VF Hive editor Jon Kelly begins his conversation with Graydon asking how he got his start at Vanity Fair. They discuss Carter's early days at Spy magazine and The New York Observer, and the initial offer from S.I. Newhouse to come to Vanity Fair.
Carter describes the challenges he faced in the first two years at the magazine, and how he worked to align with the staff.
He reveals the techniques he used to reinvent the magazine, despite the lack of any real plan out the outset. Carter also talks about the origins of Vanity's Fair's famous Oscar parties, as well as the magazine's iconic Hollywood issue. He describes how the parties grew over the years, and how they and the Hollywood issue became embedded in the culture.
Fears about the Delta variant hit the stock market as calls grow for the return of mask mandates. Jeff Bezos prepares to fly to the edge of space and more.
Canada will begin letting fully vaccinated U.S. citizens into Canada on Aug. 9, and those from the rest of the world on Sept. 7.
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is writing what his publisher is calling an “intimate and heartfelt memoir.” The book, currently untitled, is expected to come out late in 2022.
Pacific Gas & Electric says its equipment may have been involved in the start of the big Dixie Fire burning in the Sierra Nevada.
German officials defended their actions ahead of last week’s devastating floods that caught many towns by surprise and left 196 people dead in Western Europe, but they conceded that lessons still need to be learned from the disaster.
Jill and Carlo are back for a new week as Canada overtakes the U.S. in vaccinations and the White House blames Facebook for our rate plateauing. Plus, Team USA loses another top athlete ahead of the Olympics.
Smoke and heat from the massive wildfire in southeastern Oregon are creating so-called fire clouds over the blaze.
Emergency workers in western German and Belgium are rushing to rescue hundreds of people in danger or still unaccounted for as the death toll from devastating floods rose to more than 125 people.
Cheddar recs 'Black Summer,' 'The Komisky Method,' 'Gunpowder Milkshake,' 'Star Wars: The Bad Batch,' and 'Power Book III,' for streaming the weekend of July 16, 2021.
Jill and Carlo debate the new Los Angeles County mask mandate. Severe flooding sweeps through Germany, who bailed out on Bezos' spaceflight, a major medical breakthrough and more.
