Ben Mezrich

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Arts & Entertainment

A Chess Cheating Scandal, Emma Stone, and My Next Book

Or, how I ended up writing Checkmate about one of the most bizarre controversies in sports, which may or may not have involved anal beads.

By Ben Mezrich
Arts & Entertainment

Everything You’ve Read about Harvard’s Winklevoss Twins Is Wrong

With a new book out this month, the author of Facebook’s origin story reconsiders the villains he helped create.

By Ben Mezrich