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snow clue
Taylor Swift Takes Another Spin in the Recording Studio
It’ll be a cruel winter until we find out what’s going on in there.
FROM THE MAGAZINE
When the Beatles Stormed America, I Was With Them
Sixty years on, a legendary photographer—and VF contributor—opens up about those hard days and uproarious nights.
Cover Reveal
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Celebrates Emmys Night With an Exclusive Sneak Peek at Her New Novel Long Island Compromise
The writer—and Emmy nominee for her work on Fleishman Is In Trouble—is back July 9 with an epic that examines family trauma over the course of multiple generations.
Royals
Princess Diana Considered Boy George a "True Survivor”
And totally bonded with the performer’s mom, to boot.
music
Laurie Anderson on Steering Lou Reed’s Legacy: “It’s a Wild Way to Be With Your Partner”
The famously prickly “Heroin” singer spent the last years of his life chasing natural highs through martial arts. With a new release of ambient music recorded to accompany tai chi sessions, his longtime partner continues to shed light on a side of the rock-and-roll animal that the public rarely saw.
FROM THE MAGAZINE
11 New Books to Read This Month
The inspiration behind Kiley Reid’s Come and Get It, memoirs from Leslie Jamison and Sloane Crosley, and more can’t-miss books.
a swiftly tilting planet
Taylor Swift Spotted Sliding Into Recording Studio: Is New Music Coming?
This isn’t her first time at Electric Lady Studios in recent months, either.
Royals
Queen Camilla Reveals Her Hidden Harry Potter Weakness
Books and cleverness, there are more important things.
piece of her
Britney Spears Vows to “Never Return to the Music Industry”
“Most of the news is trash,” she wrote of reports of a comeback album.
year in review
The Most Read Vanity Fair Stories of 2023
Real Housewives and Lost, the Murdochs, Brad and Angelina, Gisele, a grifting rabbi, and more of the stories that most captivated readers this year.
Awards Insider!
Dua Lipa Thinks Greta Gerwig “Defied All Odds” on Barbie and Was Happy to Come Along for the Ride
The pop star tells Vanity Fair about “Dance the Night,” her secret contributions to the film during a busy world tour, and what she learned from reuniting with her “Electricity” partner Mark Ronson.
health
Céline Dion’s Sister Says Singer “No Longer Has Control of Her Muscles” As a Result of Stiff Person Syndrome
The singer shared in early 2022 that she suffered from a condition called Stiff Person Syndrome.
BOOKS
Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023
Hypnotic poetry collections, page-turner novels, incisive biographies—these are the books the staff of Vanity Fair couldn’t stop thinking about this year, some of the best of 2023.
snakes and stones
Taylor Swift Opens Up About How Kanye West and Scooter Braun Feuds Transformed Her Career
“I’ve been given a tiara, then had it taken away,” Swift said in a new profile.
Royals
Kate Middleton Shares One of Her Childhood Hobbies with Princess Charlotte
The princess’ middle child is musical like her mother.
TRUE COLORS
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 Preview: An Unprecedented Spree of Brand Activations and Picture Buying…Just Like Every Year.
Your guide to achieving synergistic nirvana when the annual art fair and marketing bonanza kicks off in South Florida next week.
the swift-space continuum
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s Breakup Timeline May Have Just Been Dismantled By Jack Antonoff
Wait, did you say…2021?
taylurking
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Appear to Be Engaging In the Time-Honored Tradition of Flirting on Social Media
First comes dating, then comes social media PDA.
Royals
Taylor Swift Reportedly Turned Down Performing at King Charles III’s Coronation
The Queen of Pop declined to perform for the King of Britain, according to a new book.
for the record
Beyoncé’s Mom Responds to “Ignorant” and “Racist” Comments About Singer’s Renaissance Premiere Look
“She does a film, called the renaissance, where the whole theme is silver with silver hair, a silver carpet, and suggested silver attire and you bozos decide that she’s trying to be a white woman and is bleaching her skin?” Tina Knowles wrote on Instagram.