Marco Rubio’s Bestie Is an Accused “Foreign Agent”—With Rubio on the Witness List
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
David Rivera and Marco Rubio came up in '90s Florida politics as a team. Rubio was the golden child, Rivera the "feared" and "consummate behind-the-scenes strategist," as one Rubio biographer put it. The two were close enough that they bought a house together in Tallahassee.
But Rubio's roommate became a headache when they both ran for higher office and Rivera became a scandal magnet. Now he's been indicted for acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Caracas after signing a $50 million contract with the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company.
Susie Wiles—the lobbyist turned White House chief of staff—also pops up in the caper, and so does former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. And there's one particularly big name on the trial's witness list: Rivera's old friend Marco Rubio. |
JACK HOLMES,
SENIOR EDITOR |
David Rivera and Rubio bought a house in Tallahassee when they were coming up together in Florida politics. But he's been a headache for the secretary of state ever since, and now he could be one for the Trump White House too. |
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Quite frankly, everyone needs to get a grip. |
A century-plus-old game has gotten a modern makeover and new burst of popularity, but is the future of American mah-jongg coming at the expense of its past? |
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With hundreds of nominations to her name, Meryl Streep has had plenty of time to perfect her public speaking skills. From the April 2017 issue, a look back at some memorable highlights from her four decades of awards-ceremony appearances. |
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An Oral History of the Vanity Fair Oscar Party
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Thirty-two years ago—almost to the day—Vanity Fair's former editor in chief Graydon Carter put on a tuxedo, popped half of a beta blocker, and took a shot of vodka. Then, he went down to Mortons restaurant in West Hollywood to greet guests arriving at the magazine's first annual Oscar party. "I was worried we'd fail," he said.
Carter is just one of the many people I interviewed for the oral history on how, exactly, VF's once humble(ish) dinner transformed into a marquee event, other than the Academy Awards themselves, on Oscars Sunday. You'll recognize many of the names—Gwyneth Paltrow, Lindsay Lohan, Bryan Lourd, Shonda Rhimes, Tom Ford, and Anjelica Huston all chimed in. Although perhaps no one did so as colorfully as Fran Lebowitz: "This dinner started at five in the afternoon. I said, 'Do you realize that we're each putting on $1 million worth of clothes to sit and watch television while we eat dinner?'" she told me frankly over the phone.
With all due respect to Lebowitz, the outfits are part of the fun. In anticipation of next weekend's legendary spectacle, we published fashionable odes to Kendall Jenner's and Julia Fox's Oscar Party looks, as well as took a look back at the best outfits of 2025's bash. In the words of Moira Rose, played by the late, great Catherine O'Hara: What's your favorite season? Awards! |
ELISE TAYLOR,
SENIOR WRITER |
From its beginnings at power restaurant Mortons all the way through its latest iteration at LACMA, here's how the Vanity Fair Oscar Party changed Hollywood, and how Hollywood changed the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. |
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BY MAGGIE COUGHLAN, KIA D. GOOSBY, AND MILES POPE |
From winners Mikey Madison to Adrien Brody to Zoe Saldaña, last year's star-packed carpet was another one for the books. |
The Uncut Gems star has never made an uninteresting choice for the bash. |
Leave it to the model to spin a classic look when it comes to dressing for the annual soiree. |
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From the March 2006 issue, Tom Ford presents the stars who have been catapulted to a new level in the sky and into our collective heaven. |
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