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December 21, 2018
Emily Chang took readers into the depths of Big Tech’s inner sanctum—and we were all horrified by what she found. Our readers spent more time reading this story than any other this year. If you missed it, here’s your chance.
Rachel DeLoache Williams’s tale of being hosed by a fake heiress set the Internet on fire. The story really has it all: an art-world darling with a huge secret, Vanity Fair expense-account drama, and a tumbling house of cards set against a Morocco backdrop.
Michelle Williams has long shunned the spotlight. Now, thrust into the battle over Hollywood’s gender pay gap—and with a superhero movie and new husband by her side—she’s ready for her next chapter, both professional and personal.
Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s reflection on her life in the shadows of her father, Apple’s mercurial founder, prompted many readers to reconsider how they view the difficult, great men of industry.
Monica Lewinsky wrote about emerging from “the house of gaslight,” and considered our collectively changing relationship with trauma, abuse, and the stories that matter.
A recording salvaged from three miles deep tells the story of the doomed El Faro, a cargo ship engulfed by a hurricane. Longtime Vanity Fair readers know they should never miss a William Langewiesche joint—and this heart-stopping investigation into the worst U.S. maritime disaster in decades is no exception.
New York Times reporter Dave Itzkoff details the beloved star’s heartbreaking decline in this exclusive excerpt from Robin, his new biography.
Remember Reince Priebus? Months after his chaotic resignation as chief of staff, and with his successor on the hot seat, Priebus comes clean about everything: the inauguration crowd-size fiasco, the decision to fire Comey, the Mooch, the tweets, how he helped save Jeff Sessions’s job, and his mercurial former boss.
Before the story of his alleged abuses broke in October 2017, Harvey Weinstein hunkered down in his Tribeca bunker—even as the producer refused to believe the end was near. Adam Ciralsky delivers the behind-the-scenes tick-tock to a scandal that changed the world.
It’s a Mark Seal original: investors all over the world fell for the schemes of the man who called himself Khalid bin al-Saud. But the truth turned out to be more incredible than the lie.
The man who created the World Wide Web has some regrets. Tim Berners-Lee has seen his creation debased by everything from fake news to mass surveillance. But he’s got a plan to fix it.
As the Prince of Wales turns 70, James Reginato hops on a royal flight to catch up with the longest-waiting heir apparent in history.
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