
POLITICS
RFK Jr., Lifestyle Influencer?
The secretary of health and human services launched The Real Food Show Thursday. What does Kennedy, lifestyle influencer, look like?
By Kase Wickman
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MUSIC
A Phish Pond: Finding the Joy of a Billion-Dollar Band
The lot scene may be gone, displaced at MSG by James Dolan’s surveillance apparatus, but the joy that made Phish a billion-dollar act is still strong. A Vanity Fair editor and onetime fan finds her way back after a long hiatus.
By Claire Howorth

Music
Charli XCX’s Post-Brat Reinvention
With Music, Fashion, Film, the pop star swerves away from Brat instead of chasing it—trading club anthems for post-punk guitars and sharp wit.
By Maxwell Adler

CULTURE
Comedian Cat Cohen Had a Stroke at 31. Now She’s Laughing About It.
Take your broken heart and turn it into art, they say. VF talks to Cat Cohen, who took that literally to create her new Off Broadway one-woman show, Broad Strokes.
By Kase Wickman

music
Sad Girl Summer Is Upon Us: Olivia Rodrigo, Gracie Abrams, and Phoebe Bridgers All Have the Blues
And they aren’t the only ones having a cruel, cruel summer. Amid anxieties both personal and geopolitical, even pop stars like Ariana Grande and Charli xcx are singing about our uncertain reality.
By Savannah Walsh

ROYALS
The Tragic Story of Princess Diana’s Unfinished Diamond and Pearl Jewelry Set
The Princess of Wales wore the famed Swan Lake Suite necklace during a performance at the English National Ballet only a few months before her death. She died before receiving the matching earrings.
By Marta Martínez Tato
SPORTS
Javier Bardem Salutes Spain’s World Cup Victory and Political Freedoms
The actor celebrated Spain’s victory on Instagram with a political statement, advocating for an open, pluralistic society founded on respect for rights.
By Alessia Ferri

SCENE REPORT
At the Parrish Art Museum’s Midsummer Gala, John Leguizamo and More Celebrate Art in the Hamptons
On Saturday, the “epicenter for the art world in the summer” held its annual gala, raising $1.7 million for programs that serve the whole Hamptons community.
By Vanessa Grigoriadis

EXCERPT
From Day to Night: How Harry Belafonte Hosted a Historic Week of The Tonight Show Featuring Robert F. Kennedy, Paul Newman, and Martin Luther King Jr.
An exclusive excerpt from Daylight Come revisits King’s last televised interview, where Belafonte, sitting in for Johnny Carson, masterfully converged all corners of American culture, from Hollywood to Washington.
By Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Spice Girls
When a Friend Designs Your Wedding Dress: Melanie C Gets Married in a Victoria Beckham Dress
Whether it’s for the ceremony in Australia or the one in England, Sporty Spice has no doubts: the right choice is a dress by Posh Spice. For her first “I do,” in fact, it’s Victoria Beckham herself who lent her a dress from her own wardrobe.
By Alfredo Toriello
Entertainment
The FIFA World Cup Halftime Show Arrived in Time for the End of Monoculture
Midway through the final between Argentina and Spain at MetLife Stadium, Justin Bieber headlined the first-ever World Cup halftime show, alongside Shakira, Burna Boy, BTS, and Madonna, marking the recent escalation of sports as a cultural behemoth.
By Dan Adler
World Cup
Spain Defeats Argentina at the 2026 World Cup Final
After a tightly contested first half, Luis de la Fuente's team took the win.
By Juan Claudio Matossian

HIGH CHALLENGE
The Rebel and “the King of Soccer”
Norwegian football chief Lise Klaveness slammed FIFA after Infantino awarded President Donald Trump the FIFA Peace Prize ahead of the 2026 World Cup. But a few months later, the TV cameras found her sitting next to Infantino in a luxury box. What happened?
By Tom Kludt

money
Barron Trump and Kai Trump Are Both Selling Energy Drinks. I Tried Them So You Don’t Have To.
Donald Trump’s failed beverages didn’t stop Barron and Kai Trump from launching their own sippable ventures. Will their first forays into business do any better?
By Savannah Walsh

HOLY GRAIL
How to Wear Vintage World Cup Soccer Jerseys Long After Game Day
Damian and Avigail Collins have styled the likes of Rihanna and Kim Kardashian, but their summer has been devoted to selling rare World Cup kits and high-fashion soccer pieces. The duo tells VF about their archival holy grails and how to style a kit to look more like you’re heading to Paris than the pub.
By Kase Wickman
SPORTS
New Lane Kiffin Biography Will Go Deep on Football’s Most Polarizing Coach
Vanity Fair has the first look at journalist John Talty’s upcoming book, Lane Being Lane: The Story of Lane Kiffin, College Football’s Agent of Chaos, along with the cover.
By Kase Wickman

MONEY
Meet Ibiza's Almost-Billionaire King of Clubbing
Yann Pissenem, the owner of Ushuaïa, Hï, and [UNVRS], tells Vanity Fair what it's like to rule the island—always sober.
By Max MarshallPhotography by Jesper D. Lund

NOMINATED FOR OBLIVION
You're Not a Therapist. Stop Talking Like One
Please respect everyone else's boundaries by keeping your psychobabble to yourself.
By Hillary Busis

Sex, Blood, and Rock and Roll
Love Bites: For Sam Reid, Playing the Vampire Lestat Comes With Pleasure—and Perhaps a Nip of Pain
The newest incarnation of Anne Rice's undying series draws on rock and roll to flesh out the vampire that Reid tells Vanity Fair is an "addictive" character, as Tom Cruise or Stuart Townsend might attest.
By Hannah Giorgis Yohannes

BON VOYAGE
Why Richard Gere, George Clooney, and More Stars Have Moved Far, Far Away From Hollywood
“I was worried about raising our kids in L. A., in the culture of Hollywood. I felt like they were never going to get a fair shake at life," Clooney said.
By Anna Zucca

ROYALS
When Grace Kelly Married Rainier III, Through the Eyes of Princess Caroline of Monaco
At the exhibition celebrating Rainier III and Grace Kelly's legendary wedding, their daughter Caroline wore a gold heart engraved with her parents' names entwined with her own.
By Laura Scafati