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The Year in Culture – The Best Albums of the Year

2023's best television series, movies, albums, art shows, books, podcast, and more.

The Age Gappers

They say they're happy. Why is it so hard to believe them?

Αn American Girlhood in the Ozempic Era

Parents, activists, and doctors are divided about giving children new drugs for weight loss. At age 13, Maggie Ervie decided to take them.

Very Offline

Eulalie evokes another time, down to the phone calls.

Cloud City in Tribeca

After Inna Khidekel and Bert van der Walt bought their first apartment, they let their designer, Timothy Godbold, surprise them.

What to Get the Kids?

THE PARENTS ON STAFF at the Strategist have their own chat room-a place where these shopping obsessives share among themselves the not-so-attractive-but-attention-holding toy racetrack that was a huge hit and kids' magazines that actually get read. We decided to infiltrate this brain trust and ask them to talk children's gifts: the ones theirs have asked for directly this year, the toys that actually get the most use around the house, and what they'll be buying over the holidays.

The Campaign Is Going Great

To Reelect the Extremely Old Man Dragged Down by Inflation and War and Trailing His Criminally Indicted Opponent

Your Phone Is the Reason You Feel Broke

It's a microcosm of the weird, sour vibrancy of the economic moment.

Damian Williams

The SDNY U.S. Attorney has emerged as one of the country's gutsiest prosecutors and a huge potential headache for Mayor Adams.

Billionaire Burger

Why the rich and famous are lining up for a taste of small-town America.

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Baby, Remember My Name George Santos knows he deserves to be a star.

THE CLOCK SHOULD BE TICKING on George Santos's quarter-hour of MAGA \"It\"-girl fame, and with even his own party kicking him to the congressional curb, it makes you wonder what could prolong, or transform, the public's interest in him.

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'It's All About the View'

After living in this apartment for nearly 18 years, photographer Amanda Weil taught herself how to renovate it.

151 Minutes With ...Norman Finkelstein

A tirelessly cantankerous advocate for Palestinian freedom takes a rare turn in the limelight.

It Could Always Be Worse

Fargo finds new foes for its cast of formidable women.

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Charging in Without a Plan

In Ridley Scott's Napoleon, a clown claims the crown.

Breath Control

André 3000 fans have waited decades for a solo rap album. He offers flute instead.

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So When's He Getting an Oscar?

The key year may be 2027.

The End of His Heartthrob Era

An assessment of Chalamet's sex appeal as he steps into the role of Willy Wonka, one of the most sexless characters put to screen.

It's His Red Carpet to Lose

Few stars have put more energy into redefining the suit.

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They Discovered Timmy

Chalamet's earliest directors on all the signs he'd be a star.

How French Is He, Really? Chéri, if you have to ask...

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET would like you to know he's French. He brings it up in interviews, attributing to his Frenchness both his curls and his passion for the Saint-Étienne soccer team.

The Boy King

He could be our next great leading man-if he can figure out what kind he wants to be.

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Croquet and Cocktails

Lawn Club puts a big green spin on the sports bar.

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Welcome to the Fauxdeon

New brasseries strive to capture some familiar magic.

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REASONS TO LOVE NEW YORK RIGHT NOW

THE MAYOR HAD HIS PHONES SEIZED BY THE FBI, rents were never higher, and library hours and 3-K alike found themselves in peril. Also, it rained for eight consecutive weekends.