Vanity Fair articles from April 2009

Vanity Fair archives from April 2009

Once More Into The Void.
April 1, 2009... Byline: GRAYDON CARTER As far as the global economic crisis goes, part of me thinks the U.S. has gone off a cliff pretty much the way Wile E. Coyote does in the Road Runner cartoons. He doesn't drop immediately; he's suspended in midair....

It's History, Boys!
April 1, 2009... Reviewing the destruction; Palin versus moose; the price of silence; what would Emily Post say?; and more I commend Todd S. Purdum and Cullen Murphy for their detailed recap of the eight years of the Bush administration and its various...

V.F. Classic.
April 1, 2009... In the 1970s, David Begelman (one of the first agents to become a studio head) was in the midst of a thriving career as the president of Columbia Pictures ( Shampoo, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Kramer vs. Kramer ) when he was dethroned...

More From The V.F. Mailbag.
April 1, 2009... Little Graydon has received, at his personal e-mail address (littlegraydon@condenast.com), a pitch for a feature. From someone with representation. (This is more than the Mailbag can handle right now. Little Graydon's Little Editorial Assistant...

The Cultural Divide: April.
April 1, 2009... A Colorful Life The Klee Universe, a new book from Hatje Cantz, captures the Swiss-born German painter's oeuvre in all its vibrant wonder, bringing the prolific artist's lifework together with brilliantly written essays. (amazon.com) ...

Hot Type.
April 1, 2009... Byline: ELISSA SCHAPPELL I ch bin ein Berliner! Anne Nelson conducts the Red Orchestra (Random House), a band of fearless Germans who helped defeat the Nazis. Stefan Aust infiltrates the Baader-Meinhof (Oxford) gang, who robbed and killed...

Night -: + Table +: Reading.
April 1, 2009... Print People DAVID LIPMAN CHAIRMAN, LIPMAN THE AUDACITY OF HOPE BY BARACK OBAMA (CROWN) "Since the inauguration I've reread The Audacity of Hope, and at the same time I'm listening to and reading everything Bob Marley....

Hair Apparent Star Stylist Oribe Launches His First Line.
April 1, 2009... Byline: A. M. HOMES He is Oribe, the infamous "hair maestro" known for collaborations with top models, actresses, designers, and photographers. He is a blend of Cuban machismo and southern gentleman, and his signature style is all about...

Skin Sensation.
April 1, 2009... Byline: LINDSEY KEENAN Molton Brown's new line of body therapies sources ingredients from exotic climescedar-tree oil from Morocco, cardamom from Guatemala, and desert plants from Africa. Each of the four collections is designed to remedy...

Over The Hedge.
April 1, 2009... Byline: BY BETHANY McLEAN PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS BY DARROW The five hotshots who took Fortress Investment Group public were worth billions at first. Today they look like arrogant showboats, and their story helps explain why hedge funds are...

Greenwich Mean Time.
April 1, 2009... Byline: BY VICKY WARD Walter and Monica Noel, their five attractive daughters, and their well-connected sons-in-law were flying ever higher on the profits of their Fairfield Greenwich Group, a feeder fund for Bernie Madoff. Then the family...

Q&A: Revenge Of The Nerd.
April 1, 2009... Byline: GEORGE WAYNE Rachel Maddow ON OBAMA, POPE BENEDICT, AND PRINCE HARRY "A year ago, she didn't even own a television, much less know what a teleprompter looked like. That she's taken to TV like a fish to water is testament to the...

Rethinking The American Dream.
April 1, 2009... Along with millions of jobs and 401(k)s, the concept of a shared national ideal is said to be dying. But is the American Dream really endangered, or has it simply been misplaced? Exploring the way our aspirations have changedthe rugged...

Wall Street On The Tundra.
April 1, 2009... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHS BY JONAS FREDWALL KARLSSON Iceland's de facto bankruptcyits currency (the krona) is kaput, its debt is 850 percent of G.D.P., its people are hoarding food and cash and blowing up their new Range Rovers for the...

The Pirate Latitudes.
April 1, 2009... When the French luxury cruise ship Le Ponant was captured by a raggedy, hopped-up band of Somali pirates last spring, in the Gulf of Aden, it looked as if the bandits had bitten off more than they could chew. But after a week-long standoff,...

Sketchbook: Hell Drivers Of The Riviera.
April 1, 2009... Byline: BY BRUCE McCALL Hemingway blustered onto the scene one June afternoon in that summer he spent down near Nice on maneuvers with the French Marines. Ernest was so very afraid of not being seen as brave, so of course he got corked on...

Credits.
April 1, 2009... ON THE COVER FASHION COVER: Jonah Hill's THOMAS PINK shirt and bow tie from Thomas Pink, N.Y.C., or call 212-838-1928; BROOKS BROTHERS vest from Brooks Brothers stores nationwide, or call 800-274-1815, or go to brooksbrothers.com;...