The 2023 Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue (2024)

For our 29th annual Hollywood cover, a dozen captivating young stars gather for the after-party of our dreams.

Preppers, techies, hippies, and yuppies are converging on the American West, the safest place to “exit” a society gone haywire.

Swanson on Swanson was the product of a literary quadrangle with all the emotional complexity—and sexual tension—of her immortal comeback vehicle, Sunset Boulevard. Breaking his silence four decades after ghostwriting the book, Wayne Lawson sets the record straight about who did what to whom.

Elected at 25 years old, Florida Democrat Frost is shepherding in a new generation to the halls of power. His first week on the job was defined by Republican dysfunction over Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership bid. “I’m pretty lost right now, but everyone is, right?” he told Vanity Fair of navigating this new era in the minority.

In the century since its debut as a real estate advertisement, the monument has been rebuilt, rebranded, and reborn as a beacon for aspirants from around the world—and a reminder of just how few dreams of stardom come true.

Rushfield’s sharp-tongued missives have earned him a bold-faced subscriber list. (“I read it the second I see it pop up,” says Richard Plepler.) But can Rushfield and coconspirator Janice Min scale his scrappy newsletter into a big business?

She wants people to know who she is beneath the glam: “There’s no pretending with me.”

And of course she raves about costars Steve Martin and Martin Short: “I really love them. I don’t like calling them my grandpas, but they kind of are.”

With the old guard holding on to power, younger talent reps are shaking up the industry by changing lanes.

As a teen, he envied Leonardo DiCaprio’s career. Now, he’s an Oscar nominee for Elvis, working with Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and Florence Pugh—and looking back at a wild ride of his own.

“The concept of a movie star is someone untouchable you only see onscreen. That mystery is gone.”

Plus, Hollywood has the Top Gun and Avatar sequels to ease the pain.

The Creed III star is seizing the moment as Marvel’s timeline-bending Big Bad.

Vanity Fair’s annual celebration of cinematic excellence spotlights a dozen dynamic actors, Gloria Swanson’s untold story, and the Hollywood sign’s big anniversary.

The dynamic Nope star, podcaster, and media mogul is ready for everything the universe has to offer.

Photographer Steven Klein and stylist Patti Wilson created a moody, glamorous, after-hours vibe for this year’s cover stars.

The Korean actor knows Hollywood will be hard to navigate, but believes in her peers: “Asian actors are prepared.”

TheFabelmansscene-stealer looks back at his first major film role.

“My mom tells me what they’re saying on Twitter, which is nice.”

The star of Living on Parisian penthouses, mastering the air guitar, and dancing with the Queen of Soul.

The actor was surprised by “how much hate I got” when they came out online as nonbinary, “but for a lot of people, it did help.”

Isabella Rossellini, Zendaya, and more on Lancôme’s La Vie Est Belle, plus five new fragrances worthy of big-screen adaptations.

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The former Bridgerton star (and possibly the next James Bond?) is awfully humble for someone named the most handsome man in the world.

New novels by Jinwoo Chong and Claire Jiménez, the classic that inspired Evan Funke’s new venture, stories of the stage, and more great reads.

Since his magnetic turn in Bullet Train, the actor has landed a Marvel franchise (Kraven) and an action role opposite Ryan Gosling (The Fall Guy)—and sparked a rumor that he may be the next James Bond.

The Staud founder and designer plays it cool, from borrowed button-downs to mezcal on the rocks.

“It’s so hard to play around with your identity,” she says. “It’s dangerous, actually.”

In neon and stretch knits, dance straight on till morn.

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