Henry-Jean Servat enters the private St. Tropez sanctuary of Brigitte Bardot for an exclusive interview. Plus, a photo retrospective of the divine Miss B.

On Weibo, China’s Twitter analogue, anything seems possible: users can reach millions of people, including stars like Tom Cruise and Emma Watson. Just don’t mention Taiwan, Tibet, or Tiananmen Square.

Partisanship in Congress feels nastier than it’s ever been. But is it really? Todd S. Purdum asks a man who’d know: Representative John Dignell, who has served more than half a century.

David Kamp profiles the comic genius of caricaturist Steve Coogan, whose British characters have captivated American audiences.

Gringotts’s marble was all paper? The Room of Requirement took more than 700 chairs? The mind-bending stats of Harry Potter’s Oscar-nominated art direction, revealed.

Annie Leibovitz shoots Sophia Loren, who admits her sashay to stardom wasn’t smooth—she was born with beauty, but with no home or family name.