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The daughters of Ted Cruz and Kristi Noem talk to Vanity Fair about life in the shadow of their politician parents.

At an intimate screening in New York City earlier this week, Swift discussed the “magic and mystery and destiny and all that sort of stuff we can't explain” that went into her epic Eras Tour.

The Art & Artists Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art raised $5 million Wednesday night, more than any other museum gala—except, well, the Met Gala.

Engaging novels, engrossing nonfiction, and incisive music commentary: These are the books VF’s staff couldn’t put down this year. Take a look and find your new favorite book.

The German-British composer explains how Chloé Zhao recontextualizes his much-used 2004 track—a piece of music that “leads you by the hand.”

It would make for one hell of a mixtape.

The Tony-nominated playwright and Vanity Fair contributor was detained in Okinawa for three weeks on suspicion of attempted drug smuggling. A representative for Harris told the New York Times that he was released on Monday with no charges.

Lorenzo Amos has a room of paintings at the Rubell Museum, major collectors clamoring for his work, and a slew of high-profile shows set for Europe next year. He’s also 23 years old.

What the women of Grant, Ronson & Greene seem to care about more than anything else is wealth—its accumulation and its display.

An homage to architecture’s great liberator and master of the curve, who borrowed from artists and aerospace to “orchestrate agita.”

Judd Apatow and Tina Brown also rubbed elbows at the soiree celebrating the streamer’s new documentary—which began as Netflix officially won a bidding war for Warner Bros.

The biggest art fair in the US faces some foreign competition these days, but that’s not stopping the crowds that come to Miami to buy art and party.

The people’s singer of Russia is caught up in a “Babukshin scheme” of her own making.

Surprised Spotify called you geriatric? Just call yourself an old soul and put your record on, Gam gam. It’ll all be okay.

A new wave of online personalities are pushing back against the unrealistic ideals pushed by the likes of Hannah Neeleman: “If you are a stay-at-home mom who makes the sourdough and only homeschools, you feel like you’re better than everybody else.”

The Academy Museum bash featured a drone show, Wolfgang Puck’s tuna cones, Dame Helen Mirren dropping an F-bomb, and Ariana DeBose performing “Respect” barefoot.

Artist Michael Shellis used materials found in a dumpster, fallen petals and flowers, and coffee to create a new, environmentally-friendly image of King Charles.

The first lady, who previously didn’t seem to “give a fuck” about Christmas stuff, unveiled her holly, jolly Plasticine holiday decor this week, complete with a plague of butterflies and a scowling Lego portrait of her husband. Was she going for whimsy, or a warning?

To kick off a week of celebrations surrounding Art Basel Miami Beach, VF corralled some of the world’s biggest art dealers to party in the lush jungle patch behind the convention center.

Art Basel has expanded in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East—but the fair in Miami Beach still has a stranglehold over the pop-cultural imagination, despite some galleries sitting out this year.