Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone
Thursday, October 22, 2026
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October 22, 2026 |
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“Jared Kushner’s hacked phone”? That’s an automatic click right there. Today, Matthew Cole brings us a doozy of an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East. His introduction sets the stakes: “In late spring 2020, a source I knew to be reliable called me with a story. The Dutch government had hacked into Jared Kushner’s phone and monitored him as he accessed a Dubai-based bank account. What was odd, the source said, was that the money in the account—hundreds of millions of dollars—had come from a bank in Azerbaijan. Most importantly, Kushner appeared to have transferred significant amounts of money from the Dubai account to other individuals, including a warlord, a mercenary, and a one-time hit man. The story sounded preposterous, I told my source. And yet.” Like I said—automatic click. Elsewhere, Natasha O’Neill breaks down precisely how a new adaptation of a beloved novel falters, and Natalie Wood’s daughter pushes back on the notion that her mother was a Hollywood cautionary tale, saying, “She had a wonderful life.” More tomorrow. |
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An exclusive excerpt from Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former senior adviser—to Israel, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. Read more |
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EXCERPT Sofia Franklyn Writes Candidly About Her Abortion: “This Is Hard for Me to Say Even Now” By Sofia Franklyn In an exclusive excerpt from her memoir, Daddy Issues, Franklyn, for the first time, publicly recounts having an abortion in 2023, three years after her departure from Call Her Daddy, and reflects on her fallout with Alex Cooper. Read more |
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HOLLYWOOD By Gustavo Egusquiza Natasha Gregson Wagner was 11 years old when her mother, Natalie Wood, died. Vanity Fair España spoke with her about the scent of gardenias from her childhood, a house that Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn used to visit, and why she refuses to let her mother’s story be told as a tragedy. Read more |
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HOLLYWOOD Gone Girls: Hollywood Is Purging Its Women Execs By Rebecca Ford Bela Bajaria, Pamela Abdy, and Cindy Holland are the latest to exit as mergers and layoffs reshape the studios, leaving few women with the power to greenlight a movie. Read more |
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TELEVISION So What Do We Want From a Glee Reboot? By Chris Murphy Ready or not, a Glee reboot is in the works at Disney+ and Hulu, with Lea Michele set to return. One VF staff writer breaks down what choices Ryan Murphy should make for Glee round two—and what it would behoove him to avoid. Read more |
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