VANITY FAIR

FEBRUARY 2008 NO. 570 | VANITYFAIR.COM

FEATURES

KEYS TO THE KINGDOM 116

Nearly two decades after Indy last cracked his bullwhip, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas set the rogue archaeologist on his fourth adventure in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, coming this May. Annie Leibovitz shoots an exclusive on-set preview as Jim Windolf discovers why it took so long to get the $1.18 billion franchise back in theaters.

A FACE IN THE CROWD 124

In 2002, British authorities got wind of a terrorist plot to unleash a lethal poison. Chronicling the five-year ordeal of the young Algerian immigrant who found himself on trial for planning the attack, William Langewiesche shows how deeply the U.K.’s domestic war on terror has threatened its liberal tradition—and how a jury of average Britons stood firm against the fear. Photographs by Greg Williams.

CAT CALL 136

Patrick Demarchelier and Amy Fine Collins spotlight The Women, a remake of Clare Boothe Luce’s 1930s sudsy social satire (think Eva Mendes for Joan Crawford, Annette Bening for Rosalind Russell, and Meg Ryan for Norma Shearer).

PALACE INTRIGUES 138

Camped out at London’s celebrity central, Claridge’s, Dominick Dunne reports on the Princess Diana inquest, Mohamed A1 Fayed’s crusade, and a sex-video blackmail scandal that has ensnared one of the royals.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN AUSTRALIA 144

James Fisher and Jonathan Kelly spotlight Baz Luhrmann’s new World War II epic, Australia, which sends Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman to the outback.

A ROYAL FAMILY AFFAIR 146

Crown Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece may never get a throne, but they seem to have everything else, plus four towheaded kids. Bob Colacello crashes the couple’s vacation in Porto Heli to learn the secret formula. Photographs by Jonathan Becker.

HURLY BIRLEY 152

Just weeks before his death, last August, London’s most stylish restaurateur, Mark Birley, abruptly sold his legendary nightspots, including Harry’s Bar and Annabel’s. But that hasn’t prevented a fight over his legacy. Hearing from Birley’s children, as well as ex-wife Lady Annabel Goldsmith, Maureen Orth conducts a postmortem.

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FANFAIR

29 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE 71

Bernard and Doris's cross-class pair 71

The Cultural Divide 74

Private Lives: Fashion muse Celia Birtwell 76

My Stuff: Katie Lee Joel 78

Bruce Handy gets animated about history in Chicago 10 78

Hot Type 80

Doug Stumpf visits Mississippi’s literary Mecca 82

Night-Table Reading 82

Beauty advice from the experts 86

Dior takes skin care to the next level 86

Hot Looks 86

COLUMNS

HOW BUSH STACKS UP 96

Parsing a shelf-load of Bush books—the telling quotes, the frat-house hazing, the finger-pointing—James Wolcott wonders if they’re all missing the real story.

STICK MAN 100

Bruce Weber and Jonathan Kelly spotlight Sean Avery, hockey’s most hated player—and its most exciting star.

A VAST RIGHT-WING HYPOCRISY 102

Conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife may have funded an expose of Bill Clinton’s sexual misconduct, but his own marriage fell apart after he was caught at a cheap motel. Michael Joseph Gross scores a ringside exclusive to the knock-down, drag-out divorce.

VANITIES

GREEN AKERMAN |111

The Vanities Dare: Valentine’s Day edition | 112

That Was Then & This Is Now | 112

Howard Schatz snaps Mariska Hargitay in character | 112

Adam Leff and Richard Rushfield dissect the American electorate | 114

ET CETERA

EDITOR’S LETTER Office Politics | 58

CONTRIBUTORS | 60

LETTERS The Price of Our President | 64

FAIRGROUND Jewels and Jim | 89

CREDITS | 182

PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE Karl Rove | 184

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