Vanity Fair articles from July 2004

Vanity Fair archives from July 2004

Dinner and the Movies.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Matt Tyrnauer Georgette Mosbacher, one of the 280 guests at this year's Vanity Fair dinner for the Tribeca Film Festival, said, "I feel outnumbered-I must be the only pro-Bush person here," despite the presence of General Tommy...

Brand it like Beckham; The world's most famous athlete, David Beckham became the idol of soccer fans from Bangkok to Berlin in the 90s, when his Manchester United team ruled England.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Steven Daly If you're looking for the biographical basics on David Beckham, there is no better place to start than the many large tattoos that adorn his lean, hairless upper body. "I've always said that if I have a tattoo on my...

Tom DeLay's Hard Drive; The White House isn't the only branch of government run by Texans.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Sam Tanenhaus In case you hadn't noticed, we now inhabit the era of the stealthy Texans. There is the close-to-the-vest pair, George W. Bush and Karl Rove, who honed their craft in the Austin statehouse. They are joined in secrecy...

Awaking Beauty.(The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: David Kamp Anne Hathaway bids bittersweet adieu to her adoring tween constituency in next month's The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement, in which she re-teams with director Garry Marshall and co-star Julie Andrews in the...

Powerful Secrets; There's the secrecy; the C.I.A. link; the crypt-like headquarters, called "the Tomb"; the bizarre rituals; and the roster of alumni, who include three presidents, two Supreme Court chief justices, and scores of Cabinet members, senators, and congressmen.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Alexandra Robbins There are certain sure signs of spring at Yale. Dogwood trees blossom across New Haven. The daffodils on Old Campus bloom. Freshmen turn their speakers to face the courtyard and blast music while they kick Hacky...

Clarke's Challenge; Richard Clarke's apology to America for 9/11, and his best-selling book, Against All Enemies, which criticizes the White House's obsession with invading Iraq, have made him famous, wealthy, and a hero to many.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Vicky Ward One Tuesday evening toward the end of April, Richard Clarke, the counterterrorism expert who had served in government for 30 years, was signing books in an upstairs room in '21,' the legendary New York restaurant. ...

Saint-Tropez Babylon; It took just one stunning 21-year-old blonde to turn a sleepy little Mediterranean fishing village into the most decadent stop on the jet-set circuit.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Evgenia Peretz Surely you've wondered: who was in the passenger seat when P.R. princess Lizzie Grubman backed into 16 people outside Conscience Point nightclub in the Hamptons? And how does this person spend this social season? The...

MORT SAHL; Since his early days in comedy, half a century ago, Mort Sahl's brand of observational humor and political satire has influenced comics from Lenny Bruce to Woody Allen and in the process helped define modern stand-up.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: What is your greatest fear? Failing in "the mission." Which historical figure do you most identify with? Che Guevara. Which living person do you most admire? Fidel Castro. What is the trait you most...

Young Lives in Harm's Way.(Editorial)
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Graydon Carter My attitude is, any time we put one of our soldiers in harm's way, we're going to spend whatever is necessary to make sure they have the best training, the best support, and the best possible equipment. ...

THE WILL TO WAR.(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: "The Path to War" [May] has compelled me to take a public stand against this aggressive, arrogant administration. President Bush's stunning lack of regard for the world community and his ignorance of basic diplomacy have placed our...

A Jones for Talent.(Bridge and Tunnel)(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Anne Fulenwider On a dark Manhattan stage embellished only with graffiti, a coatrack, and a microphone, Sarah Jones brings to light some very timely issues. With the full force of her almost six-foot frame and little more than a...

Jersey Whirl.(Garden State)(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Bruce Handy From Rebel Without a Cause to Reality Bites, every generation gets the alienated-youth movie it deserves, or at least, if lucky, one that skillfully enough flatters its faith in its own exceptionalism. Current...

Sweet Sewn Alabama.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Punch Hutton In 2001, 42-year-old Natalie Chanin, on holiday in New York, found herself with a swanky dinner-party invitation but without anything fabulous to wear. She decided to deconstruct an old T-shirt and re-stitch it so...

Bleecker in Bloom.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Dana Levy It was only a matter of time before the gentrification of Manhattan's Meatpacking District spilled eastward. The shops that have recently sprouted up on the six blocks of Bleecker Street between Christopher Street and...

Bowled Over.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: A. M. Homes It is the stuff of history. Everyone from Judy Garland to Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles to the Dalai Lama, has played the Hollywood Bowl. Aaron Copland made his debut there in 1928; its iconic image has appeared in such...

Cosmic Connection.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Mary Lyn Maiscott The cotton-candy-colored universe known as StarLand (accessible at www.pikiandpoko.com) is the Internet destination for fans of Piki and Poko, the spunky Tokyo-born teenagers who battle evil to restore harmony to...

A Pioneer of Cool.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Edward Helmore When Brian McNally opened Indochine, on Manhattan's Lafayette Street, in 1984, it signified the moment when restaurants became nightclubs, and everyone-movie people, artists, lawyers, criminals, and politicians-was...

Rumble on the Right; There's a battle raging inside the Republican Party, between traditional conservatives opposed to the war in Iraq and the neocons who spearheaded the invasion.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Christopher Hitchens Since the book of Genesis does not tell us how Cain managed to find the woman he wed when he was, according to the story, the only person left on earth apart from his parents, we might be justified in...

The Bush Bunch; Bush claims to love strong women, and he is surrounded by them: his mother, Barbara, and his mother substitute, Karen Hughes; his wife, Laura, and his professional wife, Condoleezza Rice; Cabinet members Gale Norton and Elaine Chao.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: James Wolcott It is said by passionate admirers and appalled bystanders alike that, whatever his sexual politics, President Bush is secure enough in his masculinity to be comfortable around "strong women." He says so, too. Clinging...

VANITY FAIR NOMINATES CAROLINE BARON.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Peter Biskind Because, in a world in which there are 20 million refugees, she cared enough to get off her comfortable sofa and do something for them. because a few years ago, when she heard on NPR that many refugees have adequate...

The Scandal Keeper; The Madison Avenue wake of mysterious "businessman" Tom Corbally left questions smoldering: his role in the Profumo case, his investigations for the very wealthy, the way he knew everyone who mattered.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Dominick Dunne I first saw Thomas J. Corbally, the international mystery man who died on April 15 at the age of 83, at a high-society lunch party given by Mark Birley on the terrace overlooking the garden of Thurlow Lodge, his...

Unacceptable Exposure; At the Four Seasons book party for Senator John McCain, the talk was the torture pictures from Abu Ghraib prison, with their unspinnable, uncomfortable echoes of Vietnam.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Michael Wolff The week after the Iraqi torture-pictures story broke, Barry Diller threw a cocktail party for Senator John McCain at the Four Seasons restaurant in Manhattan to celebrate the publication of the senator's new book,...

ZACH BRAFF.
July 1, 2004... BYLINE: Krista Smith age and occupation: 29, actor-writer- director. provenance: South Orange, New Jersey. from scrub to superstar: Braff, whom you may recognize from the NBC sitcom Scrubs, wrote, directed, and stars in the quirky...