VANITY FAIR

FEBRUARY 2014 No. 642

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FEATURES

76HEEEEERESJIMMY!By DAVID KAMP

After 42 years in L.A., The Tonight Show is back in N.Y.C., with Jimmy Fallon at its helm. Can he put new life in the fabled franchise? Photographs by Annie Leibovitz. Plus: Sam Kashner rewinds to the Johnny Carson days. Hiyo!

84 DARKNESS IN AUGUSTBy BUZZ BISSINGER

There was no reason for the killing of Australian college student Christopher Lane last August. But the small town of Duncan, Oklahoma, proved more dangerous than it seemed. Photographs by Eugene Richards.

90 WILDE ENGLISH ROSE Spotlight on Gabriella Wilde, starring in a remake of Endless Love. By Matt Tyrnauer. Photograph by Emma Summerton.

92 RECIPE FOR SCANDALBy KEVIN GOLDMAN

Since Charles Saatchi was seen with his hand around the neck of his wife, foodie goddess Nigella Lawson, in June, the couple’s falling out has served up plenty of scandal.

99 AVE MARAV.F. s “It Girl” is House of Cards schemer Kate Mara. By David Kamp. Photograph by Ben Hassett.

100V.F.PORTRAIT: DERRIE HARRYBy CHRIS STEIN

On the eve of Blondie's 40th-anniversary tour, the band’s co-founders do a sound—and soul—check. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

102 SURFING THE NEXT WAVEBy KARA SWISHER

With curvier, sexier, more human devices—think of the Jawbone headset—Yves Behar is reshaping Silicon Valley design. Photographs by Jonas Fredwall Karlsson.

108 THE THIN END OF THE WHIPBy TONI BENTLEY

As France's most famous dominatrix, Catherine Robbe-Grillet has explored a world of pain. Welcome to her domain. Photographs by Bettina Rheims.

113 FROM FUR TO ASHES

Spotlight on Game of Thrones’Kit Harington, now in Pompeii. By Bruce Handy. Photograph by Sam Jones.

114 EVEN FOR PARIS, THIS WAS IMPRESSIVE

Spotlight on Catherine Deneuve and Kate Moss, together at last. By James Fox. Photograph by Patrick Demarchelier.

116 THE PRINCE OF PATCHIN PLACE

By SUSAN CHEEVER In an adaptation from her biography of e. e. cummings, the daughter of novelist John Cheever recalls a 1958 encounter with the dashing modernist poet.

121 THE RAP ON STEVE

Spotlight on Steve Stoute, hip-hop culture czar. By Jimmy Iovine. Photograph by Brantley Gutierrez.

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122THE GIRLS OF WINTERBy RICH COHEN

For the 50th anniversary ofSports lllustrated'sSwimsuit Issue, the editors and the supermodels behind the publishing phenomenon talk about what fuels the fantasy.

FANFAIR & FAIRGROUND

43 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE

DVF's perpetually haute wrap dress. Hot Type. Seasonal sunglasses. Wintry musks and warm colognes.

51 AROUND THE WORLD, ONE PARTY AT A TIME

The young and beautiful at the Bal des D****butantes, in Paris

COLLUMNS

56 MY KIND OF BALLBy PIPPA MIDDLETON

With her family tuning in to Europe’s Six Nations Rugby tournament, a devotee of the brutal sport explains its charms. Photographs by Norman Jean Roy.

60 PUTIN GOES FOR THE GOLDBy BRETT FORREST

President Vladimir Putin wanted to showcase Russia’s might with the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Fifty billion dollars later, he’s got a display of problems.

68 CHILDHOOD’S ENDBy VANESSA GRIGORIADIS

Giving toddlers their dignity—no bouncers, sippy cups, or toys, please—the RIE parenting technique is hot in Hollywood and spreading east.

VANITIES

73 IN THE LOOP

Apple's evolution; a Diet-o-Mafic recipe.

ET CETERA

38 CONTRIBUTORS

40 EDITOR’S LETTER RETURN TO FUN CITY

54 IN THE DETAILS KERI RUSSELL

144 PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE DIAHANN CARROLL