannah Baxter

Air Mail Diary

Are Artists Brexiting London? And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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Air Mail Diary

Mel Gibson Wants Your Forgiveness And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

Books

Ellroy Confidential

By Paul Franz

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The Not-so-Dolce Vita

Scandal in Venice Behind a glamorous façade of art galas and gallery openings, the handsome scion of the historic Bauer Hotel family was allegedly running a sham gynecologic practice, filming women for porn

By Elena Clavarino

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Style

Full Circle Following a career as a model, and a marriage to music legend Jimmy Iovine, Liberty Ross is reimagining her family business by bringing roller-skating to Rockefeller Center

By Laura Craik

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The Perfect Ending

Brooke Garber Neidich The Sidney Garber Fine Jewelry designer answers 71 of life’s most pressing questions

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Book Reviews

End of Empire

By Max Carter

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But First …

The View from Here Bootlegging, drug dealing, Airbnb-ing. Diplomats abandoned by their countries turn to unusual trades to keep the consular lights burning

By John Beck

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Photography

Magnum Opus A new book celebrates the history and legacy of the Magnum Photos cooperative with work by Eve Arnold, Werner Bischof, René Burri, Martin Parr, and Alessandra Sanguinetti

By Elena Clavarino

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Air Mail Diary

Two More Prince Andrew Dramas And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

The Food World

Dishy! With $300,000 salaries, first-class travel, and endless opportunities to work with caviar, it’s boom times for private chefs

By Alexandra Wolfe

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Crime and Punishment

The Man in the Lineup: Part III Anthony Broadwater was convicted of the 1981 rape of novelist Alice Sebold. After serving 16 and a half years, he was found innocent. Now he has a new set of worries

By Howard Blum

Air Mail Diary

Cracking the Code of Taylor Swift And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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What a Prick

The Big Shrink Is the era of overfilled hot-dog-bun lips reaching its peak? Stop your pouting!

By Brennan Kilbane

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But First …

The View from Here Where the 1960s had love and the 1980s greed, the 2020s are quickly being defined by anger. Forget the Roaring 20s—welcome to the Raging 20s!

By Bruce Handy

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Smoke and Mirrors

Designer Drugs A fashion designer who got his start with Oscar de la Renta is adding high style to his marijuana dispensary, and it’s attracting an unlikely clientele

By Bridget Foley

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Skin in the Game

Touch and Glow Is the humble safflower the next big miracle worker in skin care? We go to Japan with a hope and a prayer

By Brennan Kilbane

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Air Mail Diary

Not All Is What It Seems to Be in Gwyneth’s Home And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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Air Mail Diary

Controversy over The Crown (the Show, Not Charles) And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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Kiss and Makeup

Powder to the People Leave that cakey, thick talc in the dust and embrace the new lightweight, almost creamy formulations

By Danielle Cohen

Real Estate

The Canceled-Man Discount For some buyers, a public figure’s shaming presents a great opportunity: a real-estate bargain

By Andrew Zucker

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Highlight

Stranger than Fiction Teatro Nuovo gives Carolina Uccelli’s lone surviving opera, Anna di Resburgo, a long-overdue second shot

By Matthew Gurewitsch

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The View from Here Rich Cohen had always felt ambivalent about his name—until he attended a convention of Richard Cohens

By Rich Cohen

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