Vanity Fair articles from July 2009

Vanity Fair archives from July 2009

The Paper Chase.
July 1, 2009... Byline: GRAYDON CARTER The Paper Chase Goodness knows, I'm not one to complain, and I'm sure you're not the sort to, either, but aren't you growing just a bit tired of reading about the demise of newspapersin the papers themselves?...

Laugh Lines.
July 1, 2009... Byline: JULIAN SANCTON Laugh Lines Laughter may be universal, but the world of comedy writing is shrouded in mystery. In And Here's the Kicker (Writer's Digest Books, July 8), Mike Sacks, a humor writer and VANITY FAIR staffer, helps...

The Lovely Stones.
July 1, 2009... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY YANNIS KONTOS THE LOVELY STONES Among the first to visit Greece's new Acropolis Museum, devoted to the Parthenon and other temples, the author reviews the origins of a gloriously "right" structure (part of a...

The Power And The Story.
July 1, 2009... Byline: PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DARROW THE POWER AND THE STORY The Obamas may have the smartest, most finely calibrated press operation in White House history, parceling out scoops ( The New York Times ), partisan talking points (the...

Johnny Depp's Great Escape.
July 1, 2009... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHS BY FRANAOIS-MARIE BANIER JOHNNY DEPP'S GREAT ESCAPE Plunging deep into his rolesfrom the self-created (Edward Scissorhands and Captain Jack Sparrow) to the painstakingly re-created (Hunter S. Thompson, and John...

Pirate Of The Caribbean.(Company overview)
July 1, 2009... Byline: With additional reporting by Christopher Bateman. Pirate of the Caribbean With little more than laserlike ambition and a brash Texas charm, Allen Stanford built an $8 billion Caribbean banking empire, exposed in February as...

Wall Street's Toxic Message.
July 1, 2009... Byline: ILLUSTRATION BY EDWARD SOREL WALL STREET'S TOXIC MESSAGE When the current crisis is over, the reputation of American-style capitalism will have taken a beatingnot least because of the gap between what Washington practices and...

The Hamptons Stress Test.
July 1, 2009... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHS BY DOUG KUNTZ The Hamptons Stress Test As summer begins, what better way to measure Wall Street's health than a real-estate tour of the Hamptons? For every mansion on the sales or rental market, there's a...

Nancy Reagan's Solo Role.
July 1, 2009... Nancy Reagan's Solo Role Fifteen years after Ronald Reagan's diagnosis of Alzheimer's, and five years after his death, Nancy Reagan has triumphed over loneliness, grief, and a bad fall last year. At the former First Lady's house in Bel...

Credits.
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