Contents

Vanities

15 / Opening Act

Catching up with actor Esther McGregor, who played Nicole Kidman's daughter and tattooed her real-life dad.

18 / Trending

Sharp suiting and more inspired by the Costume Institute's spring exhibition.

22 / Trending

Ethereal blooms in the spirit of Hilma af Klint's nature drawings.

23 / The Gallery

A playful twist on luxury leather: soft and tie-dyed.

24 / Books

A surprising new memoir from the front man of Blink-182.

26 / The Hive

Trump critics get creative.

27 / Art

For Rashid Johnson, a Guggenheim show offers the chance to reflect.

Columns

28 Working Through It

Vanity Fair's royals correspondent on facing her cancer diagnosiswhile reporting on similar health scares at the palace.

By Katie Nicholl

8 Editor's Letter

12 Contributors

88 Proust Questionnaire

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The May Issue /No. 768

Columns

30 The Barron Identity

The president's youngest son has long been the subject of MAGA projection. Now the real Barron Trump is starting to come into focus.

By Dan Adler

Features

34 United We Stan

The extremely smart— and extremely handsome— Sebastian Stan, a movie star for our moment.

By Anthony Breznican Photographs by Norman Jean Roy

50 Change Agent

At home with freshman senator Elissa Slotkin as she moves to the vanguard of the Democratic response to Trump.

By Marie Brenner Photographs by Frankie Alduino

56 Flight Risk

Exploding cargo. Hacked GPS. Fake coordinates. Inside the latest security threats in the skies.

ByJe^Wise Illustrations by Emiliano Ponzi

62 Roman Empire

With an eye toward Hollywood, the WWE star known as Roman Reigns wants to be the next The Rock—and he's acting accordingly. By TomKludt Photographs by Nick Riley Bentham

70 In Good Company

Jon Batiste, Jessica Chastain, Laura Linney, and other Juilliard alumni on their alma mater's commitment to go tuition-free.

By Chris Murphy Photograph by Ruven Afanador

74 Open Road

Meet the drivers of F1 Academy, the female future of competitive racing.

By Dan Adler Photograph by Mark Seliger