Air Mail

The Fantastic Ms. Fox Julia Fox’s life has been filled with sex, drugs, and Kanye West. Unbowed and unashamed, she’s now taking on motherhood with the same riotous spirit

By Julia Llewellyn Smith

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Lizzo takes a Mean Girl swerve, Prince Harry keeps getting paid, and Commander won’t stop biting the hand that feeds. Who deserves your vote?

By George Kalogerakis

Scandal

It Never Ends with Them As their frenzied mudslinging intensifies, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni seem to share a single goal: mutually assured destruction

By Stuart Heritage

T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Can anyone dethrone Harry as he looks for his third straight No. 1 ranking? It’s up to you! Plus: news of the week that’s not to be missed

By George Kalogerakis

The View from Here Will a billionaire yachtsman and former Republican become mayor of oh-so-woke Los Angeles?

By Todd S. Purdum

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Hey, Genius Cécile McLorin Salvant sings art songs for the new 20s

By David Yaffe

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Tie One On! AIR MAIL teams up with Chez Dede on a trio of scarves

By David Foxley

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Wagnerian Army Why is Prigozhin’s Russian mercenary force named after Hitler’s favorite 19th-century German composer?

By John Mauceri

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Where Have You Gone, Bill de Blasio? New York City’s former mayor decided not to run for governor, maybe because he had these losers behind him

By John Ficarra

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Director’s Cut In the 1970s, Stanley Kubrick fought to block the publication of The Magic Eye, a book lightly critical of his films. Now, it’s finally getting published

By Dalya Alberge

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Down to Earth

By Nadine Zylberberg

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Books

To All the Demon-Lovers

By Nicolas Rapold

Modern Times

There’s a Nip in the Air Loved, lusted over, and frowned upon throughout history, nipples are making a comeback, thanks largely to a single, ultra-perky bra

By Flora Gill

Air Mail Diary

Is It Bunga-Bunga Time (Again)? And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

Beating Putin’s Propaganda Alex Goldfarb was falsely accused by Russian state media of poisoning his friend Alexander Litvinenko. His long fight for truth finally ended this week

By Alex Goldfarb

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The View from Here Trying out for the Actors Studio was a trial by fire. But holding screen tests for porn films was no breeze, either

By Michael Elias

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A Summer Odyssey Emma Cline has communed with the Manson family and channeled Harvey Weinstein. For her new novel, she infiltrates the Hamptons

By Johanna Berkman

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King of the Costume Drama Amid constant fights, infidelity, and financial woes, James Ivory and his partner, Ismail Merchant, created the most elegant films of the era

By Susannah Butter

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Dream Time Alfresco Way above 96th Street, Shakespeare’s midsummer madness in classical Harlem Renaissance style

By Matthew Gurewitsch

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Life of the Party In celebration of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s 75th birthday, the legendary dancer’s arts center is hosting a day-long concert in upstate New York

By Apollinaire Scherr

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The Troubles of Taffy Brodesser-Akner The author of the best-selling Fleishman Is in Trouble has money issues, religious worries, and anxiety about her next novel. It’s not easy being “the female Philip Roth”

By Julia Llewellyn Smith

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Past is Prologue

Stealing God’s Stuff He is best remembered as the author of the children’s classics Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little. But is E. B. White also the forgotten prophet of our nuclear doom?

By Lesley M. M. Blume

Highlight

Rock v. Wade Singing and abortion rights converge in 1972, a new rock opera from the musician and activist Chadwick Stokes, produced by Laurie David and Sybil Gallagher

By Elena Clavarino

Close-up

Ludovic Nkoth One year after moving to Paris, the 28-year-old artist, known for expressive portraits that center on Blackness, is collaborating with some of France’s most prestigious institutions

By Daniel Penny

A Summer Odyssey Emma Cline has communed with the Manson family and channeled Harvey Weinstein. For her new novel, she infiltrates the Hamptons

By Johanna Berkman

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