VANITY FAIR

The Hollywood Issue

No 774

Vanities

47 OPENER Supermodel Kaia Gerber sets her sights on Hollywood and beyond.

By REBECCA FORD Photographs by ELI RUSSELL LINNETZ

54 STYLE Wes Anderson's signature travel aesthetic, now available from Louis Vuitton.

By DAISY SHAW-ELLIS Photograph by COREY OLSEN

58 THEN & NOW Mapping the moves of moguls and movie stars in Los Angeles, house by house.

By LORRAINE NICHOLSON Illustration by WAN GUILLO

60 WELLNESS An absurd itinerary for the even more absurd pursuit of biohacking.

By VERA PAPISOVA Illustrations by ALICE METEIGNIER

61 FILM & FASHION Inspiration leaps from the big screen onto the runway.

By COLBY MUGRABI & DAISY SHAW-ELLIS

62 SATIRE What happens when AI bots take over the writers room? Total chaos.

By ROSECRANS BALDWIN

64 HOLLYWOODLAND Oh, deer: Meet the wildest neighbors you've ever heard of.

66 STYLE A six-week stay at the Sunset Tower inspires one writer to embrace impermanence, in the form of slippers.

By JULI WEINER Photograph by JEREMY LIEBMAN

Columns

68 CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN' The New York Post heads west. Can the Murdochs win the LA news wars?

By LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT Illustration by MATT CHASE

72 HOW TO WIN AN OSCAR-OR GO BROKE TRYING

An inside look at how awards season got so grueling—and so expensive.

By JOY PRESS

74 ALLIN VEIN In his firstinterview, blood concierge to the stars Niko Argento talks his trade.

By VERA PAPISOVA

"THEY'RE STILL FANTASY MEN, YES, BUT BOYFRIEND-SHAPED: ACCESSIBLE, KIND, VULNERABLE, AND RECOGNIZABLY HUMAN."

— OTTESSA MOSHFEGH ON THE NEW LEADING MEN PAGE 82

The Hollywood Issue

Features

82 THE PEOPLE'S PRIHCES The age of the authentic actor is upon us. Meet the new leading men.

By OTTESSA MOSHFEGH Photographs by THEO WENNER

112 WORLD OH FIRE Read the exclusive excerpt from American Canto.

By OLIVIA NUZZI Portrait by ISABELLE BROURMAN

118 DREAM WEAVER Chloé Zhao on filmmaking, Hamnet, and the meaning of mothering.

By MICHELLE RUIZ Photograph by NORMAN JEAN ROY

122 THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AI is all anyone in Hollywood can talk about—but can they be open about their feelings?

By TOM DOTAN

128 CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR An oral history of LA nightlife in the naughty aughties.

By DEREK C. BLASBERG

132 MIDCENTURY MAISON Nicolas Ghesquiere makes his dream home in the Hollywood Hills a reality.

By PAUL GOLDBERGER Photographs by ETHAN JAMES GREEN

138 37 HOURS IN HOLLYWOOD

Travel across time zones, disciplines, and the Erewhon counter with an industry that never sleeps—that's showbiz, baby! By JEREMY O. HARRIS Photographs by FRANKIE ALDUINO, MICAIAH CARTER, ZOEY GROSSMAN, DAN MARTENSEN, TYLER MITCHELL, LARRY NIEHUES, and NORMAN JEAN ROY

Departments

34 Editor's Letter

38 Contributors

178 Proust Questionnaire

"WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THESE MACHINES NOW LOOKS AS GOOD AS ANYTHING HOLLYWOOD PRODUCES, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST FOR A MOMENT....IT DOESN'T STICK IN PEOPLE'S HEADS."

— DIRECTOR DARREN ARONOFSKY ON Al IN HOLLYWOOD PAGE 122