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VANITIES • Bridget Jones isn’t the only one who’s mad about LEO WOODALL
The Great ESCAPE • Winter blues be gone with time in far-off lands and these fashionable pick-me-ups
Sonic BOOM
Cinema VERITÉ • At Art Basel Paris, Miu Miu reaffrms its support of women in film
Varsity LETTERS • A fanciful book makes the case for the lost art of correspondence
Six Pack • Powerful memoirs of creation and self-examination
Arty PEOPLE • At LACMA’s 13th annual Art+Film Gala, presented by Gucci, the museum seemed to host half of Hollywood—and raised more than $6.4 million
Coming HOMME • ROBERT PATTINSON has been the face of Dior Homme for more than a decade. With a brand-new fragrance campaign and a leading role in Mickey 17, the actor takes a moment to reflect
All Tied UP
Behind THE PODIUM • As President Biden’s barrier-breaking press secretary leaves the White House, she considers the ups and downs of being a first
The Californians • Ensconced in their cozy Montecito mansion, Harry and Meghan are living the California dream, raising their own little prince and princess. By all accounts, the love is real. But five years after their break with the monarchy, their foray into moguldom has not always been a smooth ride
Girls, INTERRUPTED • Nestled in the Berkshires, with a pedigree dating back to 1898, MISS HALL’S SCHOOL appears to be a cocoon of safety and formative tutelage for its students, all of them young women. But for decades, an alleged sexual predator operated on campus. Now alumnae are speaking out in hopes of holding their former teacher—and the school—accountable
Red Hot • There’s no one in Hollywood—or anywhere else, probably—like NATASHA LYONNE. Her wry, wrenching work in Poker Face, His Three Daughters, and Russian Doll has brought an indie favorite into the spotlight
THE SQUATTER OF POINT DUME • SURE, LET A NEIGHBOR USE THE GUEST ROOM FOR A FEW NIGHTS WHAT COULD GO WRONG? A LOT, AS A SERIES OF UNSUSPECTING RESIDENTS LEARNED AFTER ONE WOMAN ALLEGEDLY EXPLOITED CALIFORNIA’S TENANCY LAWS TO TURN CASUAL STAYS INTO PROTRACTED EVICTION WARS IN AN EXCLUSIVE MALIBU ENCLAVE
The Mary Poppins of Mulholland Drive • When I was nine, Lara Flynn Boyle was my father’s sweetheart—and my best friend
A KILLER VIEW • When an heiress to the L.L. Bean fortune noticed that a grove of majestic oaks on her coastal Maine property had died, she cast her suspicions on her neighbors uphill, summer residents who wanted a better view of Camden Harbor. The legal fight that ensued became a town drama that roils to this day
ATLAS SH RUGGED • A brawny bodybuilder with a generous side: Scott Minerd was an atypical Wall Street sage. But as CIO of Guggenheim Partners, he oversaw billions for the firm and made millions for himself. His sudden death shocked even those closest to him and spurred infighting over his $400 million estate
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BEN STILLER • The Severance director (and not-so-secret Trekkie) on Spock ears, becoming a triple threat, and the torment of being a Knicks fan