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The Movie Brats For the past 50 years, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg have been collaborators, competitors, critics, and, most incredibly, close friends

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The Making of Charlotte Brontë How a controversial biography of the Jane Eyre author overcame accusations of slander from the novelist’s hellish former headmaster, her critics, and even her father to establish her enduring myth


A Murder in Minneapolis Nordic author Jo Nesbø’s latest thriller, which follows a spree of killings in Minneapolis, comes as the real-life city is in upheaval

Diary of a Flack Catcher ​While male billionaires used Epstein as their pimp, the legendary publicist Peggy Siegal was busy channeling her inner party reporter, sending Epstein unsolicited dispatches from starry gatherings she wasn’t invited to

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The Last Great Media Mogul At 94, Rupert Murdoch—who just launched a new tabloid, California Post—is the last vestige of the golden age of press barons, from Hearst to Pulitzer

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The Curious Case of Mike Lynch A toxic culture—complete with piranha tanks and Bond-villain rooms—ran rampant at the company founded by the British tech tycoon, who died in a freak yacht accident

Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a new history of China’s path to Communism, a re-examination of the Bernie Goetz subway shooting, and McNally Editions’ reprint of a forgotten dark comedy


As I Lay Dying In his second novel following Lincoln in the Bardo, Saunders tells the Dickensian story of an unrepentant industrialist on his deathbed

The Singular Power of Avedon Gabriel García Márquez, Samuel Beckett, Louise Nevelson … an exhibition in Montreal showcases the photographer’s intimate portraits of aging

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Air Supply

L’Amour Fou A wink, a touch of excess, and a few things worth savoring. AIR SUPPLY’s Valentine’s edit is thoughtful, playful, and indulgent—candles that transform the everyday, scents that tease, slippers to linger in, and a scotch worth slowing down for

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Let the Games Begin A century ago, hundreds of American athletes descended upon Paris for the Summer Olympics. Booze, baguettes, brawls—and an epic Opening Ceremony—ensued

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