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Letter from L.A.

The Battle for Chinatown In Los Angeles, the forces of gentrification face up against the long-term residents

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Television

All About Andy The former editor of Warhol’s Interview magazine on what Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix series, The Andy Warhol Diaries, gets right and wrong


When Putsch Comes to Shove

Skeletons in the Closet The exposure of neo-Nazi elements in German law enforcement is a shock—but not a surprise, to those who have been paying attention

Adventures in Journalism

The Bastard Sons of Hunter S. Thompson In an excerpt from his memoir, the former Viacom and MTV C.E.O. recalls getting pitched by Vice’s infamous co-founder, Shane Smith

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Landing Gear

The Sun God A sundial for the stars! The bike light that’s visible from a mile away! Headphones that even the hard of hearing can appreciate! And more …

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Inside Story

Jackie Kennedy, on Candid Camera Before marrying J.F.K., Jackie transformed a staid newspaper column into “the best escapist literature” in Washington

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Air Mail Diary

New Clues in the Notorious Lord Lucan Murders? And other strange news about these curious days …

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Great Lives

A Man in Full As a stylist, artist, photographer, and filmmaker, Michael Roberts defied convention at every turn

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Landing Gear

Droning On The eye in the sky you’ve always dreamed of! Search-by-image software that beats out Google! A Breville coffee-maker that makes everything, from iced coffee to hot chocolate! And more …

Books

Confessions of a Barneys-a-holic


Disappearing Act

The Country That Never Was The Hindu nation of Kailasa is making friends across the world. Such a shame it doesn’t exist

Film

What a Glorious Feeling! Seventy years after Singin’ in the Rain splashed its way through theaters, it remains perhaps the greatest movie musical ever made

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Open Book

Gordon Parks’s Church Diaries In honor of Black History Month, a new coffee-table book collects never-before-seen images taken by the American photojournalist and civil-rights advocate during a 1953 assignment in Chicago for Life magazine

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Landing Gear

The Bed That Rocks A $115,000 musical bed with five-star-hotel provenance to put you at the center of the action! A powerful mini–chain saw to help keep your backyard in check! And more …

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Under the Influence

Show Me the Money After Sofia Richie Grainge fashioned herself as the dewy duchess of quiet luxury, brands leapt to partner with her. Has the influencer game reached its peak?

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Scandal

Mayhem at the Med Spa Med spas are popping up across the country. But do you know what’s really in those syringes and whether the person holding them is licensed?

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Great Lives

Architecture with the Power of Art Frank Gehry, more than anyone since Frank Lloyd Wright, made cutting-edge buildings that were genuinely popular

Hollywood Lives

When Film Set the Fashion Theadora Van Runkle—the costume designer behind Bonnie and Clyde, Bullitt, and The Thomas Crown Affair—defined Hollywood cool


Open Book

“Hold It Right There … ” With a devoted following among the fashion crowd—and a girlfriend in Kate Moss—Nikolai von Bismarck is London’s photographer of the moment

Modern Times

Drop the Diet … … and pick up the needle. The latest trend in weight loss among the .01-percenters is pricey but highly effective injectables

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