

in conversation
Elizabeth Meriwether on the Furious Finale—and Her Britney Spears Biopic
The showrunner talks rage, redemption, and why her show isn’t about Jeffrey Epstein.
By Joy Press

awards season
Our Final Emmy Winner Predictions
We’re seeing big things ahead for The Pitt, Beef, and Hacks—though Widow’s Bay could be nipping at the latter’s heels.
By Savannah Walsh, Rebecca Ford, John Ross, Joy Press, Chris Murphy, and Hillary Busis

awards season
Can I Pull You for a Chat? Ariana Madix Makes the Case for Ariana Madix
She’s got an Emmy nomination for Love Island, she’s returning to Broadway, she’s very over Vanderpump Rules—and she’s dying to know: Are you mad at her?
By Anna PeelePhotography by Emmanuel Monsalve

crime
How the Lindsay Clancy and Gabby Petito Cases Unlock Mica Miller Documentary Death of the Pastor’s Wife
The filmmakers behind a new Netflix docuseries unpack a marital horror story that ends in death—and the important mental health message they want the true crime genre’s predominantly female audience to hear.
By Savannah Walsh

Television
First Look: The Gilded Age Season Four Spells Trouble for the Russells
After three seasons, the Emmy-nominated series returns to HBO on Sunday, November 1, with the stakes higher than ever. “It’s a mess,” says Morgan Spector, regarding George and Bertha Russell’s marriage.
By Chris Murphy
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Exclusive
First Look: What If Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Really Are Brothers?
In their new Apple TV comedy series, the actors and best friends play fictionalized versions of themselves as a way to explore a long-standing rumor that they’re actually related.
By Rebecca Ford

EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK
Sharon Horgan Laughs at Our Warped Ideas of Aging in Youth
The creator and star of Bad Sisters and Catastrophe on making a series about middle-aged sex, love, and parenting: “She wants to have this valuable, creative, couldn’t-give-a-fuck kind of life, but she’s not there yet.”
By Joy Press

Hollywood
Can Riz Ahmed Stretch the Culture and Win an Emmy at the Same Time?
The actor chats with Vanity Fair about his Emmy-nominated series Bait, whether he’s scuttled his chances of being cast as the next James Bond, and how he learned to own his name.
By Chris Murphy
Little Gold Men
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on the Highs and Lows of Wonder Man
The Emmy nominee discusses what it was like to learn of the hit Marvel show’s cancellation, his new passion for painting, and feeding his ego with his Tony-nominated Broadway performance.
By Rebecca Ford

Hollywood
Juno Temple's Punk-Rock Life
With Ted Lasso back for a fourth season, Juno Temple talks to VF about the return of Keeley Jones, her punk-rock childhood and her not-so-chic smoking habit.
By Maxwell Adler
exclusive
East of Eden: Zoe Kazan on How She Made Steinbeck’s Masterpiece Her Own
The actor and writer opens up about her sweeping Netflix series, a more complete adaptation of the novel than her grandfather Elia Kazan’s seminal movie, starring Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, and Mike Faist.
By Hillary Busis
Obituary
Hayden Panettiere, Scream and Nashville Actress, Dies At 36
“She was an incredible light and a force of nature,” her family said in a statement.
By Eve Batey

Manhattan
She Began Her Career as a Sex and the City Tour Guide. Now, the Show Has Inspired Her One-Woman Mobile Comedy Show.
Twenty eight years after show’s premiere, the West Village has changed. Melissa Rich’s show appraises the lore of the show and the enduring fantasy of living in New York City, on a bus of her own.
By Marisa Meltzer
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Emmys
Hacks Star Kaitlin Olson Laughed and Grieved at the Same Time
While filming her final episode of Hacks, the actor and Emmy nominee was also losing her father, the man who first taught her how to be funny.
By Rebecca Ford

little gold men
Widow’s Bay Creator Katie Dippold Would Marry Freddy Krueger, F Jason, and Kill Hellraiser
The Emmy nominee opens up about her infamous Babadook meme, her horror influences, and the toxic discourse surrounding her 2016 Ghostbusters reboot.
By John Ross

podcasts
At a Live Recording, Amy Poehler Shows the Energy It Takes to Be a Good Hang
D’Arcy Carden, William Jackson Harper, and Abbi Jacobson dropped by for a podcast as warm as an episode of Parks and Recreation.
By Hillary Busis
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PROFILE
Jordan Roth Wants You to Know His Name
The real estate scion turned Tony-winning Broadway impresario has become a haute couture customer, Instagram exhibitionist, performance artist, and now, with Ryan Murphy’s blessing, bona fide Hollywood actor.
By Marisa MeltzerPhotography by Mark Seliger

Little Gold Men
Jason Bateman Still Hates Baths, but Loves Playing Messy Men
Bateman, who’s up for four Emmys this year—for DTF St. Louis and Black Rabbit—talks about playing screw-ups and why cohosting SmartLess has been the “easiest yet most lucrative” work of his career.
By Rebecca Ford

TV
Paging Dr. Langdon: The Pitt’s Patrick Ball on Shipping, Stardom, and Season 3
The Emmy nominee has thoughts on fans who turned on Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby, and those who hope he and Taylor Dearden’s Mel become a couple.
By Hillary Busis

podcasts
How The Midnight Boys Became Your Favorite Nerd’s Favorite Podcast
Van Lathan, Jomi Adeniran, Charles Holmes, and Steve Ahlman on attracting a following for their House of the Dragon recaps—and their show’s fan-driven, unapologetically Black sensibility.
By Daniel Strauss

Politics
Melania Trump Is Giving Documentaries Another Try Despite Her Film’s Flop
The failure of the first documentary about the First Lady did not deter her from trying again.
By Blanche Marcel