Vanity Fair US - May 2023

In this issue

Mousetrap
The inside story of how BuzzFeed left Disney at the altar—to the tune of nearly half a billion dollars.
By Ben Smith
Illustration by Selman Hoşgör

Beauty
Royal TV shows make a case for blush as an essential frivolity.

The King’s Dominion
Succession might be ending, but the family that inspired the drama just can’t let theirs go. The definitive guide to the Murdoch family endgame.
By Gabriel Sherman

Royal FLUSH

This season’s fizzy period TV loves a well-rouged cheek. Consider blush a shortcut to a new kind of frivolity

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Objects of Envy

With these striking additions to its travel-inspired home furnishings line, Louis Vuitton takes interior design to luxurious—and literal—new heights

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MOUSETRAP

In 2013, Jonah Peretti blew up a nearly half-billion-dollar Disney-BuzzFeed deal—then rode the digital media wave until it crashed

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The King's Dominion

His sons are at war. He's divorced his fourth wife and broken an engagement to a would-be fifth. The jewel in what's left of his crown faces a billion-dollar lawsuit. Will the division Rupert Murdoch spent his life fostering undo his empire?

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All The Angles

On the King’s coronation, Erin Vanderhoof examines how the royal family’s power struggles are playing out in the press and on social media—and whether Charles can revolutionize his family’s PR strategy for a new era

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PLAYING FOR KEEPS

When she came under fire for supporting Kanye West through his antisemitic tirades, CANDACE OWENS didn’t mind. Triggering people is her business, and business is good. EMILY JANE FOX talks to the conservative firebrand about political theater versus deeply held belief

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Paradise Lost

Once a Pacific Eden, Fiji has become a destination for a highly combustible mix of surf bums, mega-yacht owners, deep-pocketed international developers, and at least one scientist who thinks he can engineer the perfect wave

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Heal Thyself

When Stephanie Tisone met Anthony William, the cult-famous, self-billed clairvoyant known as the Medical Medium, she felt an instant connection. Her belief in his abilities was unwavering. Her life would never be the same

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