Tour de Force
Charles Dickens highlighted Americans’ most unappealing habits (bad table manners) and practices (slavery). So why haven’t Republicans gone after him?
Boeuf Neanderthal!
In an excerpt from Martin Walker’s new “Bruno” story collection, the quintessential Frenchman experiments with prehistoric food and wine
The High and Low
By day, Miriam Leslie was a titan of publishing and the perfect model of the Victorian lady. By night, she was the seductress behind a memorable ménage à trois
L.A. Confidential
From briefing Si Newhouse to smoking with Seth Rogen and Danny McBride, a former Vanity Fair editor looks back at the Oscar parties of yore
Collector’s Edition
In a posthumous essay and drawings, the illustrator Pierre Le-Tan reflects on the art—and sport—of collecting
Clash of the Titans
In 1958, two Broadway hits, West Side Story and The Music Man, had a fateful showdown, and only one came out on top. This year, we are finally getting a rematch
That 70s Movie
Largely improvised by an unruly teenage cast, the 1970 black-and-white film Bronco Bullfrog gets a shiny new restoration
What Really Happened Inside Hollywood’s Hottest Party
Confessions of (and dirt-dishing from) a Vanity Fair dilettante
Simon Rex
The former MTV V.J. went from a botched Good Will Hunting audition to a failed rap career. His new film, Red Rocket, is something of a comeback
Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd!
The inimitable, irrepressible Angela Lansbury, on the road as Mrs. Lovett
Bridging the Gap
Julia Quinn, the woman behind the novels that inspired the hit Netflix TV show Bridgerton, discusses the screen adaptation of her Regency romance
The Soros Cosmos
Edited by George Soros’s longtime publisher and friend, a new collection of essays tells the life story of the financier turned philanthropist
Nicolas Lefebvre
The mysterious Frenchman making art out of his collector’s items—and keeping mum on his relationship with Monica Bellucci
The Id of Ali G
In an exclusive excerpt from his forthcoming book, Judd Apatow talks with Sacha Baron Cohen about the origins of Borat, Ali G, and his other creations
Libraries of Dreams
A new volume compiles photographs of the world’s oldest and most groundbreaking book collections
Once and for All
Some acts get lucky, and some don’t. We’ve collected the songs for those who lie somewhere in between: the one-hit wonders
Hockney Hour
“I don’t know why they’re going on about me smoking. I mean I’m 84 now”: an afternoon in Normandy with David Hockney
