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September 9, 2023 Issue N⁰ 217 Our Labor Day Subscription Sale just got bigger! Take advantage of our best savings and try AIR MAIL at 75% off. Hurry, offer ends this weekend. Good Morning! Fans felt a visceral connection to Jimmy Buffett, and here, Tom Freston, Bono, Linda Wells, and other old friends confirm that Buffett was as sparklingly likable in real life as he was onstage. As Maureen Dowd puts it, the surfing bon vivant became a billionaire because he "patented vacation." * The world was changed by 9/11. New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney explains how the attacks also forever changed his newspaper. * You know what else is forever changed? The voices of teenage girls who vape. —Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley You Can Jump in Now Here's What Else We Have in This Issue Glam in the Jungle As the political right turns against cross-dressing and gender-bending, James Wolcott celebrates a history of New York drag Strongmen, Feeble Minds Two Trump biographers compare and contrast Trump and Putin Sign of the Times The Hollywood sign is celebrating its 100th birthday—it almost didn't make it Bubbling Over When the flamboyant head of a French champagne house split up with his mistress, death threats and violence quickly followed Less than Fab "Harvey Nicks" used to be London's most fashionable department store. Sweetie darling, what happened? Table for Two, Please Matthew Broderick recalls going head-to-head with Marlon Brando Tokyo Dreaming Lost in Translation was released 20 years ago, but you can live its dreamy aesthetic today Happy Saturday! Dig In!

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