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What Critics Are Saying About the Melania Documentary

The brutal reviews are in. Here’s an updating roundup highlighting the sharpest (and meanest) commentary about Melania Trump’s new film. By Chas Danner

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legends Novak Djokovic May Be About to Do the Unthinkable If the 38-year-old can wrest his 25th major from Sinner and Alcaraz, he’ll achieve another level of tennis immortality. By Jake Nevins
just asking questions If Anyone Can Come Back From This, It’s Lindsey Vonn The skiing great discussed her triumphant return to the sport at 41 — just before an injury imperiled her Olympic chances. By Adam Elder
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The Ex-Hipster Behind Substack’s Elite Tastemakers How Max Stein turns influence into profits. By Charlotte Klein

early and often Is Don Lemon a Threat to Religious Liberty? The journalist’s arrest was really about showing conservative Evangelicals Team Trump is on their side. By Ed Kilgore

politics Don Lemon Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Charges Prosecutors allege Lemon and others interfered with worshippers’ religious freedom in relation to an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church. By Nia Prater

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The Cut

culture

Colton Underwood’s Reality-TV Rebrand Is Flopping

The onetime Bachelor is reintroducing himself on The Traitors. It isn’t going very well. By Louis Peitzman

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power The Nurses Grieving Alex Pretti After CBP Killing “Most of us would do the same as Alex did, trying to help people to get out of unsafe situations.”

astrology Your Weekly Horoscopes by Madame Clairevoyant: Feb. 1–7 The Leo full moon on Sunday pushes you to be brave, while later in the week, Uranus ends its retrograde and allows you to make necessary change. By Claire Comstock-Gay
would i do it again? I Am Desperate to Get Rid of My Permanent Eyeliner The laser may have turned my lashes white, but it’s all worth it. By Olivia Cassity and Carol Lee
parenting Do Parents Belong at the Front Lines of Civil Disobedience? Talking to parents who’ve been arrested while participating in protests about what motivates their activism and how they talk to their kids about it. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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Vulture

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Sundance Winner Shame and Money Deserves Your Attention

Its perspective is unlike any I’ve seen in recent years. By Bilge Ebiri

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

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Melania Is the Nightmare End Point of Celebrity Docs This is what we get for putting up with all those subject-approved portraits of famous people. By Alison Willmore

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The Strategist

sunday circular 12 Things That Delighted Us Last Week: From Utility Jeans to Tall Boat and Totes Plus the nipple cream Adwoa Aboah can’t live without. By The Editors
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style Thanks, It’s Faux! From the realistic to the unabashedly fake. By Ambar Pardilla

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Curbed

getting around

From Bernhard Goetz to Renee Good

Two books revisit the 1984 subway shooting and the “reasonable fear” defense. By Christopher Bonanos

getting around The New Geography of a Frozen City The single-file sidewalk, the bus-stop mountain, and other features of life after the storm. By Clio Chang
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state of the market Will Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Make Everyone Else’s Go Up? Surprisingly, housing experts for and against the mayor’s proposal agree on one thing. By Clio Chang
brick and mortar The Biggest New Store Opening of the Past Year Is … TJ Maxx The brand’s new Herald Square location will take over the Gap space that’s been vacant since 2020. By Kim Velsey
openings A Room Designed to Be Touched How texture, and Barbara Walters, unlocked a renovation at the Helen Keller National Center. By Adriane Quinlan

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Grub Street

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‘Gourmet’ Co-Founder Sam Dean’s ‘Grub Street Diet’

“When they give me half a pound of meat on top of the tortilla, I do not object.”

underground gourmet Where to Eat Sizzling Sisig and Sing ABBA at 1 a.m. Gayang is a half-Thai, half-Filipino late-night haven. By Tammie Teclemariam
first taste This Pizza Has Claws Our critic says the Maine import Il Leone is a worthwhile addition to the city’s packed pizza scene. By Matthew Schneier
everything $17 and under! All of Our ‘Cheap Eats’ Picks, Mapped We wanted to make it even easier to try everything on the list. By The Editors
menu concerns Why the Pumpernickel Bagel Is Disappearing At shops around town, a once-standard flavor has become an endangered species. By Adriane Quinlan

where to eat
Where to Eat in January The best restaurants for right now. By Grub Street

the grub street diet Chef Telly Justice’s ‘Grub Street Diet’ “I order everything on the menu and proceed to get into a very serious conversation.” By The Editors

restaurant review The New Babbo Is Missing Its Old Magic Stephen Starr’s revival lacks the vibrancy and surprise that made the original famous. By Matthew Schneier

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