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Cynthia Nixon Has Already Won

June 11, 2018 by Jessica Pressler

They say politics is Hollywood for ugly people, so it’s understandable that the question of why exactly Cynthia Nixon is running for governor of New York is one that keeps coming up. After all, Nixon has had the kind of career most actors dream about. The past two years saw her inhabiting complicated, interesting characters like […]

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“Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It”

June 10, 2018 by Jessica Pressler

It started with money, as it so often does in New York. A crisp $100 bill slipped across the smooth surface of the mid-century-inspired concierge desk at 11 Howard, the sleek new boutique hotel in Soho. Looking up, Neffatari Davis, the 25-year-old concierge, who goes by “Neff,” was surprised to see the cash had come […]

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The Hustlers at Scores

June 6, 2018 by Jessica Pressler

In another life, Roselyn Keo might have liked to work on Wall Street. “I’m smart enough, I know,” she told me, sitting in the immaculate white kitchen of her suburban home. She’s organized, she pointed out, and good at math, and there is little doubt she has an entrepreneurial streak. As a kid, she said, […]

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Swanning Through the Hamptons (and Talking Trump) With Alec Baldwin

January 10, 2018 by Jessica Pressler

Saturday in the Hamptons, the hedgerows are trimmed, the hydrangeas are bushy, and the sun is at peak performance. Outside Jack’s Stir Brew Coffee in Amagansett, a group of men and women in luxury sportswear are gathered, and the air fills with the soothing sound of high-end gossip. Chappaqua … We stayed there … His first […]

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Chloe Wise: The Carb Artist of Her Generation

January 10, 2018 by Jessica Pressler

Chloe Wise is so hot right now. Lit-er-al-ly, she would say, in that accent that has somehow transcended its Southern California roots to become the voice of an entire socioeconomic class. “I want to, like, dip myself into a pool of water,” she said, lifting her glossy dark hair off her neck. It was a blazing-hot Saturday […]

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Getting Arrested Was the Best Thing To Ever Happen to Jeremy Meeks

December 6, 2016 by Jessica Pressler

  Jim Jordan curls his bare toes around the edge of his pool, which looks out over the rolling hills and canyons of Calabasas, California. Earlier, when he’d gotten to the point in his life story where he said “I had everything that the world tells you that you need to be happy, but I […]

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Shopping at the Grove With Ryan Lochte, Who Just Got His First Credit Card

October 16, 2016 by Jessica Pressler

When Ryan Lochte suggests we meet by the fountain at the Grove, the outdoor mall in Los Angeles, it’s understandable, in a Splash kind of way. The man has spent most of his 32 years in the water — of course he’d want to keep it near at all times. By the time he arrives, […]

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Bullsh*t — The Art of the Sell

May 4, 2015 by Jessica Pressler

Steven Panariello was having a hard time keeping his pants on. The Droga5 account director was sitting, fingers pressed against the edge of the conference-room table, head cocked toward the speakerphone, which was emitting what may be his least favorite sound: silence. “So, um, I’m trying to think how to start,” a voice piped up. “Obviously, […]

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Jessica Pressler JESSICA PRESSLER is a staff writer at New York magazine. She is the the former editor of the magazine’s news blog, Daily Intelligencer, and a regular contributor to GQ and Elle. In 2015, Pressler was nominated for the National Magazine Award. Read More...

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