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Tired of street-style slide shows full of fashion bloggers in clownish couture? This week, we’ll be hanging around outside the tents to capture the best in mature, serene chic. Photos by Kessler Studio.
Conventional Wisdom
Photographer Justin Bishop captures the stars, the delegates, the costumes, and of course, the Obamas in action at this week’s Democratic National Convention.
What Katie Didn’t Know
In our October cover story, Maureen Orth pulls back the curtain on Scientology’s mate-recruitment for Tom Cruise. Read a preview.
A Leap of Faith
In the months after 9/11, George W. Bush stunned allied leaders by using arcane Biblical logic to justify an invasion into Iraq. In an excerpt from his book 500 Days, Kurt Eichenwald sheds light into those tense times.
Love Among the Bleachers
Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, and Ezra Miller of The Perks of Being a Wallflower pose for Ellen von Unwerth.
The 2012 New Establishment
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Affleck’s Argo
The early star of the Toronto Film Festival is the unlikely comedy about a hostage rescue in revolutionary Iran. Hats off to actor/director Ben Affleck and his co-stars Alan Alda and John Goodman.
Tom on Tape?
Scientology allegedly videotaped Tom Cruise during confidential “audit” proceedings—more from Maureen Orth’s October cover story.
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Bill Clinton: The Comeback (and Back) Kid
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