New York
Facing the Music
The Real School of Rock Richard Linklater’s classic 2003 movie starred Jack Black as a dorky but harmless music teacher. The real-life School of Rock founder’s former students tell a more sinister story
Côte d’Azur Confidential
L’Affaire Negresco In her final years, Hotel Negresco owner Jeanne Augier was surrounded by all sorts of interlopers. What’s to become of her $500 million fortune—and one of the crown jewels of the French Riviera?
Kiss and Makeup
Ultra Violet As the fairy-tale life of Violet Grey founder Cassandra Grey enters its next chapter, her business goes back on the block
The Long Run
Changing Places Linda Fairstein put Yusef Salaam in prison for the attack on the Central Park jogger. He was exonerated and is running for office; she is excoriated and living as a pariah
Oral History
30 Years of Friends From Matthew Perry’s addiction issues to David Schwimmer’s leather pants, the creators and actors of the hit sitcom tell the story of how it came to be, three decades after its first episode
Film and Television
The Rules of the Dame Helen Mirren may have turned 80, but she’s still acting—and aging—gracefully. Just don’t call her feisty
Washington Confidential
Tommy Supreme and the Blitz Tom Goldstein was a star in arguing cases before the Supreme Court. He was also one of the world’s highest-rolling—and most reckless—poker players. Then his worlds collided
Washington Confidential
The Whistleblowing Wife Gaslit, starring Julia Roberts, tells the story of Martha Mitchell, the first and most improbable person to publicly accuse Nixon over Watergate
Facing the Music