Vanity Fair

The 2026 Met Gala will celebrate the opening of “Costume Art,” the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition. The night’s dress code? Fashion is Art.

For decades, the president has chased the royal imprimatur for his properties and even his dating life. Now, as King Charles visits him in his second term, he’s taking on kingly airs in pursuit of historical immortality.

On the third day of her American state visit, the royal stopped in New York to show off another precious family heirloom and embrace old friends.

Screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna dishes on being “scared to death” of Meryl Streep, booking Lady Gaga, and capturing the state of magazine journalism today in the long-awaited sequel.

An eleventh-hour ruling means Collins and his satirical newspaper have come up short once again in their quest to play the ultimate joke on Alex Jones. “Is this the most elaborate bullshit that I’ve ever had to encounter to get around to something that I thought was just a nice thing to do? Yes, it is,” Collins says.

He romances Anne Hathaway in the hotly anticipated sequel, but it’s his real-life love with Colin From Accounts collaborator Harriet Dyer that inspires the Aussie actor.

The day was serene at the 9/11 Memorial when the king and queen visited, but outside of the barricades, the high schoolers wanted to see Mayor Mamdani.

Under the guidance of his most trusted aides, King Charles wrote and delivered a speech that’s already being called one of the most important of his reign.

British royals from Princess Diana to Kate Middleton has stayed at The Carlyle Hotel—one of the last bastions of old New York—when visiting the Big Apple. Here, Vanity Fair revisits all their elegant check-ins.

“We apologize once again for the rocket’s red glare and the bombs,” said one of the British ambassador’s deputies at a garden party at the British Embassy.

By wearing her mother-in-law’s heirloom gem for the UK state visit, Camilla may have been expressing a yearning for the Reagan era.

For her first day in Washington, the sovereign chose to wear a precious heirloom made for Queen Elizabeth in 1957 on the occasion of her first overseas state visit as royalty.

As the royal state visit begins in Washington, DC, on Monday, King Charles is in a unique position to “use his role as a statesman to exercise soft power,” says royals historian Ed Owens.

Reiner has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michelle. In the same courthouse where OJ Simpson stood trial for murder, Reiner’s case is already drawing cameras—if not yet answers.

Former Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax killed his wife, Cerina, months after she filed for divorce. The news about my old friend evokes the patterns that emerge in stories that end this way—with women violated, abused, and murdered.

From pharmaceutical crystal meth to the hormones for pubertymaxxing, these are the Clavicular-endorsed substances that will make your doctor shudder.

The two Silicon Valley titans are locked in an existential fight for the soul of AI. Here’s what you need to know as their Shakespearean drama heads to trial.

The first lady has put her feelings on display three times recently: at the strange Epstein press conference and in her Jimmy Kimmel attack, we see anger. At the WHCD, we see fear. And it’s the most we’ve ever seen from her.

New York Post reporter Isabel Vincent's new book, RFK Jr.: The Fall and Rise, is based on Kennedy’s diaries, which she acquired 13 years ago.

President Trump, the First Lady, and other officials in attendance are unharmed, and one person is in custody.

The president praised law enforcement, called the alleged shooter “a very sick person,” and compared the safety of the Washington Hilton—where the event was held—to his proposed White House ballroom project.

Kalshi’s CEO snaps a selfie with a CIA whistleblower while Bari Weiss prepares for her CBS debut at the Saturday dinner, plus more from inside the party.

In a world replete with fresh horrors that cross our vision every day, news about the mass theft of candy, sex toys, and olive oil feels—dare we say it?—fun by comparison.

Sixty-five years ago, my grandfather masterminded a robbery at a historic Los Angeles estate. Decades later, Carla Kirkeby—who lived in that house and discovered the theft of her parents’ jewels as a teenager—sat down with me to discuss her extraordinary life, the burglary, and our unbelievable connection.

Hilary Simon and Melissa Fares, who testified in front of a Massachusetts grand jury on Tuesday, shared their stories of Matthew Rutledge’s grooming and alleged sexual abuse in a Vanity Fair investigation last year.

The 49-year-old musician was charged with assault and trespassing at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire.

A reporter with a local news affiliate tells Vanity Fair that the case is “pretty bizarre.”

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and FBI released six photos and three videos from surveillance cameras at Nancy Guthrie's home, recovered “from residual data located in backend systems” after “working closely with our private sector partners.”

A week after Nancy Guthrie was abducted, daughter Savannah Guthrie and her family have publicly announced that they will follow the demands of kidnappers to ensure her return.

The apparent abduction of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, has riveted Americans, calling to mind another high-profile crime that took place in 1932.

NBC colleagues held back tears on-air and shared frequent updates and pleas for help in the investigation into the possible abduction of Nancy Guthrie, Savannah’s 84-year-old mom.

“I don’t probably give as many fucks as I used to,” Streep laughs while sharing stories from across her films with Redford, Hawn, and Emily Blunt.

The animal, now 43 years old, lives in a specialized sanctuary in Florida, far from the spotlight.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Mother Mary have left the actor with a fashion juggling act that she is navigating with ease: classic runway glamour and dark, cinematic couture.

In an interview with The Guardian, the Australian actor talks about his love of science fiction, his new film, Beast, and sometimes getting confused with his famous siblings: “Every now and again someone calls me Liam.”

French film classic Amélie made its premiere on April 25, 2001, giving birth to one of cinema's most memorable hairstyles. Its creator, John Nollet, tells Vanity Fair how that perfect bob came to be.

After only a few days of filming The White Lotus, Helena Bonham Carter dropped out of the Côte d'Azur-set show's fourth season.

Why have so many men accused of sexual misconduct mounted comebacks in 2026? The answer is simple: People just don’t care enough to stop them.

Michael Jackson’s biopic has had a difficult road to the screen, fraught with expensive reshoots, family dysfunction, and legal woes. Here’s a breakdown of all the drama Michael faced on the way to the silver screen.

The Little Gold Men team looks at the actor’s big year ahead, and breaks down how she became an A-list star and red-carpet It girl.