Spiegel Stuff: A Kennedy’s Forgotten Hollywood Reign; the Case of the Vanishing Blonde; a Fall From Football Grace

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The Kennedy who took Hollywood for a ride; a photographic look at a treasure-filled palace; and a disappearance that was not what it seemed: All that and more in this week's VF Archive digest.

Field of Nightmares

After one short season, 20-year-old Johnny Manziel was a sports idol and bona fide star: the showboating quarterback who led his Texas A&M team to upset victories, and the first freshman ever to win the Heisman Trophy. He went on to become one of the biggest flops in NFL history. Talking to Manziel's close friends and family about the drugs, the rehab, the assault charge, and more, Bryan Burrough charts the dramatic, ongoing struggle to save the hard-partying player from himself.

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The Mogul in Mr. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy's brief Hollywood reign—during which he ran three studios, spearheaded the talkie revolution, and created the prototype for the modern entertainment empire—has gone largely unexamined, overshadowed by his founding of America's greatest political dynasty. As disclosed in rarely seen archives, the Boston financier devastated the careers of two major stars, one of them his mistress Gloria Swanson, in the merciless pursuit of movie-industry fortune.

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The Case of the Vanishing Blonde

After a woman living in a hotel in Florida was raped, viciously beaten, and left for dead near the Everglades in 2005, the police investigation quickly went cold. But when the victim sued the Airport Regency, the hotel's private detective, Ken Brennan, became obsessed with the case: How had the 21-year-old blonde disappeared from her room, unseen by security cameras? Mark Bowden follows Brennan's trail as the investigator worked a chilling hunch that would lead him to other states, other crimes, and a man nobody else suspected.

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Sheikh Shack

Of all the palatial London mansions of the British aristocracy obliterated, carved up, or converted over the decades—only one, Dudley House, is a private home. Qatari sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Thani restored its 44,000 square feet of lost glory, emerging as a major collector and popular host to London's elite, including the queen.

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Money on the Wall

In the past decade, the art world has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, with stars being manufactured while they're still in art school. How is the money, power, and ego affecting working artists? A roundtable of five experts delves into the auction mystique, the new collectors, and the passion driving it all.

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Saturday, September 30, 2023

A Kennedy’s Forgotten Hollywood Reign; the Case of the Vanishing Blonde; a Fall From Football Grace

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