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VANITIES • VANITAS VANITATUM

Home MOVIE • In his first major film role, GABRIEL LABELLE stars as a future big-league filmmaker

That’s Amore • This spring, chef Evan Funke, of LA’s beloved Mother Wolf and Felix Trattoria, is launching Funke, a new restaurant in Beverly Hills. Here, he shares some inspirations.

Stitch in TIME

Make A SCENE • Be it in Berlin or Bushwick, dance straight on till morn with glitter eye shadow, sky-high platforms, and a beat louder than your Day-Glo outfit

Master of ILLUSION

Your Own BELLE ÉPOQUE • What makes a good life? Six actors, inspired by a classic fragrance, get philosophical

Camera Ready • Five new fragrances reveal a cinematic bent, as if primed for hypothetical film adaptations.

About TOWN • LA-based designer SARAH STAUDINGER knows how to play it cool, from borrowed button-downs to mezcal on the rocks

It’s SHOWTIME • Books on performance, from en pointe to onscreen

SIX-PACK • Time travels, sexual travails, and more new fiction

Star Power • An indie publisher harnesses the muscle of household names.

Free AGENTS • With the old guard holding on to power, younger talent reps are shaking up the industry by walking out

THE IN CROWD: THE 2023 HOLLYWOOD PORTFOLIO • For our 29TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD ISSUE, a DOZEN CAPTIVATING YOUNG STARS GATHERED for the AFTER-PARTY of our DREAMS

TIMES 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

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

Swan son 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

GEN Z IN THE HOUSE • A week with MAXWELL FROST, the youngest new member of Congress

THE APES OF WRATH • NFTS LIKE BORED APES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE A FAST TRACK TO BILLIONS. THEIR RAPID DECLINE SAYS A LOT ABOUT CRYPTO, CELEBRITY, AND ART IN THE HYPE ERA

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL • With a classic flair for Hollywood intrigue, The Ankler has become an industry mustread. But can Richard Rushfield and Janice Min scale a scrappy newsletter into a media empire?

BILL NIGHY • The star of Living on Parisian penthouses, mastering the air guitar, and dancing with the Queen of Soul

For ART’S SAKE • Box office for awards contenders has shriveled, but studios should take the hit