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"I'm so sick of people blaming nepotism for why they aren't rich and famous or successful." Lottie Moss, Kate Moss's younger half-sister, in a tweetstorm that did not land the way she hoped. airmail.news/sh/vmhOkd
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At 78, Haruomi Hosono returns with his first new album in seven years—a swan song, perhaps, to one of music's most quietly influential careers. airmail.news/sh/a5hyMk
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Universal and Ron Howard announced a "Colossus" remake in 2007, with Will Smith reportedly set to star. The project has been stuck in development ever since. airmail.news/sh/a5hygk
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Food52's new 41,000-square-foot Brooklyn Navy Yard headquarters had six test kitchens and meeting rooms named after condiments—the Togarashi, the Negroni, the Moon Pie. airmail.news/sh/0qh5eN
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Cher went serious after "Silkwood" and "Mask"—until the Academy called her to present an Oscar in 1986. Bob Mackie brought back the sequins, the bare torso, and the feather headdress. airmail.news/sh/NlhEnA
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Olivier Polge's new Coco Mademoiselle reinterprets his own father's 2001 formula—swapping patchouli and wood for creamy amber, grapefruit, and lychee. airmail.news/sh/OnhQNP
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"Yeah, we haven't slept in eight years." —Daniel Neeleman, husband of the social media influencer Ballerina Farm, on what happens to sleep once you have nine kids. airmail.news/sh/JghmlE
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You won't find Mondrian, Rothko, or Jackson Pollock at George Lucas's new museum. It's built entirely around narrative art—the pictures made for an audience, not for critics. airmail.news/sh/3EhmJ5
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Breakfast at Hotel Mediterraneo Kastellorizo, which comes with a view of the sea, includes thick Greek yogurt, homemade preserves, local cheeses, and nuts. airmail.news/sh/g3hyDr
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Sam Wasson on Ari Emanuel's memoir: it denigrates industry legends like Michael Ovitz and Barry Diller instead of actually revealing anything about the business. airmail.news/sh/V5hydJ
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Ashley Baker's warning to Meghan: leaving a school WhatsApp group is normal everywhere else. For a Sussex, it would be its own royal scandal. airmail.news/sh/drhpWz
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"Welcome to the Nepo Stage!" Cruz Beckham, opening his own Leeds set last week. airmail.news/sh/vmhOkd
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"The movie is a classic, and changed my life." One AI-safety expert on "Colossus: The Forbin Project," which he first saw as an 11-year-old in 1970. airmail.news/sh/a5hygk
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Caroline Calloway's latest party report finds her aboard the Wavertree, the largest surviving wrought-iron sailing ship still afloat, for a Dream Baby Press reading she wasn't invited to read at. airmail.news/sh/rlhlaN
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"I don't want to smell like what I eat, and I don't want to eat what I smell like." Chanel's perfumer on why he never draws on food for inspiration. airmail.news/sh/OnhQNP
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Between nine kids, a working farm, and over 10 million followers, Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm still finds time for an Epsom-salt bath and a beeswax candle before bed. airmail.news/sh/JghmlE
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Nairn's Organic Super Seeded Oatcakes rated "poor" on a French food-scoring app. Haribo Funtasia candy, surprisingly, is rated "good." airmail.news/sh/9jhKeQ
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Hotel Mediterraneo's seven rooms are each filled with handwoven textiles and ceramics that nod to Kastellorizo's position between Greece and Turkey. airmail.news/sh/g3hyDr
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Cher walked into a Vreeland-era Met Gala in a see-through Bob Mackie dress in 1974. "The whole place stopped cold." Her picture was in every paper the next day. airmail.news/sh/NlhEnA
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Meghan had reportedly already joined the dreaded parents WhatsApp group at one school. Two days later, thanks to a scramble over security, she's stuck joining a second. airmail.news/sh/drhpWz
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