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Vanity Fair opens the door to Hollywood. With a unique mix of grit and glamour, we track the latest scandals, the greatest achievements and the newest stars. Vanity Fair is a cultural catalyst. A provocative mix of culture, politics and high finance that generates more monthly media coverage than any other glossy magazine.With an outstanding combination of iconic photography, groundbreaking stories, in-depth reportage, and social commentary, Vanity Fair is the biography of our age, one month at a time.

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Masks OFF • He spent his teen years concealing his sexuality. Now BENITO SKINNER is mining that awkward time for art

Endless SUMMER • Season is a state of mind in Wayne Thiebaud: Summer Days, in which the late artist eternalizes life’s sunniest fleeting indulgences, like colorful ice cream cones, hot dogs, and bikinis

Dressed to THRILL • Celebrity stylist and the Period Company cofounder KARLA WELCH stays on the pulse, with assists from Pilates and Postmates

Gold RUSH

No WONDER • RUPERT EVERETT reveals what’s behind his new collection of short stories, a meditation on rejection

Six Pack • Uncanny novels, hyperreal nonfiction, and more fresh reads

Rise and SHINE • With tints of gold and silver, cut a dash with the sharpest style staples

Picture THIS • From gripping portraiture to striking landscapes, eight new books offer a feast for the eyes

Baggage CLAIM

Gastronomic IMMUNITY • Washington, DC’s ascendant dining scene prepares to seat a second Trump administration

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE • AS THE SENSATIONAL HIT SERIES THAT LAUNCHED HER CAREER COMES TO AN END, MILLIE BOBBY BROWN HAS A PLAN TO SUSTAIN THE MOMENTUM—ALL WHILE SAYING NO AS MUCH AS SHE NEEDS TO AND LIVING ON A FARM IN GEORGIA. WHY NOT? STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED

NYPD CONFIDENTIAL • Along with a contingent of detectives and undercover operatives, the NYPD’s counterterror czar, Rebecca Weiner, defends New York City and the nation against enemies foreign and domestic. ADAM CIRALSKY reports from inside the country’s most elite local law enforcement agency

THE POWER & THE GLAMOUR • PORTRAITS OF THE ARTISTS AND VISIONARIES PUSHING HOLLYWOOD FORWARD IN TIMES BOTH DARK AND BRIGHT

VIBE CHECK • WITH 2024 IN THE REARVIEW, HIGH-RANKING DEMOCRATS ARE FINALLY ARRIVING AT THE HARD TRUTH THAT THEIR PARTY IS UNWELL. “DISARRAY” DOESN’T QUITE COVER IT. AS FOR WHAT THEY’RE DOING ABOUT IT—AND WHETHER THEY CAN EVER WREST THE COUNTRY BACK FROM TRUMP AND TRUMPISM—IT DEPENDS ON WHOM YOU ASK

SPLASH PAD • FOR MORE THAN 170 YEARS, THE CRAFTSMEN OF THE BAGLIETTO SHIPYARDS IN LA SPEZIA, ITALY, HAVE BUILT SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST SOUGHT-AFTER BOATS, FROM A YAWL FOR A POPE TO A YACHT BELOVED BY PETER SELLERS. A NEW BOOK DIVES DEEP INTO THE ARCHIVES

SECOND ACT • SMASH, THE SHORT-LIVED 2012 TV SERIES, DEVELOPED A DEDICATED CULT FOLLOWING. NOW, STEVEN SPIELBERG AND COMPANY HAVE RESURRECTED IT FOR BROADWAY. MICHAEL RIEDEL TELLS THE BACKSTORY OF THE ORIGINAL SHOW AND THE NEW PRODUCTION, REVEALING THE MAD RHAPSODIES OF MAKING A MUSICAL

BROOKE SHIELDS • The actor and author of Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old on Princeton pride, her dystopian idol, and lying about your ugly baby