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Weighty Issues

When “Healthy” Eating Goes Too Far Investigating the troubling rise of orthorexia, a new type of eating disorder

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Style

John and Alexandra Brodie’s Holiday Gift Guide With the help of his middle-school daughter, the former editor of Maisonette and editor of Todd Snyder rounds up the most charming cadeaux for tots, tykes, tweens, and teens

Inspector Gadget

Stirring Developments A hot-chocolate machine you didn’t know you needed; a secret-agent-worthy pair of wireless headphones; the recipe for better flavors; and more


Book Reviews

Back of the House to Full House

Film

Escaping the Fame Trap Josh Hartnett gave up Hollywood stardom for small movies, family life, and a herd of pygmy goats in the British countryside

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Modern Times

Shouting the Odds Taylor Lorenz, a culture-and-technology writer in Los Angeles, receives constant death threats and harassment and has been stalked and humiliated—all for just doing her job

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Inspector Gadget

Peace in a Pod Work in private, in public! The most efficient turntable setup around! Cross your palm with silver! And more …

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Highlight

That 70s Movie Largely improvised by an unruly teenage cast, the 1970 black-and-white film Bronco Bullfrog gets a shiny new restoration

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Unbalancing the Books

Review Bombers The influential, Amazon-owned Web site Goodreads has been infiltrated by scammers and trolls extorting authors and destroying careers—largely targeting Black and L.G.B.T.Q.+ writers. So what now?

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Here Comes the Bribe

Golden Girl As extraordinary corruption allegations whirl around Senator Robert Menendez, his wife, Nadine, has been revealed as the so-called brains of the operation

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Letter from Naples

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Thanks to an influx of art, restaurants, and hotels, Naples, a city long considered too dirty and dangerous to visit, is more popular than ever

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Great Lives

Douglas McGrath After an early job at S.N.L., the high-spirited playwright and filmmaker went on to write the book for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and co-write the screenplay for Bullets over Broadway

High Times

Livin’ la Vida Circoloca Unlike history’s favorite nightclub parties, whose popularity was fleeting, Circoloco—nearly 25 years into its tenure in Ibiza—is cooler than ever


Classics Studies

Cinephilia, Italian-Style How a film festival showing nothing but old movies became an international hit

Facing the Music

Eurovision Gets Serious For decades, the international pop contest was a source of harmless fun for millions. This year, people are bracing for violence

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Air Mail Diary

Snippy and Short-Tempered? It’s Charles (III) in Charge! And other strange news about these curious days …

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Celebrity Skin

Non-Toxic Shock Agent Nateur’s Jena Covello has become one of the Internet’s most vocal proponents of so-called clean beauty. But when she began spreading conspiracy theories, things got dirty

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Landing Gear

A Furry Home Companion The A.I.-powered smart pet that’s way less creepy than you think! Have you considered a second skeleton? A pocket-size tablet that’s better than your Moleskine! And more …

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The Art of the Scam

Jho’s Low Blow How a Malaysian businessman laundered billions, financed The Wolf of Wall Street, looted his country’s state fund, and walked away unscathed—unlike his partners in crime

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Hollywood

Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough Michael Jackson’s legacy has been milked by his lawyer for more than a decade—and it continues to be, with a controversial new biopic in the works

Books

Older and Wiser


Close-up

Ave Maria! She got Rudy Giuliani to fiddle with his crotch in the Borat sequel. Now Maria Bakalova steals the show as Ivana Trump in the new movie The Apprentice

Hidden Heroines A rare-book seller traces the influence of little-known female writers on Jane Austen’s beloved novels, from Pride and Prejudice to Emma

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