Hillary Busis

Age verification? I went to camp so long ago, Jesus Christ was my counselor.

I expect to see celebrities I don't respect in AI ads—but Matthew Broderick? Disappointed in you, Matthew.

“I can’t suffer through the London Olympics.”

“We’re not prepared, Liz.”

“Did you see the Beijing opening ceremonies?”

“We don’t have control over our people like that.”

Every Olympic opening ceremony, I think of Wesley Snipes.

Friendship is when you take turns Venmoing $100 to each other in perpetuity

The way he smoothly broke out a Mark Twain quote?!

On The Traitors, Tara and Johnny are literally the two dummies telling each other "exaaaactly" (complimentary)

Peter Attia Has Millions of Followers, a CBS Contract—and Some Seriously Bad Epstein File Appearances Doctors should be “far more concerned about the oath that you took than adjacency to powerful people,” says one physician—who, unlike Attia, is board certified—of the best-selling author and new CBS N...

I wrote about Peter Attia for @vanityfair.com because honestly we all deserve better than this garbage. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...

FMK: Elordi Heathcliff, Fassbender Rochester, Macfadyen Darcy

And in the end, the cheese you take is equal to the cheese you make

Psst, if you're a writer/reporter looking for freelance work: pitch me at Vanity Fair! Would love reported feature ideas across topic areas, especially anything investigative/exclusive.

hillary_busis@condenast.com

A typically existential moment on a French website

We'll always have (Mo Willems and The Storytime All-Stars Present: Don't Let the Pigeon Do Storytime Live! at) the Kennedy Center

Is Turning Point USA’s “All American” Halftime Show Really Happening? “We’ll have updates next week,” promises a spokesperson for the conservative non-profit. But as of now, the group’s Super Bowl counterprogramming doesn’t have a lineup or a venue.

Short answer: yes with an "if." Long answer: no with a "but." www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

5b is “being mean to me is censorship”

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Sundance Film Festival 2026 Follow along for real-time updates from America’s largest independent-film festival.

Did you even know that 1. I'm at Sundance and 2. VF has a Sundance liveblog? Did you??

www.vanityfair.com/live/live-up...

I wrote about the slashing of the recommended vaccine schedule for children for @vanityfair.com because I think it's too tempting to read RFK as being off in his own wacky "wellness" world. In fact, his attacks on public health are an integral part of Trump's overall project.

You’ve Been Using “Nepo Baby” Wrong All Along The internet’s favorite insult used to mean something, argues Hillary Busis—before imprecision and overuse dulled its impact.

Obviously the most important thing you'll read today is my rant about how annoying it is when people call anyone they don't like a "nepo baby" www.vanityfair.com/credits/stor...

A VW bus voiced by George Carlin references Hendrix, meaning I guess in this universe he was a car?

In Cars, a car voiced by Jeremy Piven says “mishpocha,” implying the existence of Jewish vehicles

We were talking about how the kids didn't have school for some holiday and my stepfather was like, "well with that new mayor of yours, maybe nobody's going to have school anymore." I said, "I'm not totally sure what you mean by that?" and he said "you know what, actually I'm not either"

It's always kinda funny when the Durst Organization openly lobbies to harvest your blood

I never knew that!! The letter of the day is E (for Emma Goldman)

Really blew my mind that Abby has I guess an identical Israeli cousin named Avigail??

Literally though

The count and Grover are also Sesame Street’s two canonically Jewish residents

How do I convince my phone that “oit” is not a word, that I am never trying to say it, and that I always mean “out”

What my kids need to know is: after Elsa makes his magic cloud, can Olaf swim?

Bari Weiss’s 60 Minutes Stumble Follows Private Rejection From Megyn Kelly Before she stoked outrage by spiking a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a notorious El Salvador prison, Weiss spent weeks lobbying Megyn Kelly to participate in a debate on feminism with ‘Call Her Daddy’ ho...

“Dismal,” “confused,” “demoralized,” “super fucked.”

That, as one reporter tells Vanity Fair, is the mood inside CBS News this week—all because of Bari Weiss, about 14 minutes of television that criticized the Trump administration, and a Canadian streaming service.

When you get interviewed multiple times over the course of a year and the interviews are recorded and you sit for formal photographs with a well known national magazine you definitely know it’s on the record.