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Pretty Women

By Joanne Kaufman

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Knives Out!

Forever Young Face-lift maestro Dr. Gerald Imber has been preaching the gospel of early intervention for decades. Now, thanks to TikTok, twentysomethings are actually listening

By Brennan Kilbane

Film

Divided We Fail Alex Garland’s Civil War hurtles through the ravaging violence and chilling anomie of a Disunited States

By Michael Sragow

Going Electric

An Intriguing New Model Tesla aficionados who have lost their appetite for Elon Musk are turning to Lucid

By Laura Neilson

The Attention-Whore Index The Trump nominees pile up, Elon Musk gets down, and Matt Gaetz circles the drain

By George Kalogerakis

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Fifty Shades of White A Robert Ryman retrospective goes up at David Zwirner’s Hong Kong outpost, marking the monochrome painter’s first solo exhibition in Greater China

By Spike Carter

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Gaëtan Bruel Ahead of Bastille Day, the French cultural counselor discusses how New York’s Villa Albertine was born, and the novel approach it’s taking to artists’ residency programs

By Lim May Zhee

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Murder, They Wrote This month’s mystery books take on the subject of war from all angles—and places, from the English countryside to Egypt

By Lisa Henricksson

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The Sussex Survivors’ Club The trauma. The truths. The tears. The second installment of Harry & Meghan goes full-blown reality TV

By Hilary Rose

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Best Seats in the House

By Osman Can Yerebakan

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The Property-Whore Index Billionaires like nothing better than getting into property battles with their equally rich neighbors. This week we chart the worst offenders

By George Kalogerakis

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Air Mail Diary

A Ritzy Paris Building Where Millionaires Will Live Next to Former Homeless People And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

Internal Affairs

That’s Hot? New laser treatments aimed at the nether regions make all sorts of promises. But not all patients achieve a happy ending

By Judith Newman

Great Lives

The Godfather of Punk As the glam lead singer of the New York Dolls, David Johansen changed music forever

By Legs McNeil

The Cat’s Meow As Julie Newmar turns 90, a look back at the siren of stage and screen

By David Downton

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Waiting for Godet A mysterious briefcase! A retirement-home breakout! A next-gen perfumer’s quest to revive her family’s storied fragrance house has been a wild ride

By Jade Angeles Fitton

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Last Round at Margaritaville Some of Jimmy Buffett’s friends remember the man who had many

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A Journal of the Plague Year

By Pico Iyer

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Netflix to Harry and Meghan: You Work for Us, You Know And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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The Cult Around the Corner For nearly 30 years, a fringe psychologist exerted total control over the lives of his followers. His not-so-secret headquarters? A town house on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

By Daphne Merkin

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The Other Ivana Guess whom I befriended in rehab in Malibu?

By Ivana Lowell

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Adventures in Journalism

Assignment: Sinatra A legendary editor. A recalcitrant writer. And a subject that was both man and myth. The story behind the writing of what became known as the greatest magazine profile ever

By Gay Talese

Adventures in Journalism

The Chairman in Profile Gay Talese and Edward Sorel, the writer and illustrator of “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,” on the origins, aftermath, and eventual sanctification of the greatest profile in magazine history

By Mark Rozzo

Books

Front Lines

By Lora Kelley

The Attention-Whore Index A warlord, a king, and a short-fingered vulgarian compete for the No. 1 ranking. Which blackguard rules them all? Plus: strange news from across the world

By George Kalogerakis

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