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.
Graydon Carter then describes his personal and working relationships with some of his biggest collaborators. He discusses working with Annie Leibovitz, Michael Hitchens, Michael Lewis, and Bryan Burrough. Carter also reveals how he decides on his cover subjects, and what key elements go into each decision. He talks about some of the most iconic covers over the years, and a couple he may regret, including the one featuring Paris Hilton.
Carter and Kelly also talk about Graydon's long relationship with Donald Trump. Carter describes his first impression of Trump, and how their relationship has gone south over the years.
Jill and Carlo have the latest on a growing crisis in Haiti, the Delta strain now dominant in the U.S., and more. Plus, Carlo talks about his experience at the big NYC ticker-tape parade for essential workers and what we all owe them for upholding society.
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates will continue to work together as co-chairs of their foundation even after their planned divorce.
Egyptian authorities have announced the release of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year.
Carlo's back in the office, where Jill has been toiling for months. They're talking Tropical Storm Elsa as it prepares to make landfall in Florida, President Biden shifting the vaccine strategy, Subway reshuffles the deck, an update on the Britney Spears conservatorship, and why aren't we all working 4-day workweeks yet?
Ukraine's defense minister is under pressure from members of the government over the decision to have female military cadets wear mid-heeled pumps in a parade
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Elsa is strengthening and could became a hurricane before making landfall along Florida’s northern Gulf coast.
Jill and Carlo are back after a long weekend, talking about the tropical storm that's heading toward Florida and what it could mean to the recovery operations in Surfside. Plus, the new Covid variant to keep an eye on and Mark Zuckerberg's answer to Facebook's woes: more Mark Zuckerberg.
Americans enjoying newfound liberty are expected to travel and gather for cookouts, fireworks and family reunions over the Fourth of July weekend in numbers not seen since pre-pandemic days.
On the Tribeca Festival's 20th anniversary, it had the mission of adding a spark back to the city after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elsa has strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and it's blowing off roofs and snapping trees in the eastern Caribbean.
