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This week, Graydon Carter joins us to talk about what’s next for Joe Biden. Then, if you find yourself longing to be like the super-wealthy, floating on a massive yacht in the Mediterranean, our colleague Jonathan Margolis has some bad news: the market for a new yacht is booming. Which means long waiting lists. He’ll tell us why. Then, if you don’t have the money for a yacht, maybe you have the money to buy some Beatles memorabilia? Mike Lafavore explains why, nearly 50 years after the boys from Liverpool called it quits, the frenzy for all things Fab Four continues, generating millions every year through auctions and private sales. And finally, we have a gripping cold-case murder. In 1973, Cynthia Bouron, a notorious Hollywood hanger-on who had affairs with everyone from Cary Grant to Frank Sinatra, was found murdered. More than 50 years later, her death is still unsolved and Hadley Meares reveals why.
This week, Legs McNeil reports on the murder of Melvin Combs—the man who was Sean “Diddy” Combs’s father. As Legs reports, “Pretty Boy Melvin,” who had links to the notorious drug kingpin Frank Lucas, was gunned down in 1972, possibly by New York City’s Gambino crime family for being a snitch....
Published 11/16/24
This week, in lighter matters, John Lahr joins us from London to give us his take on the new stage version of Dr. Strangelove. Then Emilie Hawtin joins us from New York City to tell us about the fashion item that has been a favorite of the doyennes and uptown gents for the past 70 years but...
Published 11/09/24