Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Maureen Orth explores the story of Phil Grant, one of the last living connections to Nantucket’s whaling days.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS Wooden motorboats are used for transport on the Nuquí river in Colombia. Photo Credit Ben Hoffmann The staggering beauty and abundant resources of Colombia’s Chocó region have…
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Bruce who? He is still not exactly a household name across America. But since the release last August of his highly professional third album, “Born to Run,” which rocketed to a million-dollar gold album in six weeks, 26-year-old Bruce Springsteen has exploded into a genuine pop-music phenomenon.
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Mia Farrow created a loving home for 14 adopted and biological children. But she also continues to deal with the wreckage from the sensational scandal 20 years ago. The full story of life before and after Woody Allen.
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Upon Ingrid Betancourt’s liberation, last July, the world was eager for her story: the patrician politician held hostage in Colombia’s rain-forest jungle for six often brutal years by the revolutionary farc guerrillas. In addition to meeting the most famous kidnap victim since Patti Hearst, Maureen Orth interviews three of Betancourt’s fellow hostages (including her closest confidant), Colombian president Álvaro Uribe, and the man who oversaw the daring rescue, to explain how it all plays into a four-decade war.
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For wealthy young Hollywood—Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Cameron Diaz, among others—the cool money manager was Dana Giacchetto. But with his breezy accounting, media hotdogging, and risky ventures, such as the multifaceted Paradise Music & Entertainment, the high-flying, Prada-suited 37-year-old appears to have invested way too heavily in glamour.
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