Culture
Vanity Fair US
NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU
Before they were the first couple of New York City, they were in love.
4 min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
BLONDE AMBITION
On and off the runway, model Alex Consani is proving that an undeniable personality is always a good look. DEREK C. BLASBERG meets the girl of the moment
5 min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
ANGEL WAS A CENTERFOLD
The rise of Dorothy Stratten is a Hollywood fairy tale, from her discovery behind an ice cream counter to her run as a Playboy Playmate to her love affair with Peter Bogdanovich.
10+ min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
American GOTHIC
John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy were a seemingly perfect couple who met a perfectly tragic ending.
7 min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
LYAS GOES LIVE
After being skipped over for a coveted invite to a designer's eagerly awaited debut show, Lyas decided to bring high fashion to the masses via livestream
1 min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
TEYANA TAYLOR HAS ARRIVED
Two decades of hard work in and out of the spotlight have prepared the star for her electric role in the newest Paul Thomas Anderson film, One Battle After Another. Playing Perfidia Beverly Hills was an exercise in resilience and vulnerability—and the result is a lot of Oscar buzz.
10+ min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
PERFECT STRANGERS
Her viral New York Times column \"Was I Married to Stranger?\" devastated readers in 2023. Now, in her memoir, Strangers, BELLE BURDEN offers a deeper personal history, from a glimpse of her childhood at her grandmother Babe Paley's estate, Kiluna Farm, through the unraveling of a marriage that reshaped her understanding of family
10+ min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
EYE OF THE HURRICANE
Throughout the first year of Donald Trump's second administration, CHRIS WHIPPLE has interviewed Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, at every moment of crisis. His insider's account of Trump 2.0 joins the photography of CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON for a portrait of power—and peril
10+ min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
"NEPO BABY"
The internet's favorite insult used to mean something, argues HILLARY BUSIS-before imprecision and overuse dulled its impact
3 min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
O Tech Bros, Where Art Thou?
As the Technology Brothers, John Coogan and Jordi Hays have cornered the Silicon Valley media market with their irresistibly insidery podcast.
10+ min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
This Ain't No Disco
Saturday night, Penn Social is your typical DC dive filled with conservative 20-somethings. Come Sunday morning, it's still a hot spot-but by the name of King's Church, reports TARA PALMERI, where the same cool kids congregate, professing their faith in Jesus and in Donald Trump
10+ min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
The Autopsy Report
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Bonfire of the Murdochs, GABRIEL SHERMAN dissects the collapse of a media dynasty
10+ min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO SKIMO
The latest endurance sport to hit the slopes and the Winter Olympics: ski mountaineering
1 min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
SKATER BOY
The 21-year-old self-appointed quad god might just be the best figure skater in the world. Now, ILIA MALININ is going for gold in Milan
7 min |
February 2026
Vanity Fair US
THE PEOPLE'S PRINCES
In Hollywood's golden age, studios turned regular men into secular gods: changing their names, hiding their flaws. But now, writes OTTESSA MOSHFEGH, the era of the remote matinee idol is over-and the dawn of the almost approachable, appealingly authentic modern actor is in full swing. Meet the new class of leading men
7 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
Confessions on a Dance Floor
Once upon a time, going out in Hollywood was actually fun. DEREK C. BLASBERG lifts the velvet rope for an oral history of LA nightlife in the 2000s as told by the insiders who made it happen
10+ min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
California Schemin'
Even newspapers can have Hollywood ambitions. As the New York Post colonizes Los Angeles, its editors reveal big future plans, and, as LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT reports, onlookers are welcoming the California news wars
10+ min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
MIDCENTURY MAISON
For years, Nicolas Ghesquière had one very special West Hollywood house on his mood board. PAUL GOLDBERGER tours the property—newly restored by the designer and his partner, Drew Kuhse—that is now the couple's American home base
9 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
World on Fire
OLIVIA NUZZI was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames. In an excerpt from American Canto, our West Coast Editor takes stock of scorched earth
10+ min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
RUTH E. CARTER
Ryan Coogler's go-to costume designer—the two-time Oscar winner who breathed life into Spike Lee's earlier masterpieces and conjured up Black Panther's signature style—on taking a seminal trip to Egypt, wearing status pajamas, and telling her doctor little white lies
2 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
All in Vein
VERA PAPISOVA spends the day with Hollywood's new in-demand accoutrement: a blood concierge
10 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Hollywood knows AI is a profound technology bound to be transformative, and also bound to replace humans. It's all anyone can talk about in private, at parties, on location. With the town on edge, TOM DOTAN plumbs the industry's anxiety and hope
10+ min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
How to Win an Oscar—or Go Broke Trying
Awards season, an annual circus of consultants and events, is awash in money. Nearly everyone involved seems to tolerate this at best. So why does Hollywood keep doing it? JOY PRESS looks for answers
7 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
37 HOURS IN HOLLYWOOD
From a dawn run for Erewhon smoothies to sunset on Hollywood Boulevard, with stops in London, Paris, Nashville, and New York, Vanity Fair invites you to ramble and roam the corridors of a global industry at a crossroads.
8 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
KAIA GERBER SLAYS IT ALL
Catwalk. Back lot. Boardroom. Bookshelf. Rebecca Ford meets a self-confident, self-aware multihyphenate
7 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
DREAM WEAVER
Nearly five years ago CHLOÉ ZHAO's Nomadland broke new ground and swept awards season. Now the director is ready to do it all again with Hamnet, a devastating portrayal of love and loss. MICHELLE RUIZ sits down with the visionary for a revealing conversation about on-set raves, reviving Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and navigating Hollywood as a neurodivergent filmmaker
9 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
BAGGAGE CLAIM
Schlepping is an art, particularly in a Wes Anderson film. Whether trekking to prep schools or grand hotels, heading off on trains, planes, and automobiles, or escaping from camp, the director's crew of eccentric characters all travel in style.
1 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
HACKING THE SYSTEM
Do you want to live forever? VERA PAPISOVA has devised the perfect day, full of antiaging and devoid of death
3 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
IF THE SHOE FITS
During a six-week stay at the Sunset Tower, JULI WEINER slipped into something more comfortable for daily life a plush pair of hotel slippers. Here, she makes the case for taking them to the street
2 min |
Hollywood 2025/2026
Vanity Fair US
DEER DIARY
After CAZZIE DAVID moved into the hunting lodge of an Old Hollywood star, she got in touch with her animal instincts
5 min |