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JUNE 2014 No. 646

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90 WELL, THAT WAS A HELL OF A RIDEBy JIM WINDOLF With Mad Men in its final season, Jon Hamm is at a crossroads, looking back at the tormented character that has defined his career. As a downon-his-luck sports agent in Million Dollar Arm, which hits theaters this month, Hamm heads for sunnier terrain, bigger box office, and a reunion with his inner goofball. Photographs by Sam Jones.

96 BARBARA WITHOUT TEARS Spotlight on Barbara Walters, television’s legendary interrogator, as she takes her final bow. By Curtis Sittenfeld. Photograph by Jonas Fredwall Karlsson.

98 THE GREAT SMARTPHONE WARBy KURT EICHENWALD When Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S, which looked suspiciously like Apple’s iPhone, in 2010, it touched off a bitter, billion-dollar patent war that’s raging on. Plus: David Margolick profiles Apple’s other courtroom nemesis, Judge Denise Cote. Portrait by Gasper Tringale. Photo illustration by Sean McCabe.

106 A CAREER SHE COULDN’T REFUSE This month’s “It Girl,” Gia Coppola, makes her directorial debut with Palo Alto, based on James Franco’s book. By Derek Blasberg. Photograph by Lisa Eisner.

108 IT ALL BEGAN WITH O.J.By LILI ANOLIK From its suspenseful car-chase opening to its photogenic characters to its climactic verdict, the O. J. Simpson trial had all the makings of a reality-TV hit. Which, though no one knew it at the time, it was. Two decades on, one can argue that O.J. definitely killed something: popular culture. Portraits by Patrick Ecclesine and Christopher Churchill.

117 TEEN ANSEL Spotlight on Ansel Elgort, who leaps into leadingman territory with this month’s Die Fault in Our Stars. By Krista Smith. Photograph by Bjorn Iooss.

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118V.F.PORTRAIT: STINGBy JOHN LOGAN During an eight-year creative drought, Sting turned to his youth for inspiration. His friend and collaborator on the result—The Last Ship, an album and a musical—charts the artist’s journey of self-recovery. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

120 SHAME AND SURVIVALBy MONICA LEWINSKY At 40, 16 years after her affair with Bill Clinton was exposed, the author is still confronted every day by the utter humiliation that ensued. With unprecedented candor, in the hope of helping victims of Internet shaming, Lewinsky challenges all those who hung the scarlet A around her neck. Photograph by Mark Seliger.

125 KOCH CLASSIC Spotlight on Daniel Schulman, biographer of the protean, powerful, and politically impassioned Koch family. By Jim Kelly. Photograph by Gasper Tringale.

126 ASCOT’S FAIR LADYBy PIPPA MIDDLETON Every June, at Ascot, the stakes are high, both on the track and in the Royal Enclosure. Since attending the races for the first time last year, a privileged new fan shares her tip sheet for all the thrills of a 300-year-old tradition. Photographs by Norman Jean Roy.

130 PATTON PENDING Spotlight on Paula Patton, starring in two epics: the movie version of Warcraft and the tabloid coverage of her split from Robin Thicke. By Vanessa Grigoriadis. Photograph by Ralph Mecke.

132 THE PRINCE AND IBy MATT BERMAN Tapped as the creative director of George in 1995, the author got to know John F. Kennedy Jr. as few others would. In an adaptation from his new memoir about working with Kennedy, he recalls the trickiest cover shoots—Cindy Crawford, Demi Moore, and Barbra Streisand—in their tragically brief collaboration.

141 HALL OF FAMEV.F. nominates Gap Inc. C.E.O. and chairman Glenn Murphy, for understanding that better wages are better business. By Senator A1 Franken. Photograph by Jonas Fredwall Karlsson.

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59 30 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE The new Brando resort, an eco-haven for guests in the South Pacific. Hot Type. My Stuff: Ines de la Fressange. Korres's latest bath and body line; Dior's new scent; YSL's summer makeup palette; Jason Wu collaborates with Lancome.

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68 HOLLYWOOD AND DIVINEBy JAMES WOLCOTT America’s growing emotional investment in its favorite TV shows has devout Ians treating every episode like scripture and using social media to testify. What does it take to keep that faith alive? Photo illustration by Darrow.

74 THAT OLD FLACK MAGICBy MICHAEL KINSLEY When a top politician—Eric Cantor, say, or Paul Ryan decides his image needs a remodel, there’s a simple, time-honored process: just feed the new version to a willing Washington hack. It’s not flip-flopping, it’s "rebranding," and the only surprise is that anyone still believes it. Photo illustration by Darrow.

78 ROBERT CAPAS LONGEST DAYBy MARIE BRENNER Seventy years ago, amid the chaos and carnage of D-day, the great war photographer Robert Capa shot his iconic images of the battle that changed the war in Europe. The man who was Life magazine’s London picture editor, John Morris, relives the terrible loss that followed Capa’s extraordinary feat.

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87 ALISON’S WONDERLAND Craig Brown channels Arianna Huffington.

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40 CONTRIBUTORS

46 EDITOR’S LETTER DAYS THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY

48 LETTERS GAME OF DEADLINES

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54 IN THE DETAILS GAY TALESE

152 PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE DIANE KEATON

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