Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate’s Vacation Spot Ain’t Broke, So They Didn’t Fix ItVanity Fair - Kenzie BryantThe world can get truly wild. There are heat waves and earthquakes, meth alligators in the sewers and behind podiums, and whatever this is. It can all get to be a bit much, and when it does, it’s helpful
Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway’s Iconic Hat Gets a Modern UpgradeVanity Fair - Christopher LegaspiQuaker Marine Supply, beloved by fishermen since the 1940s, is making a stylish comeback. Inside the hard-to-find and overwhelming vintage shops in Japan, you may find Grateful Dead tees, pristine collegiate
WeWork Adam Neumann Cashes Out More Than $700 Million Ahead of WeWork IPOVanity Fair - Eric LutzThe unusual move is raising questions as to whether Neumann is skeptical of WeWork’s long-term prospects, or overly optimistic about its future. WeWork hasn’t gone public yet, but that hasn’t stopped Adam
Karamo Brown ChevronVanity Fair - Sonia SaraiyaIn the new season’s second episode, Brown brings together makeover recipient Wesley and Maurice, the man who shot him—leaving Wesley paralyzed. “The only way [Wesley’s] ever going to really be able to
Wall Street Wall Street Braces for Trump’s Economic ColonicVanity Fair - Nick BiltonWilliam D. Cohan, the Hive’s resident Wall Street expert, reads the tea leaves of the Trump economy—and its possible imminent collapse. Recession! Inflation! Economic collapse! We’ve heard the doomsday
Play buttonStephen Colbert Colbert Won’t Let Trump Off the Hook for His Crowd’s “Send Her Back” ChantVanity Fair - Laura BradleyThe president has tried to distance himself from the chant, but as Colbert point out, “This is your party! You’re the bride at the white power wedding, and you sent out some lovely engraved invitations:
Albums What Happened When Bleached Decided They’d Had EnoughVanity Fair - Erin VanderhoofWhen sisters and bandmates Jennifer and Jessie Clavin decided to stop drinking, it inspired their most upbeat record to date. On a recent morning, Jennifer and Jessie Clavin, the sisters who make up the
Play buttonMufasa Inside Mufasa’s Lion King Death Scene, a Tear-Jerker For the AgesVanity Fair - Laura BradleyLinda Woolverton, one of the original animated film’s three screenwriters, looks back on writing that scene, finding the original film’s Shakespearean story—and how the remake’s version stacks up. For
Joe Biden Second Debate Lineup: Warren and Bernie Face Off, Kamala and Biden Get a RematchVanity Fair - Alison DurkeeThe July debates will give Warren and Sanders the chance to differentiate their progressive policies, while Biden defends himself against Booker and Harris. CNN officially announced the lineup for the
Play buttonHollywood Cinema His Dark Materials Debuts a Splashy New Trailer at San Diego Comic-ConVanity Fair - Joanna RobinsonLin-Manuel Miranda will sing! Ruth Wilson will scheme! And an armored bear takes center stage. Genre fans looking to fill the Westerosi-shaped holes in their hearts will have no shortage of options as
Dow Chemical Trump’s EPA Won’t Ban Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage In KidsVanity Fair - Bess LevinIn a normal universe, like the one we inhabited until January 20, 2017, it would be considered a no-brainer to outlaw the use of a pesticide linked to neurological damage in children. That‘s why, in 2015,
Politics The Even Darker Meaning of Trump’s Tactical BigotryVanity Fair - T.A. FrankOmar-gate has reopened a debate over whether the president is a lunatic, genius, or garden-variety racist. But what he’s released can’t be put back in the bottle. You know things are bad when even Donald
Jeffrey Epstein“A Lot of Powerful People...Could Go Down”: The Journalist Who Got Jeffrey Epstein’s Black Book and His Jet’s Passenger PublishedVanity Fair - Joe PompeoNick Bryant started pursuing the disgraced financier around 2012. He talks about how the world finally caught up, and where the case may go from here. With Jeffrey Epstein denied bail and prosecutors their
Meghan McCain Meghan McCain Slams Trump for “Taking Away” Her Ability to Not Look RacistVanity Fair - Bess LevinUntil the “send her home” debacle, McCain felt free to hate Ilhan Omar. Now, she says, Trump is “taking away my agency to criticize her policy.” Meghan McCain is sad. For months now, she’s been calling
Play buttonHollywood Cinema The Cats Trailer Is More Baffling than Anyone Could Have ImaginedVanity Fair - Laura BradleyThe Cats trailer is here, and. . . it’s a lot, okay? The Tom Hooper film will transform Andrew Lloyd Weber’s T.S. Eliot-inspired Broadway sensation into a big-screen musical, infused with the digital-fur-technology-enabled
Joe Biden “He Needs to Be Aggressive”: Kamala Harris and Joe Biden Are Getting Ready for a RematchVanity Fair - Chris SmithJeff Zucker is a lot of things, but he is no dummy. The president of CNN saw that the second night of the first round of the Democratic presidential debates drew 18.1 million viewers, a record. Zucker
RCA Records Maxo Kream Makes His MoveVanity Fair - Dan AdlerThe Houston rapper will release his major-label debut on Friday, but he says signing a deal hasn’t changed him or his music. The Houston rapper Maxo Kream had every reason to be in a triumphant mood last
Politics Trump, Lying, Says He “Was Not Happy” About Racist Chant He InventedVanity Fair - Bess LevinYes, the guy who has spent the last five days telling four congresswomen to “go back” to the countries they “originally came from” supposedly didn’t like the “send her back” chant. As you may recall, it
Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin’s Moon-Rock Proposal Story Gets a Well-Deserved ComebackVanity Fair - Kenzie BryantThe Apollo 11 50th anniversary is, if nothing else, a reason to trot out the best stories. Cindy Adams, a still-working attraction in New York’s gossip museum, doesn’t remember whether she already knew
Catherine O'Hara Can Schitt's Creek’s Moira Rose Please Host the Emmys?Vanity Fair - Julie Miller“Oh, my God, that would be something,” Eugene Levy said after he and Catherine O’Hara were nominated for lead-actor Emmy awards—news O’Hara initially took for a joke. Eugene Levy was getting his car serviced
Prince Eric GalleryVanity Fair Halle Bailey as Ariel? Harry Styles as Prince Eric? Awkwafina as Scuttle?! Compare the Disney remake’s cast to the animated characters they’ll be playing in the upcoming film.
Hollywood Cinema The Good, the Bad, and the Baffling of the Emmy NominationsVanity FairOn this week‘s Little Gold Men podcast, a deep dive into the delightful surprises (Schitt’s Creek! Fleabag!), expected juggernauts (hello, Game of Thrones), and everything else from the 2019 Emmy nominees.
Play buttonBill Hader It Chapter Two Trailer: Can Bill Hader and James McAvoy Defeat Pennywise?Vanity Fair - Laura BradleyJessica Chastain and the Old Spice Guy are also in some serious danger. If we’re placing bets on who is the most likely to defeat Pennywise in It: Chapter Two, it would have to be Isaiah Mustafa, right?
Jeffrey Epstein Judge Determines Epstein’s Fake Passport, Private Jet, Bags of Cash Might Make Him a Flight RiskVanity Fair - Bess LevinEarlier this month, recalling the chutzpah of a man who allegedly carried on “improper sexual conduct” from prison after pleading guilty to prostitution charges, Jeffrey Epstein requested to be freed bail
Jeffrey Epstein “I Thought, Wow, Rich People Are Weird”: Two Women Who Flew With Epstein Reveal Secrets of His Private WorldVanity Fair - Vanessa Grigoriadis“He had theories about…everything,” says a woman who was involved with him in the early 2000s. “He said, ‘Everyone dates multiple people at the same time.’” Another described him showing off the padded
FaceApp Red Scare: Democrats Warn FaceApp Could Be a Russian Trojan HorseVanity Fair - Eric LutzChuck Schumer asked the FBI and the FTC to investigate whether Americans’ data “may be finding its way into the hands of the Russian government.” FaceApp shot to the top of Apple’s app store this week
Hollywood Cinema Who Created Donald Trump? Where’s My Roy Cohn? Has the AnswerVanity Fair - Julie MillerMatt Tyrnauer’s documentary Where’s My Roy Cohn?—about the unscrupulous lawyer who mentored the future president—opens in New York and Los Angeles on September 20. Donald Trump has name-checked Roy Cohn
Hollywood Cinema Shirley MacLaine Will Never Retire: “I Don’t Want to Quit Acting”Vanity Fair - Yohana Desta“I want to be a spokesperson for older women,” the Oscar winner said in a recent interview. Shirley MacLaine has been acting in movies since 1955, and doing it consistently, save for the occasional one
Hollywood Cinema Suspected Arson at Japanese Animation Studio Leaves 33 DeadVanity Fair - Laura BradleyThe suspect has been hospitalized, and Japanese authorities do not expect to be able to question him until later this week. A suspected arson at Kyoto Animation Co., one of Japan’s most renowned animation
