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182 A LIFE IN BOLD

ByEVGENIA PERETZ For Angelina Jolie, her most personal film yet has coincided with major personal trauma. The director of First They Killed My Father about Cambodia's genocide—discusses her debt to that country, the effects of her separation from Brad Pitt, and the reason her family doesn't do "normal." Photographs by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

192 THE 5TH RISK

ByMICHAEL LEWIS Trump's secretary of energy, Rick Perry, once campaigned to abolish the massive agency he now runs, and its budget is on the chopping block. But does anyone in the White House understand what the department actually does? From policing nuclear weapons to safeguarding the electrical grid, its responsibilities are hair-raising—and indispensable.

198 L.A. BOHEME

ByCRAIG McDEAN The latest word in Hollywood talent—the likes of Issa Rae, Armie Hammer, and Elizabeth Olsen pays stylish homage to 70s cinema, with a portfolio steeped in California cool. Text by Krista Smith.

210 TWO RIVALS. ONE TRUTH

ByJAMES WARREN With the clock ticking for journalism as we know it, The New York Times and The Washington Post are battling for scoops, deploying different strategies and strengths. The stakes couldn't be higher, as daily Trump outrages create both new readers and new hurdles. Photographs by Franco Pagetti.

217 CRISIS OF THE HEART

Spotlight on the refugee crisis in Jordan, to which more than 600,000 Syrians have fled since their country's conflagration. By Christiane Amanpour. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

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218CAPTURING CALVIN KLEIN

ByBOB COLACELLO Raf Simons has long been a darling of the fashion world, so it's no surprise that his latest act, a creative reboot of the Calvin Klein empire, has the industry swooning. In the designer's first major interview since his New York debut, he describes his approach. Photographs by Jack Pierson.

222 V.F. PORTRAIT: SCOTT KELLY

ByTOM WOLFE With his 1979 best-seller, The Right Stuff, the author gave an aimless 18-year-old a dream. That teen was Scott Kelly, who during his record-breaking stint in space sent a thank-you note to Earth—and the author. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

224 HARVARD'S CLUB BRAWL

ByJOHN SEDGWICK Labeled secretive, exclusionary, and sexist, Harvard's all-male final clubs are facing extinction. As the university wages war on the Porcellian, A.D., and other high-end fiats, an alumnus joins the fray. Photographs by Tom M. Johnson.

VANITIES

113 HOEKS POCUS

Fall fashion with a retro edge. Haute News. My Stuff: Bianca Jagger. Bold beauty trends.

FANFAIR & FAIRGROUND

131 30 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE

The disco and decadence of Studio 54. The President's Daily Brief is now the Big Picture. Hot Type. Hot Tracks: Ryan Adams.

145 AROUND THE WORLD, ONE PARTY AT A TIME

Valentino Garavani hosted a lunch in honor of Sofia Coppola at his chateau. Plus: a London fete at 5 Hertford Street.

COLUMNS

98 MAGIC IN MINIATURE

ByTOM SANCTON For grown-up kids, Pixi & Cie is the ultimate toy store, a trove of tiny collectibles, whose creator has become Paris's master of a world writ small. Photographs by Jonathan Becker.

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148 A FINE BROMANCE

By JAMES WOLCOTT J.EK.'s youthful optimism inspired the presidents who followed him, until Trump dropped the torch with a thud. Now it looks like the dynamos of Western democracy are Canada's Justin Trudeau and France's Emmanuel Macron. But a pair of old crusaders have some push in them yet.

152 THE BESTEST GENERATION

By RICH COHEN Squeezed between the baby-boomers and millennials, Gen Xers share a rebel philosophy, embodied by artists such as Tina Fey, Quentin Tarantino, and Liz Phair. Is this also the generation that will preserve America's traditions?

158 CARTOON COONTY, O.S.A.

By CULLEN MURPHY From the 1950s through the 90s, many of America's finest cartoonists and illustrators could be found in a comer of Connecticut, in Fairfield County. The son of one of them recalls the oddball fraternity behind Little Orphan Annie, Beetle Bailey, Prince Valiant, and more.

168 LA VIE EN ROSE

By ALEX WITCHEL For nearly 70 years, from a 1750 famihouse in Bedford, New York, La Cremaillere has delighted an epicurean elite. It has standards for its clientele as well as its cooking. Photographs by Jonathan Becker.

174 SHE'S GOTTA HAVE GRIT

At Vanity Fair's inaugural Founders Fair, last April, entrepreneurial women—including Tory Burch, Reese Witherspoon, and the co-chairs of the Women's March—talked about what it takes. Report by Emily Jane Fox. Photographs by Sharon Suh.

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78 BEHIND THE ISSUE A Hot Time in the Old Town

88 CONTRIBUTORS

92 EDITOR'S LETTER High Risk. Low Energy

108 LETTERS You'd Better Hustle

142 IN THE DETAILS Paul Bettany

247 PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE Ricky Gervais