Vanity Fair Magazine

Hunter Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas takes over Aspen Saturday

"Hunter [Thompson] was always asking me and other people to read his work aloud," remembers Matt Moseley, friend and fellow freedom fighter with Thompson in the controversial Lisl Auman case. "He wrote his work to be read aloud. When he was working on a new piece he'd say, 'Read a couple of paragrap ... More >>

Who should write a new national anthem for our country?

Tim Tebow turns down an invite to be The Bachelor: Scared of hot tubs?

Lately, Tim Tebow has been rubbing shoulders with the Hollywood crowd, attending the Vanity Fair Oscar party and reportedly going on a dinner date with Taylor Swift. But while he recently signed with the William Morris talent agency, he's just turned down the opportunity to star in a hit TV show: Th ... More >>

A day in the life of an Oscars novice, by Saving Face producer Alison Greenberg

Alison Greenberg was a producer for Saving Face and is manager of foundation and donor relations for the Denver Film Society. She wrote this first-person account of her trip to the Oscars with the crew of Saving Face, a documentary which won the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short. BY ALISON ... More >>

Raise a glass to Christopher Hitchens...and make it a gin and tonic

​The late Christopher Hitchens was not only a great writer, he had a great appreciation for alcohol. And he got a lot of mileage from an incident that occurred in Aspen back in 1990. Here's his account from a 1994 Vanity Fair: "At a bar at the top of a ski lift at Aspen, Colorado, I was deni ... More >>

Our Idiot Brother teaches wayward white folks to be better people

I went to my favorite pho restaurant and all I got was Rick Astley

Damn you, Astley!​In the modern age of the iPod, any shoe store, cowboy bar, hair salon or (in this particular case) pho restaurant can do business to any soundtrack it chooses. When I worked at KB Toys in the 90s, we were sent a monthly cassette to play in the store -- except the tape player ... More >>

Jared Polis and Diana DeGette try to tighten regulations on fracking -- again

"Gasland"​Representatives Diane DeGette and Jared Polis are taking another run at tightening federal regulations on hydraulic fracturing, a natural gas drilling technique also known as fracking. Introduced this week by the Colorado twosome and fellow Democratic rep Maurice Hinchey from New Yor ... More >>

Top five things Miley Cyrus has destroyed

Problem?​It's clear that Miley Cyrus has contributed to the moneymaking machine that is Hollywood since Hannah Montana debuted in 2006. But how does that affect you? If you feel dirty while watching a stripper slide down a pole or feel awkward when you give your dad a hug, you can blame Miley. ... More >>

Soldiers in a barrel: Restrepo belongs to the soldiers in Afghanistan

Nathaniel Rateliff's CD is in stores nationwide today, but he's here in Denver

May 4, 2010: As good a day as any to say that Nathaniel Rateliff has made it. His sparse and powerful In Memory of Loss has been available digitally for a week, but today it appeared in physical form in record stores across the country. Rateliff grew up in Missouri, but as a musician he grew up he ... More >>

Hello, world: Meet Nathaniel Rateliff

Nathaniel Rateliff certainly needs no introduction in Denver. Prior to being championed by Brooklyn Vegan and attracting the attention of Vanity Fair, Rateliff generated reams of praise here as the frontman of Born in the Flood, an act many predicted would fill arenas by decade's end.

Nathaniel Rateliff, Pictureplane and Holley 750 get some nice SXSW press

Nathaniel Rateliff ​Looks like a number of Denver acts caught more than just our attention this past week at South By Southwest. Nathaniel Rateliff, who played an exceptional set at Shakespeare's Ale House last week, impressed Michael Hogan from Vanity Fair (which also previewed a song from ... More >>

Q&A with Annie Clark of St. Vincent

​Performing as St. Vincent, Annie Clark is a writer of lush, adventurous pop music. As a teenager she was the tour manager for her uncle's band, Tuck & Patti, where she learned not only a great deal about the music business but also a bit about musicianship and effective performance. In her ... More >>

Dominick Dunne on JonBenét Ramsey and John Mark Karr

The late Dominick Dunne.​Author Dominick Dunne, who died yesterday at 83, is best known for covering the nation's most sensational crimes and trials. But he never showed much interest in the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, to the frustration of some folks obsessed with the mystery over the Boulder ... More >>

A Human in Fur-land: What I learned at the Rocky Mountain Fur Convention

Kiernan MaletskyFur Con attendees were strictly required to keep it PG-13. And they did, barely.​I'm taking a piss in the bathroom at the Crowne Plaza during Sunday's closing dance for the Rocky Mountain Fur Con. I'm not trying to eavesdrop. But it's sort of hard to tune out this particular co ... More >>

Surveillance

Two mediocre adaptations by two directors who should know better

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People/Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Shut out of the DNC's big Vanity Fair party. Again

Shut out of the DNC Vanity Affair party -- again

Alex Markels Makes Contestants Earn Their Concert Tickets

March of the Furries

The DNC is coming, but the real political animals were at the furry convention.

The Namesake

The immigrant experience meets the generation gap in Mira Nair’s new film.

A Good Year

Attempting romantic comedy, Sir Ridley Scott conquers neither.

Market Watch

Truth is stranger than fiction -- and even reality TV.

Let Us Prey

Alan Clements uses Spiritually Incorrect to skewer modern hype.

Off Limits

Patter Familias

Terms of Endearment

Give me a C! Give me a U! What do you have? The start of the year's biggest scandal.

Reese's Piece

Mira Nair's England bursts with sensuality, but not impact.

Bite Me

Long Live the King

The Message

Revision Quest

Letters to the Editor

From the week of June 17, 2004

Greatest Hits

Colorado's ailing, but the good doctor doesn't have a cure.

Blessed Are the Cheesemakers

Python's Brian returns, bearing cinematic salvation.

Meow Mix

The Women lays bare the cattiness of society dames

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 2, 2003

Vanity Fare

Ray Liotta wants to know why he loses roles to...Owen Wilson?

Fallon Fast

Saturday Night Live's prime player is rapidly outgrowing television's small screen

Say Cheese

Movie producer Robert Evans preserves his golden myth.

Cumming Up

Is he a writer, director, actor or...sex symbol? Um, yes--and more

Almost Famous

Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell isn't Carrie Bradshaw. Like, really.

Off Limits

Saying goodbye to one of Denver's more interesting journalists.

In Praise of Madonna

Love her or hate her--but give her some respect.

Hate State Sets New Record: 365 Days of Rage!

Off Limits

The Princess and the Peons

Off Limits

Fashion and Fascism

THRILLS

OFF LIMITS