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Baratunde’s 3 Picks 8/7/24

Peter Hawkings
Lauren Sherman • August 5, 2024

The Talented Mr. Hawkings?

So what really led to Peter Hawkings’ sudden ouster from Tom Ford, the brand he’d help his mentor create and eventually sell for $2.8 billion? Was it just declining sales? Vanilla Sex? New penny-pinching overlords? Or what if Hawkings desperately wanted to be Ford, and tried to be Ford, but just simply wasn’t?
John Ourand • August 1, 2024
Lords of the Rings
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News and notes and a little dish on NBC’s effective micro-innovations broadcasting this year’s games in France. “It’s a complex piece of work,” Mark Lazarus told me.
Tara Palmeri • August 1, 2024
Turmoil in Trumpworld
donald trump
Inside Mar-a-Lago, the return of 2016-style infighting is the latest symptom of a campaign on tilt, as an election that once felt like a layup devolves into a dogfight.