VANITY FAIR

SEPTEMBER 2004

SPECIAL COLLECTORS' EDITION: THE OLYMPIANS AMERICA'S OLYMPIC HOPEFULS BY BRUCE WEBER

AR RECORDS AND THE PRESIDENCY

BY DAVID HALBERSTAM

THE MONARCHY OF GEORGE W. BUSH

BY NIALL FERGUSON

BRANDO, SINATRA, HUGHES... AND OTHER AFFAIRS TO REMEMBER

BY GLORIA VANDERBILT

"Bravery never goes out of fashion." —WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

INSIDE THE MIND OF D.C. SNIPER LEE MALVO

BY DONOVAN WEBSTER

PLUS:

DOMINICK DUNNE, JAMES WOLCOTT, AND MICHAEL WOLFF!

Regally Blonde

REESE WITHERSPOON

BRINGS HOME A $15 MILLION PAYCHECK, MAKES TIME FOR THE KIDS, AND STILL LOOKS FABULOUS. WHY ARE WE PUTTING HER ON OUR COVER?*

BY LESLIE BENNETTS • PHOTOS BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

* BECAUSE SHE STARS IN THE MOVIEVANITY FAIR!