Contents

Vanities

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18 / Opening Act

The Bear's Molly Gordon looks forward to another buzzy summer.

22 / Trending

Out-ofthis-world styles inspired by Murderbot.

23 / The Gallery

A sparkling study in serpentine reinvention from Bulgari.

24 / My Stuff

James Keith's tastes are anything but old hat, from Carbone to Future.

26 / Books

The many plot points of James Frey, plus nonfiction for every curiosity.

28 / Television

The return to the office gets its moment in the limelight.

29 / Beauty

Portofino or Paris? Dior's spa business gets a high-tech makeover.

Columns

30 Full Screen

Two decades into YouTube's existence, its relationship to Hollywood is as complicated as ever.

By Joy Press

Illustration by Maria Jesus Contreras

14 Editor's Letter

16 Contributors

98 Proust Questionnaire

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The TV Issue , No. 769

Columns

33 A Dose of Reality

One way to enliven the Emmys? Embrace TV's inner Housewife.

By John Ross Illustration by Dewey Saunders

Features

46 Shadows in the Valley

An only occasionally bleak road trip with California congressman Ro Khanna as he works out a Democratic answer to the MAGA gospel.

By Joe Hagan

Illustration by Chris Buzelli

58 The Unsinkable Kathy Bates

The legend of TV and film takes stock of her singular career. By David Canfield Photographs by Norman Jean Roy

74 Best in Shows

Long known as the sage of TV, EX head John Landgraf is enjoying his network's moment in the sun.

By Joy Press

Photograph by Art Streiber

Features

34 A Study in Scarlett

A movie fixture since her childhood, Scarlett Johansson has a new franchise under her belt and a new title on her CV: feature-film director. By David Canfield Photographs by Lachlan Bailey

52 Peak TV

More than 35 years after its debut, Twin Peaks continues to inspire obsession—and obsessives.

By Mike Hogan

64 Road to Damascus

Reporting from a newly liberated Syria, a veteran war correspondent finds a country haunted by trauma and, in many places, daring to hope.

By Janine di Giovanni

80 The Long Goodbye

In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, Erica Jong's daughter grapples with her mother's dementia and celebrity legacy.

By Molly Jong-Fast

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