Vanity Fair

From entertainment to world affairs, business to style, design to society, Vanity Fair is a cultural catalyst, inspiring and driving the national conversation. Now the magazine has redefined storytelling for the Digital Age, bringing its high-profile interviews, stunning photography, and thought-provoking features to your device in a whole new way.

Vanity Fair

Editor’s Letter

Contributors

VANITIES • Bridget Jones isn’t the only one who’s mad about LEO WOODALL

Sonic BOOM • London’s vibrant ’80s club scene comes to life in Outlaws, which spotlights performance artist LEIGH BOWERY’s fashionable influence and all the glitter and hairspray that came with it

Cinema VERITÉ • At Art Basel Paris, Miu Miu reaffirms its support of women in film

Varsity LETTERS • A fanciful book makes the case for the lost art of correspondence

Six Pack • Powerful memoirs of creation and self-examination

Arty PEOPLE • At LACMA’s 13th annual Art+Film Gala, presented by Gucci, the museum seemed to host half of Hollywood—and raised more than $6.4 million

Coming HOMME • ROBERT PATTINSON has been the face of Dior Homme for more than a decade. With a brand-new fragrance campaign and a leading role in Mickey 17, the actor takes a moment to reflect

All Tied UP

Behind THE PODIUM • As President Biden’s barrier-breaking press secretary leaves the White House, she considers the ups and downs of being a first

The Californians • Ensconced in their cozy Montecito mansion, Harry and Meghan are living the California dream, raising their own little prince and princess. By all accounts, the love is real. But five years after their break with the monarchy, their foray into moguldom has not always been a smooth ride

Girls, INTERRUPTED • Nestled in the Berkshires, with a pedigree dating back to 1898, MISS HALL’S SCHOOL appears to be a cocoon of safety and formative tutelage for its students, all of them young women. But for decades, an alleged sexual predator operated on campus. Now alumnae are speaking out in hopes of holding their former teacher—and the school—accountable

Red Hot • There’s no one in Hollywood—or anywhere else, probably—like NATASHA LYONNE. Her wry, wrenching work in Poker Face, His Three Daughters, and Russian Doll has brought an indie favorite into the spotlight

THE SQUATTER OF POINT DUME • SURE, LET A NEIGHBOR USE THE GUEST ROOM FOR A FEW NIGHTS. WHAT COULD GO WRONG? A LOT, AS A SERIES OF UNSUSPECTING RESIDENTS LEARNED AFTER ONE WOMAN ALLEGEDLY EXPLOITED CALIFORNIA’S TENANCY LAWS TO TURN CASUAL STAYS INTO PROTRACTED EVICTION WARS IN AN EXCLUSIVE MALIBU ENCLAVE

The Mary Poppins of Mulholland Drive • When I was nine, Lara Flynn Boyle was my father’s sweetheart—and my best friend

A KILLER VIEW • When an heiress to the L.L. Bean fortune noticed that a grove of majestic oaks on her coastal Maine property had died, she cast her suspicions on her neighbors uphill, summer residents who wanted a better view of Camden Harbor. The legal fight that ensued became a town drama that roils to this day

ATLAS SHRUGGED • A brawny bodybuilder with a generous side: Scott Minerd was an atypical Wall Street sage. But as CIO of Guggenheim Partners, he oversaw billions for the firm and made millions for himself. His sudden death shocked even those closest to him and spurred infighting over his $400 million estate

BEN STILLER • The Severance director (and not-so-secret Trekkie) on Spock ears, becoming a triple threat, and the torment of being a Knicks fan