Summer Reading: Bennifer Reunited, Dating Is Back, Goodbye to Conan, and the Billionaire Space Race

Remembering a Magical Hustling Heiress View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks July 05, 2021     One Summer, Forever The Endless Summer poster is more than 50 years old, and it hasn't aged a minute. Kitchen-table project turned pop-culture phenomenon, the Day-Glo movie promo created by John Van Hamersveld for his friend Bruce Brown's 1964 documentary is still selling the dream—on T-shirts, TV shows, beer bottles, and dorm walls. Lili Anolik looks back at the moment an iconic image was born, the social upheaval it presaged, and the surfer-dude-slash-designer whose life it changed. R E A D  M O R E »     Goodbye, Conan In 1993, Conan O'Brien was the most famous unknown in America. Since the stunning announcement that he would be the new keeper of NBC's precious late-night time slot, the life of the 30-year-old comedy writer had been a hurricane of microphones, klieg lights, and questions. Lynn Hirschberg was with O'Brien as he began his metamorphosis from Average Guy to Certified Celebrity. R E A D  M O R E »     When J.Lo Met A.Rod Despite the surreal fame—and baggage—carried by Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, their relationship made perfect sense back in 2017. Both started from modest backgrounds, hit the big time fast, and had to battle their own demons to survive. Visiting with the new couple, Bethany McLean learned about everything from their nerve-racking first date to the "reveals" that forged their bond. R E A D  M O R E »     Bennifer, Again In private, Ben Affleck was so laid-back when Vanity Fair caught up with him in 2003—no hovering publicists, no entourage, no forbidden topics. It was hard to believe that he's the $15 million star with the screenwriting Oscar, or that he was engaged to the flashiest beauty in America. Leslie Bennetts heard all about his geeky past, his stay in rehab, and why he wanted J.Lo to be the mother of his kids. R E A D  M O R E »     Men in Space Elon Musk is famous for his futuristic gambles (from Tesla cars and cost-efficient rockets to his dream of settling on Mars), but Silicon Valley's latest gold rush—artificial intelligence—scares him. The tech titan's billion-dollar mission to put controls on A.I. pits him against much of the industry. How realistic are Musk's fears? Maureen Dowd dove deep into a raging debate in 2017. R E A D  M O R E »     The Summer Dating Returned Now that hookup culture has collided with dating apps—Tinder, Hinge, Happn, etc.—a guy with "text game" can score several "Tinderellas" a week. As romance was getting swiped from the screen back in 2015, as Nancy Jo Sales reported at the time, some 20-somethings weren't liking what they saw. R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.