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Yikes! If there's a lesson here, it's don't let journalists into your home. Or anyone else, for that matter.
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But celebrity chaff simply cannot exercise self-restraint. Earlier this month, about three dozen New York eminentos such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Spike Lee invited The New Yorker to invade their living rooms, with predictable results: They
In his living room hovering well above the Manhattan skyline, investor and philanthropist Alex Soros appeared bored with owning half the world. His fiancee, Huma Abedin, looked annoyed, and they aren't even married yet. The Rev. Al Sharpton posed near a portrait of himself; the Democrats' answer to
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I was charmed to see the magazine's portrait of 'Anna (Delvey) Sorokin, con artist,' whom I mistakenly assumed was still in prison. Memorably portrayed by Julia Garner in the Netflix series '
doing what she does best — being fabulous.
Last year lifestyle doyenne Martha Stewart suffered a similar unforced intrusion when she posted a photo of the redecorated living room at her Skylands estate in Seal Harbor, Maine. 'The lack of color is drab,' one commenter
People can be so cruel!
Circa 1997, Donald Trump allowed the production team of 'The Devil's Advocate' into his Manhattan apartment to shoot some scenes. (I learned this from director Tony Gilroy's
'If you look at the movie, that's his [expletive, expletive] apartment with all Versailles gilt and the high-rise windows. It's just so perfect.'
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I don't believe Donald has yet offered a tour of the living quarters of the Trump White House.
In the highly unlikely event that I were to invite you or anyone else into my living room, there wouldn't be much to see: some family photos, a few miniature Viking ships from God knows where, a piece of Inuit art from too close a friend for regifting.
A visit to my 'study' — no, you're not invited there, either — would yield up a bit more information, e.g., a PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) battle flag, a clip from The Onion ('Wife Always Dragging Husband Into Her Marital Problems'), an original cartoon by Paul Szep depicting former congressman
You would have to be there. But I can assure you, you won't be.
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