64 h. ago Journalist Graydon Carter: ‘If there was another 9/11 this week, I don’t think the world would rush to support us’

The former Vanity Fair editor on how #MeToo changed Hollywood, what Christopher Hitchens would make of the US today, and the value of a handkerchiefGraydon Carter, 75, is a Canadian-born journalist. He co-created the satirical magazine Spy, edited the New York Observer, and from 1992 until 2017 was the editor of Vanity Fair. In 2019 he founded Air Mail, an online newsletter for “worldly cosmopolitans”. His memoir, When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines, has just been published. He lives in New York with his third wife, not far from the Waverly Inn, the restaurant he co-owns, and has five children. Donald Trump has called him a “dummy” and “a real loser” who has “no talent and looks like shit”.Before we talk magazines, as a Canadian-born non-fan of Trump, how’s the view over there?Well, I think very highly of Mark Carney [the new Canadian prime minister]. He’s not going to take any grief. But the sad thing is that in two months, Trump ...

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5 d. ago When The Going Was Good by Graydon Carter: No limit on expenses. Interest

The former editor of Vanity Fair recalls the hedonism of the magazine's glory days in a deliciously gossipy memoir.

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7 d. ago Nathan Lane says ‘homophobia is alive and well’ in Hollywood

In a Vanity Fair interview The Producers and The Birdcage star claimed that being an out gay actor cost him roles in his careerThe Producers star Nathan Lane says that “homophobia is alive and well” in Hollywood and that being an out gay actor cost him roles.In an interview with Vanity Fair, Lane said that his breakthrough film role in the 1996 comedy The Birdcage, in which he played a flamboyant drag queen in a long-term relationship with Robin Williams’ club-owner, failed to lead to a significant movie acting career, reporting that his then agent told him: “Maybe if you weren’t so open about your lifestyle, it would have.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Meghan Markle: baffling questions, Diana bombshell and Netflix revelations

Meghan Markle appeared on the front cover of Vanity Fair magazine in 2017, where she opened up on acting, her upbringing and life in the spotlight - but it's now been claimed she was far from happy with the cover story

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8 d. ago Meghan is slightly adrift on the facts and reality, Vanity Fair’s ex

Graydon Carter recounted the story behind Meghan’s appearance on the cover of the magazine in 2017.

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8 d. ago Meghan Markle's question about Harry revealed by Vanity Fair editor who calls her 'adrift'

Graydon Carter, former Vanity Fair editor, has criticized Meghan Markle for being "adrift on the facts and reality" following her Netflix series titled With Love, Meghan

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8 d. ago Meghan Markle savaged by Vanity Fair boss who put her on cover

Graydon Carter, the former editor of Vanity Fair magazine who was in charge when Meghan Markle appeared on the cover in 2017, has taken aim at the Duchess of Sussex and revealed what happened behind the scenes when she was interviewed for the publication

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8 d. ago Meghan Markle is 'adrift on reality', says Vanity Fair editor who put her on the cover as he reveals her eyebrow

Graydon Carter, 75, has claimed that the Duchess of Sussex believed she was a cover star because of her 'philanthropy' - not because she was dating Prince Harry.

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9 d. ago Former Vanity Fair editor says just one person was banned from famous Oscars party for life

Graydon Carter is preparing to reveal the thrills and spills of running the Condé Nast glossy during ‘the last golden age of magazines’

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1 week ago #YouToo, Gwyneth Paltrow? Intimacy coordinators make sex scenes safe for all, not just A

The film star is among those undermining a role that was created out of the #MeToo movement to protect the powerlessHow instructive to hear Gwyneth Paltrow’s views on intimacy coordinators, the people hired to supervise intimate scenes in film and television. Talking to Vanity Fair magazine about her big screen comeback, in Josh Safdie’s ping pong film, Marty Supreme, the actor, 52, joked of her sex scenes with 29-year-old Timothée Chalamet: “I was like, ‘I’m 109 years old. You’re 14’.”Paltrow also said: “There’s now something called an intimacy coordinator (IC), which I did not know existed.” When the IC spoke to her: “I’m like, ‘Girl, I’m from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera’s on’ We said, ‘I think we’re good. You can step a little bit back’.” She added: “I don’t know how it is for the kids who are starting out, but if someone is like ‘OK, then he puts his hand here’ I would feel as an artist very stifled by that.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago AMANDA PLATELL: Ouch! Meghan won't be happy at Gwyneth's barbs

Gwyneth Paltrow is at her most magnificent on the cover of the celebrity bible Vanity Fair, blonde hair bouffant, staring defiantly into the camera.

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1 week ago ‘I’d feel stifled by that’: Gwyneth Paltrow told intimacy coordinator to ‘step back’ on new film with Timothée Chalamet

The actor, who shares a number of sex scenes with co-star Chalamet in new film Marty Supreme, said ‘I’m from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera’s on’Gwyneth Paltrow has said she felt uncomfortable about the presence of an intimacy coordinator on the set of her new film, in which she shares a number of sex scenes with co-star Timothée Chalamet.Speaking to Vanity Fair, Paltrow, 52, said that working on Marty Supreme, which is her first leading role in a film since 2010, was her first experience of the relatively new profession, introduced after the #MeToo movement to try to help protect actors on set after multiple instances of abuse were exposed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Gwyneth Paltrow breaks silence on socialite who fled her Hamptons home after 'catastrophic' diarrhea incident

Vanity Fair reporter Michelle Ruiz noted of her appearance: 'She trails off with an existential cringe, saying nothing more but, I note, not leaping to denying it.'

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2 w. ago Gwyneth Paltrow finally addresses Derek Blasberg diarrhea incident at her Hamptons home

Vanity Fair reporter Michelle Ruiz noted of her appearance: 'She trails off with an existential cringe, saying nothing more but, I note, not leaping to denying it.'

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2 w. ago Gwyneth Paltrow oozes Gallic charm for Vanity Fair cover shoot as she makes rare comment about Montecito neighbour Meghan Markle

For film fans of a certain generation, few actresses possess the class, talent and sophistication of the legendary Catherine Deneuve - but it appears Gwyneth Paltrow could be a contender.

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2 w. ago Netflix 'will keep vague hand' in Harry and Meghan deal as 'people hang around for divorce'

A scathing Vanity Fair article in January included a number of brutal allegations about the couple, with the most shocking being that a member of Meghan's team had reached out to a publishing house to 'gauge interest' in a post-divorce book.

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3 w. ago Meghan Markle's Netflix show savaged by Princess Diana's pal who gives brutal verdict

Tina Brown, a former editor of Vanity Fair and Tatler and the author of the book The Diana Chronicles, has given her view on With Love, Meghan - and she has not held back

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3 w. ago Justin Bieber defiantly declares he has 'nothing to prove' and does not 'owe anyone anything' amid fan concerns

On Monday, he ignited a social media backlash over Instagram pictures that showed him apparently pulling from a bong - posted the day after Hailey attended the Vanity Fair Oscars Party alone.

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3 w. ago As Chrissy Teigen reveals she's a secret smoker, these are all the 'wellness loving stars' who have been caught sneakily puffing on cigarettes

Chrissy Teigen made headlines recently when she shared her surprise smoking admission at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party on Sunday in an interview with Access Hollywood.

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3 w. ago As Chrissy Teigan reveals she's a secret smoker, these are all the 'wellness loving stars' who have been caught sneakily puffing on cigarettes

Chrissy Teigan made headlines recently when she shared her surprise smoking admission at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party on Sunday in an interview with Access Hollywood.

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