Between Picasso and Matisse

Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were already at loggerheads when Gertrude Stein introduced them in 1906.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Feb 1, 2003
Length: 11 minutes (2,887 words)

Running with Suspenders

In his new memoir, My Remarkable Journey, the talk legend recalls how a favor from Jackie Gleason led to an unforgettable pair of nights with Frank Sinatra.

Author: Larry King
Source: Vanity Fair
Published: May 12, 2009
Length: 7 minutes (1,933 words)

Heads in the Sand

The so-called Sunni Awakening, in which American forces formed tactical alliances with local sheikhs, has been credited with dampening the insurgency in much of Iraq. But new evidence suggests that the Sunnis were offering the same deal as early as 2004—one that was eagerly embraced by commanders on the ground, but rejected out of hand at the highest levels of the Bush administration.

Author: David Rose
Source: Vanity Fair
Published: May 12, 2009
Length: 21 minutes (5,324 words)

Splendor in the Grit

If New York City were to slide back into the crumbling anarchy of the 1970s, as some fear, would that be so bad?

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Jun 28, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,517 words)

Anatomy of a Miracle

Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River last January, was justly celebrated for his skill and courage. Less has been revealed about other players in the drama: those enigmatic geese, the engines they struck, a pioneering French engineer, and an unsung hero—the Airbus A320 itself.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Jun 28, 2009
Length: 42 minutes (10,698 words)

The Jessica Question

Jessica Simpson is at the crossroads of Obscurity and Re-invention. What brought the 28-year-old pop star, now also the controversial girlfriend of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, to this moment?

Author: Rich Cohen
Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Jun 28, 2009
Length: 20 minutes (5,085 words)

Stealing Mona Lisa

The shocking theft of the Mona Lisa, in August 1911, appeared to have been solved 28 months later, when the painting was recovered.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: May 11, 2009
Length: 25 minutes (6,315 words)

Arianna’s Virtual Candidate

California congressman Michael Huffington is a man of no apparent convictions, except one: that he deserves to be president of the United States. But first the multimillionaire Republican is running for the Senate. Pulling the strings is his wife, socialite Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, the controversial author and New Age minister, who has a mysterious agenda of her own. The author lifts the curtain on their own private Oz.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Nov 1, 1994
Length: 34 minutes (8,668 words)