Vanity Fair articles from March 2012

Vanity Fair archives from March 2012

Hooray-Ish For Hollywood.
March 1, 2012... Byline: GRAYDON CARTER Hooray-ish for Hollywood It could be fairly said that 2011 wasn't a banner year for movies. (Or for much else, for that matter. See also: the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, the global economy, the euro, Arab...

What We Believe.(college degree and mythical creatures)
March 1, 2012... WHAT WE BELIEVE CALL HIM WHATEVER YOU LIKESASQUATCH, BIGFOOT, YETIBUT MANY AMERICANS WOULD SAY "I TOLD YOU SO" IF THEY ACTUALLY SAW HIM. FAIRIES ARE ANOTHER STORY... This month's poll results include the suggestions that (a) a college...

Hollywood And Divine.(modern young actresses )
March 1, 2012... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY MARIO TESTINO acents STYLED BY JESSICA DIEHL HOLLYWOOD AND DIVINE To give 11 thoroughly modern young actresses an ageless screen-goddess patina, just summon the ghost of English designer Syrie Maugham, a sumptuous...

Logan's Run.
March 1, 2012... Byline: BY JOHN HEILPERN ILLUSTRATION BY TIM SHEAFFER LOGAN'S RUN Adapting both Shakespeare and Bond, screenwriter John Logan is living his childhood dreams John Logan, who's among the hottestand most highly paidscreenwriters in...

A Life In Letters.(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2012... A LIFE IN LETTERS Mourning Hitchens; the look-back attack; royal blood ties; Rick Perry's power; an upstanding oeuvre; not making cents; and Eisenhower's wizard of cause All through Christopher Hitchens's public ordeal ["Trial of the...

More From The V.F. Mailbag.(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2012... MORE FROM THE V.F. MAILBAG 'Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" write Jean and Dave Christensen, from Bellingham, Washington. "No fragrance ads in the January 2012 issue... Again, thank you." Suresuresure. Again, sure. Michael Dolan, of...

The VF.COM Letter Box.
March 1, 2012... THE VF.COM LETTER BOX VF.com photographer Justin Bishop and blogger Juli Weiner spent the dead of winter in Des Moines, Iowa, the St. Barth's of America's heartland. Despite the destination, the nature of the trip was, unbelievably, not...

Fanfair.(George Lois' Damn Good Advice )(Brief article)
March 1, 2012... Byline: George Lois FANFAIR MARCH 2012 31 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE KNOCKOUT "In an age when heroes are villainized and villains are lionized, a creative image can make an iconic statement." Advertising guru George Lois...

My Desk.(Brian Grazer)(Brief article)
March 1, 2012... Byline: Brian Grazer PHOTOGRAPHS BY NOAH WEBB MY DESK Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer, known for such films as A Beautiful Mind, The Da Vinci Code, Apollo 13, American Gangster, Frost/Nixon, Splash, and last year's J. Edgar in...

Pressed Juicery.(Company overview)
March 1, 2012... Byline: PUNCH HUTTON PHOTOGRAPHS BY PATRICK FRASER Pressed Juicery It's been a year and a half since the first Pressed Juicery opened, in Brentwood, California, and already the company, whose motto is "Get back to your roots," has a...

Soundtracks.
March 1, 2012... Byline: LISA ROBINSON SOUNDTRACKS Blonded by the light. Blondie's music made several notable appearances in this past year's movies. Bridesmaids featured a remaster of "Rip Her to Shreds"with Debbie Harry's best sneering vocalsand the...

My Stuff.(Sofia Coppola )(Interview)
March 1, 2012... Byline: Sofia Coppola MY STUFF Director, muse, and model Sofia Coppola has helped to design her family's latest production, Palazzo Margherita, a 19th-century palace in Bernalda, Italythe birthplace of her great-grandfather Agostino...

Radicar Chic.(concept cars)
March 1, 2012... Byline: BRETT BERK Radicar Chic Automakers reserve their most outlandish ideas for vehicles they call concept cars. These rolling design-and-engineering experiments are unveiled at key automotive events such as the international auto shows...

My Screening Room.
March 1, 2012... Byline: Ron Meyer PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANIEL HENNESSY MY SCREENING ROOM The screening room of Ron Meyer, who has been president and C.O.O. of Universal Studios for the past 17 years, in his Charles Gwathmeydesigned residence, in Malibu,...

Hot Type
March 1, 2012... Byline: ELISSA SCHAPPELL HOT TYPE From 1959 to 1974, William S. Burroughs, literature's most famous and longest-reigning king of the junkies, was at the pinnacle of his artistic powers, writing Naked Lunch and Nova Express, palling around...

Burning Questions.
March 1, 2012... Byline: CULLEN MURPHY BURNING QUESTIONS 'This is the story of how the world's largest country, with all its nuclear warheads, all its oil, all its tragic history, and all its unfulfilled hopes, ended up in the hands of a small man and a...

Strip King.(Harry Morton)(Brief article)
March 1, 2012... Byline: JOHN BRODIE Strip King HARRY MORTON'S LATEST VENTURE If picking winning restaurateurs is like picking horses at the track, then 30-year-old Harry Morton is a Thoroughbred worth watching. Consider the bloodline: Dad is Peter...

Charming Chanteuse.
March 1, 2012... Byline: A. M. HOMES CHARMING CHANTEUSE At 18, singer-songwriter Kathryn Gallagher has already been at it for years. "Since I was two, I've taken every opportunity to sing at every inappropriate or appropriate moment. I would stand on...

Ready For Your Close-Up.
March 1, 2012... Byline: PUNCH HUTTON READY FOR YOUR CLOSE-UP Skin-care revolutionary Tracie Martyn and her husband, Marius Morariu, a scientist and the mastermind behind their 100-percent-natural skin products, have been at the forefront of the eco-luxury...

Fragrant Prose.(Frederic Malle on Perfume Making )(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2012... Byline: SUNHEE GRINNELL Fragrant Prose Because FrA[c]dA[c]ric Malle considers himself a publisher of perfumes, it is only fitting that this month he debuts his first coffee-table book, FrA[c]dA[c]ric Malle: On Perfume Making (Angelika...

Hot Looks.
March 1, 2012... Byline: LYNDEN VOLPE Hot Looks EstA[c]e Lauder's chic Pure Color Topaz limited-edition collection includes a Nail Lacquer in Teal Topaz. $9, esteelauder.com. ChloA[c] bottles scents of spring, including rose water and citrus, with the...

Fairground.(Le Bal des Debutantes)
March 1, 2012... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY JONATHAN BECKER FAIRGROUND MARCH 2012 AROUND THE WORLD, ONE PARTY AT A TIME MAKING THEIR DEBUT Twenty-three young ladies from countries around the globe, including France, Russia, Japan, and India, made their...

The Hung And The Restless.(penis in the movies)
March 1, 2012... Byline: ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT THE HUNG AND THE RESTLESS The American penis once remained mostly hidden on-screen, even when female stars were totally naked. Now it's everywhereeven starring in Shame but this new boldness may be a...

Evita's New Man.(Ricky Martin)
March 1, 2012... Byline: LAURA JACOBS PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID NICOLAS EVITA 'S NEW MAN E vita debuted in 1976, not as a bona fide musical but as a "concept album"a series of songs thematically linked. Its theme? The upward spiral of MarA-a Eva Duarte de...

My Dinners With Federico And Michelangelo.
March 1, 2012... Byline: BY CHARLOTTE CHANDLER MY DINNERS WITH FEDERICO AND MICHELANGELO Master filmmakers, Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini were seen as opposites, even rivals, by the public. But to the author, a friend of both, they lived...

The Doctor Will Sue You Now.
March 1, 2012... Byline: BY MARK SEAL THE DOCTOR WILL SUE YOU NOW When famed dermatologist Arnold Klein, the Father of Botox, known for his flamboyant lifestyle and love of celebrity, landed Michael Jackson as a client, it was a dream fulfilled. But in the...

The Doctor Who Divided Hollywood.(Dr. Arnie Klein )(Brief article)
March 1, 2012... Byline: ILLUSTRATIONS BY MICHAEL PARK THE DOCTOR WHO DIVIDED HOLLYWOOD Allies and foes in the rise and fall of Dr. Arnie Klein THE FRIENDS*****THE ENEMIES Elizabeth Taylor In 2003, she called Klein "the most brilliant doctor in...

Tangled Up In Bluegrass.(Chris Thile's Who's Feeling Young Now?,)(Sound recording review)
March 1, 2012... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY DANNY CLINCH KATHERINE STIRLING TANGLED UP IN BLUEGRASS It's no surprise that Chris Thile, who describes himself as "a kind of mad scientist" of music, was drawn to an unconventional instrument at a precociously early...

The Unfolding Drama: A Cover-By-Cover History Of VANITY FAIR's Hollywood Issue, 1995-2011.
March 1, 2012... THE UNFOLDING DRAMA A Cover-by-Cover History of VANITY FAIR 's Hollywood Issue, 19952011 Launched in 1995, the year the movies turned 100, V.F. 's Hollywood Issue can be judged by its covers: artful, innovative, prescient. KRISTA SMITH...

Hollywood's Vial Bodies.
March 1, 2012... Byline: BY NED ZEMAN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MARK HOOPER HOLLYWOOD'S VIAL BODIES Hollywood has gone crazy for human growth hormone, with top stars, filmmakers, and studio executives touting its benefits: ripped abs, fewer wrinkles, increased...

Night Of The Underdog.(Sylvester Stallone )(Brief article)
March 1, 2012... Byline: IRWIN WINKLER AND ROBERT CHARTOFF NIGHT OF THE UNDERDOG Two producers and a flat-broke actor went into the ring. Rocky was their KO In 1975, as we walked the unknown actor Sylvester Stallone out of our office, he said, "I got an...

Shark In The Kiddie Pool.
March 1, 2012... Byline: BY NED ZEMAN PHOTOGRAPH BY ART STREIBER Additional reporting by Jaime Lalinde. SHARK IN THE KIDDIE POOL Meet Nick Roses, called "the most hated 21-year-old" in Hollywood, who climbed to the top of a growing fieldchild talent...

Hollywood Wunderkinds: A Primer.
March 1, 2012... Byline: BRUCE FEIRSTEIN ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARC BOUTAVANT HOLLYWOOD WUNDERKINDS: A PRIMER See Dick. See Dick run. See Dick run a movie studio. 1 What's the difference between a wunderkind and an enfant terrible? A wunderkind works the...

Opening Acts: The Vanities Headliners 2006-2011: All Is Vanities ... Nothing Is Fair.
March 1, 2012... Byline: KRISTA SMITH OPENING ACTS THE VANITIES HEADLINERS 20062011 All Is VANITIES... Nothing Is Fair EMILY BLUNT MARCH 2007 BREAKTHROUGH FILM: The Devil Wears Prada. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Sunshine Cleaning; The Young Victoria;...

Vanities: All Is Vanities ... Nothing Is Fair.
March 1, 2012... Byline: KRISTA SMITH PHOTOGRAPH BY WILLIAMS & HIRAKAWA VANITIES All Is VANITIES... Nothing Is Fair MARCH 2012 THIS MONTH CELEBRITY LIQUORS During Prohibition, ERROL FLYNN brewed up batches of bathtub gin behind the...

Urbanities: Chart Toppers.(Brief article)
March 1, 2012... Byline: CHRISTOPHER TENNANT Illustrations by JOE McKENDRY URBANITIES CHART TOPPERS Match the trademark hat to the celebrated author . . . Answers: (1) Ernest Hemingway. (2) Gay Talese. (3) Hunter S. Thompson. (4) Augusten Burroughs....

Map Of The Hollywood Mind.
March 1, 2012... Byline: BRUCE FEIRSTEIN | Illustration by JOEL HOLLAND MAP OF THE HOLLYWOOD MIND CREATIVITY Sequels. Remakes. Plots of old television shows. Expense reports. What can I steal from the hit movie that opened last weekend? GOSSIP ...

Who's Who: A Typology Of Moviegoers.
March 1, 2012... Byline: HENRY ALFORD | Illustrations by JORGE COLOMBO WHO'S WHO: A TYPOLOGY OF MOVIEGOERS THE CINEPHILE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Glassy-eyed. Unkempt. As soon as the film starts, he screams "Focus! Focus!" directly into the eardrum of the...

Dancing With The Bar.(Brief article)
March 1, 2012... Byline: CHRISTOPHER TENNANT Photo illustration by DARROW DANCING WITH THE BAR Herewith, a celebrity-spirit squad, garnished with a few impostors. See if you can spot the fakes! BRANDY Conjure Cognac | LUDACRIS Landy Cognac | SNOOP...

The Coaster Correspondence.
March 1, 2012... Byline: Illustrations by TIM SHEAFFER The COASTER CORRESPONDENCE More of the very expensive words of EDWIN JOHN COASTER, contributing editor EDWIN COASTER 1/12/12 Dear Graydon: Just getting a little concerned that I haven't yet...

The 2012 VANITY FAIR: Hollywood Portfolio.
March 1, 2012... Byline: Portraits by ANNIE LEIBOVITZ, DAVID BAILEY, TOM MUNRO, TERRY RICHARDSON, NORMAN JEAN ROY, and other top photographers! The 2012 VANITY FAIR HOLLYWOOD PORTFOLIO Including STEVEN SPIELBERG, GEORGE CLOONEY, CHARLIZE THERON, KIRSTEN...

Much Ado About Nothing.(Diner)(Movie review)
March 1, 2012... Much Ado About Nothing For a little movie without special effects, dramatic reveals, or cutting-edge sex scenesa movie about nothing at all, reallyBarry Levinson's 1982 comedy, Diner, caused a tectonic shift in popular culture. It paved the...

The Talkies.(movie dialogues)
March 1, 2012... Byline: JACK DELIGTER THE TALKIES A bunch of immature guys sitting around arguing about this and that, especially pop culture...Thanks to Diner acolytes such as Richard Linklater, Quentin Tarantino, and Judd Apatow, the template has...

VANITY FAIR Nominates Judge Jed Rakoff.
March 1, 2012... Byline: JIM KELLY PHOTOGRAPH BY JONAS FREDWALL KARLSSON VANITY FAIR NOMINATES JUDGE JED RAKOFF Because with one swift thrust of his legal sword this federal judge skewered the deal that the S.E.C. had reached with Citigroup, in which the...

Anjelica Huston.
March 1, 2012... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ Anjelica Huston Born with great movie bloodlines, Anjelica Huston was the third member of her family to take home an Oscar, winning best supporting actress for Prizzi's Honor directed by her father,...

The Rodarte Effect.
March 1, 2012... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY AUTUMN DE WILDE The RODARTE EFFECT They don't double-kiss, they're not up on the latest industry gossip, and they live with their parents in Pasadena. But Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the inseparable sisters behind the...

Blueprints For Better Operas.(Chronology)
March 1, 2012... Byline: CHRISTOPHER TENNANT BLUEPRINTS FOR BETTER OPERAS The nexus of fashion, architecture, and performance has a long and lively history, rich in spectacular productions as well as gnomic pronouncements 25-ish B.C. First-century...

Cindy Sherman.
March 1, 2012... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ Cindy Sherman Once Cindy Sherman started working as her own model, in the 1970s, she became one of the era's signature artists. As MoMA launches a retrospective of Sherman's work, INGRID SISCHY looks...

The Temptress Of St. Tropez.(Brigitte Bardot)
March 1, 2012... The Temptress of St. Tropez Brigitte Bardot turned her back on stardom in 1973, at the height of her beautyand went off to start her real life. As an exhibition of photographs of Bardot hits L.A., the curator, HENRY-JEAN SERVAT, gets a rare...

Here On Planet Tollywood.
March 1, 2012... Here on Planet Tollywood For years, Bollywood, India's Mumbai-based film industry, has been pumping out twice as many movies as Hollywood. But its southern rival, Tollywood (named for the local language, Telugu), is home to the largest studio...

Character Counts.(Brief article)
March 1, 2012... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY SAM JONES Character Counts Hail the character actors! Not quite household names, they can often steal the show CAPTION(S): GARY COLE AGE: 55. CREDITS:Office Space; Pineapple Express; Talladega Nights. ...

Welcome To Coogan Town.
March 1, 2012... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID BAILEY Welcome to Coogan Town In Britain, Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge is as celebrated as John Cleese's Basil Fawlty or Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean. And in America, Coogan's cult status has been spreading,...

Coogan In Character.(Steve Coogan )
March 1, 2012... Byline: JACK DELIGTER Coogan in Character In the course of 20-odd years in TV, film, radio, and stand-up, Steve Coogan has developed an impressively deep roster of provincial little-England losers. Herewith, a spotter's guide to some of...

Sophia's Choices.(Sophia Loren )(Interview)
March 1, 2012... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ SOPHIA'S CHOICES One of the last living goddesses of cinema, hymned by the disparate likes of Mick Jagger, NoA'l Coward, and John Cheever, Sophia Loren still dazzles at 77. But she's reluctant to...

Esther Williams.(Interview)
March 1, 2012... ESTHER WILLIAMS She made a splash 70 years ago as Hollywood's favorite poolside pinup girl, starring in MGM's popular aqua-musicals of the 1940s and 50s. Now, at 90, "America's Mermaid" admits that swimming is still the greatest love of her...