Vanity Fair articles from January 2006

Vanity Fair archives from January 2006

The Road to Kong; For years, Naomi Watts was "the next big thing"-while she scrounged to pay the rent and watched her close friend Nicole Kidman reach the top.(Biography)
January 1, 2006... Byline: Krista Smith Everywhere she goes, it's the same thing: "Hey, has anyone ever told you that you look like Naomi Watts?" "I just smile. And keep walking," says none other than Naomi Watts, in her Anglo-Australian lilt. "If I were...

Baryshnikov at the Summit.(Mikhail Baryshnikov)(Baryshnikov Arts Center )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Byline: Laura Jacobs "The last frontier of New York is space," says Mikhail Baryshnikov, and he would know. It's been 32 years since his 1974 Apollo landing in the West, a Soviet defection that rebooted the dance boom. In those 32 years...

Missing White Female; A missing girl.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Bryan Burrough It had been a soccer mom's dream weekend, just the three women lying around the lake house at Hot Springs, Arkansas, sunbathing, relaxing, and luxuriating in the fact that, for three entire days, they were free of...

Unreliable Sources; Jayson Blair brought down The New York Times's top editors.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Seth Mnookin On Monday, October 3, a frightened and vulnerable Judith Miller walked into The New York Times's cluttered Manhattan newsroom. It was the first time in three months she'd been inside the only professional home she'd...

A Private-School Affair; One of America's most prestigious boarding schools, St.(St. Paul's School)
January 1, 2006... Byline: Alex Shoumatoff For the past 150 years St. Paul's School, the "exclusive" (as it is invariably called) boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire, has been the Eton of America's upper crust. Or perhaps it is its Hogwarts, as Harry...

Catherine Deneuve; It has been nearly 50 years since Catherine Deneuve made her film debut, in Les Collegiennes.(Brief Article)(Interview)
January 1, 2006... Which historical figure do you most identify with? George Sand. Which living person do you most admire? Aung San Suu Kyi. What is your greatest fear? The war. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? ...

The Man in the Suit.(Editorial)
January 1, 2006... Byline: Graydon Carter In response to Maureen Dowd's engaging contemplation of the sexes in her book Are Men Necessary?, I offer the following to indicate the true differences between the two sexes. There are the obvious: men like the...

In Katrina's Wake; Remember Mississippi.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2006... As a lifelong New Orleanian, I applaud Vanity Fair for its article "Hell and High Water" [photographs by Jonas Karlsson, reporting by Ron Beinner, introduction by David Halberstam, November]. I was amazed at how brilliantly thorough the piece...

Hot Type.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Elissa Schappell Crazy Christian fundamentalists, gung-ho military types, blabbermouth babysitters, heroic spin doctors, self-obsessed fiftysomethings, and imploding mega-stars! Welcome to America, darling. After the...

Boys 2 Men.(Country Boys)(Movie Review)
January 1, 2006... Byline: Aaron Gell Anyone who thinks life in small-town America is simple (a certain hotel heiress comes to mind) will find some hard evidence to the contrary in "Country Boys," the engrossing six-hour Frontline documentary by David...

Social Hollywood.(restaurant)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Byline: Frank Digiacomo When restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow (China Grill, Asia de Cuba) asked his favorite Los Angeles nighthawks if they could envision a swank destination on the funky stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through...

Millions of Pieces.(online marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Byline: Aaron Gell Priced out of that primo-Everglades-land deal? Brooklyn Bridge a mite too steep? If so, Alex Tew has a virtual-real-estate offer for you... while supplies last. In August, the 21-year-old business student from...

Olivia Wilde.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Byline: Krista Smith AGE AND OCCUPATION: 21, actress. PROVENANCE: Washington, D.C. WILDE CHILD: Wilde, who got her start on Jerry Bruckheimer's porn-world series, Skin, will appear in two big films this year: Nick Cassavetes's Alpha Dog...

Look Who's Talking.(Kirstie Alley)(Interview)
January 1, 2006... Byline: George Wayne Kirstie Alley made a mark in the 1980s as a half-Vulcan in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, but it was her affinity for comedy that propelled her to stardom with Cheers and, later, Veronica's Closet. Recently, the...

Vanity Fair's The Best of the Best 2005; a powerful anti-war movement sprang from Cindy Sheehan's grief, while Joan Didion created a masterpiece from hers.
January 1, 2006... Byline: James Wolcott It's easy to pay big, fat tribute to heroes, oracles, and whistle-blowers once they're venerably old or conveniently deceased. Especially when the verdict of history has ruled in their favor. Dying at the age of 92,...