VANITY FAIR

MAY 2014

No. 645

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142 A(NOTHER) STUDY IN SCARLETTByLI LI ANOUK The movie goddess who first captivated America in 2003's Lost in Translation continues her seduction with this month's Under the Skin and the new Captain America. But off-camera, Scarlett Johansson is engaged, pregnant, and willing to get real. Photographs by Craig McDean.

149 NEXT F-STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE Spotlight on Larry Fink's new photo book, The Beats, from late-50s Greenwich Village and beyond. By Gerald Stern.

150 V.F. PORTRAIT: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA As Neil Patrick Harris headlines Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a theater colleague charts Harris's irresistible re-inventions, from Doogie Howser on up. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

152 THE SNOWDEN SAGABySUZANNA ANDREWS, BRYAN BURROUGH, AND SARAH ELLISON WhenN.SA. contractor Edward Snowden leaked data from top-secret files to three journalists, he stunned the U.S. government and sparked a global debate about privacy and security. VF.'s investigative team follows the twists and turns that propelled a 29-year-old computer whiz into the pages of history.

166 LONDON CALLING May's "It Girl," British model Suki Waterhouse, has Hollywood in her sights. By Krista Smith. Photograph by Cuneyt Akeroglu.

168 THE GREATEST STORY EVER IGNORED Spotlight on Years of Living Dangerously, Showtime's all-star look at climate change. By Cullen Murphy. Photograph by Jonas Fredwall Karlsson.

170 TOO RICH, TOO THIN, TOO TALL? ByPAUL GOLD BERGER The residential towers rising fast in Midtown Manhattan are breaking records: ultra-tall, ultra-thin, and ultra-expensive. Designed for the top 1 percent of the 1 percent, these superscrapers cast fresh shadows—social and economic—on the rest of the city. Photographs by Stephen Wilkes.

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175 ACT ONE, TAKE TWO Spotlight on Act One, the new Lincoln Center show based on Moss Hart's unbeatable theater memoir. By Jim Kelly. Photograph by Mark Schafer.

176 THE CASE OF THE MISSING BIKINI Spotlight on Alexandra Daddario, turning heads in HBO's True Detective. By Priya Rao. Photographs by Ralph Mecke.

180 A FUNDAMENTAL FIGHT By PAUL ELIE Given a death sentence in 1989 by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini for writing Die Satanic Verses,Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding. A quarter-century later, Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, and others recall the ensuing war over his words, and the cultural divide it foretold. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.

191 A GIRL FOR ALL SEASONS Spotlight on Mad Men'sKiernan Shipka, in her last season as Sally Draper. By Bruce Handy. Photograph by Williams & Hirakawa.

FANFAIR & FAIRGROUND

73 31 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE "Dream Cars" at Atlanta's High Museum. Private Lives: Kyle DeWoody. Hot Type. Bulgari's India-inspired fragrance; Viktor & Rolf's caramel-infused perfume; Chantecaille's 15th-anniversary rose cream. J. Ralph opens the doors to his secret studio in N.Y.C.

101 AROUND THE WORLD, ONE PARTY AT A TIME From Lupita, J-Law, and Amy Adams to Alfonso, Spike, and Leo, the A-list lit up V.F.'s annual Oscar party, in its new location in West Hollywood.

COLUMNS

108 DEATH AND THE CITY By JAMES WOLCOTT Next month's HBO movie of Larry Kramer's 1985 play, The Normal Heart, is a searing reminder of the way New York City's gay community was decimated by aids—a plague that the establishment tried to ignore. Photo illustration by Sean McCabe.

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114 THE FRONT PAGE 2.0 By MICHAEL KINSLEY Newspapers may be in trouble—layoffs, bankruptcies, foreign-bureau closings, etc.—but, as V.F. s new columnist explains, serious newspaper journalism is not.

119 KEYS TO THE DIVINE Spotlight on British pianist Stephen Hough, who plays in many media. By Annalyn Swan. Photograph by Jonathan Becker.

120 PERFECTION ANXIETYBy A. A. GILL As the super-rich buy, collect, and vacation themselves into boredom, they face a rarefied problem: how to live up to their money. Illustration by Paul Cox.

124 EVAPORATEDBy JAMES HARKIN With more than 60 reporters dead and many others kidnapped, Syria is the world's most dangerous dateline. Among the missing: Austin Tice and Jim Foley, who vanished in 2012. A fellow reporter picks up their trail.

132 FOR THE LOVE OF RASQUIATBy INGRID SISCHY Dazzled by Jean-Michel Basquiat's work, Herbert and Lenore Schorr supported his craft and acted as surrogate parents to the young artist, before he overdosed in 1988. Drawings from their unparalleled Basquiat collection go on show in New York next month.

VANITIES

139 LITTLE ORPHAN LANY Impossible Interview: Pope Francis vs. Kanye West.

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48 CONTRIRUTORS

36 EDITOR'S LETTER EDWARD SNOWDEN AND THE SECURITY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

38 LETTERS INSIDE THE ACTORS PORTRAIT STDDIO

64 60 MINUTES POLL

66 IN THE DETAILS DAVID CHANG

68 OUT TO LUNCH QUESTLOVE

204 PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE DANIEL RADCLIFFE

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