Culture
Vanity Fair US
THE DEANS' LIST
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY POWER COUPLE ALICIA KEYS AND KASSEEM \"SWIZZ BEATZ\" DEAN HAVE HELPED LEAD THE WAY FOR A GENERATION OF COLLECTORS OF BLACK ART. THE REST OF THE WORLD IS FINALLY CATCHING UP
8 min |
April 2024
Vanity Fair US
THE KING'S Gambit
Margrethe II catapulted the Danish royal family to stratospheric heights of popularity. Her sometimes controversial son Frederik X faces a tougher road
6 min |
April 2024
Vanity Fair US
DEATH & THE MASQUE
In Hollywood in 1977, punk rock was exploding and a small band of scene-makers were flourishing in a dingy basement club. Little did they know a pair of serial killers would soon claim one of their own
10+ min |
Hollywood 2024
Vanity Fair US
PLAY MATES
Her parents didn't exactly gel with the other families at school, so she spent the first 10 years of her life going to the Playboy Mansion with her nanny. Writer-director LORRAINE NICHOLSON looks back on a childhood spent swimming in the infamous grotto with her eyes open-long before she knew what sex, let alone a sex cave, even was
10+ min |
Hollywood 2024
Vanity Fair US
FEAR ANDING IN RIYADH
What could a movie star and Saudi Arabia's all-powerful ruler possibly have in common? Plenty, as it turns out. Behold, the stranger-thanfiction story of how Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed Johnny Depp into his kingdom and his circle of trust
10+ min |
Hollywood 2024
Vanity Fair US
DEEP STATE
IN SECRET UNDERSEA LOCATIONS, AMERICA'S FLEET OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINES SILENTLY PREPARES FOR THE NEXT SUPERPOWER CONFLICT. GAINING UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO THESE RARELY GLIMPSED VESSELS AND THEIR COMMANDERS, VANITY FAIR REPORTS ON THE LINCHPIN OF THE NATION'S STRATEGIC ARSENAL
10+ min |
Hollywood 2024
Vanity Fair US
STEALING SUNSET
After. waking up to an intruder in the bedroom one night, writer PUNCH HUTTON no longer felt safe in her family’s dream home. When they decided to sell; the most prolific thief in Hollywood history saw a golden opportunity
10+ min |
Hollywood 2024
Vanity Fair US
THE Power & THE Glamour - A HOLLYWOOF PORTFOLIO
As the strike dust settles and America reacquaints itself with the box office (thank you, Barbenheimer), VANITY FAIR spotlights LA's most influential characters, the players keeping the town running
5 min |
Hollywood 2024
Vanity Fair US
When the STARS ALIGN
For our 30th ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD ISSUE, we tapped 11 stars making the most of a transformative era by taking chances and taking charge. Here's a peek at what happens when some of the industry's most vibrant talents let loose
3 min |
Hollywood 2024
Vanity Fair US
AI STAR Is Born
How artificial intelligence is already changing filmmaking
6 min |
Hollywood 2024
Vanity Fair US
Netflix Can CHILL
Two years after a stock crash that destabilized the industry and inspired endless schadenfreude, the streamer’s reputation—and finances—have bounced back
5 min |
Hollywood 2024
Vanity Fair US
The One-Body Problem
Bryan Johnson has spent millions on his twin quests for eternal life and a younger penis. And that's just the stuff you've read about. Other aspects of his mortal life tell a tale far more strange
10+ min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
Forever Simone
The greatest gymnast of all time opens up about life as a newlywed, her recovery from Tokyo, and what's ahead including Paris, peut-être
10+ min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
MARISKA HARGITAY
The star of Law & Order: SVU, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, on sharks, tap dancing, and making time stand still
2 min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
Late Bloomer
Thirty years ago, after David Letterman decamped to CBS, NBC made a historic decision-to give Late Night to a nobody. An oral history of CONAN O'BRIEN's tumultuous (and hilarious) first year
10+ min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
TICKET TO RIDE
SIXTY YEARS AGO, HISTORY'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ROCK BAND TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM DURING THEIR FIRST-EVER TRIP TO THE US. AS A YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER, I WAS WITH THEM FOR THE HARD DAYS AND UPROARIOUS NIGHTS
10+ min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
THRONE OF GAMES
Wordle. Connections. Spelling Bee. Ye olde crossword. THE NEW YORK TIMES is home to the most popular brainteasers online-and that fandom is key to the paper's bottom line. Meet the mischievous masterminds stumping the solvers and running the show
10+ min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
BARBARIANS at the GLADES
Palm Beach, long a sleepy bastion for the leisurely elite, is straining under the weight of an influx of MAGAS with money, COVID exiles, and Gen X newbies. And don't even get them started on West Palm
10+ min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
PRETTY Boys
This Oscar season has redefined the himbo
5 min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
THE FOG of War
How can we trust the images we see from the Israel-Hamas conflict?
5 min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
BOHEMIAN Rhapsody
At a jewel box of a hotel in Mexico City, lush pleasures come in an exquisite package
2 min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
Speak MEMORY
Two authors consider resilience in memoirs of mourning one a divorce, the other a dear friend's death
1 min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
Salon CULTURE
A Met exhibition on the impact of the Harlem Renaissance illuminates a link between beauty pioneer Madam C.J. Walker and contemporary art
2 min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
Cult Classics
Prada Beauty looks to the future while mining the house codes.
1 min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
Open BOOK
On stage and screen, RENEÉ RAPP plays a queen bee. In real life, she's more a Janis Ian type
2 min |
February 2024
Vanity Fair US
The Ascendant
Jesmyn Ward, double national book award winner and best-selling author, returns to fiction with the haunting, beautiful Let Us Descend
10 min |
December 2023 - January 2024
Vanity Fair US
Shades of stardom
Sandra Hüller is in two riveting films this awards season, the moral thriller Anatomy of a Fall and the Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest. The German actor isn't after the spotlight-but she may not have a choice
10+ min |
December 2023 - January 2024
Vanity Fair US
Case Study
Lipstick tubes have taken on outsize personas, from status objects to conversation pieces
2 min |
December 2023 - January 2024
Vanity Fair US
A House Divided
Amid calls for a union, star-vs.-star showdowns, and lots and lots of drinking, some Real Housewives are facing their demons
10+ min |
December 2023 - January 2024
Vanity Fair US
Greta Gerwig – The Great
With Barbie, Greta Gerwig injected billions into the box office and joy back into Hollywood. If she has her way and there's every reason to think she will-she'll be doing the same thing for the next 40 years
10+ min |