Vanity Fair US - The Hollywood Issue 2025

In this issue

For the Magnetic: Inspired by Wong Kar Wai’s romantic drama In the Mood for Love.

For the Rebel; Inspired by the goodversus- evil showdown of The Empire Strikes Back.

For the Lovers: Inspired by Romeo + Juliet, Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Books: Reading recommendations from Dua Lipa, Amanda Gorman, Nate Silver, and more of the people
who kept us entertained and informed this year.

The Art of THE DEAL

What it took to get my movie about Donald Trump and Roy Cohn in front of an audience

6 mins

The Tie That BLINDS

When the news broke that Matthew Perry’s personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, would face up to 15 years in prison for illegally procuring the ketamine that led to the actor’s death, a shudder went through assistants all over the entertainment industry.

9 mins

STAR STRUCK Hollywood 2025

It's the MOST AUDACIOUS ACTORS who POWER HOLLYWOOD and THRILL AUDIENCES. VF TOASTS 12 of the INDUSTRY'S BRIGHTEST LIGHTS

8 mins

All the Pretty Little Horses

When he was 42, CORMAC MCCARTHY fell in love with a 16-year-old girl he met by a motel pool. AUGUSTA BRITT would go on to become one of the most significant-and secretinspirations in literary history, giving life to dozens of McCarthy's characters across his celebrated novels and Hollywood films. For 47 years, Britt closely guarded her identity and her story. Until now

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MC QUEEN'S GAMBIT

IS STEVE MCQUEEN A HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR WITH A THRIVING FINE ARTS PRACTICE OR A THRIVING FINE ARTIST WITH AN IMPECCABLE HOLLYWOOD STREAK? HIS WORLD WAR II EPIC, BLITZ, IS ANOTHER VIRTUOSO WORK IN A CAREER FULL OF THEM

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KAREN READ'S FIGHT

Prosecuted for her police officer boyfriend's mysterious death in a wild case that ended in a mistrial, the former equity analyst has maintained her innocence. Moreover, she claims that law enforcement has conspired to frame her. As her retrial looms-calling into question the concept of double jeopardy-Karen Read speaks out

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ALL HER OWN

Joan Didion's marriage was one of the most revered in American letters. But before there was John Gregory Dunne, there was Noel Parmentel Jr.-the man who broke her heart. As LILI ANOLIK reveals in this excerpt from Didion and Babitz, the devastation lasted a lifetime

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MURDER AT HAMMERSMITH FARM

Two months before his assassination, JOHN and JACKIE KENNEDY wrote, directed, and acted in a James Bondinspired home movie in which the president was \"killed.\" VF reveals the story behind the spoof, along with neverbefore-seen footage from that day

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