In sympathy with striking writers, Vanity Fair on Tuesday canceled its annual multimillion-dollar must-attend party. There are other parties, but this is the one Oscar-related trapping that has come to rival the main event for a cast of above-the-title stars, assorted billionaires and several hundred of their closest friends. The editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter, said on Tuesday that canceling was the right thing to do, whether or not there was a breakthrough in talks between the Writers Guild of America and production companies before the Oscar ceremony on Feb. 24. “A magazine like Vanity Fair is a group of writers and artists, and we are in solidarity with the writers and artists out there,” Mr. Carter said. “Whether the strike is over or not, there are a lot of bruised feelings. I don’t think it’s appropriate for a big magazine from the East to come in and pretend nothing happened.” [nyt]
Graydon's a good guy and an upright citizen, so it's not surprising he'd make this decision. There's always next year for partying...
Check out the latest "Hollywood" issue of Vanity Fair, which features a striking photo essay celebrating Hitchcock's most famous cinematic moments...
Renee Zellwegger as Kim Novak in Vertigo
ScarJo and Javier Bardem as Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window
Seth Rogan as Cary Grant in North by Northwest
Charlize Theron as Grace Kelly in Dial M for Murder
Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey, Jr. as Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief.
(My personal fave :)
Jodie Foster as Tippi Hedren in The Birds
Kiera Knightly and Jennifer Jason Leigh in Rebecca
Naomi Watts as Marnie
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4 comments:
Interesting pics. Thanks for sharing! As for Robert Downey Jr., I have always loved him -- I'd watch him read the phone book and be entertained and mesmerized.
ditto!
Cary Grant's got a gut!
Johnny
lofl. very poor choice for grant. why, pray tell, wasn't clooney selected...? who embodies the modern grant?
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