

Hollywood
George and Amal Clooney Evacuate Their French Villa Amid Wildfires
Clooney, who will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival in September, is having a rather turbulent summer.
By Alessandra De Tommasi

Now Streaming
The 25 Best Movies on Netflix to Watch in August 2026
From comedy classics to recent Oscar winners, these are the titles you don’t want to miss.
By Chris Feil
hollywood
Tom Cruise’s Daughter Is Reportedly Registered to Vote Under the Name Suri Noelle
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’s only child reportedly hasn’t had any contact with her father for about 10 years.
By Alessia Ferri

HOLLYWOOD
Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman Dazzle at Lioness Premiere
The Oscar winners and their costars Laysla De Oliveira and Jill Wagner talk happy tears, Taylor Sheridan, and morally gray decisions at the season three premiere in New York.
By Kenneal Patterson

crime
“Just Very Desperate.” As Bryan Kohberger Attempts to Retract His Guilty Plea, Kaylee Goncalves’s Sister Speaks With Vanity Fair
Alivea Goncalves, whose family appears in the Netflix documentary The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare, reflects on her powerful victim impact statement at Kohberger’s sentencing and fighting the latest legal hurdle in her sister’s murder case.
By Savannah Walsh

television
Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere Channel Their Once-Married Parents Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere at The Shards Premiere
Crawford and Gere were married from 1991 to 1995. At the world premiere and after-party for The Shards, the past seemed to come together in unexpected ways.
By Alessia Amorosini

Little Gold Men
What the Venice and Toronto Lineups Tell Us About Oscar Season
There are fewer major studio debuts at film festivals this year—but buzzy projects about Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk, and To Catch a Predator could wind up being Oscar contenders.
By Rebecca Ford

FIT CHECK
The Thomas Crown Affair Is One of the Most Stylish ’90s Movies—Can Michael B. Jordan’s Remake Match That Energy?
In the ’90s, Rene Russo wore fresh-off-the-runway fashion by Celine’s Michael Kors, who was then a budding star. Can Jordan’s remake pull off the same style coup?
By José Criales-Unzueta

Politics
The Political Evolution of Nithya Raman
In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, Nithya Raman shares new details about her dramatic break with Karen Bass, reflects on her strained ties to the Democratic Socialists of America, and explains what she has in common with Spencer Pratt.
By Maxwell AdlerPhotography by Ethan Noah Roy

exclusive
Animal Instinct: After Tiger King and Chimp Crazy, Filmmaker Eric Goode Exposes His Own Past With the Illegal Reptile Trade
Goode admits he was “part of the problem” in the new HBO docuseries Monsters of God, which takes his gonzo style of documentary to dangerous new levels: “People don’t realize how fucking crazy we are.”
By Savannah Walsh

The Sweetest Sounds
Inside the 30-Year Fight to Release Whitney Houston and Brandy’s Cinderella Soundtrack
Recording the album was a magical 48-hour whirlwind. Whitney Houston, a superstar in her vocal prime, and Brandy, the rising talent just discovering the full scope and range of her gifts, joined forces with the best producers in the game. So where is it?
By Chris Murphy

Forever 21
Tom Holland Is King of the Summer Box Office. Now It’s Time for Him to Grow Up.
With The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the 30-year-old actor is poised to be king of the box office this summer for playing two childish roles. We think it’s time for the actor to hang up the tights.
By Chris Murphy

Movies
Exclusive First Look: Dakota Johnson and Ellen Burstyn Play Marilyn Monroe
Maggie Gyllenhaal wrote and directed the short film Flesh Impact, which is timed to Monroe’s 100th birthday and will play at the Venice Film Festival.
By Rebecca Ford

HOLLYWOOD
Loved Off Campus? Prime Video Thinks Sterling Point Is Your Next Big Obsession
Ella Rubin, who’s at the center of this summer’s hottest love triangle, talks twinning with costar Keen Ruffalo, almost killing her castmates in Canada, and why it’s cool to be embarrassing (even in front of Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
By Kenneal PattersonPhotography by Matthew Priestley
ROYALS
Meghan Markle Returns to TV for MasterChef Australia Appearance
The Duchess of Sussex insisted on being referred to as “Meghan” during her guest judge stint on the reality competition show.
By Ilaria Perrotta

Hollywood
The Odyssey Stuntman Simone Moncada On Training to Steer Odysseus's Ship and Sharing a Scene With Zendaya
Simone “Sinck” Moncada spoke with VF Italy about what it means to be a professional stunt performer—and shared the details of his experience on the set of epic blockbuster The Odyssey.
By Alice Politi

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

Little Gold Men
How Apple TV Overcame a Bumpy Start and Became an Emmy Darling
The streamer behind Widow’s Bay and Pluribus has become a major player in the prestige TV wars.
By Rebecca Ford

Film Bros
Casting Elon Musk’s “Historically Accurate" Version of The Odyssey
Musk has promised to have his AI model make a “historically accurate” version of The Odyssey and has expressed a willingness to give Mel Gibson $100 million for another kind of adaptation. Here’s what we think a Musk-produced Odyssey could look like.
By Chris Murphy

Film
Matt Damon Struggled Through His Odyssey Transformation
The actor’s physical journey to play Odysseus in the Christopher Nolan film has been the focus of a great deal of attention and praise, including from his co-star Charlize Theron, but credit for the result on the big screen also goes to his stunt double, Devyn Dalton.
By Anna Zucca