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Will Smith’s Slap, and the Ecstatic Blur That Followed, at the Oscars
When the actor won the award he’d come to collect, he put on a performance for the mortified crowd.
The Overcrammed, Overrushed, and Briefly Violent Oscars Ceremony
The Academy and ABC ruined the evening in advance, insuring that the proceedings would overshadow the movies and artists being honored.
What Is Putin Thinking?
The national identity the Russian President has helped promulgate has played an essential role in his brutal invasion of Ukraine.
Oscars Fashion 2022: The Young and the Shirtless
The clothes, like the broadcast, were at their most riveting when they were wholly unpredictable, for better or for worse.
By Rachel Syme
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Caption Contest
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Persons of Interest
Rose Matafeo Is Reconstructing the Rom-Com
The creator and lead of “Starstruck” has crafted a heroine who responds to outlandish tropes in recognizably human ways.
The Rocky Road to This Year’s Oscars
The Academy Awards has made some missteps as it tries to both honor the movie industry and be a mainstream television event.
Legal Scholars Are Shocked By Ginni Thomas’s “Stop the Steal” Texts
Several experts say that the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from any case related to the 2020 election.
By Jane Mayer
The Biden Official Who Pierced Putin’s “Sanction-Proof” Economy
In the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Daleep Singh searched for areas where “our strengths intersect with Russian vulnerability.”
Can Anyone Unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene?
Whatever hope remains for the congresswoman’s detractors seems to depend on a new lawsuit or a candidate who’s been called “Marjorie with a brain.”
A New Abortion Battleground, in South Dakota
With Roe v. Wade on the chopping block, could reproductive rights be shrunk to the size of a pill?
By Peter Slevin
Human New Yorkers and Their Doppelgänger Dogs
Five cartoonists fanned out across the city to find pet owners and their look-alike canines.
Asian American Women Fight Back
At a self-defense class in New York after the latest anti-Asian attack, one student said, “I feel like I have an army of sisters.”
By Jiayang Fan
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The Pied Piper of Psychedelic Toads
An underground practitioner of 5-MeO-DMT, a hallucinogenic substance derived from toads, claims that he has revived a lost Mesoamerican ritual.
Simone Leigh’s Monumental Success
Recognition for the American sculptor, who is representing the U.S. at the Venice Biennale, may have come late but it seems foreordained.
The Russians Fleeing Putin’s Wartime Crackdown
Resisters are leaving Russia because the country they worked to build is disappearing—and the more people who leave, the faster it vanishes.
By Masha Gessen
Retirement the Margaritaville Way
At the active-living community for Jimmy Buffett enthusiasts, it’s five o’clock everywhere.
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Humor
Capitol Insurrection Lost and Found
Items include a Motorola Razr Flip-for-a-Lighter-Sentence, a Breitling Kristallnacht watch, and a pack of camouflage condoms.
By Bill Scheft
Ginni Thomas Accuses Critics of Ignoring Her Thirty Years as Supreme Court Justice
“I have listened to oral arguments, studied legal precedents, and written opinions,” she said.
An Obstacle on the Path to the Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirms her qualifications.
By Barry Blitt
A Taxonomy of Red-Carpet Types at the Oscars
The Acclaimed Slob, the Actress Turned Business Guru, the Paparazzi Pleaser, and other personalities.
The Hollywood Lexicon, 2022 Edition
The real contemporary meanings of “arthouse film,” “studio head,” and “I’m your biggest fan.”
By Jay Martel
Fiction & Poetry
“After the Funeral”
“Even though their father had so often been absent, the idea of him had given the girls’ daily life its particular flavor, they realized now.”
By Tessa Hadley
Tessa Hadley on Building a Story from Details
The author discusses her story from the latest issue of the magazine.