| LINDSEY UNDERWOOD,
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In some ways, it's remarkable that Love Island and its international offshoots are still going. For those who haven't been sucked into the dating show that first took off in the UK and then became a phenomenon in the US and beyond, it puts its contestants under something of a microscope—near-daily episodes air in almost real time during its seasons, with the public watching and voting on participants' prospects in the game. The show's massive popularity brought a certain amount of attention to not only the contestants of the original Love Island, but even the presenter: Caroline Flack, who died by suicide in 2020.
Vanity Fair's Anna Peele, who has a new book on Love Island coming out next spring, offers a look at the documentary Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth—and what it reveals about the way Flack's level of fame and the intense scrutiny that came along with it, as well as mental health issues, impacted her life.
Elsewhere, VF royals correspondent Katie Nicholl provides a peek at how Prince George is being prepared for his future life as king, including with an appearance at the Festival of Remembrance last Saturday. More tomorrow… |
When Caroline Flack died in February 2020, she left behind the question that inevitably follows a suicide: Why? Though Flack had been dealing with a domestic-abuse charge that had become a tabloid sensation, it was a first-time offense—a troubling but potentially surmountable transgression in an otherwise idyllic life. The 40-year-old had been so alive, drawing men from Prince Harry to Harry Styles with her indefatigable effervescence. She was one of the most successful TV presenters of her generation, hosting programs that included The X Factor and the global hit Love Island.
VF's Anna Peele unpacks the two-part documentary Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth and speaks to Flack's mother, Christine: "I've met with journalists from the tabloids—they don't acknowledge that they did anything. That's all I want." |
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As the Turning Point USA CEO accepts a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for her late husband, a new Fox docuseries captures how the conservative youth organization is continuing after the loss of its founder. |
In the years before her death in 2024, Eleanor Coppola, the wife of Francis Ford Coppola and mother of Sofia and Roman Coppola, wrote a book reflecting on a lifetime spent as the matriarch of one of Hollywood's most famous families. Her children exclusively talk to VF about how she didn't hold back in the process. |
In Christy, Sydney Sweeney stars as Christy Martin, one of the most successful female boxers of the 1990s, who nearly lost her life to an act of domestic violence: "It's not just what you guys see on the movie screen—I remember what happened around those events." |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Memoirs of a Geisha. Everything Everywhere All at Once. Michelle Yeoh's impressive filmography has stretched continents and generations. Recently, the Oscar winner sat down with VF and looked back on her barrier-breaking career, from her time as a Bond girl to how Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo convinced her to join the Wicked cast. |
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