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Vanity Fair Magazine

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    August 4, 2011

    Shane McBride 'In' at Balthazar; Belinda Chang 'In' at Monkey Bar

    ​Shane McBride, the former chef de cuisine at Colicchio & Sons, is now cooking at Balthazar, where he has been since February. [Eater] Not to be outdone by the likes of Eric Ripert, who has had cameos on Treme, Bobby Flay will appear on Entourage as the lover of Ari Gold's wife. [Eater] Guy ... More >>

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    July 18, 2011

    Pregnant-Belly Painting Has Gone Mainstream

    via @MariahCareyMimi's "attempt @ festiveness."​It's cute when kids get their faces painted. It's scary when Tom Cruise does. It's just plain weird when pregnant women get their bellies painted, but that's a trend, according to the New York Daily News.

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    April 12, 2011

    Huffington Post Hit With $105 Million Lawsuit By 9,000 Angry Unpaid Bloggers

    ​In its intermittent battles with unpaid writers, The Huffington Post and its (often reluctant) defenders have trotted out a number of arguments, including most commonly the assertion that the bloggers write without compensation for attention, and most like it just fine that way. Others have a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Donald Trump Reads Vanity Fair's Blog (About Himself); Google, New York Times Team Up

    ​"From the office of Donald J. Trump" reads the accompanying card clipped to a printed-out blog post from VanityFair.com, mailed to that magazine's editor-in-chief Graydon Carter. A veteran of covering (and mocking) the rich and famous, some his friends and some less so, Carter and Trump go wa ... More >>

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    March 3, 2011

    Tina Brown Excites Staff With Redesign, Still Riding New Newsweek Hype Wave

    ​If there's one word to describe the media news narrative so far in 2011, it's probably "reinvention," or something like it, what with all of the relaunches, redesigns and restructuring, from AOL and the Huffington Post to Gawker, the New York Times (plus Magazine), New York Observer and Tina ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2011

    Libyan Rebels Take Control Near Tripoli; Tunisian Prime Minister Steps Down; Taxi Passenger Crashes Cab (Sunday Links)

    via Gothamist​The Libyan uprising has "reached the capital's doorstep": anti-government forces have taken a town 30 miles from Tripoli, the capital. Yesterday, the U.N. approved sanctions against Libya and President Obama said that Moammar Qaddafi should step down. [NYT] Mohammed Ghannouchi, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Muammar el Qaddafi's Finest Fashions

    ​Colonel Muammar el Qaddafi just spoke on Libyan state television for over an hour and said that he would die in Libya as a martyr. He promised to make unspecified small changes to the government ("constitutional reform") but said that he wouldn't consider stepping down. Amidst all of the chao ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Justin Bieber Likes Michael Jackson

    ​And I bet Jackson would have loved him right back! Bieber is on the cover of the new Vanity Fair, and though I usually enjoy making wicked fun of the kid, I'm going to sit this one out because he says some interesting things in the interview.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    The Huffington Post Didn't Steal Anything Except Your Labor and Content, Unfortunately

    ​It would be very easy to root against the liberal cleavage emporium, occasionally news-breaking, mostly news-aggregating behemoth The Huffington Post, whose most popular articles currently include "PHOTOS: Jennifer Love Hewitt In A Bikini" and something called "WATCH: The Wrong Way To Install ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    The Daily Kill Dossier: A Hit List of News Corp's Freshest Poaches

    ​As it's been noted, News Corp's daily newspaper built just for the iPad -- The Daily -- is on the way. It is Rupert Murdoch's newest child, the Draco Malfoy to his Voldemort. As such, they're hiring or trying to hire every editorial staffer this side of the Bangkok Bugle Tribune, which I just inv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Press Clips, Day 7, Lunch Edition: "Shitshow"-War-at-The-New-York-Observer-Edition

    ​Press Clips is on hiatus for a special project we're working on. But while we were gone, everything at the New York Observer has gone completely haywire. Three departures, including a 12-year vet. Here's what's happening:

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    One Man's Desperate Attempt to Find a Reason to Like the Arcade Fire

    Look, we're trying here, OK?​There is a thing where people get on the internet and express a strong, contrary opinion in the interests of getting other people angry. This is not that thing. There is a thing where a person sees a lot of other people getting excited about a cultural phenomenon a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Lady Gaga Protects Her Vagina

    ​Lady Gaga's naked in the September Vanity Fair and Huffington Post has the scoop on it. In the interview, the superstar singer admits that she very occasionally does cocaine and more often than that, she feels lonely, even when she's with someone. She's an artist, after all!

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2010

    Just How Inane Was This Weekend in Washington D.C.? Unbelievably So!

    Political Powerhouses Jessica Simpson and Jimmy Fallon​No one with any sense of perspective believes that Real America -- most of the nation, fly-over country, everywhere but the coastal cities, whatever you want to call it -- gives a quarter of a shit about the White House Correspondents Dinner. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Vanity Fair Reveals Mystery Owner of Sick Wall Street 2 Apartment

    ​Yesterday, the New York Times set up a nice little mystery. Who could possibly own the freakin' awesome Chelsea penthouse that functions as the cinematic landing pad of Shia LaBeouf (who plays Gordon Gekko's new protege/victim) in the sequel to Wall Street? It's really, really nice by the way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Things That Could Ruin Your Day, But Won't: Death by Asteroid

    Potential Proctologists Association campaign ad waiting to happen.​You know what asteroids and hemorrhoids have in common? Four letters at the end and the ability to severely fuck up one's day. You should enjoy today knowing that you missed at least one of them.

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Valentino is Still Stirring Memories

    ​Supermodels of the '70s and '80s, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' exhibit at the Steven Kasher Gallery, features 10 large-format portraits of legendary mannequins taken in 2009 while Greenfield-Sanders was working on a project for Vanity Fair. Thrill to images of Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs ... More >>

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    January 19, 2010

    Beach House

    ​Supermodels of the '70s and '80s, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' exhibit at the Steven Kasher Gallery, features 10 large-format portraits of legendary mannequins taken in 2009 while Greenfield-Sanders was working on a project for Vanity Fair. Thrill to images of Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History Author John Ortved on Today's 20th Anniversary and How Male Simpsons Fans Can't Get Laid

    Twenty years ago today, Rupert Murdoch's upstart network FOX aired the first-ever half-hour episode of The Simpsons, a holiday special in which a financially strained fatso dad named Homer ends up at the dogtrack, where instead of Christmas-present money, he and his son Bart walk away with their o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Henry Rollins Meets a Woman in a Black Flag Shirt Who Doesn't Know Who Black Flag Is

    ​Henry Rollins files from Jakarta for Vanity Fair: "At one point, I met a young couple who recognized me and we stopped to talk. Around that time, a female vendor walked up to us wearing a most interesting T-shirt. The couple got the irony of the situation and explained to the woman why I was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Fox News Gets Wind of Krispy Kreme Cheeseburger, Smells Sign of Apocalypse

    The infamous Krispy Kreme cheeseburger has been making the rounds for a few years and has recently experienced a resurgence of prurient interest. Now, Fox News has decided its existence is on par with that of Islamofascists and H1N1. Looking at footage of the 1,500-calorie zeppelins, an expression ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Mickey D's Making Customers Happy & The Latest Food Safety Scare? Cantaloupes!

    Grilling enthusiasts need not skimp on the steak this summer. Bargain cuts include hanger, flatiron, flank, flap, tri-tip, skirt, chuck eye, chuck shoulder and top sirloin. So, what's the key to the perfect steak? Patience: let it sit before you put it on the grill and after. [Washington Post] A po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    amNY Finds Holiday Sex More Plentiful, Depressing

    Grilling enthusiasts need not skimp on the steak this summer. Bargain cuts include hanger, flatiron, flank, flap, tri-tip, skirt, chuck eye, chuck shoulder and top sirloin. So, what's the key to the perfect steak? Patience: let it sit before you put it on the grill and after. [Washington Post] A po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Audio From Jet Crash Online at VF; Pilots Angry

    Grilling enthusiasts need not skimp on the steak this summer. Bargain cuts include hanger, flatiron, flank, flap, tri-tip, skirt, chuck eye, chuck shoulder and top sirloin. So, what's the key to the perfect steak? Patience: let it sit before you put it on the grill and after. [Washington Post] A po ... More >>

  • Film

    October 1, 2008

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is Sitcom-Drab

    Grilling enthusiasts need not skimp on the steak this summer. Bargain cuts include hanger, flatiron, flank, flap, tri-tip, skirt, chuck eye, chuck shoulder and top sirloin. So, what's the key to the perfect steak? Patience: let it sit before you put it on the grill and after. [Washington Post] A po ... More >>

  • Music

    December 4, 2007

    Dysfunctional Family Affair

    Sly Stone takes the stage! And even sings occasionally!

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    May 2, 2007

    Slow Noose Day: 'Visa Loophole' Lets Colored Brits into U.S.

    Sly Stone takes the stage! And even sings occasionally!

  • Columns

    January 10, 2006

    NY Mirror

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    April 5, 2005

    Big Lies, Blind Spies, and Vanity Fair

    Quick Lessons From the WMD Report

  • Columns

    March 29, 2005

    High Style

    Glamour and comfort in the wild blue yonder

  • Art

    January 18, 2005

    Do Not Recycle

    The most stylish magazine photography of 2004

  • Film

    August 24, 2004

    Blonde Ambition

    Portrait of a lady: Reese takes on Thackeray's social-climber heroine while playing herself

  • Columns

    August 17, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Portrait of a lady: Reese takes on Thackeray's social-climber heroine while playing herself

  • Books

    August 26, 2003

    How to Say 'Palahniuk'

    Portrait of a lady: Reese takes on Thackeray's social-climber heroine while playing herself

  • Books

    July 9, 2002

    The Fuckup

    Portrait of a lady: Reese takes on Thackeray's social-climber heroine while playing herself

  • News

    August 21, 2001

    How Shall I Begin?

    The Magazine Writer’s Most Soul-Searching Dilemma

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    September 5, 2000

    Photographic Memory

    The Season Envisions a 101 Lesson in the Medium

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    August 29, 2000

    The Art of the Lead

    Glossy Magazines Show How It’s Done

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    March 21, 2000

    The Liberian Avenger

    Obscure Journal Takes on the Glossies

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    February 29, 2000

    The Year of Living Pseudonymously

    Of Mugger, Masher, Donna Johnson and . . . Calendar Boy

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    February 8, 2000

    Painting.com

    Of Mugger, Masher, Donna Johnson and . . . Calendar Boy

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    February 1, 2000

    'The New Yorker' Sells Out

    Writer John Seabrook Lives to Tell the Tale

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    August 10, 1999

    Bait and Switch

    Writer John Seabrook Lives to Tell the Tale

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    June 29, 1999

    In Styles

    Writer John Seabrook Lives to Tell the Tale

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    March 9, 1999

    Talked Up

    Writer John Seabrook Lives to Tell the Tale

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    December 22, 1998

    Hypocritical Oafs

    Writer John Seabrook Lives to Tell the Tale

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    July 21, 1998

    She, Tina

    How Tina Brown revived the years with Ross

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    April 21, 1998

    Seined, Sealed, Delivered

    How Tina Brown revived the years with Ross

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