Cover Story

116      THE LAST GOOD CAMPAIGN 
In March 1968, Robert F. Kennedy defied his party’s leadership—and the all-too-real threat of assassination— to run against President Lyndon Johnson. In an excerpt  from his upcoming book a bout the campaign, Thurston Clarke captures the moment, 40 years ago, when Kennedy overcame his crippling grief for his slain brother and roused America’s disillusioned youth with his stand against the Vietnam War. Photographs excerpted from a new book by Bill Eppridge. Web special: more of Eppridge’s historic photos of Kennedy’s campaign.

Features

128      SMOKE, DRINK, MAN, WOMAN 
                  Sam Jones and Jonathan Kelly spotlight AMC’s 
                  stylish hit Mad Men, which boils the 1960 advertising
                  world down to its essentials: cigarettes, martinis, sex,
                  and secrets. 
                  Web exclusive: video from the photo session.
 
130      MILEY KNOWS BEST
                  At 15, fast-talking Miley Cyrus, star of the Disney 
                  Channel’s Hannah Montana, already has everything 
                  she needs to make it billion-dollar big: a hit show, 
                  two multi-platinum albums, a record-setting concert 
                  movie, a mass tween following—and a remarkably 
                  level head. The tabloids are just waiting for a Lindsay- 
                  or Britney-style meltdown. Bruce Handy wouldn’t 
                  bet on it. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz. 
                  Web special: video and a slide show from behind the 
                  scenes at the photo shoot.

134      EVER AIRBORNE 
                  Bruce Weber and Jacques d’Amboise spotlight the 
                  New York City Ballet’s main man, Damian Woetzel,
                  who has waltzed through Harvard graduate school to 
                  his next act. Web exclusive: A slide show of Weber’s
                  photos of Woetzel.

136      FAR FROM THE GOSSIPING CROWD 
                  While her TV alter ego has Manhattan’s Upper East 
                  Side schoolgirls abuzz, Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively 
                  turned heads during the Paris couture shows. Nancy 
                  Jo Sales learns how modeling the extravagant creations
                  of Dior, Valentino, and other legends stacks up against
                  Lively’s fairy-tale fantasies. Photographs by Michael 
                  Roberts.
                  Web special: more of Roberts’s photos of Lively.

140      JAMES FREY’S MORNING AFTER 
                  James Frey’s publishing career appeared to shatter, 
                  along with his credibility, when his best-selling 2003
                  memoir of addiction proved to be part fiction. 
                  In his first U.S. interview since his public excoriation 
                  on Oprah’s couch, as he tries to put the pieces back
                  together with a sprawling novel about L.A., Frey 
                  walks Evgenia Peretz through the tangle of motives
                  that brought him nationwide infamy, reader lawsuits, 
                  and the life-affirming support of another literary 
                  renegade: the late Norman Mailer.

144      LOST IN ENEMY AIRSPACE 
                  As U.S. and Soviet fingers hovered over the nuclear 
                  button, at the peak of the Cuban missile crisis, a lone
                  American U-2 pilot flew into the northern lights, misread 
                  the night sky, and found himself deep within Russian 
                  airspace. In an excerpt from his new book, Michael
                  Dobbs reveals the untold story of Charles W. Maultsby,
                  who on October 27, 1962, brought the world as close 
                  as it’s ever come to annihilation.

150      CHANEL GOES MOBILE 
                  What would happen if you combined the radical 
                   visions of Karl Lagerfeld and Pritzker Prize–winning 
                  architect Zaha Hadid? Answer: the Chanel Mobile Art 
                  container, created for the 50th anniversary of the French
                  label’s iconic handbag. Matt Tyrnauer reports as the 
                  traveling space-age museum heads for New York.
                  Photographs by Todd Eberle. Web special: a portfolio
                  of Eberle’s images of the museum.

152      MS. WALTERS REFLECTS 
                  Barbara Walters blazed a trail for female journalists 
                  when she left the Today show in 1976 to co-anchor the
                  ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner. But, as she
                  recalls in an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, the
                  toughest challenges lay ahead: the scorn of the man who
                  sat beside her, the unrelenting media criticism, and the
                  desperate scramble to produce the first of her now 
                  famous specials. Photograph by Mark Seliger.

FANFAIR
6330       DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE 
                Boeing-Boeing: Come fly with me
64           The Cultural Divide
66           Elissa Schappell’s Hot Type
68           The Filthy Rich Handbook: the ultimate guide to living 
                large
70            Making waves—our favorite spots for beachside dining
72            My Stuff—Jonathan Adler; Leslie Bennetts buckles up
                for Boeing-Boeing; Bruce Handy reviews HBO’s Recount
74            John McEnroe reveals his favorite post-match spots
76            Lisa Robinson’s Hot Tracks
78            Emily Poenisch spotlights Daria Werbowy’s Lancôme 
                collaboration; Bond No. 9’s eau de Warhol; Hot Looks;
                Ji Baek publishes her manicure secrets

Columns
84      WHEN DEMOCRATS GO POST-AL 
            After eight years of Bush, the 2008 Democratic ticket was
            supposed to be a sure bet. Instead, the party has been 
            tearing itself apart, nowhere with more ferocity than in the
            blogosphere. Following a Clinton-Obama civil war at Daily
            Kos, James Wolcott finds the real reason liberals should be
            angry.
94      IT’S THE ADULTERY, STUPID
            Eliot Spitzer’s libido drove him straight into the land mine
            that Bill Clinton survived 10 years ago. Sex has become 
            such a powerful subtext for voters, writes Michael Wolff, 
            and so hard to conceal, that every middle-aged politician 
            who has strayed should prepare to be exposed. 
            Web video: Michael Wolff discourses.
100    OIL IN THE FAMILY 
            Control of one of the great American fortunes, two 
            multi-billion-dollar trusts founded by Texas oilman 
            H. L. Hunt in 1935, is being threatened by his high-rolling 
            great-grandson. After covering the dynasty for decades, 
            Alan Peppard investigates a clash of generations, and the
            dirty laundry it has aired. Photographs by Danny Turner.
108   SCENES FROM A MARATHON 
            Todd S. Purdum spotlights Larry Fink’s photographs from
            Pennsylvania, a candid montage of Hillary Clinton’s 
            do-or-die fight for the nomination. Web special: more of 
            Fink’s images from Clinton’s campaign.
111   STILL LIFE WITH BOXER 
            As photographer Sam Taylor-Wood debuts her short film
            Love You More at Cannes, Julian Sancton spotlights her
            portrait of heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.

Vanities

113   THE GOOD GIRL
114    A private-school auction; That Was Then and This Is Now;
          Howard Schatz snaps John Goodman in raging character
115    Ivanka Trump goes through her morning routine with George
          Wayne

Et Cetera

46     EDITOR’S LETTER
48     CONTRIBUTORS
54     LETTERS 
         The Humor Gap; Postscript; Web special: more letters
81     FAIRGROUND
182   CREDITS
184   PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE 
         John Cusack