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What Do We Want from Our Child Stars?
Still, Master Betty ruled the little province of Parnassus devoted to underage thespians until the advent of Shirley Temple—and it’s some…
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Beauty
The New Quiet Luxury? Actual Quiet
Anyone who lives in a city like New York knows all too well that the most precious commodity is silence. Like any longtime New Yorker, I…
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My Time With Angela Lansbury
It began simply enough. I was laid off from a syndicated television talk show, a blessing disguised as a reorganization. I’d started…
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The End of a Marriage—Explained Through the Gifts That Sustained It
If I’d known it would be the last ever gift I would give my husband, I’d have chosen something better. It was March 2020, and on the day…
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Nicole Wittenberg’s Sweeping Landscapes Take Root at Acquavella
But just as Wittenberg’s DP hero Ballhaus went for image over narrative, she eschews a prescriptive reading of her art. Think of the…
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‘I Just Like Her.’ Ethan Coen and Aubrey Plaza Keep Collaborating in ‘Let’s Love!’
Letting loose wasn’t the only invitation Let’s Love! offered Plaza. During the first week of rehearsals, Coen pulled her aside and asked…
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V. R. Lang, a Forgotten Queen Bee of Modern Poetry
Candidly. The past, the sensations of the past. Now! in cuneiform, of umbrella satrap square-carts with hotdogs and onions of red syrup…
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‘Knees Are a Private Business’: Bill Nighy on Good Trousers, Terrible Advice, and His Love of Knitwear
My first introduction to Bill Nighy came via the vaguely lecherous “washed-up pop star” he so expertly plays in the backbone of the…
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How Beverly’s, the Art World’s Favorite DIY Bar, Made Its Triumphant Return
A place just as likely to host a zine fair as it is a late-night DJ set or a political meetup, Beverly’s is a 21st-century Cheers for a…
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19 Thoughts I Had About the New Trailer for ‘All’s Fair’
While I’m a few franchises behind on Ryan Murphy’s horror fare (I stopped keeping up when Sarah Paulson was a traumatized 1950s lesbian…
Beauty
The 7 Biggest Takeaways From Netflix’s ‘Victoria Beckham’
In 2007, Victoria caused quite the kerfuffle when she attended a Marc Jacobs show. Marc wrote her a letter afterward, asking her to be in…
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Season 2 Update: Five Years Later
After nearly twenty-three years behind bars, Curtis Flowers was freed, in part due to In the Dark’s reporting. Now he’s back in Winona,…
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Why Does Taylor Swift Think She’s Cursed?
Since Taylor Swift launched the record-breaking Eras Tour, in 2023—a hundred and forty-nine dates, fifty-one cities, more than two billion…
Beauty
What Does it Mean to Be a Superhero Now? At the Met Opera, Contemporary Artists Offer Their Answer
Last Sunday, New York’s Metropolitan Opera celebrated not one, not two, but three openings. There was “Behind the Seams: Costuming the…
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Mariah Carey’s New Era Is ‘All About Me’
I loved all the different instrumentation on the album. What did you want the sound of this album to be? During the songs with Anderson…
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The Biggest Celebrity Engagements of 2025—So Far
There’s no denying that celebrity engagements in 2025 have become some of the world’s most buzz-worthy news. Every time we open up our…
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Rihanna Gives Birth to Her Third Child—and It’s a Girl!
Congratulations are in order for Rihanna and A$AP Rocky. The celebrity couple has welcomed their third child, as confirmed by an Instagram…
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Dull Hair and Itchy Scalp? A Clarifying Shampoo Can Help
The best clarifying shampoo can completely transform a lackluster shower routine, deep cleansing hair, exfoliating the scalp, and…
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Rose Dommu on Her Debut Novel ‘Best Woman,’ the Trans ’90s Rom-Com Update We Deserve
Some books feel destined to be optioned. Take journalist and author Rose Dommu’s debut novel, Best Woman—about Julia, a bisexual trans…
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I Went to a Summer Music Festival Solo—Here’s What I Learned
I rushed through dinner, however, to make it to Gracie Abrams’s set on time. When she remarked, “This is a pretty big birthday party,” at…
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The Art of the Impersonal Essay, by Zadie Smith
If it were up to me, for example, I would very happily switch that rickety, always ill-fitting term “humanism” with something broader,…
Beauty
Wellness Birthday Parties Are on the Rise
I’ve always connoted wellness, and all it encompasses, with quiet moments—I’m no wellness expert, but I certainly appreciate my daily…
World
Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican Homecoming
In 2016, a sinuous remix of a track called “Diles” began pulsing its way through streaming services and night clubs. It featured a handful…
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Paolo Roversi Brings His Photographic Magic to New York With a Sprawling Retrospective at Pace
That shruggingly modest nonchalance is typical of Roversi, who is of course a revered imagemaker—yet it’s certainly true that his star…