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Spite the Power When Larry David invented “the spite store,” he meant it as a joke. But today the concept seems to animate most of American politics

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Books

You Can Call Me Al


A Look Back

Just Glow with It Only partly French and certainly not a sunscreen, Bain de Soleil nevertheless brought a whiff of St. Tropez to the masses

Internal Affairs

What’s Up, Doc? If up to 10 percent of women have polycystic-ovary syndrome, why is it taking patients years to get diagnosed?

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Bohemian Groove

From Tree to Tree The hidden history of London’s most interesting—and complicated—family

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Inside Story

Unusual Suspects The behind-the-scenes story of the making of Casablanca, which hit theaters 80 years ago

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Stage and Screen

Elaine May Speaks! A rare interview, over deviled eggs, at Sardi’s

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Close-up

Mona Pirnot The playwright dishes on how she got David Greenspan to act in her one-man show about, well, David Greenspan

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Music and Lyrics

Stephen Sondheim’s Phantom Menace As a new Sondheim revue opens on Broadway, producer Cameron Mackintosh reflects on their friendship—and on Sondheim’s rivalry with Andrew Lloyd Webber

Troubled Skies

Buckle Up! It wasn’t all that long ago that British Airways was known as “the world’s favorite airline.” Today, some Brits would rather take EasyJet


Film Classics

A Lotta Ins, a Lotta Outs, a Lotta What-Have-Yous The origin—and immortality—of The Big Lebowski

Eight Questions

Weathering the Storm The Pulitzer Prize–winning author and critic Michiko Kakutani discusses disruptive politics, the technology of the future, and her new book, The Great Wave

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump and Elon Musk are aggressively seeking out the spotlight again. If only Xi Jinping would disappear them too

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Bezos and Zuck are sucking up, Prince Andrew is letting Britain down, and it’s all Greek to Kimberly Guilfoyle

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Scandale!

The Dark Side of Alain Delon He played charming but icy characters on-screen. The available evidence suggests that he was one in real life

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The Restaurant Next Door

En Everlasting As New York says good-bye to En Japanese Brasserie, its owner looks back on 20 years spent serving—and partying late into the night with—everyone from Yoko Ono to Q-Tip, Lou Reed, and Martha Stewart

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Landing Gear

The New Sonic Boom The trick to brushing your teeth in 20 seconds flat! A pair of earbuds for the pen-and-paper set! The smartphone you can fix yourself! And more …

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What a Prick

The Filler of the Future American women are flocking to Europe for a first stab at Profhilo, a new moisture-rich injectable that some believe may become as big as Botox

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Lights Out!

Getting Into Bed with Gucci Westman The makeup artist and co-founder of Westman Atelier shares her nighttime routine

Seeing Red

Harvard Henchman Putin’s point person for brokering a Ukraine peace agreement with Trump is a rich, Ivy League smoothie


Yesterday Once More Forty years after Karen Carpenter’s death, a biography of the 1970s superstar explores the singer’s grit and tenacity

Art

The Best Renaissance Artist You’ve Never Heard Of At London’s National Gallery, the first-ever exhibition devoted to Francesco Pesellino’s work goes on view

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