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THE LOST CITY

Their homes were destroyed. Their communities are gone. How can the people of Los Angeles rebuild?

One Last Rodeo

Palestinian American stand-up comic Mo Amer made a Netflix series loosely based on his experience. Just as he was writing the final season, October 7 happened.

Turn Down the Heat

Seven months after opening, Eel Bar has become a less buzzy, better version of itself.

SARAH MCNALLY'S BOOK CLUB

The owner of the McNally Jackson literary empire is reshaping the city's reading life.

Dance-Floor Euphoria

FKA Twigs celebrates pleasure and freedom.

The Banality of Evil

Fernanda Torres carries a political thriller about Brazilian dictatorship.

A Cabin in the Middle of St. Marks Place

Charles FitzGerald and Kathy Cerick transformed a seven-bedroom SRO loft by hand-with a nonstop supply of reclaimed wood.

Chins Are In

Hypermasculine jawlines are all the rage in Hollywood. They only cost $12,000.

Beyond the End

David Lynch spent his five-decade film and TV career contemplating life, death, and the indescribable realms in between.

Kendrick Lamar, From BLM Symbol to Super Bowl Star

THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE to Kendrick Lamar's music over the past 12 years has been driven in part by the perception that he's a political vessel.

Ghost Story

A Nobel winner's latest novel mines Korea's bloody past.

Momofuku Swaps Pork Buns for Beef Patties

The company stakes its future on a chef not named David Chang.

RED DAWN

Among the young, confident, and casually cruel Trumpers who, after conquering Washington, have their sights set on the rest of America.

Gold Rush: Nate Jones

Ghost in the Machinations The Brutalist, AI, and awards-season skulduggery.

Legal Affairs: Elie Honig

The Executive-Order Executive A busy first week that will be felt for years.

44 MINUTES WITH ...Chris Hayes

How Kierkegaard and a book contract saved the MSNBC host (and social-media power user) from smartphone addiction.

The Tao of Steak

Crane Club has a talented chef, big-money backing, and the whiff of a members-only sanctuary. It needs something more.

The Pervert's Drink

Milk is for deviants, from.A Clockwork Orange to Babygirl.

A BUNCH OF NEW START-UPS ARE HYPING THE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC AND ARE OF COURSE, HAPPY TO OFFER SOLUTIONS

IN HER OWN TELLING, every business Radha Agrawal has ever started or project she has dreamed up or mission she has embarked on was born of a persistent, lifelong desire to belong.

The Voice Whisperer

Eric Vetro teaches the stars how to sing for their Oscars.

There Is No Safe Word

How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

CRITICS

Kathryn VanArendonk on Severance's second season... Roxana Hadadi on The Last Showgirl... Jasmine Vojdani on Aria Aber's Good Girl.

John Derian's Apartment Is Full of Wonderful Things

Papier-mâché birds, découpage, flea-market finds from Paris, antiques, furniture he designed himself that was inspired by antiques-and more.

The Unknowun Number

Who was the relentless, vicious bully harassing Kendra Licari's teenage daughter?

Eleonora Srugo

The broker became tabloid fodder for a suspected relationship with the mayor. Now, she's the star of yet another real-estate reality show.

Strongman

The tragic legacy of the mourner-in-chief.

LIFE AS A MILLENNIAL STAGE MOM

A journey into the CUTTHROAT and ADORABLE world of professional CHILD ACTORS.

THE NEXT DRUG EPIDEMIC IS BLUE RASPBERRY FLAVORED

When the Amor brothers started selling tanks of flavored nitrous oxide at their chain of head shops, they didn't realize their brand would become synonymous with the country's burgeoning addiction to gas.

Two Texans in Williamsburg

David Nuss and Sarah Martin-Nuss tried to decorate their house on their own— until they realized they needed help: Like, how do we not just go to Pottery Barn?”

ADRIEN BRODY FOUND THE PART

The Brutalist is the best, most personal work he's done since The Pianist.