Vanity Fair articles from October 2006

Vanity Fair archives from October 2006

You've Got Incompetence!(George W. Bush's administraion )(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Graydon Carter It's no surprise that the Bush administration's bullying swagger and blithe ignorance have caused much of the Muslim world to hold the U.S. in rock-bottom regard. What is alarming is that those opinions are beginning...

The Perfect Fit.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Jane Sarkin Tom Cruise's relationship with Vanity Fair goes back to 1984, when he posed for the magazine for the first time, and continues this month, with his seventh cover appearance. He also has a long history with Annie...

The Agent Orange Affair.(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... On a trip to Vietnam in February of 2003, I visited Phan Thi Hoi [whose photograph appears in Christopher Hitchens's story "The Vietnam Syndrome," August] in the tiny house she shared with her son, who was a victim of Agent Orange. He has no...

Fantasy Land.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The Book on Vegas, by Lisa Eisner and Roman Alonso with Noel Daniel, is a tempting visual journey through the seductive and sinful city. Archival images and photographs from Peter Beard, Guy Bourdin, Todd Eberle, and Ron Galella, among others,...

Cipriani Concerts.
October 1, 2006... Sponsored by Deutsche Bank, this concert series, featuring performances by Santana in September, Earth, Wind, and Fire in October, and Duran Duran in November, promises intimate evenings of food, wine, dancing, and live entertainment at...

Think Pink; October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
October 1, 2006... Jo Malone's Red Roses cologne Ten thousand dollars donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. jomalone.com; 30-milliliter bottle, $50 Lauren Merkin clutch Fifty percent of the proceeds from this handbag in rose...

Hot Type.(books)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Elissa Schappell Look up, darling! Does that skyscraper thrill you or chill you? Does that Gothic ceiling elevate your soul or make you blue? Alain de Botton explains why in his soaring deconstruction of The Architecture of...

THREE-DOG NIGHTMARE.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Elissa Schappell In the time it took for Abigail Thomas's dog to slip his leash and dash into traffic and her husband, Rich, to follow, their lives were devastated. Thomas's bracingly honest memoir, A Three Dog Life (Harcourt),...

Fun and Fearless.(Spy: The Funny Years)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Walter Monheit The letter dropped with a plink through the mail slot of my Bensonhurst flat one lonely afternoon in 1986. Another direct-mail solicitation-ho hum. Until I opened it up and started reading: "Spy is not just a new...

NOSTALGIC NEON SIGN.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Steve Garbarino On a cobblestone street in New York City's West Village, the Beatrice Inn's emerald-and-lavender sign acted as a beacon for locals in search of veal Marsala, heavy-pour martinis, and familiar faces for 80 years....

Caffe Talk.(coffee houses)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Matt Tyrnauer In Italy "bar" and caffe are interchangeable words. In Rome alone there are 8,000 bars, and every major street and piazza has a few of them. The typical Italian bar-a brilliant institution that is almost unknown in...

INFLUENTIAL VISION.(Th(e) Influencer)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: A. M. Homes It is a feast for the eyes, an encyclopedia of stimuli, designed to provoke in the best of ways. Th(e) Influencer, debuting this fall, is a limited-edition biannual compendium of images-2,000 per volume-aimed at the...

Think Pink.
October 1, 2006... Design-her Gals stationery Ten percent of net proceeds are donated to the Gal to Gal Foundation. designhergals.com BedHead pajamas Fifteen percent of the profits from the Pink Ribbon PJs (center) benefit the National Breast Cancer...

Pinkberry.(frozen yogurt introduced)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Punch Hutton Frozen yogurt was soooo 1980s, but it's making a comeback, and a new place in L.A., Pinkberry, has launched the latest obsession. Based at a closet-size, pink-and-white space filled with Philippe Starck plastic...

Private Lives.(David de Rothschild)
October 1, 2006... Byline: John Brodie During the Victorian era, polar explorers held a special place in the British-female imagination. Today, though, with the poles thawing and Mount Everest a tourist destination, being a gentleman adventurer isn't what it...

OYSTER INDEX ON THE HALF-SHELL.(festivals )
October 1, 2006... Byline: Alexa Brazilian, Punch Hutton You know, of course, that oysters should be eaten only in months that have an r in their name, and that they've long been touted as aphrodisiacs. And you probably also know the rule of thumb that it's...

SOME WORLDLY ADVICE ON HOW TO WASH DOWN AN OYSTER.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... ENGLAND... Since the 1800s, Brits have been pairing oysters with stout. You'll find Marston's version in most traditional shellfish bars. FRANCE... As reported in his memoir, A Moveable Feast, Hemingway ate his oysters at Les Deux Magots in...

HONORING SEIDNER.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Bob Colacello The photographer David Seidner died in 1999 at age 42, one more artist in the fullness of his creativity stolen from us by AIDS. Seidner had known nothing but success since he landed in Paris, at 17, a Los Angeles boy...

Think Pink.(Breast Cancer Research Foundation)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Annick Goutal's La Rose candle Thirty percent of the proceeds go to the American Breast Cancer Foundation. annickgoutal.nl, $52 David Yurman bracelet Twenty percent of the proceeds aid the Madison ...

A Kiss Good-bye.(Rachel Bilson)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Jim Windolf The sex-symbol thing is great, but it has the shelf life of an organic tomato. As the scheming, superhot Summer on the Fox network's sudsy soap The O.C., Rachel Bilson quickly wormed her way into the hearts and (dirty)...

Broad Stripes, Bright Stars.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Krista Smith Jesse Bradford, the 27-year-old Connecticut native who's been acting since he was eight months old and who has a degree in film from Columbia University, will be seen this month-starring alongside Ryan Phillippe, Adam...

Travel.(The Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Victoria Mather Four Seasons resort without room service? That you reach only by boat? Where there's no elevator and the common mode of transport is by elephant? Yes, this is progress, the new sophistication, the less-is-more of...

Classic Creed.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Maria Ricapito The House of Creed-the perfumery to luminaries such as Audrey Hepburn, Napoleon III, Winston Churchill, King George III, and Queen Victoria-has quietly prided itself on its esteemed and loyal clientele, far...

DARING DZONGKHA.(L'Artisan Parfumeur's fragrance )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... On a trip to Bhutan, world traveler Bertrand Duchaufour was inspired to capture the essence of that exotic kingdom-peaceful, fresh, serene, mysterious. The result is Dzongkha, the new fragrance from L'Artisan Parfumeur. It's a unique blend of...

Hot Looks.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Jessica Flint 1. Yves Saint Laurent's Perfect Touch is an all-in-one makeup tool: squeeze foundation from the tube, then apply it to your skin with the integrated silky brush 2. Fresh's Elixir Ancien is a nighttime face-treatment...

CHANEL PREFERENCE.
October 1, 2006... Grown in Madagascar, the planifolia is the secret ingredient in Chanel's latest regenerating cream, Sublimage. The fruit of this rare plant, which improves skin's luminosity, elasticity, and pigment, is harvested by ancient indigenous methods....

Pox Americana; Brand America, which ruled the global marketplace with its vision of cool capitalism, has been discontinued.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Michael Wolff There was a great delusional crowd on the U.C.L.A. campus in early August, as Israeli ground troops poured into Lebanon. The crowd was here to celebrate global cooperation and, even, American leadership in the world,...

Saving Mrs. Astor; The shocking allegations that 104-year-old Brooke Astor, jeweled and generous doyenne of New York society, was suffering neglect at the hands of her son and daughter-in-law burned up the wires between Park Avenue, Southampton, and Northeast Harbor.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Dominick Dunne I consider myself a bit of a Hollywood historian, having for most of my life been fascinated by the town, the industry, and the people who rule it. I lived there for 25 years and saw it firsthand. My special interest...

The Battle for Santa Barbara; In July, nine top staffers quit the Santa Barbara News-Press, accusing its latest owner, strong-willed millionaire Wendy McCaw, of taking too personal an interest in stories involving actor Rob Lowe, local officials, and the California Coastal Commission.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Michael Shnayerson Wendy McCaw was on her l93-foot yacht, Calixe, in the glassy Adriatic, with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, when the storm broke back home in Santa Barbara, California. While McCaw, ex-wife of...

Infamous Swans.(Truman Capote )
October 1, 2006... Byline: Bob Colacello Can it be-another riveting movie about Truman Capote? With an arguably even more convincing portrayal of the dastardly little genius himself? Infamous, out this month from Warner Independent Pictures, covers the same...

Condos of the Living Dead; An explosion of high-priced glass-and-steel condos is being marketed to New York's new rich.
October 1, 2006... Byline: A. A. Gill Everyone recognizes New York. From the sweaty jungles to the shivering tundras, we all know the look, the silhouette, the height and breadth of the city. This place is the most famous man-made vista in the whole world,...

The Vet Offensive.(elections )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Michael Hogan In a midterm-election year dominated by war worries, there are almost 50 military veterans running for Congress as Democrats, including 5-David T. Harris, Tammy Duckworth, Patrick Murphy, Andrew Duck, and Joseph...

Empire Falls; They called it "the American Century," but the past hundred years actually saw a shift away from Western dominance.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Niall Ferguson The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest. -Edward Gibbon, The...

Vanity Fair 100; Double the power.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Namehere Every year since 1994, Vanity Fair has anointed the New Establishment-the 50 major figures of the Information Age. Beginning this year we are expanding the list to 100-The Vanity Fair 100. The new additions expand the New...

POWER BROKERS; These people provide entree into the worlds of art and entertainment; they host dinners and galas and even supply the means to travel in style.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Namehere POWER BROKERS These people provide entree into the worlds of art and entertainment; they host dinners and galas and even supply the means to travel in style. Together they indulge every whim of the New Establishment....

Who: Abbie Cornish.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Krista Smith AGE AND OCCUPATION: 24, actor. PROVENANCE: Hunter Valley, Australia. RAMPANT KIDMANIA: Ever since her breakthrough performance in 2004's Somersault, Cornish has had to contend with the "Next Nicole" hype that...

What if ... Autumn were the fun, Trashy Season instead of Summer.
October 1, 2006... SEPT. 9 Lil' Kim releases controversial single, "Maple Syrupp." SEPT. 20 Jane magazine says that a poultice of dead leaves makes an effective self-tanner. OCT. 3 Lacey Chabert plays unwed mother in racy new CW soap, My...

A Shampoo Boy's Tale.
October 1, 2006... Byline: George Wayne At the age of 14, in 1942, Vidal Sassoon took his first job, in an East End beauty salon, and by the 1960s he was at the stylistic center of the youthquake movement in Swinging London. Now, at 78, Sassoon sits atop an...

Someone Wanted to See Me? After months of tabloid guessing games about their new baby, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes decided to have Suri meet the world in the pages of Vanity Fair, photographed by ANNIE LEIBOVITZ.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Jane Sarkin I am sitting in Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's bedroom with his children Isabella, 13, and Connor, 11. For a good part of a week now, I've been ensconced at their 400-acre retreat in Telluride, Colorado. During that time...

Under Egypt's Volcano; Along the Sinai coast, Egypt created the largest gated playground in the world, a tourist cocoon of five-star pleasures and world-class scuba-diving.
October 1, 2006... Byline: Scott Anderson The commercials are slick and alluring, holding out the promise of a pampered, hedonistic holiday in the sun: beautiful young couples lounging poolside, swimmers frolicking with dolphins and colorful fish, three...

Enter Annette.(Annette Bening )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Laura Jacobs From her first big role-the nervy, curvy con in The Grifters (1990)-Annette Bening has had the bright glitter of a new dime, our most elegant coin. She's been a critics' darling, too, not for slather-it-on,...

Corgis Not Included.(Helen Mirren )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Steven Daly Dame Helen Mirren received a 2006 Emmy nomination for her performance in the title role of HBO's Elizabeth I, a part that's been played by countless distinguished actresses over the years, but when it came to playing...

Stoppard Watch.(plays )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Byline: Christopher Hitchens William Shakespeare set his Winter's Tale in part on "the coast of Bohemia": a territory both metaphorical and literal but still solidly landlocked within the Czech Republic. From a wartime marriage between a...

Margaret Atwood; At once an activist, a writer, and a mother, Margaret Atwood is irrefutably one of the foremost female authors of our time.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... What is your idea of perfect happiness? A canoe, mixed sun and cloud, no deadlines in sight. What is your greatest fear? A bear attack in a forest fire. Which living person do you most admire? Anonymous. She's working to...