VANITY FAIR

JUNE 2013

No. 634

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90 BRAD'S WAR ByLAURA M. HOLSON In 2006, Paramount won the rights to the zombieapocalypse novel World War Z, Step One in Brad Pitt's first foray as star and producer of his own potential franchise. Seven years and as much as $200 million later, as the him hits theaters, both Pitt and the studio have put a blockbuster-size bet on the line.

98 BALDWIN AND BEAUTIFUL The "It Girl" is model and actress-in-training Ireland Baldwin, who has mom Kim's looks, dad Alec's wit, and a social-media presence that's entirely her own. By Krista Smith. Photographs by Patrick Demarchelier.

100 THE HUNT FOR STEVE COHEN ByBRYAN BURROUGH ANB BE1HANY McLEAN Many hailed SAC Capital's Steve Cohen as one of the greatest stock pickers of his generation. Others wondered if he played fair. It looks as if the world will find out, with U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara apparently bent on proving that the hedge-fund billionaire is guilty of insider trading. As the coils of a seven-year investigation draw ever tighter around Cohen's company, those who have been entangled reveal how ubiquitous, and how treacherous, the gray areas of 21st-century trading can be. Illustration by Andre Carrilho.

107 MYSTERY WOMAN Spotlight on Mireille Enos, star of The Killing, as the whodunit's third season begins. (Oh, and she's playing Brad Pitt's wife in a little zombie movie, too.) By Krista Smith. Photograph by Ben Hassett.

108 CUBISM STEALS THE SHOW Spotlight on philanthropist Leonard Lauder's billion-dollar pledge to the Metropolitan Museum of Art— his definitive collection of 78 works by Picasso, Braque, and other Cubist masters—which hands the New York institution a major modernist edge. By John Richardson. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

No one, least of all Brad Pitt, can afford TO LET WORLD WARZ FAIL.

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110 THE SHOOTING STAR AND THE MODEL ByMARK SEAL The Oscar Pistorius story—a double amputee's superhuman ability takes him to the Olympics—seemed almost too good to be true. Perhaps it was. In Pretoria, South Africa, where Pistorius faces a murder charge in the Valentine's Day shooting of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, sources say that the Blade Runner had been spinning out of control, and that his future now hangs on ballistics evidence and cell-phone records. Portraits by Jonas Fredwall Karlsson.

117 GLIIDING KNIGHT Spotlight on Sir Ken Robinson, whose TED talk "Do Schools Kill Creativity?"— the most viewed of all time—raised a big question that his new book answers. By Bruce Feirstein. Photograph by Patrick Ecclesine.

118 KICKSTARTER FOR CLASSROOMS Spotlight on DonorsChoose.org, the creative way to give that special teacher—everybody's had one—a special edge. By Melinda Gates. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

120 CARLA ON A HOT TIN ROOF % MAUREEN ORTH Life after the Elysee Palace is no less complicated for France's former First Lady: Carla Bruni has to juggle a new album, a toddler, and a husband who is either making a political comeback or getting sucked into a scandal, depending on the month. But despite her haute-bohemian reputation, Bruni has found a surprisingly conventional solution to the challenge of being Mme. Nicolas Sarkozy. Photographs by Norman Jean Roy.

129 CURIOUS GEORGE Spotlight on the late George Plimpton, blueblood, literary lion, and thrill seeker, who is being remembered in a new documentary as his Paris Review turns 60. By A. M. Homes.

130 THE ROAD TO MANDERLEY ByDAVID KAMP Had everything gone according to producer Ben Sprecher's plan, Rebecca, the Musical would have opened on Broadway last November. Instead, Sprecher's shot at the big time transformed into Rebecca, the Meltdown, beginning with a major investor's supposed death, which turned out to be a con, and climaxing with the betrayal of a colleague. Portraits by Jason Bell.

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55 30 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE Stepping out: Ferragamo's classic flats. Luxe larceny in The Bling Ring; Richard Linklater's third installment: Before Midnight Hot Type. Summer's hottest accessories. Private Lives: Sprinkles' Candace Nelson.

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64 ANDREW BREITBART S CIRCUS MAXIMUS By JAMES WOLCOTT When publisher, pundit, and scourge of the left Andrew Breitbart died last year, at 43, from heart failure, he left the right-wing blogosphere grief-stricken. "Be Breitbart" may be their cry, but none of his would-be heirs have his muckraking bravado. Photo illustration by Darrow.

68 THE BOYWHO CRIED DEAD GIRLFRIEND By N E D Z E M A N With the Heisman Trophy almost in his grasp, Notre Dame star linebacker Monti Te'o had his halo abruptly extinguished this past January, when the touching story of his girlfriend's death was revealed as a hoax. Had he been duped, or was he in on the deception? A visit to the Te'o family home, on Oahu, shows why the young athlete would have been the perfect mark. Photograph by Patrick Ecclesine.

76 THE MONEY SHOT By KARA SWISHER Just 18 months after launching Instagram, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger had more than 30 million users and two major-league suitors—Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. Then things got complicated. Selling Instagram for a billion dollars in spring 2012 was every Silicon Valley entrepreneur's fantasy, but Systrom isn't ready to crack open the celebratory bottle yet. Photograph by Jonas Fredwall Karlsson.

VANITIES

85 KATE THE GREAT Bruce Feirstein uncovers the true lies of gun control and keeps an eye on perennial trends,

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30 EDITOR'S LETTER

32 CONTRIBUTORS

40 60 MINUTES POLL

42 OUT TO LUNCH EDDIE IZZARD

48 IN THE DETAILS J.J. ABRAMS

50 LETTERS TRAVELS WITH TDT

152 PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE CHRISTINE BARANSKI

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