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VANITY FAIR
JULY 2013 No.635
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64 IN TATUM TERRITORYBy RICH COHEN Channing Tatum's strip-club past isn’t just great material, as Magic Mike proved. With two new movies While House Down and Foxcatcher—Tatum mines an authenticity that’s increasingly rare in modern Hollywood. Photographs by Bruce Weber.
72 GALLIANO IN THE WILDERNESSBy INGRID SISCHY In his first interview since the hate-filled tirade that cost him his Dior throne, in 2011, designer John Galliano talks about his addictions, his exile, and the friends helping him stitch his life back together. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.
80 SPLENDOR ON THE GRASSBy PIPPA MIDDLETON As a lifelong tennis enthusiast, Britain's favorite kid sister shares her strategies for a grand-slam time at the All England Club. Photographs by Norman Jean Roy.
86 V.F. PORTRAIT: KAMALA HARRIS By J. J. ABRAMS A politician with integrity, courage, and movie-star looks? California's attorney general defies expectations. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.
88 VASSA UNZIPPED By LADRA JACOBS Published in 1963, Mary McCarthy’s The Group a thinly veiled, gimlet-eyed novel about eight Vassar classmates—brought her unprecedented success and a great deal of heartache.
96 THE RERLIN CALL Spotlight on Antje Traue, playing against type in Man of Steel. By Krista Smith. Photograph by Ralph Mecke.
98 SILENT WAR By MICHAEL JOSEPH GROSS Government and private-sector sources reveal the hidden casualties and costs of the world's first known cyber-war, between the U.S. and Iran. No network is safe. Photo illustration by Chris Mueller. Constructions by Stephen Doyle.
104 MUCH ADO IN SANTA MONICA Spotlight on Amy Acker, the battling Beatrice in Joss Whedon’s Shakespeare movie. By Callie Wright. Photograph by Hasse Nielsen.
106 THREE MEN AND A GODDESS By AVA GARDNER AND PETER EVANS In an exclusive from the memoir that wasn’t published in her (or her ghostwriter’s) lifetime, Ava Gardner spills about her high-drama marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra.
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33 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE Claudia Cardinale's him legacy. Hot Type; Callie Wright'sLove All.Summer beauty rescues; Hot Looks.
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46 LIBERTE, FRATERNITE, SUPERIORITY By JAMES WOLCOTT The "Frenchwomen Know Best" advice genre has been a publishing bonanza, but all that Gallic superiority conceals its true allure: Paris envy. Illustration by Evan Gaffney.
51 AMERICA THE MARVELOUS By A. A. GILL In an excerpt from his latest book, a Brit eviscerates Europe's stereotype of the U.S. as the land of the dumb. Illustration by Barry Blitt.
54 HALL OF FAME V.F. nominates Andrew Berman, for fighting to keep Greenwich Village a village. By David Kamp. Photograph by Jonathan Becker.
36 THE MUSEUM OF ME By TED LOOS Thanks to architect Rem Koolhaas and artists such as Julian Schnabel, David Salle, and Marilyn Minter, real-estate developer Robbie Antonio’s new Manila home could be a museum. Its subject? Robbie Antonio. Photographs by Jason Schmidt.
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61 TAYLOR MADE Craig Brown channels Brazilian author Paulo Coelho.
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24 EDITOR’S LETTER MIDNIGHT IN THE MARAIS
26 IN THE DETAILS JACK DORSEY
30 MINUTES POLL
41 FAIRGROUND
28PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA
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