Vanity Fair USA - Holiday 2020

108 Pages·2020·21.97 MB·English

BARACK OBAMA TALKS TO JESMYN WARD THE BATTLE OF BRITNEY SPEARS THE END OF CLINTONWORLD

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Contents / Issue No. 724

On the
Cover

40
In Colbert We Trust

BY JOE HAGAN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

In the face of the pandemic
and a contentious election,
Late Show host Stephen
Colbert leveled up,
transforming himself into
our national id—without
ever leaving his living room.
48
The Oracle of Brit

BY HAYLEY PHELAN

Britney Spears lives under a
conservatorship with little
control of her own life, and
the internet is not having
it. Welcome to #FreeBritney.

60
Gemma’s Gift

BY YOHANA DESTA
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
DJENEBA ADUAYOM

Gemma Chan delighted
fans in Crazy Rich Asians.
Now the star is set to shine
with roles opposite Meryl
Streep and Angelina Jolie.

66
And the Band
Played On

BY GABRIEL SHERMAN

For two decades, there
were few people Bill
Clinton trusted more than
Doug Band. Then came
the falling out. Inside the
end of Clintonworld.

The number of likes Britney Spears has received on her
now infamous “Call 911” conspiracy selfie. [P. 48]

IT’S BRITNEY

54
What Follows Hope

A CONVERSATION

Days after Joe Biden’s
election, National Book
Awards winner Jesmyn Ward
sat down with President
Barack Obama to talk
about his new memoir,
A Promised Land.

Stephen Colbert wears a coat by Phineas Cole at Paul Stuart;
shirt by Giorgio Armani. Hair products by R+Co. Grooming
products by Dior Homme. Hair by Jenna Robinson. Grooming
by Jesse Lindholm. Set design by Mary Howard. Sittings editor,
Antonia Xereas. Photographed exclusively for V.F. by Annie Leibovitz
at Hook Studio, in Brooklyn. For details, go to VF.com/credits.
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“Something funny
happens when
you’ve been at sea
for a few days.”

—GEMMA CHAN

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