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Once Upon This Time in Hollywood

Contributors

On the set for Vanity Fair's 25th Hollywood cover

Vanities • VANITAS VANITATUM

Opening Act • V.F.’s Krista Smith speaks with Amandla Stenberg.

FAN CLUB

Watch List: Alternate Oscars Edition • Outliers that deserve attention

THE SHOE FITS • Three cheers for clash-happy maximalism

HAPPY FEET • Fanciful footwear, from flat sandals to sky-high pumps

FACE VALUE • For staying on time in style, a watch still beats a screen. Now a treasured timepiece goes petite

SPAIN • JUNE 4–9, 2019

POWER HOUSE • In the first moments of Giorgio Armani’s favorite film, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 romantic thriller, Notorious, a young woman exits a Miami courtroom through a gauntlet of flashbulbs. Played by Ingrid Bergman, the woman is statuesque, her expression enigmatic, her ensemble aesthetically impeccable: a creamy jacket coupled with a wide hat and high-necked blouse, both black and dotted with glittering stones.

ARMANI AT THE OSCARS • Four glorious decades of red-carpet style

BUILT TO SPILL • Irving Penn’s 1947 Theatre Accident immortalized a klutz moment in an iconic photograph. With a red-carpet twist, this homage winks at the season’s buzziest films

GLOBAL TRAVELER • A look inside the writing room of Marlon James, whose new novel explores the nature of storytelling

CHILD’S PLAY • On the eve of Sesame Street’s 50th season, a look back at the star-studded visitors to America’s happiest neighborhood

Agenda

WALK THIS WAY • Chanel invited V.F. into CC’s Diner, a dreamt-up burger joint serving fashion with a side of fries, after the Métiers d’Art show in New York

Alt Delete • Even the most incorrigible deplorables—Alex Jones, Tomi Lahren, Candace Owens—have a shelf life

It’s All Right • As Hollywood quakes, the concept of the leading man is undergoing a seismic shift

HOLLYWOOD Now and Forever

Moving PICTURES • The 2019 Hollywood Portfolio

Hit Parade • In 1995, Vanity Fair launched its first Hollywood cover, featuring 10 of the most promising actresses of a generation. The issue went on to inspire countless imitations. Now, KRISTA SMITH talks with the iconic stars about the clothes, the controversy, and creating history with legendary photographer ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

SCREEN/TIME • While filmmaking may be at an existential crossroads, the film director still wields an extraordinary power

Western State • An exclusive first look at Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, in which Quentin Tarantino applies his singular style to the summer that separated Old Hollywood from everything after

HOPE and CHANGE • Can Hope Hicks create a Hollywood-style second act?

AGAINST the Stream • With a demanding new corporate parent and an ever widening field of competitors, can HBO maintain its place atop the premium-TV leaderboard?

Secrets OF THE Chateau • As the ultimate movie-colony clubhouse turns 90, MARK ROZZO prowls among the bungalows and crannies off Sunset Boulevard where mega-stars and ne’er-do-wells, from Garbo and Harlow to Lindsay and Britney, have whiled away nearly a century of enchanted evenings

The Wonder Woman

25 SCENES 25 YEARS

On the Cover

Proust Questionnaire • The Hollywood icon—set to appear in this spring’s John Wick: Chapter 3—on Bob Dylan and the Mona Lisa