Every year around this time, just before the Oscars, Vanity Fair unveils its annual Hollywood Issue and it can often be controversial for who is featured, who isn’t featured, who’s featured on the front and who lands on the folds, and that conversation can say more about Hollywood than the actual piece.
The Hollywood Issue front cover is typically a group shot, with four stars usually on the front page that opens to reveal the others on the second and third flaps. This year the magazine, for the first time ever, went with eight solo covers instead. The group shot is still there, but only inside the magazine. TheVanity Fair Hollywood Issue Class of 2022includes:
佩内洛普·克鲁兹（Penelope Cruz）
Benedict Cumberbatch
Idris Elba
Andrew Garfield
Nicole Kidman
Simu Liu
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Kristen Stewart
Since the issue just dropped this morning online and I’ve not yet had a chance to read through all eight profiles, let’s start with first impressions, starting with those for whom this is the first time – in particular Michaela Rodriguez who recently became the first trans actor to win a Golden Globe.
不用说，跨性别者并不经常出现在虚荣博览会的封面上，当然也不是在好莱坞较高的问题上。我很确定这可能只是跨性别演员第一次发表好莱坞问题，这就是为什么值得指出的原因。但是我也知道，即使这是一件好事，也会指出这一点本身很复杂，因为它也可以是其他形式。同时，还有其他事实是，封面上的其他七颗恒星都有各种机会，无论有没有好莱坞问题，甚至没有好莱坞的问题，甚至西苏·刘（Simu Liu）也是这种热量的新手。真正的进步不仅是在此封面上拥有MJ，而且是在未来还是不前进。姿势,this cover actually represents Hollywood, as it’s supposed to, with MJ being cast in leading roles.
Speaking of Simu, I mean we’ve been saying it for months now…what a year it’s been.
As just noted, Simu already has several projects lined up, building on the success ofShang-Chi.尽管如此，在好莱坞问题上看到一个东亚血统的人也很少见，也许不像MJ那样罕见，但很少见。毫无疑问，他以不止一种方式对此感到非常关注。他的最新Instagram帖子又是光着膀子，大声笑。这次是假的。而且他仍然是金发。
As for the others, we have multiple Oscar nominees here. In fact, a majority of the eight Hollywood Issue cover stars are fresh Oscar nominees: Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Kristen Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Andrew Garfield – that’s five out of the eight covers. And considering that this issue would have been planned well before the nominations were announced last week, Vanity Fair’s selection gamble clearly paid off.
While MJ and Simu are new to the VF thing, several others here are regulars. Off the top of my head, Idris, Kristen, and Penelope have all been featured in the Hollywood Issue before. Nicole, it feels like, is always part of it, which isn’t true, I know, but seeing here on the cover feels SO familiar. Which speaks to her consistent high quality of work but also to how homogenous the Hollywood Issue was in previous years.
That said, I do like how she’s been styled, naughty school uniform style (I’m telling you – this has been my style lane for months!), abs exposed, the shortest of skirts, socks pulled up, and an excellent choice in footwear: oxford slingbacks.
As for Kristen Stewart, I just quickly glanced at her profile, and what jumped out at me was the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle mention.
“Despite her obsessive research, Stewart didn’t become an expert on the contemporary royals and only watched snippets of the explosive Prince Harry and Meghan Markle interview with Oprah Winfrey. “It was almost too hot to touch in terms of how personal it was for me at that time,” she says. I ask her if it’s strange to think about Harry and Meghan living in California. As improbable as it seems, Stewart was unaware of their move. “That’s so funny. I wonder where,” she muses. Then she stops. “I’m no better than anyone! Of course I want to know.” Santa Barbara, I tell her. She nods approvingly. “That makes sense. It’s really nice up there.”
Do you buy that she didn’t know that Harry and Meghan had moved to California? I can’t decide because on the one hand… how could you not know? But on the other hand, she does get gossipy and wants to know where they’re living which is a different kind of tell.
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