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170 THE OPEN ROAD By KRISTA SMITH

The silent center of a tabloid hurricane, Jennifer Garner is finally speaking out. With the lead in this month's Miracles from Heaven, she talks about breaking up with Ben Affleck, dealing with the pain, and keeping her kids and career in focus. Photographs by Patrick Demarchelier.

175 GREAT SCOOT!

Spotlight on Texan Scoot McNairy, star of Halt and Catch Fire, whose big-screen gig this month is Superman v Batman. By Julie Miller. Photograph by Steve Schofield.

176 THE RATTLE FOR PICASSO

By MILTON ESTEROW A battle between art dealer Larry Gagosian and Qatari royals over a Picasso bust is just one of the disputes facing the art world's richest dynasty. As the Paris-based Picasso Administration defends the legacy of the world's most famous, forged, and stolen artist, the multi-million-dollar family business copes with heirs as fractious as a Cubist masterpiece.

184 V.F.PORTRAIT: TODD STERN By BO LIDEGAARD

A fellow negotiator salutes America's envoy to the Paris climate-change conference, Todd Stern, for the dogged seven-year slog that helped turn near-certain failure into global triumph. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

186 THE OVER THE HILL MOR By MARK SEAL

The biggest jewel heist in British history, millions in gems and cash taken from a London diamond vault last spring, was assumed to be the work of hard-bodied, tech-sawy master thieves. So the crime's real surprise was its perpetrators: a ragtag gang of aging men. Photo illustration by Sean McCabe.

192 FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN

Spotlight on the Roundabout's 5 Oth-birthday revival of She LovesMe, one of musical theater's overlooked gems. By Jim Kelly. Photograph by Ruven Afanador.

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194 BOND OF REBELS By BOB COLACELLO

Robert Mapplethorpe's posthumous art-world apotheosis, heralded by a two-museum exhibition in L.A. and an uncensored HBO documentary, had its seeds in the 1970 s: the downtown New York scene where Mapplethorpe shared his dreams with the author, as he headed down a path toward death—and immortality.

200 AU NATUREL BLONDE By DEREK BLASBERG

This month's "It Girl," Chiara Ferragni, has turned her Blonde Salad blog into fashion gold. Photograph by Wayne Maser.

202 DANGEROUS PRIVILEGE By TODD S. PURDUM

When a popular, prize-winning senior at St. Paul's was accused of raping a freshman girl, the trial cast a harsh spotlight on that most elite of prep schools. An alumnus assesses the damage, encountering a disturbing vein of sexual predation that went virtually unchecked.

208 DISRUPTIVE INFLUENCES

By INEZ AND VIN00DH Creative taste-makers such as Michael B. Jordan, Kendall Jenner, Spike Jonze, and more are redefining normal. In an 18-page portfolio, they show what it takes to disrupt the status quo in style. Text by Derek Blasberg.

VANITIES

105 DOUBLE DEUTCH

Teddy Wayne introduces the next independent candidate for president. Andrew Smith previews the best pot products on the market. Scott Jacobson, Mike Sacks, and Ted Travelstead offer smooth pickup lines for the South by Southwest Music Festival.

FANFAIR & FAIRGROUND

113 31 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE

Sundance snapshots. Hot Tracks: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Questlove. Hot Type. A retrospective celebrates Oscar de la Renta; the queen bee of The Preppie Connection. Spring into beauty.

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142 AROUND THE WORLD, ONE PARTY AT A TIME

The young and the beautiful from around the globe make their international debut at the Bal des Debutantes, in Paris.

COLUMNS

126 TALK OF THE SUMMIT By ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

At V.F.'s annual New Establishment Summit, last October, titans of tech, entertainment, and business discovered just how much they had in common. A master portraitist captures the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Lena Dunham, and Elon Musk as worlds converge. Report by Jon Kelly.

148 THE NEW BUTCHER OF RROADWAY

By JAMES WOLCOTT The book was shocking, the movie chilling. Now American Psycho is taking a stab at Broadway, where musical carnage can be a dicey proposition.

156 THE BLAIR-BUSH PROJECT By MICHAEL KINSLEY

The Chilcot commission was convened to investigate Britain's role in the Iraq war. Seven years and more than two million words later, it is still trying to fathom the bromance between Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George W. Bush. Illustration by Barry Blitt.

160 SOME VERY DIRTY TRICKS By JOHN COLAPINTO

Allegations of championship cheating have rocked the high-stakes world of contract bridge. As a whistle-blowing player campaigns to clean up the game, there's been as much ego as money behind the shocking revelations. Photograph by David Prince.

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88 CONTRIRUTORS

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100 LETTERS WHEN THE 50S MET THE 70S

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146 IN THE DETAILS PAUL REUBENS

234 PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE SALLY FIELD