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We all know and love Harry Belafonte for his music. Who didn’t grow up singing “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)”? But the celebrated entertainer’s legacy is robust—and spans all sectors of culture. The Grammy and honorary Oscar winner was also an ardent civil rights activist and close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. One piece of Belafonte history I didn’t know until I read Joshua Jelly-Schapiro’s wonderful new book, Daylight Come: Harry Belafonte and the World He Made, is that, in 1968, he guest-hosted The Tonight Show. Read all about the historic week, and what would be King’s last televised interview, in today’s exclusive excerpt—also featuring a slew of other guests like Paul Newman and Robert F. Kennedy.

Elsewhere in Vanity Fair, Oprah Winfrey looks back at some of her most memorable onscreen moments. More tomorrow.

DANIELA TIJERINA,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR

From Day to Night: How Harry Belafonte Hosted a Historic Week of The Tonight Show

BY JOSHUA JELLY-SCHAPIRO

An exclusive excerpt from Daylight Come revisits Martin Luther King Jr.’s last televised interview, where Belafonte, sitting in for Johnny Carson, masterfully converged all corners of American culture, from Hollywood to Washington.

Scene Report

ART

The Hamptons Express Their Love for Art

BY VANESSA GRIGORIADIS

On Saturday, the “epicenter for the art world in the summer” held its annual gala, raising $1.7 million for programs that serve the whole Hamptons community.

Video

Oprah Winfrey’s Most Iconic Moments

BY VANITY FAIR

The queen of daytime television sits down with VF and revisits some of the highlights of her historic career. From “You get a car! You get a car! You get a car!” to asking Meghan Markle if she was “silent” or “silenced,” roll the tape on Winfrey’s unforgettable moments in her career—and pop culture.

If you haven’t gotten to the theater already, you odyssey what Samantha Morton does in Christopher Nolan’s new movie. Joking aside—the two-time Oscar nominee casts quite a spell as Circe, a pioneering misandrist witch with a penchant for forcing men to show their true nature. And believe it or not, the film pulled off her most gasp-inducing sequence without the use of computer-generated imagery. How? “That’s movie magic,” Morton tells VF’s Rebecca Ford, without giving away much more than that—besides implying that some sort of puppetry may have been involved. Maybe her reticence is for the best; who really wants a magician to give away their tricks?

Elsewhere, I analyze The Odyssey’s enormous opening weekend, while Dan Adler journeys to another mysterious faraway land (New Jersey) to report from the FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show. More tomorrow!

HILLARY BUSIS,
FEATURES EDITOR

Samantha Morton Says Making The Odyssey Was a “Religious” Experience

BY REBECCA FORD

The two-time Oscar nominee reveals the magic behind her scene-stealing Circe sequence, how grounded Zendaya is, and a take that made Christopher Nolan’s crew burst into applause.

An Epic Weekend

ENTERTAINMENT

FIFA’s First-Ever World Cup Halftime Show Was a True Spectacle

BY DAN ADLER

Justin Bieber headlined alongside Shakira, Burna Boy, BTS, and Madonna, marking the recent escalation of sports as a cultural behemoth.

HOLLYWOOD

The Odyssey’s Epic Box-Office Haul Breaks the “Go Woke, Go Broke” Myth

BY HILLARY BUSIS

Christopher Nolan’s film made over $264 million this weekend, once again proving flops like Ghostbusters and The Little Mermaid weren’t due to politics—and people will pay for a great yarn.

From the Archive

Meet Matt Damon

BY DAVID KAMP

In the December 1997 issue, David Kamp spoke to the then 27-year-old Matt Damon as his career was taking off following high-profile projects with Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting), Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan), and Francis Ford Coppola (The Rainmaker).