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328 THE 2014 VANITY FAIR HOLLYWOOD PORTLOLIO By CHUCK CLOSE For the 20th annual Hollywood Issue, an art-world legend captures cinema’s most recognizable talents—Scarlett, George, Julia, Brad, and many more—in a gallery of revelation.

330 EVERYONE BACK TO THE CINEPLEX! By JAMES WOLCOTT After declaring TV the medium to watch, and the movies tapped out, V.F.'s critic is in a pickle: how to account for the stunning year in film.

354 V.F. PORTRAIT: ELLEN DEGENERES By RYAN SEACREST As the talk-show host, comic, and activist returns to the Oscar stage, a friend and fan explains why she’s so inspiring. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

356 BEST-PICTURE MATH By NATE SILVER AND WALTER HICKEY The ace statisticians take a look at what makes a best-picture nominee, from character to location to plot.

358 SEDUCED AND ARANDONED By MARK SEAL Rupert Murdoch's pre-emptive strike of filing for divorce from Wendi Deng, last June, sent shock waves around the world. Some say she broke his heart, others that the News Corp. mogul is as ruthless as ever.

365 THEO RRAVO Spotlight on Theo James, badass hero of this month’s Divergent. By Tamasin Day-Lewis. Photograph by Matthew Brookes.

366 ONE SUMMER, FOREVER By LILI ANOLIK John Van Hamersveld’s poster for Bruce Brown’s surfing documentary The Endless Summer sold the California dream. Fifty years on, it’s still selling... almost anything. Photograph by Lloyd Ziff.

372 THE CLASS THAT ROARED By SAM KASHNER After attending the California Institute of the Arts in the 70s, a band of young animators revolutionized their art, with The Little Mermaid, Toy Story, Ratatouille, and other hits. It all started in Room A113. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

381 PIRATE OF PROVENANCE Spotlight on Toby Stephens, captaining a new series, Black Sails. By Krista Smith. Photograph by Bjorn Iooss.

383 HALL OF FAME Former congressman Barney Frank nominates Hudson Taylor and Lia Parifax, for fighting homophobia in sports. Photograph by Nigel Parry.

384 TEXAS COULDN’T HOLD HER Spotlight on Amber Heard, star of 3 Days to Kill, this month’s McG action thriller. By Krista Smith. Photograph by Tom Munro.

386 WHEN L.A. WAS YOUNG By ROBERT WAGNER In an adaptation from his memoir, one of showbiz’s leading men revisits the houses where golden-age Hollywood’s most glittering soirees were held and its bitterest feuds fought.

397 FLIGHT OF IMAGINATION Spotlight on Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, who is going out (he says) with a bang. By Matt Tymauer. Photograph by Hiroji Kubota.

FANFAIR & FAIRGROUND

163 31 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE "American Cool" in the nation’s capital. A perfect day in L.A. Hot Tracks: the beat of the N.B.A. Hot Type. Private Lives: the Haas brothers. Punch Hutton's Cult Favorites. David Bailey's retrospective; the Mameg boutique's spiritual style; Night-Table Reading. My Hammock: Alfonso Cuaron. Spring releases by Cartier, Revlon, and Vênsette. Red-carpet beauty.

201 AROUND THE WORLD, ONE PARTY AT A TIME Tech elite honor top talent at the 2014 Breakthrough Prizes, in Silicon Valley. Plus: a celebration for Jonathan Ive, Marc Newson, and Bono at the Beatrice Inn, in New York City.

COLUMNS

210 A HOLLYWOOD MIS-EDUCATION By JAMES TO BACK A screenwriter, director, actor, and producer recalls the definitive collaborations of his 40-year career, from De Niro and Downey to Beatty and Baldwin.

224 SLAVES OF THE RED CARPET By VANESSA GRIGORIADIS Top Hollywood stylists can help shape a star’s career and a designer’s bottom line. So when awards season hits, everyone feels the heat. Photograph by Art Streiber.

242 VITTORIO'S SECRET Spotlight on high-flying tenor Vittorio Grigolo. By Matthew Guerrieri. Photograph by Jonathan Becker.

246 PERFORMANCE PIECES ANNIE LEIBOVITZ With an exclusive adaptation from her limited-edition, 57-pound book (the third in Taschen’s "sumo” series), the celebrated photographer shares her big decisions.

260 SCIENTOLOGY’S VANISHED QUEEN By NED ZEMAN Since the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige disappeared from the public eye, in 2007, her whereabouts have been shrouded in mystery. Former insiders say Shelly Miscavige's marriage was her undoing.

272 HOLLYWOOD’S PRIVATE EYE By MICHAEL CALLAHAN A selection of images from a little-known archive reveals, the late photographer Sid Avery made 20th-century cinema giants—from Bogart to Brando—feel at home with his camera.

286 ALL AROUT EVE AND THEN SOME By LILI ANOLIK Fifty years after she took L.A. by storm, muse and writer Eve Babitz is a wary recluse. But she hasn’t forgotten the party. Photograph by Lloyd Ziff.

297 OF STYLE AND STARDOM By LAURA JACOBS From Joan Crawford to Angelina Jolie, Hollywood's heroines have always shaped female style. They’ve also changed what women want.

VANITIES

313 FIFTY SHADES OF DAKOTA Bruce Feirstein’s Oscar Season—Then and Now; Margaret Heidenry’s film-set lexicon.

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116 CONTRIRUTORS

128 EDITOR’S LETTER THE PALTROW AFFAIR

138 60 MINUTES POLL

143 BEHIND THE SCENES CALLING THE SHOTS

152 LETTERS RISKY MEDICINE

206 IN THE DETAILS ROGER DEAKINS

208 OUT TO LUNCH PETER BOGDANOVICH

401 ON THE COVER

410 PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE HARVEY WEINSTEIN