Vanity Fair US - June 2023

In this issue

Greenroom With a View
The joy of following in my mother’s footsteps— not on the page, but on the screen.
By Molly Jong-Fast

An Idol Mind
At home with The Weeknd as he makes his move from global pop star to TV icon.
By Dan Adler
Photographs by Mark Seliger

Battle Hymn
How William F. Buckley Jr. ignited the OG campus culture wars.
By Sam Tanenhaus

Face FORWARD

The most sought-after facialists deploy a mix of high-tech wizardry and lo-fi creature comforts for their captive audiences

2 mins

Bloody HELL!

Succession is actually a farce, not a drama-and just one example of how the British comedy invasion is being televised

5 mins

GREENROOM With a View

I come from a family of TV talking heads. Who am I to break with tradition?

5 mins

An Idol Mind

As The Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye leveraged an auteur-scale vision to become an unlikely megastar. With a seamy Hollywood fantasia of an HBO series on the way, he's realizing his grandest ambition

10+ mins

The Oligarch's Passport

In 2015, Portugal opened its doors to foreigners whose jewish ancestors had been expelled during the inquisition. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich used his heritage to gain entry to the country and an all-access pass to the eu-exposing deep flaws in a well-intentioned policy

10+ mins

Such a Fun Age

INSIDE THE PLAN TO CONVINCE VOTERS THAT JOE BIDEN CAN HANDLE FOUR MORE YEARS

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BATTLE HYMN

Long before Ron DeSantis made the regulation of college curricula a stump-speech talking point, WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. launched a conservative crusade to transform universities into bastions of right-wing ideology

10+ mins

OBJECT LESSONS

A tribute to the inanimate key players in four major Emmy contenders

2 mins

Rags and Riches

Television's über-wealthy communicate their status through looks both flashy and deceptively casual

5 mins

MACHINE DREAMS

The creator of the beloved cult hit Dickinson on how she learned to stop worrying and love AI

5 mins

Plaza Suite

Yes, she can play deadpan millennial chaos like nobody else. But Aubrey Plaza has shown all kinds of range on the road from Parks and Recreation to The White Lotus. Now she's in league with both Marvel and Francis Ford Coppola

10+ mins

LOST ILLUSIONS

IT WAS A GRIPPING, GROUNDBREAKING LOST DEVOLVED INTO SUCH SMASH, BUT LOST DEVOLVED INTO SUCH A TOXIC PRODUCTION THAT EVEN CO-SHOWRUNNER DAMON LINDELOF NOW SAYS OF HIS LEADERSHIP: \"I FAILED.\" IN A POWERFUL EXCERPT FROM HER NEW BOOK, MAUREEN RYAN OPENS THE HATCH

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