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SKATER BOY • The 21-year-old self-appointed quad god might just be the best figure skater in the world. Now, ILIA MALININ is going for gold in Milan

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO SKIMO • The latest endurance sport to hit the slopes and the Winter Olympics: ski mountaineering

ON MOUNTAIN TIME • Do you ski? If the answer is yes—or you want it to be—there are a select few mountains where the cool factor is worth the cold and the steeper-than-a-double-black-diamond price tag. So pack your Moncler, squeeze into your Cordovas, and hold onto your Prada shearling bucket hat

SUNDANCE • As the Sundance Film Festival prepares its final run in Park City before relocating to Boulder, film agents trade the 405 for snowcapped mountains in hopes of discovering this century’s Blair Witch Project. Corporate’s got your $6,900 festival pass covered, and you have a packed itinerary. Here’s what to wear to greenlight a project, close a deal, or land your next role.

“NEPO BABY” • The internet’s favorite insult used to mean something, argues HILLARY BUSIS—before imprecision and overuse dulled its impact

O Tech Bros, Where Art Thou? • As the Technology Brothers, John Coogan and Jordi Hays have cornered the Silicon Valley media market with their irresistibly insidery podcast. Now, writes JULIA BLACK, they’re coming for you

The Autopsy Report • In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Bonfire of the Murdochs, GABRIEL SHERMAN dissects the collapse of a media dynasty

This Ain’t No Disco • Saturday night, Penn Social is your typical DC dive filled with conservative 20-somethings. Come Sunday morning, it’s still a hot spot—but by the name of King’s Church, reports TAR A PALMERI, where the same cool kids congregate, professing their faith in Jesus and in Donald Trump

EYE OF THE HURRICANE • Throughout the first year of Donald Trump’s second administration, CHRIS WHIPPLE has interviewed Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, at every moment of crisis. His insider’s account of Trump 2.0 joins the photography of CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON for a portrait of power—and peril

TEYANA TAYLOR HAS ARRIVED • Two decades of hard work in and out of the spotlight have prepared the star for her electric role in the newest Paul Thomas Anderson film, One Battle After Another. Playing Perfidia Beverly Hills was an exercise in resilience and vulnerability—and the result is a lot of Oscar buzz. LINDSEY UNDERWOOD speaks with Taylor about her breakthrough season and how she’s balancing the demands of fame, motherhood, and new romance

American GOTHIC • John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy were a seemingly perfect couple who met a perfectly tragic ending. CHRIS MURPHY explains why we’re still obsessed with them—and introduces Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon, who bring the doomed pair back to life in Ryan Murphy’s Love Story

ANGEL WAS A CENTERFOLD • The rise of Dorothy Stratten is a Holly wood fairy tale, from her discovery behind an ice cream counter to her run as a Playboy Playmate to her love affair with Peter Bogdanovich. But the reality is something much more sinister, from her rape and murder at the hands of her estranged husband to her exploitation by other men—Hugh Hefner, Bob Fosse, Bogdanovich himself. LILI ANOLIK rediscovers a Holly wood horror story—and a forgotten star

LYAS GOES LIVE • After being skipped over for a coveted invite to a designer’s eagerly awaited debut...