La Dolce Vita

See Italy as only late Life photographer Slim Aarons could capture it—through flawless villas on Lake Como, cliff-side castles, and a retinue of ravishing royals at play.

Bully for You, Mitt

Romney has a history of boorish schoolboy behavior—now, a Vanity Fair–exclusive collection of Cranbrook yearbooks, newspaper clippings, and personal snapshots reveals much, much more . . .

Loaded Up

Dolly Parton shares her idea of perfect happiness (“a big loaded baked potato”), her favorite names (“Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene”), and how she’d like to die (“singing onstage”) in our monthly Proust Questionnaire.

Mug Shots

Over the years photographers like Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts, and David LaChapelle have captured the leading men of comedy for V.F. See Robin Williams, Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, and many more before the lens.

The Bin Laden Raid

Mark Bowden’s new book shows what the Navy SEALs didn’t know: details about the final hours of Osama bin Laden and the White House’s roll of the dice.

In the News

Critic Paul Goldberger reviews Louis Kahn’s breathtaking new Roosevelt Memorial just off the coast of Manhattan—and recalls other structures that were built after the designing architect died.

After the swing state fell to George W. Bush in 2004, Christopher Hitchens took a long, hard look at irregularities with electronic voting machines—ones he saw consistently favoring Republicans.

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