Jennifer Aniston Gets Real; a Guide to the 2025 Venice Film Festival; NFL’s Broadcast Boot Camp

Plus: An Exclusive First Look at a Shakespearean Twist

View in browser | Update preferences SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL ACCESS KEZIAH WEIR, SENIOR EDITOR When your lifelong dream of a career—ultracompetitive, all-encompassing, guts-and-glory great—happens to be one that lasts, on average, three short seasons, what do you do when it's over? It's a question that can hit NFL players as hard and fast as a defensive back at the goal line. Each year, 24 current and former players go looking for the answer at the Broadcast Boot Camp, a talent incubator held in April at the NFL's West Coast headquarters in Inglewood, California. VF contributing editor Tom Kludt jetted out to embed with the campers as they traded their shoulder pads and mouthguards for mics and green screens. They spent three days getting schooled in the art of on-air commentary—receiving feedback on everything from their word choices to their outfits and body language—hoping to win over scouts from ESPN, Fox, and more. Clear voices, big smiles, can't lose. Elsewhere, an exclusive first look at Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, a journey back to 2005 for Jennifer Aniston's first interview post–Brad Pitt divorce, and an inside take on Diddy's ongoing legal strategy. Back with more next week. Inside NFL's Broadcast Boot Camp BY TOM KLUDT Jason Kelce, Richard Sherman, and Nate Burleson went from the gridiron to the greenroom with the help of NFL's Broadcasting and Media Workshop, which is better known by its original, punchier title, the Broadcast Boot Camp. The program has become a prolific talent incubator, with alums scattered throughout the NFL's vast media ecosystem: from ESPN to CBS to Prime Video. VF's Tom Kludt has a sneak peek at this year's class, where today's players become tomorrow's pundits. READ MORE Read All About It FIRST LOOK How Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley Are Spinning a Shakespearean Fairy Tale BY DAVID CANFIELD Chloé Zhao's new film Hamnet imagines the devastating love story between William and Agnes Shakespeare. In a VF exclusive, she speaks for the first time about making the movie—and how directing Marvel's Eternals prepared her for it. READ MORE CULTURE Why Diddy's Legal Team Is Still on the Offensive BY DAN ADLER Combs is apparently pushing for a pardon—and suing over the most dramatic theories of his wrongdoing. READ MORE FILM A Guide to the 2025 Venice Film Festival BY NORINE RAJA Between blockbuster films and a parade of stars, this year's Venice Film Festival is gearing up to be an unforgettable one. READ MORE From the Archive The Unsinkable Jennifer Aniston BY LESLIE BENNETTS The whole world watched as her "perfect" marriage fell apart. Only her closest friends knew what really happened. In Jennifer Aniston's first interview since her split from Brad Pitt, she spilled her heart, and some tears, to VF's Leslie Bennetts, sharing her shock and confusion over Pitt's liaison with Angelina Jolie, her desire for a family, and her deep, conflicting emotions. Revisit our current cover star's archival cover story from the September 2005 issue. READ MORE In Case You Missed It Jennifer Aniston, Now and Zen When asked if she and her friend Gwyneth Paltrow ever talk about Brad Pitt: "Oh, of course," Aniston says, waving her hand and sounding everything like Rachel Green. "How can we not? We're girls." 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.