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DEAD SOUL | Vanity Fair | October 2008 | About Putin…
By Masha Gessen & Stéphane Lavoué, October 2008 Nearly every weekday morning one of Moscow’s central arteries, the Kutuzovsky Prospect, empties out suddenly, and an eerie, otherworldly silence takes hold. This means that police have sealed all the on-ramps to Kutuzovsky, an eight-lane avenue that cuts through the city from the west straight through to…
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The Birth of BOND | Vanity Fair | October 2012
October 2012, By David Kamp Enter Sean Connery, dark hair slicked with pomade, eyes locking hungrily upon a beautiful green-eyed girl. Her return glance leaves no doubt—the feeling is mutual. His slouch and casual banter exude languor and nonchalance, but there’s an undercurrent of coiled menace to this man, as though he might, at any…
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The Superstars Align for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ Opening Gala | Vanity Fair
A set by Lady Gaga, toasts by Tom Hanks and Nicole Kidman, and more make for a night to remember in L.A By Britt Hennemuth, Photography by Greg Williams, September 26, 2021 After nearly a decade of anticipation, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open on Thursday, September 30, in Los Angeles. To toast…
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“I Hope the Mindset Has Changed”: John Podesta Is Thrilled That Congress Finally Cares About UFOs | Vanity Fair
By Abigail Tracy, June 22, 2021 “I saw more eagles than UFOs,” John Podesta joked. The former chief of staff to Bill Clinton and veteran of the Obama White House had just returned from a trip to Alaska and, speaking with me from California last Friday, shared his thoughts on the highly anticipated government report…
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The Republicans Who Backed Trump’s Election Lies Are Hatching a Plot to Take Over | Vanity Fair
Trump wasn’t able to steal the 2020 election because enough state and local officials held firm against his anti-democracy efforts—but what happens if the ex-president’s allies nab key roles in future contests? By Eric Lutz, May 24, 2021 Donald Trump put United States democracy through a grueling stress test in the last election, forcing Americans…
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Report: Trump’s Inner Circle Is Terrified the Feds Are Coming for Them Next | Vanity Fair
To be fair, they probably should be. By Bess Levin, May 3, 2021 If you haven’t been keeping up with the legal affairs of Donald Trump of late, what you should know is that the guy is very likely f–ked. With the ex-president facing no fewer than 29 lawsuits and three criminal investigations, his tax…
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A Second Downton Abbey Movie Will Be Your Present This Christmas | Vanity Fair
The Crawleys are reuniting for another follow-up film that will also feature new cast members like Hugh Dancy and Dominic West. By Chris Murphy, April 19, 2021 The Crawleys know just what you want for Christmas this year: a Downton Abbey sequel. On Monday, Focus Features announced that Downton Abbey 2 will waltz into theaters…
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The Doomed, Would-Be Celebrity Paradise That Still Haunts Myrtle Beach | Vanity Fair
Now known for T-shirt shops and mini golf, the South Carolina beach town was once imagined as a star-studded stopover between New York and Miami. Its failure set a precedent. By Nicole Jones, April 16, 2021 It glittered like a cursed diamond sculpted and set in a gold band of pristine beach in Myrtle Beach,…
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Cracking the Case of London’s Elusive, Acrobatic Rare-Book Thieves | Vanity Fair
Illustrations by Shawn Martinbrough; Coloring by Christopher Sotomayor. “Impossible,” said David Ward. The London Metropolitan Police constable looked up. Some 50 feet above him, he saw that someone had carved a gaping hole through a skylight. Standing in the Frontier Forwarding warehouse in Feltham, West London, he could hear the howl of jets from neighboring…
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After the Year of No Bras, Things Are Looking Up | Vanity Fair
When the shutdown left us stranded at home, some women clamored for a tangible sense of freedom. A year later, one writer reassesses the bra with help from an O.G. expert, an Instagram-savvy start-up, and Seinfeld. By Laura Regensdorf, March 10, 2021 It took me 351 days to take off my shirt for a stranger…
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How Hollywood Writers Won a War | Vanity Fair
In April 2019, thousands of Hollywood writers fired their agents en masse. The move convulsed the entertainment industry. It looked like an impossible David and Goliath scenario: The Writers Guild of America had declared war on the immensely powerful talent agencies, several of which had mutated into full-blown media conglomerates over the years, backed by…
