PGA Tour keeping eye on possible fall Asian swing

The PGA Tour already has the West Coast Swing, the Florida Swing and now the Texas Swing. It might not be long before it has an Asian Swing after the FedEx Cup portion of the season is over.

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The Other Gehrys

Frank Gehry is best known for designing Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum, the titanium masterpiece that V.F.’s World Architecture Survey has anointed the greatest building of the past 30 years. (See the results of the survey.) But the museum’s gleaming curves are not Gehry’s only marvel. Here, VF.com considers some of his other works of art, from a pair of waltzing towers in Prague to an icy beacon in downtown Manhattan.

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Architecture’s Modern Marvels

When V.F. asked 52 experts to choose the five most important works of architecture created since 1980, they named a staggering 132 different structures. Here are the top 21, in order of popularity.

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The “Thriller” Diaries

Michael Jackson’s 1983 “Thriller” remains the most popular music video of all time: a 14-minute horror spoof that changed the business. Behind the scenes it gave its star a temporary home with director John Landis, sparked a near romance with actress Ola Ray, and revealed how damaged the young pop idol already was.

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Michael Jackson: The Boy King

Fame came to Michael Jackson early, and fame—and an obsession with youth—defined him. He fed on attention and innocence, never forsaking his adoring fans on the journey from the littlest Jackson 5 to international superstardom (but fleeing reality for the Peter-Pan surrealism of his Neverland ranch). The childlike pretensions, the odd surgical transformations, the accusations and trial—nothing could diminish the appeal of his undeniable talent, in life or in death. Hail, hail, the King of Pop.

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Ruth Ansel’s Design of the Times

Ruth Ansel has been busy revolutionizing the look and feel of American magazines. VF.com celebrates the designer’s remarkable career with snapshots of her life and art—described by the subject herself.

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Terry O’Neill’s Hollywood

Faye Dunaway, Laurence Olivier, and Jodie Foster are only a few of the Oscar winners to have shined through the photographerl’s lens.

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Bob Harig’s Birdies And Bogeys

Any pro that doesn’t bring his A-game to the Jack Nicklaus-hosted Honda Classic this week will likely be slamming the trunk on Friday afternoon. If you’re looking for birdies at PGA National, they’ll be few and far between, writes ESPN.com’s Bob Harig.

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Larry Fink’s $12 Trillion Shadow

As co-founder and C.E.O. of the world’s largest asset-management firm, BlackRock, Larry Fink invests more than $3 trillion—and services another $9 trillion—for a client list that includes Fannie Mae, A.I.G., and the New York Fed. Suzanna Andrews tackles the question: Could one man be too big to fail?

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Excerpt of The Overnight Socialite

Bridie Clark, author of Because She Can, is out this month with another sparkly tale of the glories and pitfalls of young Manhattan. The Overnight Socialite tells the story of Lucy Jo Ellis, an aspiring fashion designer battling it out in the trenches with the rest of New York’s ambitious twentysomethings. Beleaguered at work and no longer so starry-eyed, Lucy Jo is considering heading back to the Midwest. Enter Wyatt Hayes, a well-born and newly single PhD student, who decides to prove that anyone can breathe that rarefied Park Avenue air—and makes Lucy Jo his hypothesis.

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