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“Women Will Not Be Admitted on the Climb”: Inside a Groundbreaking Trek up Denali

An exclusive excerpt from Thirty Below remembers the women who made history on the mountain our president insists on calling Mount McKinley.
Obituary

David Johansen: His Life In Photos

The New York Dolls frontman, who also performed as “Buster Poindexter,” died Friday at age 75.
pod people

In the Podcast World, Gavin Newsom Is In, Alix Earle Is Out, and Alex Cooper and Dave Portnoy Are Eternal

Earle’s Hot Mess is reportedly out at Cooper’s Unwell Network, and Newsom is ready to talk. As for Portnoy? He’s here to troll them all.
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How Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring Forged a Friendship While Protesting the Killing of Michael Stewart

In an excerpt from The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart’s New York, author Elon Green recounts the young artist’s killing at the hands of police and its impact on the art world.
REIGNITED

Fyre Festival Is Coming Back—And You Can Get a $1.1 Million Ticket. Sounds Fun, Right?

Billy McFarland is out of prison and ready to party—if he’s legally allowed out of the country, that is.
true colors

The Art World Returns to a Post-Fires Los Angeles

After the catastrophic January wildfires, it was an open question as to whether Frieze, the city’s marquee fair, and its dozens of offshoot openings and satellites would go on. Six weeks later, those arriving in town found a return to form—and some lessons in quiet resilience.
FROM THE MAGAZINE

Karla Welch Can’t Get Over These 8 Items

The celebrity stylist and The Period Company cofounder shares her favorite things with Vanity Fair.
bring your child to work day

Elon Musk’s Daddy Cosplay Is a Not-So-Subtle Threat to All Working Women

The kid stays in the picture because he’s a great prop and charming distraction—but how many mothers can cart their children to the office?
Movement Work

Tamika Mallory, Women’s March Organizer, Warns to “Pay Very Close Attention” to Trump, Vance, and Musk

The civil rights activist speaks to Vanity Fair about her new memoir, her experience with the Anti-Defamation League, and this moment of American upheaval.
true colors

Inside the David Geffen–Crypto Banana Guy Legal Brawl

The entertainment mogul and upstart collector Justin Sun are locked in a court battle over an almost $80 million Giacometti, but the lawsuit’s details are even more surprising than its broad strokes. Plus a Sotheby’s-Breuer restaurant scoop and more in this week’s column.
From the Magazine

Rupert Everett on Why He Started Writing, Being Dazzled by Julie Andrews, and What He Thinks of the Kardashians

In advance of his new collection of short stories, The American No, Everett opens up about finding the humor in rejection, the Oscar-nominated film that makes him want to “take a Valium” and more.
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A Valentine to a Certain Kind of Black Male Sexuality

From Jamie Foxx’s stand-up special to Vinson Cunningham’s debut novel to anti-cunnilingus “propaganda,” the writer surveys Black men and sexual agency in pop culture.
BLEEDING HEARTS

Elizabeth Holmes Speaks About the “Hell and Torture” of Prison, New Inventions, and Pregnancy “Optics”

“I truly did not think I would ever be convicted or found guilty,” she told People in a new interview.
Q & A

Nicole Scherzinger Conquers Broadway at Last

The Sunset Boulevard star on overcoming insecurity, sharing the spotlight in the Pussycat Dolls, and her New Year’s Eve with Patti LuPone.

Michael Shannon’s Latest Role: Touring in an R.E.M. Cover Band

Talk about meta. The group’s biggest fans are Michael Stipe and the other members of R.E.M.
SUPER (SAD) BOWL

Travis Kelce Delivers Emotional Apology To Fans For “Tough” Super Bowl 2025 Loss

“I’m sorry for how it ended,” he said during an episode of New Heights, the podcast he co-hosts with brother Jason Kelce, published Wednesday.
Editor’s Letter

Radhika Jones on Millie Bobby Brown’s Next Chapter

Plus, the VF editor in chief highlights Hollywood’s movers and shakers—from seasoned favorites to rising forces.
THEATER

Smash Was a Cult TV Hit. Now Steven Spielberg and Friends Are Bringing It to Broadway

The backstage backstories of the original show, the new production, and the mad rhapsodies of making a musical.
AND THE WINNER IS

Actually, Serena Williams Won the Super Bowl 2025

The tennis GOAT made a lasting impression, and she boosted Taylor Swift after Donald Trump twisted things on social media.