Swanson Song

GLORIA SWANSON's best-selling autobiography was the product of a literary quadrangle with all the emotional complexity and sexual tension of her immortal comeback vehicle, Sunset Boulevard. Breaking his silence four decades after helping ghostwrite Swanson on Swanson, WAYNE LAWSON sets the record straight about its fraught genesis and the smear campaign that followed

WEST OF EDEN

OUT OF THE FRINGE RIGHT, A NEW VISION OF THE OLD FRONTIER IS RISING OFF THE GRID, BACK TO THE LAND, \"PROTECTING\" AN AMERICAN DREAM THAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE THEIR OWN

Τimes of the Sign

The Hollywood sign began its life, fittingly enough, as a flashy billboard no more permanent than a film set. In the 100 years since. it has been rebuilt, rebranded, and reborn as a beacon for aspiring stars from around the world and a reminder of just how few dreams of fame and fortune come true.

Twilight Zone

What does it mean to rethink time and optimize it? Enter low-fuss skin care for nightly repair

The Montreal Mafia Murders

When an unwitting rural Canadian couple met two local Mob henchmen, Coen brothers-level mayhem ensued. But the gory murders they became party to were anything but a joke

Death Tripping

On the road in rural Wisconsin, the author knocks on the doors of houses that bear the darkest American symbols and flags, behind them finding guns, ammo, and a modern philosophy of civil war

The Revolution That Wasn't

It's been five years since #MeToo rocked Hollywood. Insiders say not enough has changed

Maximum Dosage

As red carpet culture returns, the celebrity gossip cycle is back and more fervent than ever

Elizabeth Taylor – The Role of Her Life

A new biography reveals the details of Elizabeth Taylor's lonely battle as activist during the AIDS crisis-and her struggle to persuade her famous Hollywood friends to help

George Saunders

The Booker Prize-winning author of Liberation Day on Lincoln's filthy jokes, an eagerness to please, and watching his back

Willow Smith – Power Chords

After a turbulent year for her famous family, Willow Smith pours her anger and vulnerability into a surprising new rock album

Pariahs in Paradise

Chaos lingers at the periphery, but the Trump-Kushner marriage is thriving in exile. Pitbull is a pal, carbone is for dinner, and game of thrones is only a Tv show

Channing Tatum – Magic Man

After a lengthy hiatus, Channing Tatum is back to cap off his blockbusting strip trilogy. The man with the moves opens up about laughing, crying, dancing, and finding love with Zoë Kravitz

From THE BRINK

Midterm voters sent antidemocratic candidates packing. It might be time for optimism

Silver BELLE

Tiffany & Co. might conjure images of sparkling stones and gleaming gold, but the brand's history is forged in silver too: baby rattles swaddled in eggshell blue cloth, the Elsa Peretti heart it was Tiffany that set the American sterling standard.

Burn BRIGHT

MICHEAL WARD is leaving audiences dazzled—and his mother slightly scandalized

The Knight's Tale

At Lavish gatherings from Monaco to the Middle East, Anthony Ritossa built a lucrative business convening the titans who control the "Family offices" of the überwealthy. But the self-styled knight of the realm and purported Nobel Prize nominee turned out to be a Wall Street washout, a deadbeat dad, and a dangerous con man

Hall of Fame

Hollywood director and Rolling Stone veteran Cameron Crowe is taking his rock-movie classic ALMOST FAMOUS to Broadway

Winning Friends, Influencing People

How JJ Redick has gone from being one of basketball's most hated players to one of its most beloved commentators

Inventing Ivana

Ivana Marie Zelníčková Trump escaped from behind the Iron Curtain to storm New York Cityand help define its "greed is good" era. From her heyday presiding over her husband's properties to her decadent postDonald denouement selling costume jewelry and cavorting with a series of "freaky" Italian lovers, it was Ivana, all along, who gilded the Trump name

Naomi Ackie – The Voice

Naomi Ackie, the dazzling British actor playing Whitney Houston in a new Hollywood biopic, opens up about her surprising road from drama school to Star Wars to the greatest love of all

Hugh Jackman

The award-winning actor and star of The Son on birthday presents, the ocean, and his love for Bill Nighy

Across the Universe

Chloé creative director Gabriela Hearst is drawing fashion inspiration from clean energy and the results are electrifying

Marvelous Margot

This season, Margot Robbie is set to dazzle as a silent movie star in Damien Chazelle's Babylon, and next year as a Barbie for the 21st century in Greta Gerwig's highly anticipated movie, which she's also producing. She opens up about her story-and Hollywood's

The Fight Ahead

The Supreme Court's decision to end federal protections for abortion access didn't just rewind the clock 50 years, it opened a Pandora's box of confusing, potentially life-threatening legal complications. VF talks with five women on the front lines.

The Past Is Present

Half a century ago-amid Supreme Court hearings on Roe v. Wade, racial reckonings, and political tension a group of women launched Ms. magazine. Here, Gloria Steinem reflects on that first year

Rachel Zegler – She's All That

Musical heroine, dystopian warrior, Disney princess—what can’t Rachel Zegler do?

SARGENT'S ORDERS

ON THE THURSDAY after Labor Day, the Gagosian gallery helda dinner at Altro Paradiso, a haute pasta spot in New York’s SoHo. Each year that September evening is a rite of passage in the art world. The Chelsea galleries throw open their doors to the big fall shows, the public floods the blocks between 10th and 11th Avenues, and a select few get invited to dinners to celebrate it all, with cocktails flowing late into the evening.

INCIDENT TO SERVICE

For more than 70 years, an obscure legal doctrine has prevented active-duty service members from suing the federal government for wrongful injury or death occurring outside of combat. Jurists left and right have long lamented the decision and begged for Congress to act. So why is justice that's available to every American civilian still being denied those who serve our nation?

The FIREBRAND

SCOTUS is ina right-wing choke hold, but a liberal conservationist judge blazed the activism trail By Dougtas Brinkley