Inside Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s Disastrous Wedding; DOGE in Chaos; Wes Anderson on Gene Hackman

Plus: Your Guide to the 2025 Tony Awards

View in browser | Update preferences SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL ACCESS MATTHEW LYNCH, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Wherever you fall on the destination-wedding debate I think it's fair to say that if you show up to one, and the Jolly Roger is flying, it cannot auger good things. The pirate-flag cameo is just one of the many incredible details revealed this week in an excerpt of Hollywood Vampires by authors Kelly Loudenberg and Makiko Wholey, about the brief and disastrous marriage of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. It's a summer read if ever there was one. The Chaos Inside Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's Wedding BY KELLY LOUDENBERG AND MAKIKO WHOLEY "You don't have to do it. Don't do it." The Hollywood couple's brief marriage led to a demolition derby of a trial. An insider's report on the blessed day they wed. READ MORE Read All About It PUTTING DOWN THE DOGE Surprise: The Government Is "Scrambling" to Rehire Workers Fired by DOGE BY BESS LEVIN "Notice of Reduction in Force (RIF) issued to you…is officially RESCINDED [and] you will not be separated from employment," read one absurdly euphemistic email. READ MORE REUNITED Jason Segel and Kristen Bell Will Always Remember Forgetting Sarah Marshall BY REBECCA FORD The stars reveal to VF how the 2008 comedy changed their careers, plus the sage advice Bell gave Segel during the shoot: "Close your legs. You don't want people to see your dick looking like that." READ MORE WHEN MEGALOMANIACS COLLIDE Trump Threatens to Ditch His Tesla as War With Musk Goes Nuclear BY ISSIE LAPOWSKY What began as budget bickering has spiraled into a political cage match. READ MORE ON THE SCENE Inside Vanity Fair and the Four Seasons' 2nd-Annual Directors Dinner BY ERIN VANDERHOOF Amid the buzz of the 24th Tribeca Film Festival, Miley Cyrus toasted art with "pure heart and pure love" during an intimate dinner. READ MORE The Definitive Interview Wes Anderson Explains Every Movie He's Ever Made BY VANITY FAIR Traveling to Antibes, France, to interview Wes Anderson made me feel a bit like I was a character in one of his storybook films. Anderson rarely does interviews, especially ones that require him to sit in front of a camera for two hours, so I didn't know what to expect when the seersucker-suited director arrived on set. Within the first 10 minutes, though, he was waxing nostalgic about his long-standing collaborations with Owen Wilson and his director of photography, Robert Yeoman, and I knew we were in for a great conversation. He spoke with such respect for his troupe of collaborators, even when he touched on his contentious relationship with Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums. He warmly recalled when Hackman confronted him over not having a good time on set. In reply, Anderson remembers saying simply, "Well, I thought you would." —Claire Buss, director of creative development READ MORE All About the Tonys See All the 2025 Tony Nominees Including George Clooney, who received a nod for his Broadway debut. Your Guide to This Year's Ceremony The most dramatic awards show (get it?) is nigh. Here's everything you need to know, from how to watch to which Hollywood A-listers will appear. The Playwright Who Might Make History It's been 38 years since a Black playwright won best play at the Tonys. VF chats with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who could change that. Our Winner Predictions Audra McDonald or Nicole Scherzinger? George Clooney or Cole Escola? Our panel of Broadway experts breaks down the competition. MORE FROM VANITY FAIR POLITICS BUSINESS HOLLYWOOD STYLE ROYALS CELEBRITY 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 2025. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.