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The View from Here Tel Aviv diary: a visit to Israel in a state of war

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BioHacker

My Scan, My Self Is a $2,499 M.R.I. the apex of preventive health care, a whole-body scam, or something in between?

Past is Prologue

From Anthem to Elegy Six gifted young poets signed up to fight in World War I. In their disillusionment, Michael Korda sees a cautionary tale for our time


Wandering Eyes

The Blind Gallerist Johann König was the king of the Berlin art world, until #MeToo allegations threatened his reign

Film Classics

Sinatra in the Jungle On the 70th anniversary of Mogambo, John Ford’s 1950s adultery epic set in Africa, a behind-the-scenes look at its stars—Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, and Ava Gardner, married to Frank Sinatra at the time

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Literary Matters

The Hard-Crusted Softy in Winter, Part II Ten years after Gore Vidal’s death, the one biographer to remain friendly with the prickly master reveals poignant details of his final years

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School for Scandal

Skeletons in the Closet The culture wars have come for Skull and Bones, Yale’s most prestigious—and mysterious—secret society

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American Invasion

The Oracle of Oxford Larry Ellison, who surpassed Elon Musk last week to become the world’s richest man, is transforming the city into the new Silicon Valley

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Books

Buying Basquiat Long before Andy Warhol, known for championing Jean-Michel Basquiat, there was Stéphane Janssen—a Belgian art collector in Beverly Hills who recognized the young artist’s genius early on

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Laughing Matters

The Sway of Peter Sellers Woody Allen, Christopher Guest, and Geoffrey Rush recall the influence of the great comic actor, who was born 100 years ago

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Book Excerpt

Emperor of the New Order How a promising young director gave up a comfortable life in Hollywood—and gained true creative freedom for a new generation of filmmakers. An exclusive excerpt from The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

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The Criminal Element

Londongrad’s Laundromat Kensington mansions and Premier League football clubs—how did London become the money-washing capital of the world?

Books

Virginia Giuffre’s Last Words An explosive account of alleged abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew is seeing the light of day six months after Giuffre’s suicide


Great Lives

Bruce McCall With his deadpan surrealism, superior wit, and perfect timing, the satirical artist and writer left an indelible mark on everything he touched, from National Lampoon to The New Yorker and Vanity Fair

Great Lives

Walter Mirisch Raised in the era of silent movies, the Some Like It Hot producer, whose films won 28 Oscars, started out as an usher in a New Jersey theater

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Fifty Shades of Antiquity

A Cavalcade of Depravity Shakespearean actors, Penthouse Pets, 3,000 Roman costumes, 450 gallons of fake blood, and Gore Vidal. Was Caligula the most ambitious porno ever made—or the raunchiest historical epic?

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Film

Kevin Costner’s Post Apocalypse The Postman was meant to be the Oscar winner’s magnum opus—instead it became the tale of a superstar’s self-indulgence

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Film and Television

His Last Picture Show My Year with Peter Bogdanovich

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A Secret History

Devil’s Bargain A 2004 visit with the future Nobel laureate Alice Munro left me with a slightly uneasy feeling. Now I know why

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The Criminal Element

The Talented Dr. Gray As priceless heirlooms disappeared from the homes of Newport bluebloods and Georgetown ambassadors, Lawrence Gray remained above suspicion—and on the guest list

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Oral History

Furor over the Führer Jerry Lewis’s unfinished film, The Day the Clown Cried, was long considered the last word in Holocaust-related bad taste. And then along came Heil Honey I’m Home!, an I Love Lucy–like sitcom about Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun

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Travel

Discovering Genoa Formerly known as one of Europe’s grungiest port cities, Genoa is now welcoming travelers who seek an authentically Italian vacation

Portfolio

The Downtown Set A list of the 50 young New Yorkers who are remaking Lower Manhattan in their own image


Domestic Terrorism

Death on the North Atlantic Nathan Carman allegedly killed his grandfather for cash. When that ran out, he took his mother out to sea. Only one of them came back

Weighty Issues

The Hunger Game Is fasting a longevity tool or a socially acceptable type of disordered eating? Over five long days, one brave soul investigates

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