Vanity Fair articles from March 2009

Vanity Fair archives from March 2009

Fairground.
March 1, 2009... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID TURNLEY MARCH 2009 AROUND THE WORLD, ONE PARTY AT A TIME A NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIR Diana Jenkins hosts a private dinner at her home in London in honor of George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Jerry Weintraub...

Final-Exit Strategies.
March 1, 2009... The baby-boomersnewly aware of their mortalityhave turned death into a teaching moment ( Tuesdays with Morrie ), motivational tool ( The Last Lecture ), and sales pitch (all those bucket-list books of things to do before you go). It's the Grim...

VANITY FAIR Nominates The 52nd Street Project.
March 1, 2009... Byline: BRUCE HANDY PHOTOGRAPH BY GASPER TRINGALE Because you can't do too much for children at risk, and because you likewise can't do too much to inculcate a love of theater in future generations (especially during these at-risk days on...

All Is Vanities ... Nothing Is Fair Vanities.
March 1, 2009... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY MICAELA ROSSATO KRISTA SMITH MARCH 2009 Freida Pinto AGE: 24. PROVENANCE: Mumbai. CATAPULTED TO STARDOM AS... Latika, the irresistible love interest in Danny Boyle's Golden Globewinning Slumdog Millionaire,...

Something Just Clicked.
March 1, 2009... Some of these actor-director teams have a history togetherremember Ron Howard and Tom Hanks's breakthrough, Splash, a quarter-century ago?while others produced their first mind-melds in 2008. Sam Mendes and Kate Winslet even brought marriage...

Children Of Paradise.
March 1, 2009... Between World War II and the 60s, before bodyguards and gossip sites, Hollywood kids could grow up in a golden normalcy, combining the perks of movie royalty with small-town protections. From those who lived it, TODD S. PURDUM recaptures a...

Elaine May.
March 1, 2009... Byline: ILLUSTRATION BY RISKO The writer ( Heaven Can Wait ), director ( The Heartbreak Kid ), and groundbreaking comedienne ( An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May ) summons her inimitable wit, and pauses for reflection What is...