Vanity Fair articles from June 2004

Vanity Fair archives from June 2004

Joyce in Bloom; Echoing Homer, riffing on Shakespeare, teeming with puns, palindromes, and allusions, Ulysses was a revolutionary exploration of the consciousness of its hero, Leopold Bloom.
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Christopher Hitchens A surly English overseer is standing at the entrance to a construction site in London. It's a filthy, wet day. He sees approaching him a shabby figure, with clay pipe clenched in mouth and a battered raincoat,...

To Catch a Legend; Unlike many of Hollywood's handsomest leading men, Cary Grant infused his immense good looks with a steely toughness suggesting dark currents beneath the charm.(Biography)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: James Wolcott Handsome is as handsome does, but handsome often doesn't do very much. The history of Hollywood is pillared with handsome leading men striking statuesque poses, wary of making any sudden moves for fear of cracking....

Runaway Jurors.
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Dominick Dunne For several days in April, jurors from two highly publicized New York trials dominated the front pages of the New York tabloids: Juror No. 8 from the Martha Stewart trial, a heavyset man by the name of Chappell...

An Open Letter to John Kerry; Can John Kerry beat George Bush.
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Larry David Dear John, I hope this letter finds you well. Actually, I hope this letter finds you. Do you even read Vanity Fair? I could do without the Calvin Klein underwear ads, but other than that it's pretty good. I know...

Wing Tips and Leg-Irons; Behind the recent parade of high-profile C.E.O. trials (Alfred Taubman, Dennis Kozlowski, Martha Stewart, et al.
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Michael Wolff My favorite indicted businessperson is not any of the stricken, sunken-faced former corporate chiefs climbing up the courthouse steps but Silvio Berlusconi, the richest man in Italy, who also controls most of his...

A Beautiful Mind, An Ugly Possibility; Forty-one years with Lou Gehrig's disease has left famous physicist Stephen Hawking's body utterly vulnerable.
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: By Judy Bachrach To arrive at the truth about Stephen Hawking's brutal new universe, peruse the old news clips. The icon of science, the second Einstein, as some call him, has endured a series of injuries for many years. Injuries...

Emmy Rossum.(Brief Article)(Interview)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Krista Smith age and occupation: 17, actor. provenance: New York City. working stiff: It's Rossum's character's murder in Mystic River that sets in motion a chain of events that ends in Oscar- acceptance speeches from Sean Penn...

Pierre Cardin, licensed to thrill.(Interview)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: George Wayne He was the first French designer to take haute couture to Japan, in the 1950s, and the first to launch a ready-to-wear line, in the 1960s. In 2004, Pierre Cardin, aged 81, has 600 product licenses worldwide and is one...

Aspects of Brad; The role of Achilles-godlike hero of Homer's Iliad and this month's $170 million Hollywood epic, Troy-seems made for Brad Pitt.(Interview)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Leslie Bennetts His gaze is fierce, his eyes blazing blue as an acetylene torch. His jawline is so chiseled it could slice roast beef. His flowing blond locks glitter as if throwing off sparks. His bronzed muscles bulging with...

Bill and His Shadow; Bill Clinton's post-presidency has been almost as dazzling, disappointing, and dramatic as his White House tenure.(Interview)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Robert Sam Anson I've never had a period of my life when I didn't have a good time. -William Jefferson Clinton The first thing that struck was the seal of the president of the United States. The second, that it topped...

The Queen of Teen; With a trio of movies, including this month's Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan has a firm claim to the Hollywood Teen Queen tiara.(Brief Article)(Interview)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Ned Zeman Every year Hollywood anoints a new Teen Queen-Reese Witherspoon, Kirsten Dunst, Anne Hathaway, Kate Bosworth-and every year Her Highness abdicates. But no more. This year, and for at least a few years hence, the title...

Prisoner of Denver; Just 22, Lisl Auman was convicted in 1998 of the felony murder of a police officer, a crime she didn't commit, and is serving life in prison without parole.(Interview)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Hunter S. Thompson, Mark Seal Mr. Hunter S. Thompson1-4-01I laughed out loud while reading "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," during my stay (13 months) at the Denver County Jail. Thank you for helping to bring a smile to my...

Faulty Towers; To some very wealthy architecture-lovers, including Calvin Klein, Nicole Kidman, and Martha Stewart, the idea was a dream come true-a customized apartment in one of two glass towers designed by the renowned Richard Meier.
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Vicky Ward On a bright, cold day in March, the actor and movie director Vincent Gallo stood in his newly purchased $2.15 million condominium, a raw concrete space on the seventh floor of the glass tower that is the northernmost of...

Nightmare on Elwood Avenue; How did Maria Cruz, a 35-year-old analyst for Barclays Capital who vanished on April 13, 2003, end up buried beneath a concrete slab at an old mansion in Newark, New Jersey.
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Bryan Burrough She was a tiny woman, barely four feet eleven, and quiet, the kind you wouldn't notice on the subway or the crosstown bus. Her name was Maria Cruz. She was 35, but looked 10 years younger. She had come to America...

Cowboy Scholars; Imagine an academically elite college whose 26 male students work a 2,500-acre cattle ranch, aren't allowed to drink, do drugs, or leave their isolated desert valley, but control admissions, discipline, and faculty hiring and firing.
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Evgenia Peretz As Josh Hudelson prepares to leave Deep Springs College and head to Columbia University as an anthropology major, there are a few things he is taking care of-among them, slaughtering a cow and spending the night with...

Eric Clapton; From his early days in the Yardbirds and Cream to his current status as guitar icon and bluesman extraordinaire, Eric Clapton has released more than 40 albums over the course of his 40-year career.(Interview)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: What is your idea of perfect happiness? Being in the moment. What is your greatest fear? Insanity. Which living person do you most admire? J. J. Cale. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? ...

"Dude, Where's My Humvee?".(the supplying of armored Humvee military vehicles for troops in Iraq)(Editorial)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Graydon Carter Among the more than 80 U.S. troops killed in Iraq in the first two weeks of April (along with upwards of 540 wounded) were a number of soldiers whose Humvees-the original, military version of a Hummer-were hit with...

The List Lives On.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: I never knew Eleanor Lambert professionally, only at her leisure, in her home in Las Brisas, Acapulco ["The Lady, the List, the Legacy," by Amy Fine Collins, April]. My store did designer clothing for some of the smartest ladies...

High Noon in the Garden.
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Richard Wofford It has been 10 years since the publication of what most locals in Savannah refer to as The Book. Although most of its real-life protagonists have since passed away, John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and...

ACTION/ADVENTURE.(Thunderbirds)(Troy)(The Bourne Supremacy)(Spider-Man)(Movie Review)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Thunderbirds 8/6 universal/working title In our perilous age, how comforting to imagine that there exists a top-secret, high-tech organization such as International Rescue, led by Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton)-ready, at a moment's...

THRILLERS/DRAMA.(The Door in the Floor)(Code 46)(The Village)(The Manchurian Candidate)(Movie Review)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: The Door in the Floor 6/23 FOCUS FEATURES In this alternately tragic and comic adaptation of John Irving's novel A Widow for One Year, four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges and Academy Award winner Kim Basinger join...

FAMILY FUN.(Around the World in 80 Days)(A Cinderella Story)(Garfield: The Movie)(Shrek 2)(Movie Review)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Around the World in 80 Days 6/16 WALT DISNEY/WALDEN MEDIA Frank Coraci helms Disney/Walden's updated version of the 1956 Academy Award-winning classic about a crew of zanies circumnavigating the world by land, sea, and...

INDEPENDENT FILM.(Zatoichi)(Bright Young Things)(Maria Full of Grace)(Movie Review)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Zatoichi 6/4 MIRAMAX Fans of Japanese director Takeshi Kitano's gun-blazing yakuza films won't be disappointed with this flashy take on the 19th-century samurai epic. Zatoichi is a wandering blind man-and lightning-quick...

GUILTY PLEASURES.
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Contributors For The June 2004 Movie Insert: Leslie Bennetts, Justin Bishop, Emily Creed, Bruce Handy, Ashley Herb, A. M. Homes, Punch Hutton, Christopher Israel, Adam Laukhuf, Emily Poenisch, Mike Sacks, Gabriel Sanders, Anderson...

Hot Type.(new books)(Bibliography)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Elissa Schappell Oh, rubbish! Davy Rothbart, author of Found (Simon & Schuster), and friends have been secretly picking up after you for years-the result: a vast pastiche of Dear John letters, to-do lists, homework, and ransom...

Sugar High.(Serendipity 3 restaurant influenced)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Helen Schulman It's been 50 years since Calvin Holt, Patch Caradine, and Stephen Bruce, the three founding "Princes," opened Manhattan's famed Serendipity 3 restaurant, "General Store for Unexpected Mercantile." Since then,...

Dream Weavers.(Rug Company)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Katie Sharer The Rug Company is a design-lover's mecca, filled with a heady mix of rugs, including designs by fashion gurus Paul Smith, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Marni as well as antique weaves sourced from around the globe. The...

Hello Kitti.(Kittichai new chic New York boutique hotel )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Dana Levy Kittichai, the latest creation from restaurateur Robin Leigh-the man behind Manhattan's Bond Street and Town, and the Nobu restaurants in New York, Milan, and Paris-opens this month at 60 Thompson, the chic New York...

Moody Muse.(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Michael Hogan On Rilo Kiley's 2002 breakthrough album, The Execution of All Things, singer-guitarist-keyboardist Jenny Lewis sang fractured narratives about heartbreak, neuroses, and life's raw deals in a hauntingly sweet voice...

Sinners and Saints.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... BYLINE: Edward Helmore If, as is often said, comedy is merely the recognition of truth, then Tony Hendra's new book, Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul (Random House), explains why comics are so often drawn from the ranks of the...