A Wonk in Full- Ezra Klein, glowed-up and post-coup, was almost a celebrity at the convention.

Ezra Klein, glowed-up and post-coup, was almost a celebrity at the convention. Ezra Klein, who is known to keep his passions in check, did not have the right credentials to get into the arena. The Secret Service didn't recognize the New York Times' star "Opinion" writer and podcaster, but eventually he was able to figure out how to get in to where he belonged. This was, after all, as much his convention as any journalist's, since its high-energy optimism turned on the fact that President Joe Biden was no longer leading the ticket and, starting early this year, Klein had led the coup drumbeat.

The Afterlife of Donald Trump - The presidential hopeful contemplates his campaign, his formidable new opponent, and the miracle of his continued existence.

Donald Trump raised his right hand and grabbed hold of it. He bent it backward and forward. I asked if I could take a closer look. These days, the former president and current triple threat-convicted felon, Republican presidential nominee, and recent survivor of an assassination attempt-comes from a place of yes. He waved me over to where he sat on this August afternoon, in a low-to-the-ground chair upholstered in cream brocade fabric in the grand living room at Mar-a-Lago.

Danzy Senna Can't Stop Thinking in Black and White

Her latest novel holds diminishing returns.

Live, Laugh, Love

Dick jokes meet sentimentality in a wily Sandler-Safdie collab.

Tim Burton Is Great Again

A long-awaited sequel revels in gore and nostalgia.

In the Shack With Robert Caro

The Power Broker is turning 50. The final LBJ book is almostwell, he won't say exactly, but he's trying for 900 words a day.

24 Comedians You Should Know RIGHT NOW

THE COMEDY industry is undergoing a metamorphosis in 2024. Name-brand venues like the Second City and UCB are opening or reopening in New York, beloved local spots are being bought out by megacorporations, and streaming-service-helmed comedy festivals are usurping the old-fashioned ones. Post-WGA strike, TV-development execs are growing green-light-shy, Hulu is entering the stand-up fray, and YouTube specials are becoming just as worthy of watching as Netflix specials, if not more so.

Leading Lady

Anna Sawai could take home the Emmy for her performance in Shogun. But she's keeping her cool.

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Le Même Veau

The Frenchette crew has taken over the 87-year-old restaurant, and the snails are as garlicky and the duck as pink as ever.

DESIGN HUNTING: A LOFT WITH A HIGHER PURPOSE

Ali Richmond, co-founder of the nonprofit Fashion for All Foundation, has lived in this Brooklyn loft for almost 20 years with his archive of designer clothing.

THE DIVORCE TAPES

My family knew that my father had been tapping the phone lines. Only later would I discover the secrets the recordings contained.

The PEOPLE for KAMALA HARRIS

How a women-led movement, born in the devastation of 2016, propelled a woman to the top of the ticket, galvanized her early campaign, and put eaocrats on the brink of making history

Brooding: Kathryn Jezer-Morton

Parent Trap - \"Dorm Room Mamas\" use decorating, and Amazon, to helicopter from afar.

358 MINUTES WITH...Thomas Houseago

The trauma-bedeviled artist, with some help from his Hollywood support bros Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, opens his first show in a decade in New York.

Neighborhood News: Cops Chasing Cops

Federal agents turn their focus toward the NYPD.

Screen Time: John Herrman

The AI-Obsessed Are Driving Themselves Mad In the uncanny valley, even the geeks are getting fooled.

The Escape Artist

PinkPantheress blew up anonymously on TikTok. Now, her Y2K dance-pop influences the masses.

The Parasites of MALIBU

Anthony Flores and Anna Moore met Dr. Mark Sawusch at an ice-cream shop.

THE INVITED

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LEARNING THE ART OF SEDUCTION FROM THE KING OF HÖRNINESS

There are two things that make women happy,” Usher Raymond IV tells me.

Magic Mikey

She gave up competitive horseback riding to pursue acting. Now, the rising star is getting awards buzz for her role as a determined stripper in Anora

'Mommy, Can We Go to Paris?

You try explaining to my kid why he can't do the wildly expensive things some of his Brownstone Brooklyn classmates take for granted.

Plus-Size Shopping in the Wild

Samyra Miller’s quest to find clothes at the mall that fit.

Hungry for More

A decade of Chicken Shop Date behind her, Amelia Dimoldenberg is still holding out for the One.

BIRTHDAY SUITS

On the cusp of 50, CHLOË SEVIGNY is ready for a change.

Art Fall Preview - World in Motion - An Alvin Ailey retrospective sets the tone for an array of eclectic offerings from the art world this fall.

An Alvin Ailey retrospective sets the tone for an array of eclectic offerings from the art world this fall. A gust of fresh air is blowing through the art world. A brand-new outfit called Ruby/Dakota has opened on the supercool strip of East 2nd Street. A whole new scene has formed around 56 Henry's two gallery spaces in Chinatown, and solo shows there by Laurie Simmons and Richard Tinkler promise to scintillate. Just north of the Whitney, Fort Gansevoort Gallery regularly showcases undiscovered artists, including, in September, 84-year-old quilt-maker extraordinaire Yvonne Wells. A gaggle of established artists are also exhibiting-Kara Walker, Simone Leigh, Nick Cave, and the still under-known Denzil Forrester among them. And the museums will have their fair share of thrilling exhibitions, too: The Whitney will feature American national treasure Alvin Ailey, MoMA will peer deep into its own brilliant bellybutton in a show about the woman who helped make the museum, and the Brooklyn Museum will give us an enormous show of artists based in its borough.

Kamala's Party - Producing Chicago The DNC covered nearly impossible ground to raise up Harris as the new hero.

Producing Chicago The DNC covered nearly impossible ground to raise up Harris as the new hero. At a political convention, power is rendered as geography. The rank and file are stuck in the rafters of the arena; the delegates jostle on the floor. Donors and VIPs are positioned up in a ring of luxury suites, their status-conferring badges and passes flapping from their many lanyards. The staffers toil down in the bowels, harried and molelike, their eyes on their phones. But at last week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, maybe the most important piece of real estate was a narrow space up metal gangway stairs at the back of the United Center, where Ricky Kirshner worked in front of a bank of a half-dozen flat-screens. The Democrats in the hall were extras in a televised event, and Kirshner was producing the show.

THE REHEARSAL

Ten performers days before their big fall shows.

Garth Greenwell's Grand Romance

The author explores the tender side of long-term partnership amid a health crisis in his best novel yet.

Josh Rivera Takes the Lead

The actor plays the tortured football player Aaron Hernandez in a Ryan Murphy-produced series.