Royals
The Biopic Woman
Good Material, Bad Girl A much-troubled film about Madonna is finally in the works—but can it survive its subject’s notorious perfectionism and boorish manners?
Tech and Consequences
Call Me Maybe They’re in our beds, our meetings, and our meals, chipping away at intimacy and connection. Here, seven ways to break your worst phone habits
Yanks on the Loose
Great Scot! Americans, making up a growing share of St. Andrews’s student body, are transforming the quiet university once attended by William and Kate into a beer-pong-playing college campus
Little Britain
Blood Feud of the Beckhams Legal notices! Blocked on Instagram! The family fight between Brooklyn Beckham and his parents has escalated dramatically
Sweat, Lies, and Videotape
Interview with a Dumpster Fire Prince Andrew’s hilariously awful Jeffrey Epstein interview is being retold in a documentary, a mini-series, and a film. Can there ever be too much of a good thing?
Film
The Rise and Rise of Ziggy Stardust Moonage Daydream is the far-out, maximalist documentary David Bowie would have wanted
A Very Spanish Scandal
To Blackmail a King The former mistress of Spain’s exiled monarch, Juan Carlos, forced her 13-year-old son to photograph and video her royal romps in order to extort millions of dollars in hush money from the Spanish state
The Front Lines
Eulogy for Palmyra As one of the last photographers to capture the ancient city before its destruction by the Islamic State, 89-year-old Sir Don McCullin returns for what he says is the last time
But First …
The View from Here The war in Ukraine has not only killed and displaced millions of people but tens of thousands of horses, too
