It could be that Trump's just trying to destabilize Nicolás Maduro’s regime—though even that explanation, says one expert, is “very confusing. I don’t see a strategy here.”

“Dismal,” “confused,” “demoralized,” “super fucked.” That, as one reporter tells Vanity Fair, is the mood inside CBS News this week—all because of Bari Weiss, about 14 minutes of television that criticized the Trump administration, and a Canadian streaming service.

Vanity Fair photographer Christopher Anderson explains how he made the portraits of Susie Wiles, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and other West Wing insiders: “I'm a professional noticer.”

As AmericaFest convened the likes of Erika Kirk, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Ben Shapiro, and other conservative stars, MAGA was anything but united.

From film and TV premieres to fashion shows, art openings, and the midterm elections, here’s everything you need to watch out for in the new year.

Bowen Yang ended his run as a ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast member last night with the return of one of his most iconic characters, a matchup with his dream sketch partner, and more than a couple tears.

After Vanity Fair's two-part report from inside the White House was published this week, questions and conspiracies swirled regarding how the story came together. In a Reddit AMA, journalist Chris Whipple answers those queries—and many more.

Once a frequent subject of right-wing outrage, the Epstein files drew little attention at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest. Years of delay, redaction, and shifting expectations appeared to diminish their impact upon release.

The newly released Epstein files offer a disturbing glimpse into the late financier's world, a heavily redacted archive of photos and documents that excludes child sexual abuse material but retains unsettling details, including bizarre art, and celebrity snapshots.

The heavily redacted trove of photos and documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein has plenty of familiar names and faces.

Saturday’s show, hosted by Yang’s 'Wicked' costar Ariana Grande, will almost certainly be the Emmy nominee’s final show as a cast member on 'SNL.'

Authorities say Claudio Manuel Neves‑Valente, a person of interest in the Brown University shooting and the killing of an MIT professor, was found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility.

Before sitting down to discuss the results of her four-and-a-half-hour conversation with Erika Kirk, Candace Owens used her Tuesday livestream to make noxious jokes for members of her audience who worried she was selling out to the Israeli government: “I keep telling you guys, I am not governable.”

‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary was impressed with Timothée Chalamet on the set of ‘Marty Supreme’: “[He’s] pretty amazing…He gets into character, and [then] he comes back with sparks flying off him. He’s not Timothée Chalamet anymore.”

Even MAGA loyalists weren’t impressed with Trump’s Wednesday primetime address: “Ego damaged,” wrote one pardoned January 6 rioter. “Swagger lost.”

Ask Chris Whipple anything. r/politics, 11:30am ET.

Since the #MeToo era, intimacy coordinators have been making sex scenes easier for all involved. So why do some stars still eschew their services?

The daughters of Ted Cruz and Kristi Noem talk to Vanity Fair about life in the shadow of their politician parents. “I feel like I have to go the extra mile to prove that I am my own person and that I can succeed,” said Caroline Cruz.

In a historic change, the Oscars will no longer be broadcast on television. Starting in 2029, the ceremony will move to YouTube.

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How's Karoline Leavitt faring in the onslaught of questions about the Epstein files? "It's pretty clear he wants us to be aggressively offensive when it comes to this issue." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

During the Vanity Fair photo session, Vance cracked: “I’ll give you $100 for every person you make look really shitty compared to me. And $1,000 if it’s Marco.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

“I’m not an enabler. I’m also not a bitch,” Susie Wiles tells Chris Whipple. “I guess time will tell whether I’ve been effective.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Throughout the first year of Donald Trump’s second administration, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple has interviewed Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, amid each moment of crisis. His insider’s account of Trump 2.0 joins the photography of Christopher Anderson for a portrait of power—and peril.

Hollywood is mourning the sudden, tragic deaths of inimitable director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, who were killed in an apparent homicide in their Brentwood, California home on Sunday.

Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead Sunday inside their Brentwood home, in what the Los Angeles Police Department says is “an apparent homicide.”

It’s been 26 years since Aaron Sorkin’s White House drama about liberal, populist president Jed Bartlet and his cohort of idealistic senior staffers made its debut. Will a new generation view the series as political science fiction—or could its infectiously optimistic energy reignite a resistance?

As next week’s deadline for the release of the files related to the federal investigation of Epstein looms, the House Oversight Committee released a new cache of images of the late financier and several of the high-profile figures in his orbit.

From Kate Middleton's first time wearing official Crown Jewels to her brand-new Cartier modern classic, take a tour through Kate’s year in jewelry. www.vanityfair.com/style/photos...

King Charles, who became a patron of Cancer Research UK after his own diagnosis last year, recorded a message to support the Stand Up For Cancer 2025 campaign.

At an intimate screening of her ‘End of an Era’ docuseries in New York City this week, Taylor Swift discussed the “magic and mystery and destiny and all that sort of stuff we can't explain” that went into her Eras Tour.

Loved talking to Jacob Elordi about Frankenstein, Euphoria, and what he loves about cinema. He also had some frank thoughts on AI: "I have no tolerance for it—nor the ever encroaching, constant conversation that we keep having about it." www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

In our latest 'Little Gold Men' episode, Jacob Elordi reveals to @beccamford.bsky.social what Frankenstein’s creature has to do with Jesus, if Nate from ‘Euphoria’ can find redemption next season, and why he hates talking about AI: “It’s so f--king boring.”

Lorenzo Amos has a room of paintings at the Rubell Museum, major collectors clamoring for his work, and a slew of high-profile shows set for Europe next year. He’s also 23 years old.

New Jersey senator Andy Kim goes deep with VF about his father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and why he thinks a focus on caregivers in the sandwich generation could bring the country back from the brink.

In his second term, Trump has acted like a belligerent manager of the federal workforce. This week, the Supreme Court heard a case that could give him unrestricted firing authority.

German-British composer Max Richter explains how Chloé Zhao recontextualizes his much-used 2004 track “On the Nature of Daylight”—a piece of music that “leads you by the hand.”

If all the musicians who have told Donald Trump to stop playing their music or never start playing their music got together for a music festival, you’d have an incredibly long event, with a Hall of Fame-worthy lineup.

Glenn Close and Jeff Goldblum—the stars of 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' and 'Wicked: For Good'—reminisce about dance parties, the lost epilogue from 'The Big Chill,' and the joy of gazing into Josh O’Connor’s eyes.

Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams—three of the most celebrated women in music, film and sports, respectively—will serve as co-chairs of the 2026 Met Gala alongside Anna Wintour.

The 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party will be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The move marks a new chapter for the event and deepens its connection to the artistic community at the center of Los Angeles.

In an interview, Senator Mark Kelly says the Defense secretary “is not intimidating me, and he’s not going to”—though he’s less forthcoming about a potential 2028 presidential run.

Vanity Fair’s accounting of the best performances of 2025 features Oscar contenders, Emmy winners, divas, divos—and two inanimate objects.

“Alina Habba isn’t going anywhere,” the US attorney for New Jersey assured VF’s Chris Smith in August. Until, it appears, yesterday, as Habba resigned in the wake of an appeals court defeat.

At Trump’s first Kennedy Center Honors, the president played host—and hinted at renaming the venue—while business titans, right-wing media stars, and members of his embattled Cabinet guzzled Taittinger and danced to Kiss.

After making the short list for the first-ever Golden Globe for best podcast, conservative podcasters like Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro didn’t make the final cut—an interesting twist in an inaugural category that’s already seen its fair share of drama.

'Game Over' puts Rich Paul in a new seat and brings Max Kellerman back to an old one—and emerges from a knotty web of high-profile sports media relationships.

Globes voters showed their love for international films like never before, but still had space for Julia Roberts and Emily Blunt—while 'Wicked: For Good' had a notable miss. VF lists the 13 biggest Golden Globes snubs and surprises.

The Golden Globes nominations 2026 are here, kicking off awards season—and cementing Paul Thomas’ Anderson’s 'One Battle After Another’ as the film to beat.

The long-awaited 'Mad Men' HBO Max debut included an embarrassing blunder. But in true Don Draper fashion, that might only work to the show's advantage.