Vanity Fair - August 2010

Features

ANGELINA THE CONQUEROR | 54
Floating through Venice—where Angelina Jolie filmed The Tourist with Johnny Depp—Rich Cohen learns how the star of this month’s thriller Salt has made the world her home. Photographs by Patrick Demarchelier.

REDMAYNE EVENT | 61
James Wolcott and François Dischinger spotlight Eddie Redmayne, emotional core of Starz’s The Pillars of the Earth.

A GIRLS’ GUIDE TO SAUDI ARABIA | 62
Maureen Dowd vacations in Saudi Arabia and, despite the Kingdom’s new tourism push, finds quite a clash of cultures.

HE’S FUNNY THAT WAY | 69
Bruce Handy and Peggy Sirota spotlight Michael Cera, whose next role gives him a bit less to be modest about.

THE CITY OF WARRING ANGELS | 70
Bob Colacello reports on the power shifts of L.A.’s art world, while landing Dennis Hopper’s final interview. Photographs by Jonathan Becker.

A FLESH APPROACH | 75
Kate Reardon and Julian Broad spotlight Jonathan Yeo, porn-collage portraitist of Sarah Palin and Tiger Woods.

VALENTINO’S NEW YORK REVIVAL | 76
The revamp of Valentino’s Fifth Avenue apartment gets inspected by Matt Tyrnauer. Photographs by Jonathan Becker.

HAMPTONS ASTRONOMY | 80
Before hopping on the jitney, every weekending cosmonaut ought to consult V.F.’s celestial chart of the Hamptons.

CARY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS | 82
In the 50s a group of Hollywood luminaries, including Cary Grant, saw LSD as a miraculous portal to the subconscious. Cari Beauchamp and Judy Balaban flash back.

MONACO’S GRAND PRIX | 88
Laura Jacobs and Wayne Maser spotlight Charlene Wittstock, poised to be the next Princess of Monaco.

BUNNY MELLON’S SECRET GARDEN | 90
As she turns 100, Bunny Mellon gives James Reginato a tour of her sumptuous Virginia estate. Photographs by Jonathan Becker.

ARCHITECTURE IN THE AGE OF GEHRY | 96
What is the most important building of the past 30 years? Matt Tyrnauer surveys the architectural landscape.

Fanfair

31 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE | 33
Yul Brynner snaps Ingrid Bergman. The Cultural Divide. My Desk—Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. BBQ essentials. Dany Levy gets whipped into shape at a new Malibu ranch: Elissa Schappell’s Hot Type; Lily King’s Father of the Rain. Hot fun; Meenal Mistry samples the Fresh scents of the new film Eat Pray Love; Hot Looks.

Vanities

KNOCKOUT PUNCH | 41
George Wayne dukes it out with ESPN’s Erin Andrews. | 42

Columns

CARRIE BRADSHAW, MEET MILDRED PIERCE | 44
What happened to the chick flick? James Wolcott recalls when heroines had more on their minds than bagging Mr. Big.

ARISTOCRATS AND DEMONS | 46
Michael Joseph Gross chronicles the nightmare of France’s noble de Védrines clan in an 11-year ordeal involving charges of kidnapping and torture, and a vanished fortune.

AMANPOUR ALL SEASONS | 53
Madeleine Albright and Bruce Weber spotlight Christiane Amanpour as she takes the helm of ABC’s This Week.

ET CETERA

EDITOR’S LETTER | 18
60 MINUTES POLL | 20
CONTRIBUTORS | 22
OUT TO LUNCH HUGH HEFNER | 24
LETTERS THE WORLD’S FAVORITE SPORT | 26
FAIRGROUND | 29
PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE BETTY WHITE | 120

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August 2010

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