Culture

Vanity Fair US
Plaza Suite
Yes, she can play deadpan millennial chaos like nobody else. But Aubrey Plaza has shown all kinds of range on the road from Parks and Recreation to The White Lotus. Now she's in league with both Marvel and Francis Ford Coppola
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June 2023

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An Idol Mind
As The Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye leveraged an auteur-scale vision to become an unlikely megastar. With a seamy Hollywood fantasia of an HBO series on the way, he's realizing his grandest ambition
10+ min |
June 2023

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Rags and Riches
Television's über-wealthy communicate their status through looks both flashy and deceptively casual
5 min |
June 2023

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The Hangover
Billions in losses. Sweeping layoffs and restructuring. A writers strike. Now that the streaming bubble has burst, the TV industry has woken up with an excruciating headache
10+ min |
June 2023

Vanity Fair US
LOST ILLUSIONS
IT WAS A GRIPPING, GROUNDBREAKING LOST DEVOLVED INTO SUCH SMASH, BUT LOST DEVOLVED INTO SUCH A TOXIC PRODUCTION THAT EVEN CO-SHOWRUNNER DAMON LINDELOF NOW SAYS OF HIS LEADERSHIP: \"I FAILED.\" IN A POWERFUL EXCERPT FROM HER NEW BOOK, MAUREEN RYAN OPENS THE HATCH
10+ min |
June 2023

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MACHINE DREAMS
The creator of the beloved cult hit Dickinson on how she learned to stop worrying and love AI
5 min |
June 2023

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OBJECT LESSONS
A tribute to the inanimate key players in four major Emmy contenders
2 min |
June 2023

Vanity Fair US
BATTLE HYMN
Long before Ron DeSantis made the regulation of college curricula a stump-speech talking point, WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. launched a conservative crusade to transform universities into bastions of right-wing ideology
10+ min |
June 2023

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Such a Fun Age
INSIDE THE PLAN TO CONVINCE VOTERS THAT JOE BIDEN CAN HANDLE FOUR MORE YEARS
10+ min |
June 2023

Vanity Fair US
GREENROOM With a View
I come from a family of TV talking heads. Who am I to break with tradition?
5 min |
June 2023

Vanity Fair US
Bloody HELL!
Succession is actually a farce, not a drama-and just one example of how the British comedy invasion is being televised
5 min |
June 2023

Vanity Fair US
Face FORWARD
The most sought-after facialists deploy a mix of high-tech wizardry and lo-fi creature comforts for their captive audiences
2 min |
June 2023

Vanity Fair US
All The Angles
On the King’s coronation, Erin Vanderhoof examines how the royal family’s power struggles are playing out in the press and on social media—and whether Charles can revolutionize his family’s PR strategy for a new era
10+ min |
May 2023

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Paradise Lost
Once a Pacific Eden, Fiji has become a destination for a highly combustible mix of surf bums, mega-yacht owners, deep-pocketed international developers, and at least one scientist who thinks he can engineer the perfect wave
10+ min |
May 2023

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Heal Thyself
When Stephanie Tisone met Anthony William, the cult-famous, self-billed clairvoyant known as the Medical Medium, she felt an instant connection. Her belief in his abilities was unwavering. Her life would never be the same
10+ min |
May 2023

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The King's Dominion
His sons are at war. He's divorced his fourth wife and broken an engagement to a would-be fifth. The jewel in what's left of his crown faces a billion-dollar lawsuit. Will the division Rupert Murdoch spent his life fostering undo his empire?
10+ min |
May 2023

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Objects of Envy
With these striking additions to its travel-inspired home furnishings line, Louis Vuitton takes interior design to luxurious—and literal—new heights
2 min |
May 2023

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Royal FLUSH
This season’s fizzy period TV loves a well-rouged cheek. Consider blush a shortcut to a new kind of frivolity
2 min |
May 2023

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PLAYING FOR KEEPS
When she came under fire for supporting Kanye West through his antisemitic tirades, CANDACE OWENS didn’t mind. Triggering people is her business, and business is good. EMILY JANE FOX talks to the conservative firebrand about political theater versus deeply held belief
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May 2023

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MOUSETRAP
In 2013, Jonah Peretti blew up a nearly half-billion-dollar Disney-BuzzFeed deal—then rode the digital media wave until it crashed
10+ min |
May 2023

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It's a Barbie World
In the age of TikTok and Instagram, the original lifestyle influencer fulfills her true calling
9 min |
April 2023

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Curtain Call
Catching up with the season's brightest test stars as Broadway roars back to life
6 min |
April 2023

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Writer's Block
Journalists see artificial intelligence bots like ChatGPT as a potential threat and an opportunity
6 min |
April 2023

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Alton Mason – Walks the Walk
As a student of the catwalk, Alton Mason looked to Naomi Campbell.
3 min |
April 2023

Vanity Fair US
Wild at Heart
After the split that rocked the world, supermodel Gisele Bündchen is super-ready for what comes next-and she's got some big ideas for what that will be
10+ min |
April 2023

Vanity Fair US
ECHOES IN THE DARK
After the shocking murder of four Idaho college kids last fall, a media frenzy exploded into their quiet town, boosting the image of upstart news reporters but bringing along a new breed of web sleut conspiracy-minded, vindictive, and often dead wrong
10+ min |
April 2023

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Electric BOOGALOO
A market is springing up for tricked-out conversions of vintage vehicles as the motor industry shifts gears
3 min |
April 2023

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New York DOLL
A chameleonic presence on the runway and stage and in this summer's Barbie-HARI NEF embodies a subversive glamour that is wholly her own
4 min |
April 2023

Vanity Fair US
Free Agents
With the old guard holding on to power, younger talent reps are shaking up the industry by walking out
10+ min |
Hollywood 2023

Vanity Fair US
Gen Z in the House
A week with Maxwell Frost, the youngest new member of Congress
8 min |