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Josh Duboff
Josh Duboff is a VF.com senior writer, based in New York, who covers entertainment and culture. He writes an "Imagined Celebrity Connections" column every Friday. He's also the writer/director of a web series, Twenty Five. (Photo by Justin Bishop.)
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News
Leaving CNN Was How I Found My Voice
Former anchor Brooke Baldwin exited the network after 13 years not because of Trump coverage or pandemic chaos, but because of something far more ordinary—and insidious.
By Brooke Baldwin
Politics
Fox News One Day Away From Likening the Trump Trial to the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
According to Jesse Watters, Donald Trump is being frozen “to death” and treated like a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay.
By Bess Levin
Celebrity
Maya Rudolph’s Parents Are Entertainment Legends, But “There Was No Direct Line” to Making It Big
“They were musicians,” she said, explaining that despite her parents’ success, she didn’t get a leg up. “They weren't actors.”
By Kase Wickman
Television
Baby Reindeer’s Creator and Star Is Begging You to Stop Looking For His Abuser
Comedian Richard Gadd has called out fan “speculation” around the real people who inspired the characters in his hit Netflix series: “That’s not the point of our show.”
By Chris Murphy
Hollywood
Will Shōgun Get a Season Two?
It’s unclear whether the hit FX limited series based on James Clavell’s 1975 novel will receive another season: “It’s not like a normal TV series,” showrunner Justin Marks has said.
By Chris Murphy
Royals
Kate Middleton Makes Her Return to Instagram to Celebrate Prince Louis’s Birthday
On the youngest member of the Wales family’s sixth birthday, the princess has returned to Instagram with an unedited photo.
By Erin Vanderhoof
Celebrity
Kayla Nicole, Travis Kelce’s Ex-Girlfriend, Has Reached Her “Breaking Point”
“Would love for ‘yall’ (because you know exactly who you are) to leave me alone,” she tweeted Thursday ahead of Taylor Swift’s album release.
By Kase Wickman
Politics
Defendant Trump Is Not Helping Candidate Trump
The former president came off looking sad, old, and tired during his criminal trial—and it’s only just getting started.
By Molly Jong-Fast
Hollywood
Hollywood’s First “Black Singing Cowboy,” Herb Jeffries, Would Have Loved Beyoncé
The jazz vocalist turned movie star, who starred in Harlem on the Prairie in 1937, refused to be fenced in.
By Greer Sinclair
Business
Inside the Brutal Business Practices of Amazon—And How It Became “Too Toxic to Touch”
In an interview with Vanity Fair, reporter Dana Mattioli reveals how the company systematically stifles criticism, squeezes out competitors, and even pits its own employees against one another. “People tend not to last,” she says, “because it’s very aggressive and it can be bruising.”
By Jack McCordick