Culture
Vanity Fair US
The Godfather Presidency
Forget the comparisons to fascists and autocrats. The most accurate model for understanding Donald Trump is the Mob-adjacent, politically connected underbelly of 1970s and '80s New York real estate
10+ min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
Estate of Mind
A sprawling palazzo in the Eternal City has been both home and office to Giancarlo Giammetti for decades, during and after his romance to his lifelong business partner, Valentino Garavani. The business half of the iconic house opens his doors to VF
9 min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
BRAVE HEART
PEDRO PASCAL'S emotional depth onscreen and his exuberance everywhere else have skyrocketed him to the top of the A-list and made him a sex symbol in middle age. A funny, sad, wildly honest talk with a star unlike any other
10+ min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
The Whole Truth
MARISKA HARGITAY was just three years old when her mother, Jayne Mansfield, was killed in a car accident. In a new documentary, the Law & Order star examines her mother's sex symbol status and reveals a long-held family secret
7 min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
Flow STATE
Following an aggressive cancer diagnosis and the end of her marriage, KATIE NICHOLL finds tranquility at the Oberoi
3 min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
Scream QUEEN
CHASE SUI WONDERS battles serial killers and bloodthirsty paparazzi with equal aplomb
2 min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
Draw STRAWS
Gary Shteyngart by the seashore, Kate Broad at the club. It's a pool party in your beach bag with some of the summer's best books
1 min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
NOTES ON A SCENE
For decades, celebrity interviewer LAWRENCE GROBEL has kept a meticulous diary, excerpts of which are published here for the first time, chronicling his surprising and sometimes maddening experiences with legends Marlon Brando, Dolly Parton, AI Pacino, and more
10+ min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
BIG SWING
CAN A HIGH-TECH MAKEOVER TURN GOLF INTO A FAST-PACED ARENA-FILLING SPECTACLE? TGL'S BIG-NAME INVESTORS SURE HOPE SO
10+ min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
No Place Like HOME
New homewares from Louis Vuitton fuse function and fashion By Kia D. Goosby
2 min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
A Modern PROMETHEUS
From ushering in Citizens United to granting vast immunity powers, John Roberts paved the way for Donald Trump's destructive second term
8 min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
Out of the park
Mistaken identities, separated twins, catfishing, cross-dressing: After an $80 million renovation, Central Park's Delacorte Theater returns this summer with a star-studded Twelfth Night
7 min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
STAR WITNESS
NEARLY A DECADE AFTER KIM KARDASHIAN WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT, HER EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY IN A PARIS COURTROOM HELPED CONVICT HER ATTACKERS
10+ min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
Greek REVIVAL
Along the Aegean, a cadre of major art players has been steadily setting up shop. Here's what to see—and where to be seen—this season By Nate Freeman
3 min |
July/August 2025
Vanity Fair US
KEVIN BACON
The Bondsman actor on marriage, bullshit, and his perfectly unique nose
2 min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
Kathy Bates
She hasn't always been on “the A-team going to Ibiza or whatever”— and thank heavens for that. A candid interview with a legend in a league of her own
10+ min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
ROAD ΤΟ DAMASCUS
Returning to anewly liberated Syria, veteran war correspondent JANINE DI GIOVANNI discovers a nation wary of its untested leaders, haunted by five decades of trauma, and yet imbued with hope and possibility
10+ min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
MOLLY GORDON writes her own ticket
“I’ve never been in something that people watch,” says Molly Gordon, “which is a very different experience.”
3 min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
BEST in SHOWS
UNDER JOHN LANDGRAF'S LEADERSHIP, FX HAS BECOME A FACTORY OF PRESTIGE HITS BY NOT ACTING LIKE A FACTORY. INSIDE THE MIND OF THE STREAMING INDUSTRY'S WISE MAN—AND THE STUDIO THAT GAVE US THE BEAR, SHOGUN, FARGO, AND MORE
10+ min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
PEAK TV
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER ITS DEBUT, DAVID LYNCH'S TWIN PEAKS STILL EXUDES PARANORMAL COOL. FOR ITS OBSESSIVE FANSINCLUDING MANY BORN AFTER IT FIRST AIRED-THE MYSTERY IS THE MESSAGE
10+ min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
Full SCREEN
At 20, YouTube has hosted billions of videos, launched stars—and made Hollywood nervous.
10 min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
A Dose of REALITY
The Emmys would be less—what's the word?—boring if they stopped snubbing the grand circus of reality TV By John Ross
2 min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
When HOLLYWOOD COMES KNOCKING, successful creators increasingly consider it a side gig.
YouTube has a very strong reason to want to gain more legitimacy from the greater society, so that they don’t find themselves lumped in with other social media platforms being accused of destroying civilization.”
2 min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
THE LONG GOODBYE
Erica Jong, feminist icon and literary celebrity, was a dominant force in the culture—and my life. Watching my mother slide into dementia is a reminder of the fleeting nature of fame.
10+ min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
Special TREATMENT
With high-tech beauty offerings at the freshly renovated Hôtel Plaza Athénée and a new location in Portofino, Dior spas are redesigning wellness
2 min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
Revenge PLOT
Nearly 20 years post-Oprah brouhaha, JAMES FREY is back with a sexy, funny novel that's headed straight to the screen
2 min |
June 2025
Vanity Fair US
IN GOOD COMPANY
AS THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL KICKS OFF ITS PLAN TO GO TUITION-FREE, VF GATHERED SOME AUGUST ALUMNI TO TALK ABOUT MEMORIES AND DREAMS
6 min |
May 2025
Vanity Fair US
THE BARRON Identity
The world's most famous college freshman is as mysterious a presence at NYU as he is in the American psyche By Dan Adler
10 min |
May 2025
Vanity Fair US
BERNADETTE PETERS
The Broadway legend talks high- maintenance dogs, Chinese philosophy, and her love for Stephen Sondheim
2 min |
May 2025
Vanity Fair US
CHANGE AGENT
Ex-CIA analyst ELISSA SLOTKIN, the moderate freshman senator from Michigan, is a rising Democratic star in a party that desperately needs them
10+ min |