Contents

The September Issue /No. 741

Vanities

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57 / Opening_ Act

South African breakout Thuso Mbedu on the megastar cast of The Woman King.

60 / The Gallery

A classic watch gets a true-blue update.

62 / Beauty

Pared-back skin care and makeup from three Paris-based luxury juggernauts.

64 / Trending

The season's most exuberant, maximalist styles, inspired by the iconic film Clueless.

66 / Fairground

Hollywood glitz heads for Balthazar.

68 / Books

Heady true crime, personal nonfiction, and six new novels.

70 / The Hive

Insider tell-alls from Trump's swamp.

72 / My Stuff

Homeware and beauty favorites from a brother-sister design duo.

Columns

74 Comic Effect

BY REBECCA FORD

For nearly a decade, the streamers and cable have ruled the Emmy for best comedy category. Now, the networks are striking back.

78 Guess Who's Back?

BY KEZIAH WEIR PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSEPHINE SCHIELE

Sequel mania has come for us all. Even Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists are getting in on the act.

80 Power, Not Reason

BY CRISTIAN FARIAS ILLUSTRATION BY QUINTON MCMILLAN

The Supreme Court is leading us down a path of no return.

48 Editor's Letter

52 Contributors

55 Behind the Cover

162 Proust Questionnaire

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"It doesn't mean this is easy or idyllic, but it's different, and that's what I needed."

—RACHEL MADDOW

Features

82 Keys to the Kingdom

BY CHRIS HEATH PHOTOGRAPHS BY ADRIENNE RAQUEL

Formula 1 leading man Lewis Hamilton on fashion, fame, and breaking all the rules.

96 Far From the Maddow Crowd

BY JOE POMPEO PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

Gone fishin' with Rachel Maddow as she downshifts from her nightly anchor role at MSNBC.

104 Fast Company

BY LIU ANOLIK

A trove of unseen letters from Eve Babitz sheds light on her complicated friendship with Joan Didion—and their '6os-era social scene.

114 Chef's Kiss

BY NATE FREEMAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARK PETERSON

In the kitchen with restaurateur Mario Carbone, whose elevated Italian American food is a magnet for A-list celebrities.

"I can't explain it. I guess I am just not for everyone."

-AUDREY GELMAN [P.130]

RAZZLE-DAZZLE

$3.6 BILLION

Estimated value of 94,000 stolen Bitcoin retrieved from a young couple in Manhattan—the largest financial seizure in U.S. history. [P. 122]

Features

122 The Ballad of Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde

BY NICK BILTON ILLUSTRATIONS BY JONATHAN BARTLETT

How an unlikely couple's multibillion-dollar crypto caper went south.

130 Vintage Audrey

BY EMILY JANE FOX PHOTOGRAPH BY GILLIAN LAUB

The fallen founder of The Wing talks about her unlikely next act—founding a twee antique store in Brooklyn.

136 All About Eve

BY BRITT HENNEMUTH PHOTOGRAPHS BY EMMA SUMMERTON

World-class equestrian turned fashion model Eve (daughter of Steve) Jobs in fall style—and a certain iconic black turtleneck.

114 The Magic Mountain

BY JENNIFER GOULD

Inside the battle for the late Herbalife founder's

billion-dollar dream plot.

PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

A jackknife jump into a full front split. Repeatedly. -ALFRE WOODARD [P. 162]

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