VANITY FAIR

The March Issue

Vanities

38 FINDING HER LUX

Chilean actor Lux Pascal chases her American dream.

By JOSÉ CRIALES-UNZUETA Photographer JUANKR

42 LETTER FROM LONDON

Take a walk on the wild side with these feisty felines.

By LENA DUNHAM Illustrator CECILIA CARLSTEDT

45 WELLNESS

How to microdose a little bit of everything, from Ozempic to ketamine.

By MARISA MELTZER Illustrator DEBORA SZPILMAN

46 BEAUTY

Dissolve! Deflate! Downsize!

By MARISA MELTZER Photographer HENRY LEUTWYLER

47 STYLE AND SUBSTANCE

Stop slinging this slang!

By DANIELA TIJERINA & MAGGIE COUGHLAN

48 ON THE ONE HAND...

We nominate for oblivion: Mercury in retrograde. Stop blaming your problems on the planets.

By HILLARY BUSIS Illustrator BEN GILES

49 ...ON THE OTHER

Do the stars align for second couple JD and Usha Vance?

By ELISE TAYLOR

50 POLITICS

The tangled MAGA web that weaves together the president, the pundits, and the podcasters.

By JOSHUA RIVERA

Columns

52 FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT

Inside Jubilee Media, the controversial content machine churning out the inescapable rage-bait that fuels your feeds.

By CHRIS MURPHY

56 YOU BET YOUR LIFE

Ready, set, bet! How prediction markets are cashing in during uncertain times.

By ZOE BERNARD Illustrator CHANTAL JAHCHAN

62 THE OVERLORD S UNDERDOG

Meet Marc Toberoff, the lawyer taking on OpenAI on behalf of Elon Musk.

By TOM DOTAN Photographer RYAN PFLUGER

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No 776

Features

72 WITH LOVE, MARGARET

Margaret Qualley on movie stardom, meditation, and marriage.

By MARISA MELTZER Photographer DAN JACKSON

84 SHOOTING STAR

Your favorite New Yorker's favorite New York Knick, Jalen Brunson.

By TOM KLUDT Photographer QUENTIN DE BRIEY

90 CENSORI UNCENSORED

Bianca Censori, artist and wife of Ye, formerly Kanye West, tells all.

By ANNA PEELE Photographer KATY GRANNAN

98 MINE, ALL MINE

An exclusive excerpt from The Elements of Power unearths Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler's ruthless pursuit of cobalt—and the global implications.

By NICOLAS NIARCHOS

106 THICK AS THIEVES

Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jon Bernthal reimagine Dog Day Afternoon for the stage.

By JENNY LUMET Photographer TYRELL HAMPTON

108 THEY BEG HIS PARDON

Forgive and never forget. How mercy from Trump actually works.

By WILLEM MARX Illustrator ANDRÉ CARRILHO

114 THE NEW LATE HIGHT

Day and night, these 10 personalities are redefining what it means to be a host.

By JOY PRESS Photographer GREGORY HARRIS

Departments

32 Editor's Letter

34 Contributors

134 Proust Questionnaire

"I WAS NAKEDEVERYWHERE.... I CONSISTENTLY SHOWED THE SAME IMAGERY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I LIVE MY ARTWORK."

— BIANCA CENSORI, PAGE 90

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