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Stage and Screen

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

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Book Reviews

Muscle Memory

Close-up

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


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

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Art-World Squabbles

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Un-Maintenance Steve McQueen’s granddaughter is suing for ownership of a $68 million Jackson Pollock painting, which the actor allegedly swapped for a motorcycle that never appeared

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Film Classics

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

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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

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 …


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

Lights Out!

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

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Seeing Red

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

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

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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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Modern Times

Child’s Pay Entrepreneurial teenagers are swapping traditional after-school activities for side hustles, from content editing to crypto investing

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Corrupt politicians face off against British royalty and Hollywood stars for your attention this week

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Inspector Gadget

Landing Gear A new old way to see, and photograph, the world; the speakers giving Meta a good name; the device that senses when there’s trouble in the air; and more

Sugar, Baby

Gummy Scare Gummies deliver your vitamins, sleep treatments, and weed in sweet bites. But there’s a side effect no one anticipated


Books

Mourning Person

The Beautiful Game

Soccer’s New Footprint For Forest Green Rovers, the world’s first carbon-neutral soccer team, bringing politics into the sport hasn’t played out exactly as the team’s super-rich owner had hoped

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