CONTRIBUTORS

GEORGE STEVENS JR."

"Being a theatrical clown is quite unique for our time," says George Stevens Jr. of Bill Irwin, the shape-shifting subject of this month's V.F. Portrait, on page 98. "There aren't many, and he has mastered the art." Stevens is a filmmaker, playwright, and co-chairman of the President's Committee on the Aits and the Humanities. He created the Kennedy Center Honors in 1978 and produced the gala for nearly four decades.

ADAM CIRALSKY**

In recent years, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini has pushed the bounds of medicine with his bioengineered transplants. For "Man of Her Dreams," on page 100, vriter Adam Ciralsky takes a look behind the surgical mask. "In this era of persistent information and saturation media coverage, it is still possible for someone to lead what Gabriel Garcia Marquez called a secret life," says Ciralsky, who was recently named publisher of Asia Times. "Dr. Macchiarini's is an eye-opener."

"HENRY PORTER

For "The War for Europe," on page 86, Henry Porter, Vanity Fair's longtime London Editor, reports from Paris, Brussels, and Lesbos on the terror and migration crises threatening to de-stabilize Europe. "The deep and lasting impact of this migration will change Europe in untold ways," says Porter, who cites the fall of the Berlin Wall as the last such event of this magnitude. Porter, a former political columnist for The Observer, is the author of six novels, including Brandenburg Gate (2005 ).

"DEREK ZOOLANDER

Derek Zoolander is the most famous male model in the world. Though he never learned to read or write, he was thrilled to do this month's Proust Questionnaire, on page 146. "I haven't heard of him," says Zoolander of Proust, "but I admire that he's curious about me. Apparently he was too busy to do the interview in person, so, like, whatever—but it's all good. Also, his name rhymes with 'moussed'!"

"MICHAEL CALLAHAN

"It was a big bowl of popcorn," Contributing Editor Michael Callahan says of Grease, the original "high school musical," and the latest to be given the live treatment for network TV. For "Grease Lightning," on page 110, Callahan revisits the 1978 film, from casting dramas to dressing-room antics—and the humorless reception by critics. Callahan's second novel, The Night She Won Miss America, will be published next year by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.