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Golden TOUCH • If February feels drab, shake things up with gleaming accessories, the latest launches and tried-and-tasted treats

VANITIES VANITAS VANITATUM

New and Novel • Fresh fiction worthy of topping the to-read list.

Just for KICKS

A Beautiful MIND • In a new book, the inspiration and impetus behind NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE’s artwork is on display

Sexual HEALING • With Sephora’s expansion into vibrators and new sex sundries this month, whole-body health comes into focus

Blue Jean BABY • To celebrate Dolly Parton’s debut novel—Run, Rose, Run, cowritten by James Patterson and out from Little, Brown next month along with a 12-song album—drape yourself in denim and diamonds

Paris, JE T’AIME • As the market for luxury travel resurges, JAMES REGINATO visits a hotel nonpareil in the city that has launched a thousand fantasies

Dave Chappelle’s BIG LIE • The comedian’s greatest offense is a sin of omission—and whom he forgets says all we need to know

Into the METAVERSE • Like it or not, the next stage of the internet revolution is coming

EVERYTHING’S COMING UP PRIYANKA • At home with the internationally famous actor, singer, author, and entrepreneur as she tries to be all things to everyone—and succeeds

The MUSIC MAN • HUGH JACKMAN IS RETURNING TO BROADWAY IN ONE OF ITS MOST BELOVED MUSICALS. MICHAEL RIEDEL GOES BEHIND THE CURTAIN TO REVEAL HOW THE INDUSTRY’S NEXT BIG HOPE SURVIVED CHARGES OF OBSOLESCENCE, SCOTT RUDIN’S DOWNFALL, AND COVID-19

THE HOUSE THAT PORN BUILT • WHO TORCHED THE CEO OF PORNHUB’S MEGA-MANSION? ADAM LEITH GOLLNER INVESTIGATES A CASE OF ARSON WITH NO SHORTAGE OF POSSIBLE SUSPECTS, AND THE ADULT SITE’S SHADOWY FOUNDERS—UNDER FIRE FROM ACTIVISTS, EVANGELICALS, AND VICTIMS OF REVENGE PORN—BREAK THEIR SILENCE

“WHO THE FUCK CARES ABOUT ADAM McKAY?” • With Don’t Look Up, the wickedly funny director puts his existential dread, plus some laughs, on display

GENERATION GAZA • Veteran war correspondent JANINE DI GIOVANNI revisits Gaza and finds resilience and hope among its 2 million Palestinian residents—two thirds of whom are under the age of 25

BECOMING • The renowned writer, culture critic, and scholar of the demimonde LUCY SANTE, on finding herself

WHAT LIES BENEATH • IN 1708, THE SPANISH GALLEON SAN JOSÉ SANK IN A DEADLY BATTLE AGAINST ENGLISH WARSHIPS, TAKING WITH IT BILLIONS IN TREASURE. CENTURIES PASSED BEFORE A SECRETIVE ARCHAEOLOGIST FOUND THE WRECK, BUT NOW NATIONS ARE AGAIN WARRING OVER WHO MAY CLAIM THE GOLD AND GLORY

SNOOP DOGG • The rapper and business mogul on smoking weed, coaching peewee football, and performing at this year’s Super Bowl