Vanity Fair

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Simon Pegg is utterly charming as a troublemaking British journalist in this celeb-media sendup.
By Mary Elizabeth Williams Oct 3, 2008

  • Sex and favoritism at the "Late Show"

    A former writer for the show dishes on working with Letterman and calls for him to hire women writers
    By Tracy Clark-Flory October 27, 2009

  • Vanity Fair's TARP takedown

    "Good Billions After Bad" paints an ugly picture of a badly managed rescue program. But is that the whole story?
    By Andrew Leonard September 11, 2009

  • Vanity Fair piece about Bill Clinton sparks controversy

    An article about the former president, which features some harsh criticism about him and suggestions of possibly indiscreet behavior by him, inspired a negative reaction and discussion about journalistic ethics.
    By Justin Jouvenal and Alex Koppelman June 3, 2008

  • Will Rudy Giuliani's marriage hurt his chances?

    Vanity Fair's profile of "Don't call her Judi" Giuliani depicts a small-town girl turned diva and an apparent seven-year itch. Can this candidacy be saved?
    By Joan Walsh July 30, 2007

  • How did the Gosselins become bigger than Brangelina?

    Vanity Fair explains why a once-obscure couple with eight kids became the perfect celebrities for our recession age
    By Amy Benfer October 20, 2009

  • Mr. Paulson goes to Washington

    The Treasury secretary's paradox: Barney Frank and Pelosi were easier to deal with than the White House
    By Andrew Leonard September 3, 2009

  • Girls on Miley Cyrus: She's a slut

    Teenagers shame the Disney star for her controversial Vanity Fair shoot.
    By Tracy Clark-Flory May 2, 2008

  • Women ARE funny. And foxy!

    Vanity Fair spotlights Tina Fey and other female comedians, and the question isn't "Why aren't women funny?" but "Why are today's funny women all so hot?"
    By Sarah Hepola March 4, 2008

  • Worst. President. Ever.

    How bad has George Bush been for the American economy? Joseph Stiglitz counts the ways
    By Andrew Leonard November 9, 2007

  • History according to Vanity Fair

    Ted Sorensen -- and Bruce Willis -- set the record straight on JFK.
    By David Talbot May 14, 2007

  • The wisdom of Ted Sorensen -- and Bruce Willis

    The Kennedy speechwriter, and the Republican star, set the record straight in Vanity Fair.
    By David Talbot May 14, 2007

  • Iranian regime change: "Faster, please!"

    Neocon Michael Ledeen, long a proponent of "democratic revolution" in Iran, weighs the odds of military action by the U.S.
    By Alex Koppelman January 15, 2007

  • Why women aren't funny

    In the forthcoming issue of Vanity Fair, Christopher Hitchens explores one of life's great questions.
    By Page Rockwell December 6, 2006

  • Pissed off about Iraq? Blame the women

    American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Ledeen says Bush's female advisors are running the show.
    By Page Rockwell November 6, 2006

  • Topless bodies found in brainless magazine

    Filled with headless nudes, upside-down legs and vast, inflated breasts, Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue is a giant package of artificial cheese.
    By Rebecca Traister February 14, 2006

  • Actresses pose nude for Vanity Fair

    Designer Tom Ford directs magazine's skin-filled Hollywood issue.
    By Tracy Clark-Flory February 8, 2006

  • Inside the Judith Miller saga

    Vanity Fair dishes on the former New York Times reporter.
    By Tim Grieve December 7, 2005

  • Kate Moss' snappy comeback

    Can the model return? Vanity Fair answers its own question.
    By Rebecca Traister November 11, 2005

  • Man bites lap dogs!

    Vanity Fair critic and new blogger James Wolcott sinks his fangs into the plush hindquarters of Fox, CNN and the media elite.
    By Kerry Lauerman September 28, 2004

  • The betrayal of the whistle-blowers

    Thanks to a glaring legal loophole and a hostile Justice Department, a federal employee who revealed that U.S. nuclear facilities were unsafe found his career and life ruined. And many other whistle-blowers share his fate.
    By Eric Boehlert October 21, 2003

  • The crisis of the pro-war liberals

    As Iraq deteriorates, some born-again hawks like Christopher Hitchens are still waving their sabers -- but others are skulking toward the rear.
    By Michelle Goldberg September 22, 2003

  • "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" by Toby Young

    A would-be member of the media elite describes his hilarious misadventures trying to succeed in the shallow, celebrity-obsessed world of glossy magazines.
    By Michelle Goldberg June 17, 2002

  • Irony is dead! Long live irony!

    As jingoists call for a New Sincerity, we need irony -- the serious kind -- more than ever.
    By David Beers September 25, 2001

  • Gore Vidal joins the black-helicopter crowd

    With his defense of Timothy McVeigh as a heroic freedom fighter in this month's Vanity Fair, the contrarian goes postal on us once and for all.
    By Gary Kamiya August 9, 2001
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