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Inside the February 2010 Issue

Tiger Woods. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.


Web Extras


Go behind the scenes of this issue’s photo shoots, catch the latest from Hollywood and inside the Beltway, and read Christopher Hitchens’s Web-only exposé of America’s born-again Christian soldiers.

More glamorous photos from Norman Jean Roy’s photo sessions for "Follow Those Girls!"

A guide to dancing the Hustle and the Freak.

Time line: Film disasters from Cleopatra to Heaven’s Gate.

Pay a visit to James Wolcott’s Blog.

More Patti Smith portraits by Steven Sebring.

War Watch: A weekly recap of America’s overseas conflicts.

Little Gold Men blog covers the Hollywood beat.

An extensive slide show of Paul Bettany’s photos of the Creation Museum.

Follow Vanity Fair on Twitter: @vanityfairmag.

FEATURES

Tiger in the Rough
The shattering of Tiger Woods’s pristine image has been one of the most epic falls from grace in modern history. Buzz Bissinger explores how a champion lost himself. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.

The Distant Executioner
William Langewiesche scopes out the deadly talent of a top U.S. sniper. Photograph by Shawn Baldwin.

Their Dream Beach House
Chris Craymer and Michael Hogan spotlight Baltimore duo Beach House.

The Return of Gordon Gekko
Annie Leibovitz and Bryan Burrough spotlight Oliver Stone’s Wall Street sequel.

The Shot Heard ’Round the Clubs
What drove popular, wealthy philanthropist Finn Caspersen to suicide? William D. Cohan investigates.

Irony Man
Todd Eberle and Ingrid Sischy spotlight artist Maurizio Cattelan.

Follow Those Girls!
Six young actresses show how stars are born. Photographs by Patrick Demarchelier and Norman Jean Roy. Plus: Outtakes from Roy’s shoot.

Madness in Morocco: The Road to Ishtar
Peter Biskind dissects the personal and professional crises behind Ishtar, Warren Beatty’s epic 1987 flop.

The Smartest Guys on the Stage
Jason Bell and Bethany McLean spotlight the play Enron.

Vidal Loco
Christopher Hitchens laments the closing of Gore Vidal’s great American mind.

Tales of Mother Rock
Steven Sebring and Clive Davis spotlight rocker Patti Smith.

Boogie Nights: An Oral History of Disco
Lisa Robinson captures the disco decade’s heat and beat. Plus: A VF.com video guide to dancing the Hustle and the Freak.


FANFAIR • 31 Days in the Life of the Culture

Bright Young Things: Well-heeled Jane Aldridge • The Cultural Divide • Elissa Schappell’s best book bets. Night-Table Reading • Lisa Robinson’s tête-à-tête with Rick Rubin • Top tunes from four D.J.’s • Hot Tracks • Christa D’Souza peruses Persephone Books. Web sites we love • Balenciaga’s fragrant return • Ric Pipino’s shear genius. Lancôme’s fashionable palette. Sonia Kashuk’s green innovation. Hot Looks.


Vanities

Fassbender’s Game
George Wayne reads between Jackie Collins’s lines • Anjelica Huston invites John Heilpern for lunch.

Et Cetera

60 Minutes Poll
Which type of Hollywood movie
would you most like to star in?

Editor’s Letter
The Wee Decades

Proust Questionnaire
Anthony Hopkins

Plus
Contributors; Letters; Fairground; Credits

COLUMNS

Schtuppin’ with the Stars
James Wolcott trashes the latest celebrity sex tapes.

Someone’s Watching
Emma Hardy and Cullen Murphy spotlight spy novelist Henry Porter.

America’s Tweethearts
Twitter is the ultimate popularity contest. Vanessa Grigoriadis meets the winners. Photograph by Michael Halsband.

Roll Over, Charles Darwin!
A. A. Gill visits Kentucky’s Creation Museum, a $27 million dis to evolution. Photographs by Paul Bettany.


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Follow Those Girls!
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First, the Gloves Came Off …
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