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Back to The Future
A debut makeup line from the house of Paco Rabanne honors the late designer’s iconic metalwork and prompts an experimental streak
The Curious Case of the Cardboard Basquiats
A show of “lost” works by the celebrated artist Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Orlando Museum of Art was meant to be a blockbuster. Then the feds came knocking
The Doppelganger Effect
It was more than a decade ago when writer and cultural critic Naomi Klein first realized people were confusing her—and her work—with another writer and cultural critic: Naomi Wolf. In this exclusive excerpt from her new book, Klein grapples with a phenomenon she’s started to see repeated in the culture all around us
Presidential Timbre
I watched Hillary Clinton get within steps of the White House. Gretchen Whitmer could go all the way
Just Kids
In 2013, a bunch of unknowns made a tiny movie called Short Term 12. Ten years later, a shocking number have become stars, Oscar winners, superheroes, or all of the above. BRIE LARSON, RAMI MALEK, LAKEITH STANFIELD, STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, KAITLYN DEVER, and writer-director DESTIN DANIEL CRETTON dish about the undersung drama that launched their careers
THE AMERICANS
On the eve of the US Open, VF catches up with the next generation of tennis stars
PICTURE PERFECT
A new volume of portraits by photographer Slim Aarons, including never-before-seen work, reanimates a lost world
LIFE OF RILEY
DAISY JONES & THE SIX PROPELLED RILEY KEOUGH TO STARDOM EVEN AS SHE COPED WITH THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER, LISA MARIE PRESLEY, AND A LEGAL BATTLE WITH HER GRANDMOTHER, PRISCILLA. NOW THE ACTOR, FILMMAKER, AND NEW MOTHER IS CHASING PEACE AND CLARITY AND, IMPROBABLY, FINDING THEM
The PLAYER
The Barstool Sports brand is known for its bro-ish excess, but the company has a woman to thank for driving its $550 million sale: CEO Erika Ayers Badan
Breaking the BINARY
Inside the fight to de-gender awards shows
Wherever he goes, LEWIS PULLMAN is in his element
Last fall, while filming Apple’s Lessons in Chemistry, adapted from the beloved novel by Bonnie Garmus, showrunner Lee Eisenberg made an on-the-fly change: The actor Lewis Pullman’s turn as Calvin, a progressive, introverted chemist in 1960s Los Angeles, was so winning that Eisenberg wrote him into more episodes than originally planned. Earlier this year, the Top Gun: Maverick scene-stealer wowed festival-goers at Sundance with The Starling Girl and at Tribeca with The Line. As he braces for leading man attention, Pullman reflects on life in and out of Hollywood.
Vanities
Gracie Abrams is ready for a not-so-cruel summer
War of the Rosé
They came together in a blaze of passion, then split amid a storm of recriminations. In between, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie established a hugely profitable wine label on an enchanting estate in the South of France. Now, as lawsuits continue to fly, Mark Seal uncovers the truth about the battle for Miraval
Kelce Lately
With two Super Bowl rings, a star turn hosting snl, and charisma for miles, Travis Kelce could wind up in the broadcast booth-or on the big screen
The Great Pretender
Caroline Calloway's first big "scam" was a lark. Her next, a matter of self-preservation. She's about to debut her latest project-or so she says
Phoebe Invincible
Actor Andrew Scott, A.K.A. Hot priest, says Phoebe Waller-Bridge is nothing less than good at life. To this, we'd add that she's a captivating writer and actor, as well as a smasher of things, including but not limited to expectations, the fourth wall, stodginess, and pointless decorum. On a long ramble through London, she talks about the journey from Fleabag to Indiana Jones, pausing only to greet birds and besotted fans
Τhe Golden Dream
California knows it's a state in crisis-its leaders know, its residents know, the rest of the country knows. But how it got here-and whether the way out is any kind of model to follow-nobody can agree on
It's Like That
Fifty years of HIP-HOP in a world that could not exist without it
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
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
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
Rags and Riches
Television's über-wealthy communicate their status through looks both flashy and deceptively casual
The Hangover
Billions in losses. Sweeping layoffs and restructuring. A writers strike. Now that the streaming bubble has burst, the TV industry has woken up with an excruciating headache
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
MACHINE DREAMS
The creator of the beloved cult hit Dickinson on how she learned to stop worrying and love AI
OBJECT LESSONS
A tribute to the inanimate key players in four major Emmy contenders
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
Such a Fun Age
INSIDE THE PLAN TO CONVINCE VOTERS THAT JOE BIDEN CAN HANDLE FOUR MORE YEARS
GREENROOM With a View
I come from a family of TV talking heads. Who am I to break with tradition?
Bloody HELL!
Succession is actually a farce, not a drama-and just one example of how the British comedy invasion is being televised