of course, with patrick swayze, she was an icon, she graced the cover of vanity fair, it was all about body, with gi jane she shaved her hair and on the cover cover of vanity fair she was naked and pregnant. she has done a lot of work with her body throughout her career and now here she is in this great body horror getting the crowning glory of what is a superb film star career. figs crowning glory of what is a superb film star career. as you said, a producer— superb film star career. as you said, a producer once - superb film star career. as you said, a producer once told - superb film star career. as you said, a producer once told her| said, a producer once told her she would be a popcorn actress in movies but would never win awards but things change, don't they. moving on, what was your standout moment or standout award or awards from the night? i was delighted to see emilia perez, a musical, a spanish—language musical set in mexico and made by a frenchman, one of my favourite directors in world cinema and stars in this huge actresses, as well as a newcomer. it's an extraordinary pho

it's in "vanity fair." it's called "an american hustle."ial interest in a book about life after divorce. they are not pleased. >> where meghan and harry once headed for divorce? that's the bombshell story coming from the new "vanity fair" magazine which claim somebody representing meghan pitched a book about a post-harry divorce a couple years ago. no manuscript was produced. after all, there was no divorce. >> is their relationship in trouble? >> not every relationship is perfect. maybe it was floated during a difficult period. >> he recently joked about all the divorce rumors. >> i spoke with kenzie schofield, a host of the podcast. >> i don't think prince harry would ever leave meghan markle. he sacrificed too much to be with her appeared. >> they were out in public supporting victims of the l.a. fires. the expose has headlined "american hustle." resurrects allegations that meghan really has a mean girl. several people employed by the duke and duchess say they had to undergo a long-term therapy after working with meghan. >> i heard she i

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in the new yorker, the new york times, the wall street journal, the atlantic monthly , time, and vanity fair. he is currently a senior editor of national review and a senior fellow at the national review institute. this evening the podium stands near that place in which we invest emotion in the words of our speaker. because it was where winston churchill was admitted to membership in the society. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming richard brookhiser to the podium. >> thank you for that introduction. thank you for coming out. i'm a repeater here. years ago, i filmed a scene from a documentary for a film of by michael pack, which was rediscovering george washington. and we did a scene from washington's favorite play he and we use this to illustrate the moment at newberg when he talks his officers down from a mutiny. and the scene in the play shows ko similarly ending a mutiny in his own roman troops and we wanted to do this in front of an audience of descendants of revolutionary officers, so this was the perfect place. it's also the perfect place tonight because john trumbull wa

this one, mocking trump during golden globes speech or 2020 with this headline from vanity fair.s delivers powerful golden globes speech about women's rights. maybe the lack of politics this year it is the first awards show on an election that will return trump to office. the "new york times" making the point today that the movies that won awards speak for themselves. quote, brutalist, wicked, given an award for best blockbuster is about prejudices and corruption of power. holly wad change of tune can not be explained away that easily. good to see you both. let me start with you. why, why the change of tone? is this a return to the don't upset a potential ticket buyer era of hollywood? >> well, i know that there are some entertainment critics, there are some media folks out there that are concerned about this, a chilling effect of this. those in hollywood hurting hollywood for a lack of support for the movie "the apprentice" which is fictional portrayal in trump. that is concerning in some studios. not interested in the film. most of what is going on is what you just said. entert

it's in "vanity fair." drew, you got to find something you guys like. _ & _ for $1,000, please.owl and the pussy-cat"? drew. new board? [laughter] that's all we got. pop culture people for $1,000, please. answer there is a... [applause] it's a wagering conundrum for you, drew. you have $600. you can wager up to $1,000. um, i'll do $600, please. here's your clue in pop culture people... who is scarlett johansson? it was scarlett johansson, yes. you double up to $1,200. [applause] um, fictional females for $200, please. -aiden. -what's a bounty hunter? she is. not on my watch, $1,000, please. -drew. -what is tungsten? -good for $1,000. -not on my watch for $600. -jay. -what's a geiger counter? -yes. -not on my watch, $400. -aiden. -who is batman? no, i'm sorry. jay. who is dick tracy? dick tracy is right. that pulls you out of the hole. you're in positive territory. and we're going to pause for a moment. back with more "jeopardy!" champions wildcard after this. [applause] touches of black. they stand for elegance. refinement. and though they're darker than the darkest night. they

fast politics podcast host, "vanity fair" special correspondent and an msnbc contributor. and steph kye. molly, we had president biden giving out those 19 presidential medals of freedom yesterday that included hillary clinton and billionaire donor, george soros. i'm curious about what stands out about those two names in particular. >> well, this has become a very kind of partisan endeavor and you'll remember that trump honored rush limbaugh. so there's a precedent for this. and there were a lot of people who were honored who were not political. you know, people, or they were sort of, you know, more on the philanthropic side. it did feel political and you'll remember clinton did lose to trump in 2016. so there certainly is a feeling that time is a flat circle. >> interesting on that one. steph, we were listening to aaron report how the president will be delivering two major speeches before he leaves office. one on foreign policy as well as his farewell address to the country. give me a sense of the messages you think the president will send with both of these speeches since

rs writings have appeared in the new yorker, the wall street journal, "time" and "vanity fair."is a senior fellow at the national review institute. this evening the podium stands near the podium where we invest emotion in the words of our speaker because it was where winston churchill had society ney 1947 representing a revolutionary war officer from whom he had descended through his american mother. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming richard brookhiser to the podium. [ applause ] coming out. i'm a repeater here. 25 years ago, i filmed a scene, a do ar>> thank you for that introduction. thank you for coming out. i'm a repeater here. 25 years ago i filmed a scene from the documentary for a film by michael pack which was rediscovering george washington, and we did a scene from washington's favorite play, cato, and we use this to illustrate the moment a neuberg where he talks officers down and the scene from cato similarly ending a mutiny and his own roman troops and we wanted to do this in front of an audience of descendants of revolutionary officers, so this was th

in fact, later on he had to go and do an apology in "vanity fair" saying i'm sorry i did that.allowed to treat him like a human, like a normal person running for office as he was because they said you would normalize him. they were afraid because he's such -- he is culture. they were afraid, they were afraid of his cultural influence. jason: okay, but -- rachel: and now they can't stop it. it's happened. jason: but it's not because they changed, it's because donald trump dominated and kicked their ass. rachel: of course. jason: aoc, in my opinion, is an idiot! [laughter] and i don't believe anything she says. today had jobs coming to new york with amazon, she made sure that didn't happen. i mean, i think that donald trump has been the same donald trump -- a. rachel: of course he is. >> he's highly predictable -- rachel: but the difference is the left can't stop, the heft and the media elites -- jason: but it's not because they chose to make a difference, they were forced to make a difference. that's what i see in donald trump. i don't buy this whole idea that they have suddenly

>> i just did. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you guys were on the cover of "vanity fair" together.ks like oprah's trying to talk to you, and you're watching tv. [ laughter ] >> yeah, that was -- we were not in the same hemisphere when thieves taken, isn't that weird? >> jimmy: that is weird. all right, i want to talk to you about the big thing. you know, as everyone knows in july you wrote an op-ed in "the new york times" -- >> oh, going to get right into that. [ laughter ] "we have time for one more question." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: really, it may well have, did, actually, change the world. i mean, it had an enormous impact on the presidential election. right? >> no -- i don't know that that's true. >> jimmy: i do. [ laughter ] >> there was an awful lot of -- listen, bottom line. >> jimmy: let's get right to the bottom line. >> okay, the bottom line is that -- that it's very hard to let go of power. and president biden did something really extraordinary. really extraordinary. [ cheers and applause ] so honestly, i really do think that that's what should be focused on, really. >> j

he continued to build a career as an investigative journalist and as contributing editor for vanity fair, where he covered national security and foreign affairs. his has appeared in many other publications new york magazine, the new esquire, the guardian, the new york times, washington post and the new republic. we are eager. welcome you, craig. here to the national press club and to finally hear how you got your story. and please join me in a warm national press club welcome for craig unger. and craig. i will give you the floor now for any remarks you want to make. okay. well, thank you very much. you know, i've six books on republican party's assault on democracy. this one was different. it was personal. and when i started investigative journalism, one of the first things you learn is it's personal. don't write about yourself. in this, i felt, i had to because it's something i did pursue on and off for than 30 years. and in many cases, i was a very reluctant and i had a front row seat and. i was a reluctant participant in what was going on and i saw what i thought was some of the great

winning journalist and founder of futuro media, and molly jong-fast, special correspondent for vanity fairt politics podcast maria and molly are both msnbc political analyst. all right, so let's talk about this real quick about the firing of the inspectors general, anthony coley, last night on 11th hour when i interviewed him, made a great observation. he said, people have been talking about the fact that donald trump wants loyalty when what he really wants is obedience. is this the way we should be looking at the firing of these inspectors general? >> i mean, what he really wants is to have no laws that he has to follow. he wants he doesn't want to be called on anything. i mean, nothing can surprise us. but when this happened, it's just like, okay, here we go again. it's just one in many, many things that he's going to do that are that's going to be destabilizing. and clearly, you know, when, when the inspectors are supposed to be watching over so that there's no criminality and corruption, they're gone. who's going to be watching over them? >> so what i think is interesting is inspectors

i was very clear when i spoke to vanity fair. i believe that they should toss the case. there is no repercussion. the hush money is going to take place to donald trump on that case. as far as what paula reid said, i agree with her completely. merrick garland waited too long to bring in jack smith. plain and simple. he is going to. meaning donald trump is going to shut that down. this case will never see accountability for whether he did or he didn't. now, where she's also correct is that this case with with jack smith has not been decided yet to. so to release a report that has not been validated, that jack smith, as the special counsel, has not been validated, i think goes against process and we have to start expecting process needs to be first, whether you like donald trump or you don't. >> and michael, i mean, i do want to ask if you throw out if you dismiss the alvin bragg case, doesn't that allow trump to escape accountability? okay, yes. you know, the judge in that case has said he's not going to go to jail and so on. he's not going to put him in jail before he's s

he is contributing editor, vanity fair and sterling brown, endowed chair of the english department, howard university. and his latest book, the message. he shares his thoughts on race, racism and equity and all of. you tonight have a copy of that book. so that's exciting. we are proud to welcome him back home. baltimore tonight. he will be joined in conversation with the host of midday on wypr tom hall. please join and welcome to a.c. coates and tom hall. they're happy to see you. but. dantley wow, i'm able to see your. it's really great to meet you. welcome back home. for folks who may not know you grew up here. tell us about growing up here. where did you grow up? her. i was coming down. it's funny you ask. i was just coming from my mom's house when my wife and i was giving her a running narration. and after we turned off of liberty heights where i got my nike snyder burger going to and pass the girls in public library. i guess what it would be to branch it in our private public library and this is actually really important because god, i must have been. my mom taught me to read as well.

as a writer, her work has appeared in the new york magazine the cut, vanity fair, vogue the atlantic monthly and jezebel. born in new york city, mukhopadhyay lives between putnam and brooklyn, new york. do we have representation from brooklyn today? okay, we'll take it. and then last not least, tonight are today's moderators kate harding. she is the author of asking for the alarming rise of rape culture and coeditor of nasty women feminism resistance and revolution in trump's america. she holds an mfa in fiction, a ph.d. in nonfiction and has taught creative writing at stories, studio, chicago and my alma northwestern university, among others. she lives in rogers park. and, well, she's actually making her own bookshop that's opening this fall. it's called jarvis square books. that's awesome. so i'm going to pass it over to kate to kick it off. thanks. hi. thank you so much for that introduction and for having us all. i really excited to be here to talk these two books at a really crucial time for them because there's been a whole lot of talk. the pandemic began about, the great resig

and molly jong-fast, special correspondent for vanity fair. thank you all for being here. melissa, i do want to start with you, because the legal pretext for donald trump to be able to do this at all was that the man who swore him in john roberts essentially declared him to be essentially a monarch, to be essentially king? it does feel like today, the missing person at the inauguration was leonard leo. >> well, this is again the culmination of a lot of different movements. so certainly the coup that we saw started on january 6th, but also a much longer effort to capture the federal judiciary, to capture state legislatures by allowing the federal judiciary to absent itself from policing partizan gerrymandering. all of this has happened in concert. a lot of this has happened over a very slow and iterative process. they have played a really fantastic long game, and it has resulted in what we saw here today with john roberts, the man who swears he is an institutionalist, whom we have credited as an institutionalist, but who has authored some of the most disruptive and distorti

joining me now is vanity fair special correspondent and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fastriend. on january 6th, we watched harris preside over trump's election certification that officially ended her bid for the white house. i mean, we knew it was over, but there you have it. certification was once a step known only to political wonks. but that all changed four years ago when a mob of trump supporters stormed the capitol and relegated this date to infamy. so what went through your mind watching the vice president as states were certifying their votes one by one? >> yeah, i mean, it was in some ways really, you know, she had to preside over losing again, right? she had to hear all these numbers and hear who voted for her and who didn't. but she made it really about government service. and, you know, i'm reminded of what hillary clinton said in 2016, right. public service is about serving the public. and that was what she did. you know, she certified the results. she presided in exactly the way you're supposed to. and while it definitely stings for a lot of people, i think t

jong-fast, msnbc political analyst and host of the fast politics podcast and special correspondent for vanity fair dean obeidallah, msnbc columnist and host of the dean obeidallah show on sirius xm. and angelo carusone, president of media matters. great to have all three of you with us. molly, i'll start with your reaction here and to this finger pointing from the republicans and specifically donald trump and his cohorts at fox. they're trying to blame everything except what is really happening. >> you know, trump did this throughout the last four years, right? >> he was running for president for four years during the biden administration. and every time there was sort of a anything, he would just jump in there and be like, this is why this is biden's fault. this is why this is the democrats fault. so i don't think we should be super surprised that he's doing this. i think what's worrying is that it has worked for him, right. he's been able to flood the zone and get these messages. so you have all of a sudden, you know, people are not talking about climate change, right? they're not talking about

so david marvelic is a veteran journalist and frequent contributor to newsweek, vanity fair and the newhn horns. a world on the brink, undue influence, the epic battle for the johnson & johnson fortune, elizabeth and hazel, two women of little rock, a study of two women associated with the desegregation crisis surrounding little rock central high school in 1957 and strange fruit, the biography of a song which chronicles the history elements of the song. margolic is at work to be published by randomhouse. please give a warm welcome to david margolic. [ applause ] >> well, thanks very much for that nice introduction, and thanks, i think, to michael for an impossible act to follow. i don't have any song to sing. i want to thank harold and paul for reminding us of this wonderful event and it is reminding me of the world that i enjoyed when i ote my book about "strange fruit" and i feel like i'm back in that world for the first time in a long time and it's conjuring up lots of happy memories for me. it was an accidental book and i was always intrigued by the song and i remember it on an albu

david is veteran journalist and frequent contributor to newsweek, vanity fair, new york times book review times review of books. for several years he wrote a column or the new york times entitled, at the bar. among his books are dreadful a short life and times of james, beyond glory, joe versus max and a world on the brink. undue influence, the epic battle for the johnson & johnson fortune, elizabeth and hazel, two women of little rock, city of two women associated with the desegregation crisis surrounding little rock central high school in 1957, and strange fruit, the biography of a song, which chronicles the history and cultural relevance of the song. he is at work on a book about sid caesar and to be published by random house. please give a warm welcome to david margolick. [ applause ] >> thanks very much for that nice introduction and thanks to michael for an impossible act to follow. i don't have any song to sing, for one thing. i want to thank harold and paul for inviting me to this wonderful event, and it's reminding me already of the world that i enjoyed when i wrote my book about

vanity fair's molly jong-fast joins us ahead with her new piece. costar and director justin baldoni. they are both arguing newly leaked footage from their film it ends with us proves their point when it comes to allegations about sexual harassment. but before we go to break, willie, you held your first ever sunday sit down, live in front of an audience of people from all over the country traveling to new york city, and your guest was the hottest comedian in the world right now. tell us about it. >> yeah, we did it in new york city down at city winery. beautiful venue on the hudson river. and we invited we sold tickets, invited fans to come. i figured we'd get some people from the upper west side and new jersey and maybe brooklyn if we were lucky. people flew in from san diego and houston and knoxville and idaho and chicago filled the place up to see nate bargatze. he truly is one of the funniest people walking the earth right now. sells out arenas all over the world. international tour. and he was so generous and great to do our very first sunday s

and, molly, your latest piece for vanity fair is entitled the democrats fear factor.s not about them ideologically or personality wise. it's really about the sort of anxiety that they functioned with and how the. consultant cost was not serving them. and i talked to a bunch of different people in that world, a lot of whom wanted to speak anonymously for. obvious reasons, and just sort of. how afraid these candidates were and how they didn't necessarily debunk things. >> for example. >> they. didn't go. >> on. shows that. >> they. >> felt might give them trouble. >> you know. >> they were. >> so concerned. with the data and the negatives that they. didn't maybe engage. >> in some. >> things that might have felt reckless, but really engaged returns. >> yeah. like it seems they're attached to a script to an extent. is that fair to say? >> yeah. >> i. >> think that's. >> absolutely fair. and i would say, look, right now is a moment to engage in the trump. i mean, again, there's a lot to not like about the way trump ran for president, but he kept going and he flooded the z

department of justice and msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann and also special correspondent for vanity fairlitics podcasts . all right, here is the thing. the president's job is to offer comfort and to offer clarity and especially in moments of potential terrorism, where terrorism only succeeds if we feel terrorized, to actually add to that, to fan the flames, is moving in the wrong direction. >> it absolutely is. clarity is very important because it is easy for people to, you know, moved to their own opinions and frustrations very quickly. when you show leadership, he is not just a symbol of the country, but of the rest of the world. so, the comments he is making are not just to american citizens. it is to the rest of the world. the media reaction, to say close our borders, this is -- blaming immigration and so on, it really does add fuel to the fire. texas born u.s. citizen. that is important because it suggests this goes back to the conversation we just had. anyone can be radicalized. if you take that seriously and you understand what has to go into it from both the law enforcement stand

. >> in the vanity fair video, the ladies talked all about aging and beauty standards in hollywood asi's oscar-nominated role in "the substance." >> we are so proud of you. there is so much vulnerability that you are able to put on camera. >> it's so well earned. >> still ahead. macaulay culkin offers a rare look at his relationship with brenda song. the first-ever joint interview with a notoriously private parents of two. why they are still not married to. >> we are going to keep score. >> than on set with christina haack. how her ex leaving change the show. plus why her first x was happy to see him go. >> he really doesn't like you. ♪ ♪ >> "et." >> "et." ♪ ♪ >> vote for me. >> absolutely not. >> the roy brothers a.k.a. jeremy strong at kieran culkin will battle it out for "number one boy" at the oscars. >> that sounds right. >> kieran celebrated his best supporting actor nomination the city of lights, that's where jicama wife jazz are in town celebrating paris fashion's week. meanwhile their real life big bro macaulay culkin and fiancee brendan song are putting their love to the ult

charlie and joining us at the table, host of the fast politics podcast, special correspondent for vanity fair is the first trump administration we're going to have under the dobbs decision. >> i think that's really important. >> so we have republicans up and down the ballot from donald trump to, you know, down ballot races, u.s. senate races, governors races, ag's legislatures who ran away from the abortion issue, who ran away from their party and their own records. mike johnson, promising not to take action on abortion bans. donald trump really trying to hide his record. so one of the one of the main things that i took away from the dialog with charlie and simone just now is there's a lot to learn from the abortion rights movement and how to tackle extremists, including donald trump, but also extremists like matthew kazmarek, you know, attorney general dan paxton in texas and other folks across the country. and it's this it's we now have the for the first time, policymakers who have been elected to office, despite their records on abortion, the american people were unequivocal in their suppo

she also serves as a deputy assistant to the president, also with us correspondent at vanity fair ander. so well, first of all, elizabeth, i'd like to know how you're feeling at this moment as well as we look at doctor jill biden's legacy, how history will look at it. >> thanks for having me on, mika. i mean, i think that the first lady and i myself, as somebody that's been in public service, we're feeling an immense amount of gratitude this morning. gratitude for the outpouring of support, gratitude for all the people that make the government work, all the people that the first lady has met, all the inspiring stories that she's heard as you heard her say, as she's traveled across the country. she had her last event at the white house yesterday. her last solo event celebrating military families. and that's really how she wanted to close out this chapter at the white house, is celebrating military families through her joining forces initiative. also, we're proud. we're proud of what this president has achieved, his tremendous accomplishments and grateful for all the people that have ma

special correspondent for vanity fair, molly jong-fast is here.mbers of society. people like john bolton and mike pompeo, who were high level cabinet officials in the first trump presidency, to the most vulnerable members of our society, school children who may be in households with mixed status, all of them in trump's sights this week. >> when you look at the fact that we're only on the fourth day of his presidency. >> don't we count monday? can we say five? count money. okay. >> and he has in four days started raiding homes. that has maybe mixed in terms of whether or not they have the immigration papers or the right papers. he's defunded or halted the funding on health or on nih that we all need cancer research. we're talking about we're not talking about experimental stuff, cancer research. he has closed down the civil rights department of the department of justice, and he has declared war on dei. and this is all before he went to bed thursday night. so when people heard many of us say what they're in for, they can now see it. and i didn't eve

for the harris campaign adrian elrod, jonathan alter with us and also special correspondent at vanity fairshock and awe campaign. we will get to that in a moment. joe, we look at this day four years ago and what a difference four years makes. >> what a difference four years makes within the four years but a return to normalcy. again, and you know and we go back and forth on this. >> i am optimistic about america and i obviously share grave concerns with you and many others about things that were said during the campaign, but i do trust the american people at the end of the day that in the long run and i will go to you, jonathan alter, in the long run the american people will do the right thing and we are celebrating the life and the extraordinary career and let me just say and you will understand this better than anybody and not just post presidency but we are celebrating the jimmy carter that found peace in the middle east and stopped ground wars for 40 years and we are celebrating the jimmy carter that normalize relations with china and created unprecedented economic wealth in america an

amini, ief whithouse correspondent for the new york times peter baker, and special correspondent at vanity fairfor being here. jackie, let's start with you. what is the latest here in terms of johnson's support? trump tweeted out he wants johnson to remain as speaker but it seems his fate is linked to the idea if not him, who? that does not seem like there is anybody else. >> jonathan, good morning. i am not in the business of prediction making but this is the first test of many for donald trump on how far he can go on getting the house gop conference to bend to his will, the first setting the stage and getting mike johnson in the speaker's race and tackling the laundry list of items he has installing his agenda but it's unclear whether mike johnson will be able to get this done on the first ballot or not. something extremely important here, there are a lack of interested parties. there are people who don't want to get the spiked start hit. sort of an endorsement of johnson yesterday, who has often proxied for house members that a good plan now is better than a perfect plan later but there are

also with us correspondent at vanity fair and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fast.lauren leder. so, well, first of all, elizabeth, i'd like to know how you're feeling at this moment as well as we look at doctor jill biden's legacy, how history will look at it. >> thanks for having me on, mika. i mean, i think that the first lady and i myself, as somebody that's been in public service, we're feeling an immense amount of gratitude this morning, gratitude for the outpouring of support, gratitude for all the people that make the government work, all the people that the first lady has met, all the inspiring stories that she's heard as you heard her say, as she's traveled across the country. she had her last event at the white house yesterday. her last solo event celebrating military families. and that's really how she wanted to close out this chapter at the white house, is celebrating military families through her joining forces initiative. >> also, we're proud. >> we're proud of what this president has achieved, his tremendous accomplishments and grateful for all the pe

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. >> speaking of vanity, talking about donald trump or keir starmer. >> i think it's fair to say i thinkven the biggest fans of donald trump would say he's not the most modest man. >> in. >> in. >> the world. but finally, there's been a phone call between our prime minister and the president of the united states. took a lot longer this time than when trump got in the first time around. theresa may was the first one of the first person he called. whereas it's been a week. >> it has. yeah. and keir starmer apparently apparently is going to say absolutely not to donald trump. i'm not going to be spending any more on defence spending. 2.5% is the absolute limit. but we've seen how donald trump works and he works through threats. so could keir starmer be upping that defence budget? >> well, there'll be a personal meeting between the two leaders in the coming weeks. so we hear. but what do you think about that meeting of minds. are they are they great friends or is it all going to turn turn pretty sour pretty quickly? well, gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get involved. all to come, of course,