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Steve Ballmer Chases NBA Glory at Intuit Dome, the LA Clippers’ Gleaming New Home
The team owner and former Microsoft chief dreams of taking home “the Larry” and escaping the Lakers’ shadow. “We want to win every year,” Ballmer tells Vanity Fair. “It is a philosophy.”
By Tom Kludt
From the Magazine
The Twisted True Love Story of Lady Betty Grafstein and José Castelo Branco
A 95-year-old diamond heiress and a much younger genderfluid reality star got famous on TikTok for their epic feel-good romance. Was it all a long con?
By Alice HinesPhotography by Max Lakner
just bein' miley
Miley Cyrus Honored as Youngest-Ever Disney Legend, Jokes About Being “Created in a Lab”
Just ask her best friend Lesley: She's (still) just being Miley.
By Kase Wickman
Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremonies Expected to Feature Tom Cruise, Billie Eilish, and Handoff to Los Angeles
The 2024 Olympics officially end on Sunday. Here's what to know.
By Eve Batey
hyperbole isn't the worst crime
Hugh Jackman Passion Project The Greatest Showman Will be Transformed into a Live Theater Event
Disney's iconic take on the P.T. Barnum tale will be adapted into an on-stage musical.
By Eve Batey
true colors
It’s Aspen “on Steroids”: How the Ritziest Ski Town Collided With the Art World—and Got Richer
From a Yayoi Kusama installed in a private pool to $30 million homes, VF culture correspondent Nate Freeman takes in all that the rarefied Rocky Mountain air has to offer.
By Nate Freeman
breaking news
Third Suspect Arrested in Connection With Alleged Terrorist Plot to Attack Eras Tour Vienna Concerts
The teenager had allegedly been in touch with other suspects involved in the plan to cause “a bloodbath” at the Taylor Swift concerts.
By Kase Wickman
Dizzy Gillespie for President! Revisiting the Jazz Giant’s Quixotic 1964 Campaign
Miles Davis…for CIA chief? Malcolm X for attorney general? Why did the jazz master make a tongue-in-cheek run for the White House?
By Will Friedwald
Two Suspects Arrested in Austria Over Alleged Planned Attacks on Taylor Swift Concerts
Austria’s chancellor said Thursday, “the suspects actually had very specific and detailed plans to cause a tragedy.”
By Erin Vanderhoof
IN CONVERSATION
Singer-Songwriter Orenda Fink Breaks Her Mother’s Spell in Haunting New Memoir
In The Witch’s Daughter: My Mother, Her Magic, and the Madness That Bound Us, Fink reckons with her mother’s mental illness and addiction, conjuring her own healing.
By Daniela Tijerina
everybody loves a winner
Liza Minnelli Is Writing a Memoir Because She’s “Mad as Hell”
In a statement to People, Minnelli expressed disappointment with other representations of her life and revealed that she’s releasing a memoir set to hit stands in spring of 2026: “It’s my own damn story.”
By Chris Murphy
In Conversation
Gregory Crewdson Has Been Making Photographs for Almost 4 Decades. Now He’s Revisiting Them All.
In tandem with his first-ever retrospective at the Albertina, a new book pairs the prolific photographer’s work with writings from directors David Fincher and Matthieu Orléan, and novelist Emily St. John Mandel, among others.
By Maggie Coughlan
Battle Royale
Through Bill Cunningham’s Lens, the Glitz and Drama of an Era-Defining Fashion Show
An exclusive early look at the photographer’s treasure trove, published together for the first time in The Battle of Versailles: The Fashion Showdown of 1973.
By Keziah Weir
ask jeeves
Kamala Harris's Campaign Imagines Trump Gazing Into the Algorithmic Abyss, Wondering If He's Weird
A new TikTok video from Kamala HQ speculates on the former president's search history.
By Kase Wickman
AURAL FIXATION
Kamala Harris's Campaign Doles Out An Extremely 2024 Diss on JD Vance: "No Aura"
A TikTok video from the campaign showcases some all-time cringe for the GOP VP candidate.
By Kase Wickman
LITERATURE
Chasing James Baldwin’s Shadow in the South of France
It is the centenary of my literary hero. I went on a pilgrimage to trace his legacy.
By Jimmie Briggs
TRUE COLORS
Kamala Harris Is Crushing Donald Trump at the Monogram Shop in the Hamptons, by Nearly 5 to 1
Elsewhere on the East End, deep-pocketed art collectors are pooling their resources for party parties (Team Harris, Lisa Perry says to give her a call!)
By Nate Freeman
PHOTOGRAPHY
Visual Activist Zanele Muholi’s Self-Portraits Take a New Form in Large-Scale Sculptures
For more than two decades, the artist has been using photography to educate audiences about the LGBTQ+ community. Now, they’re exploring a new medium.
By Madison Reid
q & a
Sabrina Ionescu on Lessons From Kobe Bryant, the Pain of Brittney Griner’s Ordeal, and Her Olympic Debut
The WNBA star talks about life, hoops, and the Olympics.
By Lisa Robinson
Non, je ne regrette rien
Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Serves Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, and a Drag Last Supper
At the rain-drenched opening ceremonies for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Celine Dion performed for the first time in four years, as did Marie Antoinette's severed head.
By Eve Batey
GOLD RUSH
Everything You Need to Get Into the Olympic Spirit for Paris 2024
From Team USA–branded merchandise to a stunning new photography book, go for the gold with Vanity Fair’s selects.
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By Arimeta Diop