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One thing that the late Charlie Kirk and Mehdi Hasan agreed on is that Jubilee's casting is dubious at best. Here's what I found out about Jubilee's vetting process—or lack thereof. It's led to neo-Nazis appearing on Surrounded, and then being edited out of the videos in post.

'Traitors' Star Colton Underwood Finally Faces His Dark 'Bachelor' Past In 2020, Underwood’s ex, Cassie Randolph, filed a temporary restraining order against him. Now, after a wild season of 'The Traitors,' the romantic lead turned reality villain is finally ready to talk...

I had a long conversation with Colton Underwood about fame, forgiveness, and what happened with Cassie Randolph for @vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

Jubilee Media Helped Take Charlie Kirk Mainstream. What Do Its Video Debates Mean for the Future of Politics? Eighteen months after the Turning Point USA founder helped the company launch its blockbuster series, Surrounded—and six months after his killing—Jubilee has never been bigger. Are its contentious vid...

Jubilee Media Helped Take Charlie Kirk Mainstream. What Do Its Video Debates Mean for the Future of Politics?

Jubilee Media Helped Take Charlie Kirk Mainstream. What Do Its Video Debates Mean for the Future of Politics? Eighteen months after the Turning Point USA founder helped the company launch its blockbuster series, Surrounded—and six months after his killing—Jubilee has never been bigger. Are its contentious vid...

Charlie Kirk. Pete Buttigieg. Candace Owens. Mehdi Hasan. They've all done Gen Z's favorite political debate show, Surrounded. I went deep on the social media juggernaut that platformed a neo-nazi in the hopes to heal the country for @vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com/news/story/j...

Jubilee Media Helped Take Charlie Kirk Mainstream. What Do Its Video Debates Mean for the Future of Politics? Eighteen months after the Turning Point USA founder helped the company launch its blockbuster series, Surrounded—and six months after his killing—Jubilee has never been bigger. Are its contentious vid...

@christress.bsky.social wrote a very juicy look inside Jubilee Media, the company behind Surrounded (the "ONE CONSERVATIVE VS. 25 PIERCED LEFTISTS" debate video series). The founder genuinely thinks he's saving the world! www.vanityfair.com/news/story/j...

As Bad Bunny Slayed the Super Bowl, Turning Point USA Staged Its Own Weird Little Event The counter-programming to the half time show was predictably xenophobic, but (perhaps) surprisingly low-quality and poorly attended

Turning Point USA’s “All American Halftime” show was predictably xenophobic, but (perhaps) surprisingly low-quality and poorly attended

Why We Can’t Let Go of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy Meet Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon, who bring the doomed pair back to life in Ryan Murphy’s ‘Love Story.’

Vanity Fair’s @christress.bsky.social sits down with the stars of Ryan Murphy’s ‘Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’ for our Winter Issue: “I think people are going to be really happy with what we’ve done, what we’ve created here”

Conservative Podcasters Got Shut Out of Controversial New Golden Globe Category After making the short list, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience,’ ‘The Tucker Carlson Show,’ and ‘The Ben Shapiro Show’ didn’t make the final cut—an interesting twist in an inaugural category that’s already se...

After making the short list for the first-ever Golden Globe for best podcast, conservative podcasters like Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro didn’t make the final cut—an interesting twist in an inaugural category that’s already seen its fair share of drama.

Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

ugh I'm so sorry you did such great work at Teen Vogue and looking forward to whatever it is you choose to do next.

dream White Lotus french season casting:

Isabelle Hupert (of course)
Marion Cotillard (fresh off The Morning Show!)
Juliette Binoche (in a meaty supporting role)
Timmy and Pauline Chalamet (stunt casting)
Omar Sy (wildcard)
and introducing
Lily Collins as Emily in Paris

i know that gym!

The Onion Wants an Oscar for Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile—Coming to a Theater Near You And Onion CEO Ben Collins knows just how to sell this 20-minute mockumentary to the Academy: “Do you like pedophiles? I don’t think you do. You know what you could do to prove it?”

Thank you Vanity Fair for printing this incredible subhed.

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The Onion Wants an Oscar for 'Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile'—Coming to a Theater Near You And Onion CEO Ben Collins knows just how to sell this 20-minute mockumentary to the Academy: “Do you like pedophiles? I don’t think you do. You know what you could do to prove it?”

had another wonderful chat with my friend @bencollins.bsky.social (a.k.a Tim Onion) about The Onion's wonderfully absurd and truly hilarious 20 minute mockumentary, Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile (google the title at your own risk!)
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Can an All-Star Team of Broadway Vets Finally Crack ‘Chess’? Many have tried to make this notoriously tricky musical work—but Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher might actually pull it off.

Chatted with the team behind Chess about the upcoming revival. And, yes, Lea Michele told me she is reading "Chess For Dummies" to prepare

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Vanity Fair Will Boost Focus on Core Areas Like Hollywood While Cutting Back Some Coverage, Says New Editorial Director Vanity Fair will scale back certain areas of coverage, including shutting down The Hive, to focus on entertainment and culture, editorial director Mark Guiducci said.

What a wonderful thing to have worked all these years for @vanityfair.com.

I can’t say it was a dream come true, only because I never would’ve dreamed this big when I was starting out.

As this article says, I’m among those being let go. Thanks to everybody who has reached out with kind words. ❤️

Vanity Fair Will Refocus on Hollywood and Cut Back Some Coverage Areas, Says New Editorial Director Vanity Fair will scale back certain areas of coverage, including shutting down The Hive, to focus on entertainment and culture, editorial director Mark Guiducci said.

Area Critic (Me) Needs New Job.

Reach out if you want me to write for you! Doesn't have to be reviews!

“It’s Actually 500 Jokes”: Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang’s Road to the Culture Awards The pair brings us along for the ride as they stage their podcast’s parody awards show on Bravo for the first time ever. But is primetime ready for the comedic stylings of 'Las Culturistas?'

sat shotgun on Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang's winding roadtrip to tonight's Culture Awards. Readers, Kayteighs, Publicists, I promise you are in for a treat even though Miss Piggy had to cancel
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First, Ryan Coogler Made ‘Sinners.’ Now He’s Living the Movie’s Dream Coogler’s vampire drama got under Hollywood’s skin, then made more than $360 million anyway. Thanks to an unconventional deal with Warner Bros., Coogler will one day own the fruits of his labor.

For Juneteenth, I wrote about the impact of Sinners and Ryan Coogler’s historic deal for @vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

JD Vance Should Have Known That Donald Trump Is a Huge Theater Queen Although Vance made a cheap jab at musical theater, his boss has a well-documented history of loving the art form, specifically the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

inspired by JD Vance's (dumb) tweet and the (wonderful) No Kings protests this weekend, I did a deep dive on Trump's long standing history of being an Andrew Lloyd Webber loving Theater Queen

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Who Is Riley Gaines, the Conservative Political Activist Simone Biles Took to Task? Everything you need to know about Riley Gaines, the former D1 swimmer turned Fox News pundit who’s made a career out of attacking trans women in sports.

if you, like me, had no idea who "Riley Gaines" was before this weekend, then I have a story for you www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

It’s Been 38 Years Since a Black Playwright Won Best Play at the Tonys. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Could Change That. The Pulitzer Prize-winner and Tony-nominee chats with Vanity Fair about developing 'Purpose,' juggling a new play and a newborn, and heading into his second Tony Awards.

Had a wonderful chat with Pulitzer Prize winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins about juggling two Tony seasons in a row and a newborn at home... also Elaine Stritch's iconic Tony speech ofc
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'Wicked: For Good' First Look: Toto, We’re Not In Shiz Anymore In an exclusive conversation, director Jon M. Chu talks adapting the darker second act of ‘Wicked,’ new songs for Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, and ending his epic time in Oz.

First Look: In ‘Wicked: For Good,’ Elphaba and Glinda are no longer college co-eds but grown women, reckoning with the differing paths they’ve taken in life.

In a VF exclusive, director Jon M. Chu teases the second act’s new songs, the introduction of Dorothy Gale, Glinda’s wedding, and more.

Ariana Grande as Glinda (left) and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba (right).

Vanity Fair shares first look at Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo in ‘WICKED: FOR GOOD.’

'Wicked: For Good' First Look: Toto, We’re Not In Shiz Anymore In an exclusive conversation, director Jon M. Chu talks adapting the darker second act of ‘Wicked,’ new songs for Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, and ending his epic time in Oz.

Like a seed dropped by a skybird... here's your first look at "Wicked: For Good" written by yours truly www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

Mia Farrow Absolutely Adores Patti LuPone: “She Cannot Tell a Lie” The legendary actress on earning her first Tony nomination for 'The Roommate' and her decades long friendship with her outspoken co-star, LuPone.

Chatted with film legend Mia Farrow about returning to the stage in The Roommate, the lasting impact of Rosemary's Baby, and her co-star Patti fucking LuPone

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It’s so interesting that an outlet that encourages its writers to speak truth to power is flourishing in a media industry where everything else seems to be in decline. I want that to be a lesson to people. Kowtowing to power—if your job is not that, nobody fucking wants that. It does nothing for you to pull a punch at this moment. You have to be able to stand up for a baseline of humanity. That’s what we do here. And I’m glad to tell you that they never blinked. They never thought twice about it. They just always were like, “All right, well, let’s keep doing what we do here.”

People keep asking why The Onion is doing well right now, and it's simply because we just refuse to kowtow. I cannot stress enough how good it is for your business and your soul be strong and even fun in the face of the ongoing horror and bullshit.

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it is always so validating when the ugliest freaks and losers on the internet hate something that you've written and let you know it... it's like yes! you are exactly the target demographic that i wanted to piss off and i'm glad you were paying attention and you noticed <3

VF asked @bencollins.bsky.social if Trump was funny, and he had the best response:

"…when people say he’s funny, it’s usually him being cruel to somebody."

also, subscribe to @theonion.com so he can keep doing cool shit

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incredible timing for me to get into Bluesky the week of my college 10th reunion when i am already feeling emotional and chaotic and insane... watch this space things might get weird!!