Israel's Eva Perón; Yale secret-society woes; Peltz-Beckham vanity film; a New Wave "Succession"; Apple Vision Pro test-drive …
|  | | January 27, 2024 | Issue N⁰ 237 | | | | You are not currently a paid member and have limited access to AIR MAIL. Subscribe today. | | Good Morning! |
| | Norman Jewison, the director who had the rare ability to romanticize 1980s Brooklyn Heights (Moonstruck) and imperial Russia (Fiddler on the Roof) alike, died this week at 97 years old. Speaking of Russia, the liberation of Leningrad took place on this day 80 years ago. And in other frosty news, the first Winter Olympics were held this week 100 years ago in Chamonix—a world away from Melbourne, the steamy setting for this weekend's Australian Open final. For more news from around the world, tune in to the latest issue of AIR MAIL. | Or, Here's Just Some
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 | Who is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara? A mix of Lady Macbeth and Eva Perón, apparently, who abuses her staff and is deeply involved in choosing Israel's senior military chiefs | | | | | William D. Cohan reports from inside Skull and Bones, Yale's most fabled secret society, whose high-powered former members are up in arms over the diversification of their college club |  | | | |  | Without Sports Illustrated, there never would have been Friday Night Lights, says Buzz Bissinger, who looks back at the legacy of the sinking magazine and its influence on his own career | | | | | Paul, Weiss, which counted Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an associate, once had a discernible culture. Now, writes alumnus Jeffrey Toobin, the Big Law firm is eschewing character in lieu of cash |  | | | |  | Nicola Peltz-Beckham—the daughter of a billionaire hedge-funder and wife of David Beckham's son—has made a movie about a pregnant stripper trying to escape poverty, and audiences are having none of it | | | | | An 88-year-old Alain Delon is in the middle of a real-life family feud that's become a New Wave Succession. His role? The paterfamilias who looks on as his children duke it out over his fortune |  | | | | Plus!
| | Infra-red cameras, L.E.D. sensors, and millions of pixels … one editor takes Apple's new $3,500 virtual-reality headset for a spin ahead of its release, next week | | | A scandal involving a debut author who used pseudonyms to trash her competitors' books on Goodreads raises serious questions about the Internet's most popular book-review site | | | This former Soviet republic might seem forbidding, but it's actually quite the opposite, thanks to its rich history, stunning architecture, and fairy tale–esque atmosphere | | | Tap into your inner minimalist with a Métier folio and chambray napkins, easily tucked away in a leather bag from Hunting Season, plus more pared-back essentials | | | | | | |
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