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MARISKA HARGITAY
Vanity Fair US

MARISKA HARGITAY

The star of Law & Order: SVU, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, on sharks, tap dancing, and making time stand still

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February 2024
Late Bloomer
Vanity Fair US

Late Bloomer

Thirty years ago, after David Letterman decamped to CBS, NBC made a historic decision-to give Late Night to a nobody. An oral history of CONAN O'BRIEN's tumultuous (and hilarious) first year

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February 2024
TICKET TO RIDE
Vanity Fair US

TICKET TO RIDE

SIXTY YEARS AGO, HISTORY'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ROCK BAND TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM DURING THEIR FIRST-EVER TRIP TO THE US. AS A YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER, I WAS WITH THEM FOR THE HARD DAYS AND UPROARIOUS NIGHTS

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February 2024
THRONE OF GAMES
Vanity Fair US

THRONE OF GAMES

Wordle. Connections. Spelling Bee. Ye olde crossword. THE NEW YORK TIMES is home to the most popular brainteasers online-and that fandom is key to the paper's bottom line. Meet the mischievous masterminds stumping the solvers and running the show

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February 2024
BARBARIANS at the GLADES
Vanity Fair US

BARBARIANS at the GLADES

Palm Beach, long a sleepy bastion for the leisurely elite, is straining under the weight of an influx of MAGAS with money, COVID exiles, and Gen X newbies. And don't even get them started on West Palm

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February 2024
PRETTY Boys
Vanity Fair US

PRETTY Boys

This Oscar season has redefined the himbo

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February 2024
THE FOG of War
Vanity Fair US

THE FOG of War

How can we trust the images we see from the Israel-Hamas conflict?

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February 2024
BOHEMIAN Rhapsody
Vanity Fair US

BOHEMIAN Rhapsody

At a jewel box of a hotel in Mexico City, lush pleasures come in an exquisite package

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February 2024
Speak MEMORY
Vanity Fair US

Speak MEMORY

Two authors consider resilience in memoirs of mourning one a divorce, the other a dear friend's death

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February 2024
Salon CULTURE
Vanity Fair US

Salon CULTURE

A Met exhibition on the impact of the Harlem Renaissance illuminates a link between beauty pioneer Madam C.J. Walker and contemporary art

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February 2024
Cult Classics
Vanity Fair US

Cult Classics

Prada Beauty looks to the future while mining the house codes.

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February 2024
Open BOOK
Vanity Fair US

Open BOOK

On stage and screen, RENEÉ RAPP plays a queen bee. In real life, she's more a Janis Ian type

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February 2024
The Ascendant
Vanity Fair US

The Ascendant

Jesmyn Ward, double national book award winner and best-selling author, returns to fiction with the haunting, beautiful Let Us Descend

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December 2023 - January 2024
Shades of stardom
Vanity Fair US

Shades of stardom

Sandra Hüller is in two riveting films this awards season, the moral thriller Anatomy of a Fall and the Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest. The German actor isn't after the spotlight-but she may not have a choice

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December 2023 - January 2024
Case Study
Vanity Fair US

Case Study

Lipstick tubes have taken on outsize personas, from status objects to conversation pieces

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December 2023 - January 2024
A House Divided
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A House Divided

Amid calls for a union, star-vs.-star showdowns, and lots and lots of drinking, some Real Housewives are facing their demons

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December 2023 - January 2024
Greta Gerwig – The Great
Vanity Fair US

Greta Gerwig – The Great

With Barbie, Greta Gerwig injected billions into the box office and joy back into Hollywood. If she has her way and there's every reason to think she will-she'll be doing the same thing for the next 40 years

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December 2023 - January 2024
The Frenchie Revolution
Vanity Fair US

The Frenchie Revolution

Money, murder, fur. Welcome to the war over America's most popular dog

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December 2023 - January 2024
When Sunset's Not Selling
Vanity Fair US

When Sunset's Not Selling

With its power creatives on strike, a hefty new mansion tax, and insurers fleeing, LA's fanciest properties are at a standstill

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November 2023
OUTFOXED
Vanity Fair US

OUTFOXED

Rupert Murdoch dumping Tucker Carlson wasn’t about one thing. It was everything

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December 2023 - January 2024
SPEECH Bubble
Vanity Fair US

SPEECH Bubble

Bari Weiss peers into Hollywood’s soul as she puts cultural controversies on the stage By Emily Jane Fox

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December 2023 - January 2024
INDEPENDENT Streak
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INDEPENDENT Streak

With two wildly different movies in the Oscar race, producer Christine Vachon is an iconoclast who’s become an icon

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December 2023 - January 2024
Hip-Hop's Renaissance Man
Vanity Fair US

Hip-Hop's Renaissance Man

He was a graffiti-art pioneer, denizen of CBGB, friend of Basquiat, collaborator with Blondie, and host of the show that helped turn hip-hop global. On the 40th anniversary of Wild Style, the cult film that made him famous, FAB FIVE FREDDY takes stock

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November 2023
The Streisand Effect
Vanity Fair US

The Streisand Effect

At home with the legend, talking music, movies, and her revealing new memoir, My Name Is Barbra

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November 2023
The Way We Made The Way We Were
Vanity Fair US

The Way We Made The Way We Were

It was the producer Ray Stark who initially asked Arthur Laurents to write something for me. Arthur told me that Ray was impressed with the huge success of The Sound of Music and The Miracle Worker and thought, Why not combine the two and have me teaching handicapped children in Brooklyn to sing?

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November 2023
Atsuko All the Way
Vanity Fair US

Atsuko All the Way

Thanks to her singular energy and her many viral videos-not to mention her trademark bowl cut, which inspires fans to buy wigs for her shows-Atsuko Okatsuka has become one of the most beloved stand-up comics around

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November 2023
Estate of Play
Vanity Fair US

Estate of Play

Once you’re 200 or so miles north of London, everything seems to be bigger and bolder, including the country houses. This is Yorkshire, the Texas of England.

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October 2023
THE MOON SHOT
Vanity Fair US

THE MOON SHOT

It can be hard to remember after years of collective grief and bitter politics, but a COVID-19 vaccine was never a sure thing. Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean report on the unlikely group of scientists, generals, and government officials who supercharged the effort to get us back to some kind of normal

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November 2023
THE ROTHSCHILD WHO WASN'T
Vanity Fair US

THE ROTHSCHILD WHO WASN'T

Charming, enterprising, and fabulously wealthy: KYLE DE ROTHSCHILD DESCHANEL was a New York sensation who lived on a 24/7 carousel of mega-dollar deals and raucous parties. Then his best friend found an ID labeled \"ARYEH DODELSON\"

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November 2023
Reign SUPREME
Vanity Fair US

Reign SUPREME

Chief Justice John Roberts insists he’s taken the reins of the Supreme Court. But the institution may be too far gone

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November 2023