Vanity Fair

The concert pianist, who never married and was considered the most “peculiar” among her family, led an exotic life.

The Princess of Wales wore red to Windsor Castle’s Crimson Drawing Room to celebrate the Red Roses, England’s World Cup–winning women’s rugby team.

Survival of the fittest—a concept that’s been twisted and abused since its birth—could be a Trump administration motto.

xAI filed its own lawsuit the same day, accusing St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk’s 14 known children, of violating its terms of service.

Is it 2026….or 2016? Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, is out March 6 of whichever decade we land on.

In your early 20s, “you’re thinking you kind of know everything…and you have no fear about it,” says costume designer Bellizzi, who brought 1950s New York to life by clothing Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler, the Creator, and thousands of extras.

In the 2023 VF story “Sympathy for the Devil,” Margy Palm finally spoke about being kidnapped by a serial killer in the early 1980s. Now her story is coming to Paramount+ in a limited series.

Emma Stone and Zendaya at Louis Vuitton, Nicole Kidman and A$AP Rocky at Chanel, Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence at Dior—the world of celebrity brand ambassadors, explained.

Veteran broadcast journalist Jon Meyersohn reflects on his firsthand experience being caught in the crosshairs of Bush’s operation to overthrow Noriega, drawing striking parallels between that conflict and the invasion of Venezuela.

The king met up with Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles on Tuesday to tour an exhibition focused on the royal’s own family dynasty.

When Lady Pamela Mountbatten, a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, married David Hicks on this day in 1960, it was a moment in royal history.

Prince Harry will be in Birmingham on July 10 as part of the Invictus Games—and his wife is reportedly mulling her own first trip across the pond since Queen Elizabeth II’s 2022 funeral.

The businessman was known for his playboy ways, then became a member of the royal family of Monaco during his brief marriage to Princess Caroline.

Instead of her traditional birthday portrait, the Princess of Wales chose to share a video, full of nature, to celebrate her 44th birthday.

Once described by His Majesty as an “appalling risk” of an investment, the 18th-century manor known as Dumfries House will now host newlyweds in the coming years.

Two years after being diagnosed with cancer, the Princess of Wales has moved into a new house, changed her approach to style, and is getting ready to wield one special royal power.

“I was so furious,” Queen Camilla says of an assault she survived as a teenager.

Prince William derives his income from the Duchy of Cornwall, which he inherited when his father became king.

“The house has been home to some of the greatest mayors in our city’s history,” Eric Adams tells Vanity Fair, “and it truly radiates that energy—and not just because of the ghost that haunts the halls.”

The 21-year-old two-time world champion and self-appointed “quad god” might just be the best figure skater in the world. Now he’s going for gold in Milan.

In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Bonfire of the Murdochs, Murdochologist and VF special correspondent Gabriel Sherman reports how Rupert Murdoch divided and conquered his children.

“The SDNY has not exactly covered itself in glory lately,” says Elie Honig, who spent more than eight years as an assistant US Attorney in the office long considered the DOJ’s crown jewel. But prosecuting Nicolás Maduro might help with that.

Saturday night, Penn Social is your typical Washington DC dive filled with conservative 20-somethings. Come Sunday morning, it’s still a hot spot—by the name of King’s Church.

DraftKings and FanDuel are thriving—but lax regulations, understaffed “responsible gambling” departments, and lack of resources for gambling addicts can make sports betting platforms uniquely insidious, author Danny Funt reveals in this excerpt from Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.

A suspect has been arrested for the fire at the Jackson, Mississippi, Beth Israel Congregation, which the KKK bombed in 1967.

“I’m so sorry if I offended their Disney princess ears, but no, it’s not the F-bomb that inflames matters,” he tells VF in the wake of Renee Nicole Good being shot by an immigration enforcement officer. “It’s the killing of a person that’s inflammatory. Obviously, right?”

On the Upper East Side, some of the city’s wealthiest Jewish residents remain hysterically opposed to Zohran Mamdani, in a rhetorical battle that is roiling the neighborhood—where the new mayor is now right next door.

Peter Bogdanovich, Bob Fosse, and Hugh Hefner all loved her, in their own ways—for better and worse. This reexamination of Stratten’s life, rape, and murder casts a new light on the angel who was a centerfold.

The note, which the Department of Justice released, said it was investigating, and then declared fake, was postmarked three days after Epstein’s death and references “our president”—Donald Trump at the time—having an interest in “young, nubile girls.” Another newly released document also appears to reference Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

A marathon pretrial proceeding in the accused health care CEO killer’s state murder case brought Marc and Karen Friedman Agnifilo into the spotlight surrounding their client.

The release of the Epstein files provides thousands of images of Epstein’s multimillion dollar homes and international vacations, painting an unsettling picture of his dark decadence.

In 2015, Rob Reiner directed his son Nick Reiner’s screenplay, based in part on Nick’s struggles as a young man. The experience “only brought us closer together,” the elder Reiner said at the time.

Their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, has been arrested in the case.

Almost exactly a year from his alleged assassination of a health care CEO, the international symbol is observing a pretrial proceeding that doubles as a granular reexamination of a manhunt and its aftermath.

This week saw a few major wins in the long-running battle between Donald Trump and reality.

As Vanity Fair detailed in a report earlier this year, for decades Matt Rutledge allegedly groomed and sexually attacked young teenage girls who were his students. New details have come to light.

On Wednesday night, the Game of Thrones and White Lotus alums joined VF and creators Susanna Fogel and David Iserson to discuss their stylish new espionage series.

We asked you to vote on your favorite looks at the Golden Globes. Who came out on top?

Commentator Brett Cooper is lecturing its fans for loving smut, while the right-leaning sports site OutKick thinks the show is a manufactured phenomenon—because “there are very few gay men in professional sports.”

As season three debuts, the show’s creator Meaghan Oppenheimer answers burning questions about separating a fan-favorite couple and Lucy’s downward spiral: “Audiences are just harder on female characters. That has become very obvious to me while writing the show.”

On Sunday night, he became the first Brazilian to win the Globe for best actor in a drama film. “It’s very special receiving all this attention and recognition for something that’s very Brazilian,” he said in a conversation hours before his victory.

In the next installment of Vanity Fair’s What Is Cinema? series, Sentimental Value director Joachim Trier returns to the Oslo home at the center of his film.

The two-time Oscar nominee wore a laid-back Valentino suit with a bit of Boucheron sparkle to present at the Golden Globes. Though he’s known for red-carpet flash, “I actually have a subtlety at times too,” he says.

The Beast in Me star wore a high-fashion take on a classic white Gap tee—designed by her old friend Zac Posen.