Vanity Fair’s New Establishment list:  1. Sam Altman: The Oppenheimer  2. Dario Amodei: The Paradox  3. Elon Musk: The Mad King  4. Jensen Huang: The Man Selling Picks and Shovels for the Gold Rush  5. Kevin Warsh: The Market Mover  6. JD Vance: The MAGA Heir  7. Marco Rubio: The MAGA Spare  8. Sundar Pichai: The Constant Gardener  9. Ted Sarandos: The Winner  10. Neal Mohan: The New Hollywood Mogul  11. Andy Jassy: The Big Chop  12. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump: The Prodigal Son-in-Law and Favored Daughter 13. John Ternus: Not Far From the Tree  14. Zohran Mamdani: The Merry Mayor  15. Josh Kushner: The Good Kush  16. Gwynne Shotwell: The Adult in the Room  17. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Free Radical  18. Pope Leo XIV: His Holiness the Humanist  19. Meredith Kopit Levien: The Lady of the Gray Lady  20. Satya Nadella: Macro at Micro  21. David Ellison: The Son Also Rises  22. Gavin Newsom: The Californian  23. Marc Andreessen: The Edgelord  24. Sheik Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan: The Gamesman  25. Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara: The Odds Couple  26. Christopher Nolan: Zeus  27. MacKenzie Scott: The Giver  28. Alex Karp: The Philosopher King  29. Delphine, Antoine, Alexandre, Frédéric, and Jean Arnault: Their Father’s Children  30. Josh D’Amaro: Not Named Bob  31. Lachlan Murdoch: The Fortunate Son  32. Laurene Powell Jobs: The Benevolent Billionaire  33. Tucker Carlson: MAGA’s Savonarola  34. Kaitlan Collins: The Anchor  35. Taylor Sheridan: The Lone Ranger  36. Ryan Coogler: The Virtuoso  37. Daniel Katz, David Fenkel, Nicolette Aizenberg: The Only Studio With Drip  38. Matthieu Blazy: The Crown Prince  39. Jon Ossoff: The Prospect  40. The Democratic Socialists: The Insurgents  41. Bad Bunny: The Headliner 42. Bari Weiss: The Arriviste  43. Shayne Coplan: The Blockchain Brat  44. Donald Trump Jr.: The Grifter  45. Donna Langley: That’s Dame Donna to You  46. Ryan Murphy: The Counselor of Camp  47. James and Kathryn Murdoch: Gone Their Own Way  48. Alex Soros and Huma Abedin: The True Blues  49. Hasan Piker: Island in the Stream  50. Erika Kirk: The Widow’s Peak vanityfair.com/story/the-new…

“Republicans really need to elevate and highlight more women in our party who have NOT had bizarre or botched plastic surgery that is both distracting and made a mockery all over the internet,” declared Meghan McCain on X. But what if the surgery isn’t botched at all? “It’s very fun, particularly when you’re on one political side or another, to aim your criticism weapon at them and say, ‘Oh, look how bad their plastic surgery is,’” says plastic surgeon and TV personality Dr. Terry Dubrow. “But it isn’t bad. From a technical point of view,  it’s extraordinarily successful…. The plastic surgery is super well executed.” Read more from VF's Clara Molot: vanityfair.visitlink.me/8ZV5…

“Mar-a-Lago face” face might seem like the result of a series of unfortunate surgical mistakes. What if it’s intentional? vanityfair.com/story/is-mar-…

Can the Knicks keep the party going after an opening night loss? VF’s @danmadler joined the diehard fans surrounding MSG to find out: vanityfair.com/story/knicks-…

“Hermes was terribly like Fred; it’s unbelievable how much of Fred rubbed off on Hermes, and perhaps of Hermes on Fred” Read the untold story of Fred Astaire’s soulmate, choreographer Hermes Pan: vanityfair.visitlink.me/9tQD…

On October 17, students and union leaders across France had been scheduled to protest the high cost of living and other societal concerns in the country. But the highly anticipated demonstrations were hijacked by violent unrest. Philosopher Ollivier Pourriol analyzes the events of that day: vanityfair.visitlink.me/t_5K…

The New York Knicks are just like the rest of us -- working our asses off, and hoping their boss doesn't screw the whole thing up. New from me in @VanityFair

First Lady Macbeth: How Jill Biden Concealed the President’s Rapid Deterioration vanityfair.com/story/the-eas…

An exclusive excerpt from ‘The East Wing: Power, Intrigue, and the Untold Story of America’s First Ladies’ by Azadeh Moaveni goes inside Jill Biden’s turbulent White House tenure—from that disastrous presidential debate to Hunter Biden’s trial. “Some aides would later say [Joe Biden] deteriorated rapidly…during Hunter’s traumatic trial. It was the same month he didn’t recognize George Clooney at a fundraiser, alarmed bigwig donors by appearing ‘almost catatonic,’ and caught a terrible cold. […] Many senior Democrats blamed her, along with the rest of the family and his close aides, for hiding his condition.” Read more: vanityfair.visitlink.me/GhPv…

James Dolan, the sometimes combative man in charge of both the Knicks and Madison Square Garden, could be one of the biggest obstacles standing between the team and a repeat. Take it from a fan who learned the hard way vanityfair.com/story/knicks-…

"Unlike her predecessors, Susie Wiles has an almost magical bond with Trump; she’s the exception to his occasional predilection for cutting ties with women who go off script," writes @ccwhip. "The reasons are multifold." Read more from Chris Whipple: vanityfair.visitlink.me/gAYA…

Susie Wiles and the Serenity Prayer. Now comes the hard part. @VanityFair @thelauracoates @Lawrence vanityfair.com/story/susie-w… @ldi_rita @NicolleDWallace @lmchervinsky @HarvardIOP @thecrimson @OfficialYPU

Chris Whipple in @VanityFair: “Susie Wiles isn’t going anywhere.” vanityfair.com/story/susie-w…

Ignore the rumors that Susie Wiles is about to be canned. Trump’s fiercely loyal—and astoundingly resilient—chief of staff isn’t going anywhere vanityfair.com/story/susie-w…

From 'Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David' by Blake J. Harris: "'I remember a lot of very animated conversations,' Jerry Seinfeld says about the attempted compromise. 'And I do remember a point . . . [there] was a big fight. I think it was [Larry David] and [Castle Rock co-founder] Andy Scheinman, as it usually was. And [Stand Up showrunner Gary] Gilbert was there. And I could never figure out exactly what these guys were fighting about.' 'I was just determined to try and get as much of their stuff out that I could and as much of our stuff back in,' David explains. 'And to that degree, I succeeded somewhat.'" Read more: vanityfair.visitlink.me/q3P5…

"Everyone has a story about a Birkin bag," writes VF's @MarisaMeltzer. "In the year since my book 'It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin' came out, I have been stopped on subways, during Zoom calls, and after readings by people who want to tell me about the most famous bag of all time. Two different and entirely unrelated individuals—one a very famous pop star—told me about making sure to bring their Birkins with them when they evacuated their homes during the Los Angeles fires. Objects, especially ones as expensive and sought-after as that bag, can hold a lot of power and meaning. No one knew that more than Jane Birkin, the British-born, Paris-residing actor who was the bag’s namesake and inspiration. The bag had such a life of its own that it was more famous than she was, and she knew that. My biography, which is now in paperback, is an effort to bring the woman and her life into vivid color." Read an excerpt on how the Birkin bag began: vanityfair.visitlink.me/9gRl…

In an exclusive excerpt from the new biography, 'Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David,' Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld look back on their days as Bikram yoga practicing roommates, and how 'Seinfeld' came to be vanityfair.com/story/larry-d…