| MATTHEW LYNCH,
EXECUTIVE EDITOR |
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Not to get too didactic on a Monday, but it's a general rule in the journalism game that information already made public is not news. And yet today we've got the US government once again offering an official report that there is no Jeffrey Epstein master client list floating around in its files and that the disgraced financier did indeed end his own life. We've been down this road before—at least three or four times. And it seems like we'll be down it again before too long. In the meantime, the world's richest man spent a portion of the day posting on X about how unsatisfying that answer is.
Elsewhere today, Julie Miller has an interview with Karen Read's attorney about his successful defense of his client; we excerpt celebrity interviewer Lawrence Grobel's diaries; and we're on the scene of a Sofia Coppola–directed museum gala in Paris. More tomorrow… |
For decades, celebrity interviewer Lawrence Grobel has kept a meticulous diary, excerpts of which are published for the first time in Vanity Fair, chronicling his surprising and sometimes maddening experiences with legends Marlon Brando, Dolly Parton, Al Pacino, and more. Representative sample: |
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"We took a walk along the beach, but not on the sand because Dolly had on high heels. A large dude was sitting on a bench and said something loud about her appearance. She gripped my arm and said, 'Shit, and I left my gun in my purse in your car.'" |
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In the latest round of online sniping, the president said his former top adviser was a "TRAIN WRECK" who went "off the rails." |
The noted Francophile, lover of fashion, and chronicler of opulence approached the event like a film shoot and enlisted past collaborators with appearances from Kirsten Dunst, Keira Knightley, Penélope Cruz, Christian Louboutin, and more. |
In Idaho, people convicted of crimes as serious as his are typically sent to IMSI, which per its website is intended "to confine Idaho's most disruptive male residents." |
The king has relaxed one of the strictest rules that governs behind closed doors at Buckingham Palace. |
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Alan Jackson first spoke to Karen Read in late 2022, when she reached out to the high-profile defense attorney, knowing that she could not afford his rates. He had successfully prosecuted legendary rock producer Phil Spector for murder in 2009 while working for the Los Angeles district attorney's office, before he pivoted to defense—his clients have included pro athletes, royalty, and embattled Hollywood figures (Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey). Read initially hoped to get guidance on obtaining cell phone information, but Jackson "knew pretty quickly" some other forces were at play.
The defense attorney takes VF's Julie Miller behind-the-scenes of the trial, from the not-guilty verdict to his withering cross-examinations, to what comes next for his headline-making client: "It's been an unbelievable amount of stress for her to deal with." |
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