Here’s a feel-good story for your Monday: assholes aren’t being allowed to act like assholes in private clubs anymore. Or at least not at a certain few clubs, according to VF’s Hannah Seligson, who reports that members-only societies round the world are cracking down on bad behavior, from the tone and tenor of the way you complain to more audacious acts, like, apparently, stuffing staff members in lockers “as a joke.” (Forced to continue existing in the real world, these people will continue to show up, and show their asses, at airports and fine cocktail establishment near you. Alas.)
Meanwhile, Hannah Giorgis Yohannes has an interview with Sam Reid, the actor who is the latest man to play Ann Rice's beloved vampire Lestat. “There was a level at which I could be more chaotic, less controlled, and less of this sort of archetypal, seductive vampire figure, and more messy,” Reid tells Yohannes. Read on for more sanguine tales from the set.
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CLAIRE HOWORTH,
DEPUTY EDITOR
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Gatekeepers from Switzerland to Mexico have had it with their clientele’s entitled behavior: “Some behavior toward fellow human beings should simply never be dictated by someone’s wealth, or tolerated because of it.”
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SEX, BLOOD, AND ROCK AND ROLL
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BY HANNAH GIORGIS YOHANNES
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The newest incarnation of Anne Rice’s undead series draws on music to flesh out the vampire that Reid tells Vanity Fair is an “addictive” character, as Tom Cruise or Stuart Townsend might attest.
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Colbert may be over, but The Daily Show rolls on. VF talks to the show’s creators and stars about its longevity and influence.
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Republican Senator Lindsay Graham had been preparing for a midterm reelection campaign. After his death on July 11, national attention has fallen on Democratic pediatrician Annie Andrews.
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If you’ve been to Los Angeles, chances are you’ve seen the work of Paul R. Williams—a Black architect ahead of his time. As exhibits at the Getty, LACMA, and USC’s Fisher Museum of Art celebrate his work, his family, friends, and fans reflect on his influence on Beverly Hills and beyond.
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