Vanity Fair Magazine

Public Speaking: Fran Lebowitz Talks a Blue Streak

Move Over, Taylor Swift! 7 Seattle Musicians Who Would Make Million-Dollar Cover Girls

Lady Gaga sells not only albums, but magazines. When the pop superstar graced the covers of Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair last year, they flew off the shelves much faster than the other issues, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Whose mug causes an opposite reaction? Surpr ... More >>

Did Michael Lee Jones, Convicted Rapist, Ever Work in Washington?

​This month's Vanity Fair features a gripping article written by Mark Bowden, he of "Black Hawk Down" fame. "The Case of the Vanishing Blonde" is about one private eye's attempt to find the man responsible for raping and beating a Russian woman in a Miami hotel. A search that would eventually ... More >>

The Sarah Palin Factor Draws Demo Blood

​In this brave new cyberworld, failed candidate and gubernatorial quitter Sarah Palin believes she has the power to tweet and Facebook fellow conserves into office. They seem to believe she does, too. Spokane Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers was buoyed when FB'd by the Alaskan political dropout, as ... More >>

Win a Pair of Tickets to See Henry Rollins' Frequent Flyer Tour at the Moore This Thursday

​Henry Rollins is a loudmouth. But God love him, it's gotten him a lot of work. Rollins -- a musician, radio DJ, sometimes TV and movie star, published author, and Vanity Fair blogger -- is currently on a spoken word tour. He's released a pile of spoken word albums throughout the years, from 1 ... More >>

SIFF Week 1: Picks and Pans

​Henry Rollins is a loudmouth. But God love him, it's gotten him a lot of work. Rollins -- a musician, radio DJ, sometimes TV and movie star, published author, and Vanity Fair blogger -- is currently on a spoken word tour. He's released a pile of spoken word albums throughout the years, from 1 ... More >>

Jillian Lauren

​Henry Rollins is a loudmouth. But God love him, it's gotten him a lot of work. Rollins -- a musician, radio DJ, sometimes TV and movie star, published author, and Vanity Fair blogger -- is currently on a spoken word tour. He's released a pile of spoken word albums throughout the years, from 1 ... More >>

From the Basement: Blender's 50 Greatest Albums of 2001, Featuring Tenacious D, LFO, and Elton John

​Remember the music of 2001? Remember BLENDER!?!? Remember when it was called "Maxim Presents BLENDER!?" I'm in the process of moving, and like anyone else who's ever subscribed to a magazine, I've squirreled a few copies away for safe keeping. Among the mags I haven't tossed, and don't think ... More >>

Try the Flipbook! All the Browsability of Seattle Weekly's Paper Edition, in Electronic Form!

Look, we love the Web traffic, but we realize not everyone likes to click on a hundred different pages just to see all the contents of that week's print edition. If you're someone who enjoys browsing through the newspaper as if you had it right there on your coffee-stained table, you can now do it e ... More >>

Local Photogapher Gets Vanity Fair Spread

Tom Brokaw has written the intro to a new photo book also being excerpted this month in Vanity Fair. The whole project, American Character: A Photographic Journey (Chronicle, $40), was published last month as a venture between USA Network and the Aperture Foundation. Among the big-name lensers inclu ... More >>

Annie Leibovitz

Tom Brokaw has written the intro to a new photo book also being excerpted this month in Vanity Fair. The whole project, American Character: A Photographic Journey (Chronicle, $40), was published last month as a venture between USA Network and the Aperture Foundation. Among the big-name lensers inclu ... More >>

Kathy Griffin

Tom Brokaw has written the intro to a new photo book also being excerpted this month in Vanity Fair. The whole project, American Character: A Photographic Journey (Chronicle, $40), was published last month as a venture between USA Network and the Aperture Foundation. Among the big-name lensers inclu ... More >>

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People: Simon Pegg Is No Cary Grant

Tom Brokaw has written the intro to a new photo book also being excerpted this month in Vanity Fair. The whole project, American Character: A Photographic Journey (Chronicle, $40), was published last month as a venture between USA Network and the Aperture Foundation. Among the big-name lensers inclu ... More >>

Anonymity sacrificed, a cover band, and a 16-year-old MC

Tom Brokaw has written the intro to a new photo book also being excerpted this month in Vanity Fair. The whole project, American Character: A Photographic Journey (Chronicle, $40), was published last month as a venture between USA Network and the Aperture Foundation. Among the big-name lensers inclu ... More >>

Searching For Life After Freak Folk

Tom Brokaw has written the intro to a new photo book also being excerpted this month in Vanity Fair. The whole project, American Character: A Photographic Journey (Chronicle, $40), was published last month as a venture between USA Network and the Aperture Foundation. Among the big-name lensers inclu ... More >>

Judy Gold

Tom Brokaw has written the intro to a new photo book also being excerpted this month in Vanity Fair. The whole project, American Character: A Photographic Journey (Chronicle, $40), was published last month as a venture between USA Network and the Aperture Foundation. Among the big-name lensers inclu ... More >>

A Good Year

Opens at Metro and other theaters, Fri., Nov. 10. Rated PG-13. 117 minutes.

Foodie Nation

Author David Kamp writes about life in The United States of Arugula.

Answer Man, Pt. II

Author David Kamp writes about life in The United States of Arugula.

The Pitts

Author David Kamp writes about life in The United States of Arugula.

The Grudge

Columbia TriStar Home Ent., $28.95

Understimulated

If sexual excitement is the idea of these three tell-all memoirs, readers might want reach for Playboy first.

Trouser Snakes

Two guys go beyond lad lit in explaining the peculiarities of male behavior in shopping and sex.

Whiners and Losers

Both sides get their whacks in this survey of America's two-tiered political culture.

Vanity Fair Director Mira Nair

Both sides get their whacks in this survey of America's two-tiered political culture.

An Open Letter to Courtney Love

Believe it or not, there are people who want her to make it.

Dear Tom

Believe it or not, there are people who want her to make it.

Dick Comes Clean

Believe it or not, there are people who want her to make it.

Lies, Lies, Lies, Yeah

Steve Wiecking

Missing the Point

Steve Wiecking

Best Sporting Oscar

Steve Wiecking

Book 'Em

Capturing minds of every age with a good read.

Psyched

Capturing minds of every age with a good read.

Gluteus Maxim-us

Capturing minds of every age with a good read.

The Nightstand

Book news and gossip.

Kelly's world

Book news and gossip.

Femme fest

Annie Leibovitz affirms, and upends, our stereotypes.

Theater

Annie Leibovitz affirms, and upends, our stereotypes.

The Culture Bunker

Annie Leibovitz affirms, and upends, our stereotypes.

The forbidden zone

Entering hallowed ground yields a familiar remake.

24 Things we're glad we didn't do

Entering hallowed ground yields a familiar remake.

White noise

Entering hallowed ground yields a familiar remake.

Bright things, big city

A coffee-table tome peeks into young Manhattan society's bedrooms.

Boy story

Undone by the NeXT, saved by Pixar, Steve Jobs doesn't want you reading this book.

Slab Rat

Undone by the NeXT, saved by Pixar, Steve Jobs doesn't want you reading this book.

Cackling in Tongues

In a new humor anthology, the wordplay's the thing.

I got my education

In a new humor anthology, the wordplay's the thing.

Po'nography

Disguised as journalists, the Po Bronsons of the world seek only to titillate.

Tricks of the trade

Disguised as journalists, the Po Bronsons of the world seek only to titillate.

All Booked Up

Local bookstore gurus offer summer reading recommendations.