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Features

46 The Idris Experience

BY K. AUSTIN COLLINS PHOTOGRAPHS BY COLLIER SCHORR

From Marvel blockbusters to the DJ tent at Coachella, Idris Elba remains an international man of mystery. So how did a London kid conquer Hollywood?

56 Windsors of Change

BY KATIE NICHOLL The birth of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in May capped an eventful—and transformative—year for the British royal family.

62 Look Homeward, Hedgie

BY CHRIS POMORSKI PHOTOGRAPH BY JONATHAN BECKER

After serving time for securities fraud, hedge-funder Chip Skowron was shunned by Greenwich society—but embraced by his fellow convicts.

66 The Coast of Utopia

BY CARINA CHOCANO PHOTOGRAPHS BY TIERNEY GEARON

Inside the Instagram-filtered dream of raising a family in Byron Bay, Australia—the kind of rustic, plasticsfree life that only money can buy.

BIRTH OF AN EPIDEMIC

"BITTER PILL," P. 74

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74 Bitter Pill

BY BETHANY McLEAN PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER HAPAK

In an exclusive interview, David Sadder, whose family founded Purdue Pharma, speaks out for the first time about the company's role in the opioid crisis.

82 Sisters of Swing

BY ABIGAIL JONES PHOTOGRAPHS BY PHILIP MONTGOMERY

A new vanguard of women performers is reshaping—and revitalizing— the traditionally male world of jazz.

Columns

40 Hollywood and Divine

BY JOEL STEIN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SELMAN HOSGOR

Where can you get primo organic coffee and your soul cleansed, too? At the evangelical ministries of L.A., where millennial hipsters are finding religion.

42 Unreasonable Doubt

BY RACHEL DODES PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JUSTIN PATRICK LONG

From the 2016 election to Kanye, the Internet is hungry for evidence of wrongdoing. But what does the avalanche of receipts prove?

Vanities

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Opening Act Maude Apatow has forged her own path in the family business

Fashion At Louis Vuitton, Nicolas Ghesquiere evokes 1980s Paris

Beauty Look to Grace Jones for coolglam (and high-glow) inspiration

Culture What to read, wear, and watch for entertainment this month, both indoors and out

The Hive An early introduction to 202o's potential first spouses

FairgroundLebeau monde joined V.F. to toast the Cannes Film Festival

"I hate it when my little brothers don't close their mouths when they're eating."

MALALA YOUSAFZAI, P. 102

16 Contributors

22 Editor's Letter

102 Proust Questionnaire