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The Hotel World

Somewhere Man Pablo Carrington operates some of the world’s best hotels according to one simple rule: whatever a multi-national brand would do, he does the opposite

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Air Mail Diary

A Very WAG-ish Scandal? And other strange news about these curious days …

Publish and Perish

Surprise Ending When former Simon & Schuster C.E.O. Richard Snyder died last week, he left two things in his wake: a legacy as a difficult but revolutionary publisher, and a fourth wife who wanted it all


Close-up

Owen Teague The young star of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes discusses acting with C.G.I. and making it in Hollywood

Landing Gear

The Nice List AIR MAIL’s tech-and-gadget czar reviews hundreds of devices, contraptions, and gizmos each year. For the sake of simplifying your holiday shopping, he’s chosen the best ones

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Landing Gear

Closing the Captions The soundbar so effective that you can shut off subtitles once and for all! A pendulum clock for the Digital Age! Headphones that work underwater! And more …

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Book Excerpt

The Artful Dodger In his early 20s, Orlando Whitfield befriended Inigo Philbrick, an ambitious young art dealer. Over the next 15 years, his pal defrauded clients to the tune of $86 million

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Skiing for the 1 Percent

Moving Mountains Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is transforming Utah’s Powder Mountain into a private members’ club. Is he the ski resort’s savior or its saboteur?

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A Good Sport

The Last Renaissance Man Ely Callaway went from running the Burlington textile company to founding ultra-successful wine and golf businesses—all while hiding a lifelong secret

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A Literary Companion

The Last Days of Joan Didion Cory Leadbeater looked after the author in her final days—and after them, too

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Film

Superman’s Homecoming Will a divided America embrace the return of a kind superhero long known for championing peace and standing with immigrants?

Air Mail Diary

Russia’s Rich Hunt for New Homes Plus, are Swedes rude? And other strange news about these curious days …


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The View from Here The latest victim of crypto hype? Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper

Ticket to Ride

Cycling’s Fresh Blood Whether you’re an e-bike believer or prefer to pedal it out the old-fashioned way, three start-ups are breathing new life into the Victorian-era invention

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Artistic License

Julian Schnabel’s Cutting Edge Despite commercial success and a body of work that now spans more than five decades, the artist is just as irritable and unimpressed as ever

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Inspector Gadget

Landing Gear An automated terrarium for even the most hopeless of plant-lovers; a streaming device that’s built to move; a power adapter big enough for an army (and 200 countries); and more

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Billionaires in Rut

Billion-Dollar Babies When a plush-toy tycoon with a real-estate fetish bumps up against Bill Gates, hospitality goes out the window

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Hollywood

A Raging Bull’s Fighting Words Robert De Niro has a new baby and a celebrated new film—his 10th with Martin Scorsese—but what the acclaimed actor really wants to discuss is the crazy and absurd phenomenon of Donald Trump

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Artistic License

Sick or Genius? Directors can’t stop making movies about tortured artists

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An Enduring Mystery

The Shooting of Pretty Boy Melvin Was Sean “Diddy” Combs’s father murdered by the Gambino crime family?

Book Reviews

The Girls Next Door


T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump goes all Smokey Bear, George Santos rears his ugly head (again), and the My Pillow founder loses his legal cushion. C’mon, put your faith in AIR MAIL’s electoral college and vote already!

Wheels of Injustice

The Apostate Trump’s dead-eyed hatchet man in the Justice Department, Emil Bove III, has attacked the very office that taught him the law—and betrayed the ideals he once espoused

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