VANITY FAIR

FEATURES

50 HE SAYS GOODBYE, SHE SAYS HELLO

By BUZZ BISSINGER Meet Caitlyn, who gives V.F. her coming-out exclusive—the first look at the person Bruce Jenner has become—along with the full, behind-the-scenes story of how an icon of American masculinity finally became the woman she needed to be. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.

70 THE GOOD SOLDIER By WILLIAM LANGEWIESCHE

In Baghdad in 2007, an Alpha Company patrol took a wrong turn. With four Iraqi detainees dead, Staff" Sergeant Jess Cunningham faced the most dangerous decision of his war. Photograph by Jonas Fredwall Karlsson.

78 TCHAIKOVSKY’S NEW QUEEN

Spotlight on American Ballet Theatre’s Misty Copeland, vaulting another barrier in Swan Lake. By Heather Watts. Photographs by Patrick Fraser.

80 PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE By SARAH ELLISON

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and activist Sean Eldridge seemed the perfect power couple. Hughes had bought The New Republic, while Eldridge was planning a run for Congress. How did it all go wrong?

84 FOLLOW THAT WOMAN! By JUDD APATOW

Writer and star of this month’s Trainwreck, Amy Schumer is the hottest comedienne in the business. Her director, in an adaptation from his new book, reveals she’s in it for more than just laughs. Photograph by Mark Seliger.

88 DETECTIVE STORY By RICH COHEN

Nic Pizzolatto provided HBO with a dazzling new hit, True Defective, then upped the ante for his second season, beginning this month. A former writers’-room colleague charts Pizzolatto’s rise and the risks he’s taking. Photograph by Art Streiber.

94 YOUNG AND CLUELESS By JEN CHANEY

Twenty years after Clueless gave a Valley Girl some Jane Austen DNA, it remains a cultural touchstone. In an adaptation from an oral history of the sleeper hit, cast and crew recall the adventure.

VANITIES

22 CENTER SAGE

Kate Greathead and Teddy Wayne introduce NPR Weekly; Scott Jacobson, Mike Sacks, and Ted Travelstead on pickup lines for Deadheads.

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FANFAIR & FAIRGROUND

27 31 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTUBE

The Chicago Athletic Association Hotel. Muriel Brandolini’s pop-up shop in Southampton, New York; Hot Type. Korean beauty: the future of grooming is here.

33 ABOUND THE WORLD, ONE PARTY AT A TIME

V.F.'s White House Correspondents' Association Dinner party, at the residence of the French ambassador, hosted the Hill’s finest and Hollywood’s brightest.

COLUMNS

40 BLACK AND BLUE By JAMES WOLCOTT

After decades of police killings of unarmed black men, America must lace up to a bias—beyond racism—that runs deep in the national psyche.

44 THE SUNDANCE KIDS

Spotlight on the stars of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. By Richard Lawson. Photograph by Williams & Hirakawa.

46 WHAT DO THE SIMPLE FOLK DO?

By MICHAEL KINSLEY From gay marriage to abortion, the G.O.P.'s "wedge" issues have lost steam. In 2016, expect a new strategy. Illustrations by Barry Blitt.

48 MOOBE THE MEBBIEB

Spotlight on Shameik Moore, whose breakout role in Dope is just the beginning. By Krista Smith. Photograph by Lauren Dukoff.

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16 CONTBIBUTOBS

18 EDITOR’S LETTER CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS

36 IN THE DETAILS LIEV SCHREIBER

38 OUT TO LUNCH ROSE BYRNE

118 PROUST QUESTIONNAIBE STEPHEN FRY