Vanity Fair Magazine

Is the Michelin Guide Still Relevant?

Over a century old, the Michelin Guide, the star-ratings restaurant guide paid for by the French tire company, is arguably the best-known on the planet. See also: - What Are the Pros and Cons of Food Festivals? - What Are Three Cooking Skills Everyone Should Know? But recently, the guide has taken ... More >>

Where Do You Side on the Tasting Menu Debate?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com.Vanity Fair food writer Corby Kummer likened them to a form of culinary dic ... More >>

World Party, Crescent Ballroom, 12/2/12

World Party @ Crescent Ballroom|12/2/12It was almost with a sigh of relief that Karl Wallinger and World Party began their Crescent Ballroom concert with "Waiting Such A Long Time," as it has been some years since Wallinger has taken World Party on a large-scale tour. See also: World Party Offers ... More >>

What Would Life Be Like Without Technology? A Onetime Addict Finds Out

Top Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Our Idiot Brother: Paul Rudd Has a Predictable Profound Effect on His Siblings

Modern Artist Dick Seeger Pioneered Scottsdale; Now He Turns to His Own Backyard

From Party Girl to Oscar Winner, Sofia Coppola's Journey to Somewhere

Vanity Fair Describes J.D. Hayworth as a "Glib Galoot" While Bashing John McCain

Infomercial superstar J.D. Hayworth seen here pimping "free government money."​Vanity Fair's published an article about Arizona Senator John McCain and "the Maverick" (if he's still OK with that nickname) isn't gonna like it. Neither is J.D. Hayworth, McCain's opponent in this year's GOP Senate pr ... More >>

Miley Cyrus Admits She's a Player on "Can't Be Tamed"

​The world is seriously so lucky to have Miley Cyrus as a role model for young girls.The popster recently released her latest single, "Can't Be Tamed," off her upcoming album of the same name, to be released June 22. From the song, we learn Cyrus goes "through guys like money," but that's OK, beca ... More >>

Crude Details the Toxic Battle Between Big Oil and Dying Natives in Ecuador

Jewish Book & Cultural Arts Fair: Rich Cohen

Michael Jackson’s Sedona “Murderess” Revealed

Public Enemies: Michael Mann and Johnny Depp Take Us Through the Life and Crimes of John Dillinger

Heirloom Seeds for Your Favorite Locavore

One of the most compelling articles I've read in the past year was the indepth Vanity Fair piece about Monsanto's genetically modified plant seeds. Scary stuff, indeed. Around the same time, I read Barbara Kingsolver's fascinating book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, about her family's year-long commit ... More >>

Home invasion: The Arizona Training Program at Coolidge is the only home some developmentally disabled people have known

Recycling 101: What to recycle, what not to recycle,and does it even matter?

We're all destroying the earth, and buying an organic handbag ain't gonna help

Green Fatigue: By the Numbers

The Iris, and Signs of Betrayal

Clients of Industry

Brazil's kidnapping epidemic spawns its own supply-and-demand economy

The Popcorn King

Why you should take Brett Ratner seriously

The Yoda of 9/11

Pat Curley slices through the loony conspiracy theories at his influential "Screw Loose Change" Web site

This Friday - Summer of Sound Continues

Culture Clash

Immigrant experience meets generation gap

Heart Attack

Attempting romantic comedy, Sir Ridley Scott conquers neither

Oh, Grow Up

McConaughey's perfect movie is a pretty good one for us, too

The Surreal World

The persistence of persistence

Blessed Are the Cheesemakers

Python's Brian returns, bearing cinematic salvation

Reese's Piece

A humanist reading of a literary character

Fallon Fast

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

Pretty Vacant

New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

Cumming Up

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

The Product

Heath Ledger's in no rush to be a star. Why's everyone else in such a hurry?

The Fire and the Flame

For U2 fans feeling burned by the group's excesses, the band's latest album and tour is a soul-affirming revival

Indoor Fireworks

In ABBA's old studio, Elvis Costello and Anne Sofie von Otter reinterpret pop music history

Naked Sitting

'Annie Leibovitz's Nudes' uncovers new territory

Toy Story

Liliana Porter's photographs in 'Secret Lives of Toys' set up quizzical tableaus, quirky puns and imaginary conversations

Almost Famous

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

60 Minute Man

Michael Mann's tobacco saga The Insider is an Oscar-worthy tale of real-life suspense

Love Connection

Why the current, slick Courtney Love actually rings truer than the disheveled baby doll of the past

Notting Special

What happens when two pretty movie stars fall in love? Uh, got us!

Letters

Flashes

Mock Opera

Beneath all the ballyhoo, Evita is ultimately much ado about nada

NOTES FROM THE TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL

THAT'S SPELLED P-L-A-G-I-A-R-I-S-M

AZSCAM'S BOMBSHELL

SHIREE FOSTER WAS TREATED LIKE A BLONDE JOKE UNTIL SHE MET JOE STEDINO. THEN IT GOT WORSE.

THE SELLING OF ANNIE LEIBOVITZ