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We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in profiles.

This week, we’re sharing stories from Allie Conti, Joe Sexton and Nate Schweber, Alexander Chee, Nell Scovell, and Bee Wilson.

How Southern California’s rich and famous tried to cheat to get their kids into college.

In Xi Jinping’s China, “tens of thousands of people have disappeared into the maw of the police state,” including global movie star Fan Bingbing.

At nearly age 70, Charles is the “longest-waiting heir apparent in history.”

The Parkland survivors are teaming up with urban youth dedicated to ending gun violence, united by Dr. Martin Luther King’s six principles of nonviolence.

This week, we’re sharing stories from C.J. Chivers, David Ewing Duncan, Steve Silberman, Anna Wiener, and David Marchese.

A clone is not a clone, it’s a twin born at a different time — one that is only ever about 85 percent the same as the original.

Lorena and John Wayne Bobbit’s famous castration story remains relevant twenty-five years after the incident, and just as painful.

Tim Berners-Lee: “For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it.”

Monica Lewinsky reframes her understanding of sexual consent as it applied to her relationship with Bill Clinton through the lens of the #MeToo moment.

This week, we’re sharing stories from Emily Chang, Kiera Feldman, Motoko Rich, David J. Unger, and Nicole Chung.

TL;DR: tech titans have a lot of sex and drug parties at which they disrupt conventional morality by… replicating conventional sexist, heteronormative behaviors. 

I mean, Condé Nast. Meet Condé Nast.

The editor is ending his quarter-century-long turn at the helm of Vanity Fair.

They seem to disappear when bad things are happening. And bad things are always happening.

The 1979 summer camp comedy was Bill Murray’s breakout film. It also almost didn’t happen.

This week, we’re sharing stories from Katherina Grace Thomas, James Lasdun, Kyle Chayka, Tay Wiles, and Buzz Bissinger.

This week, we’re sharing stories from Matthew Shaer, John Woodrow Cox, Bethany McLean, Robin Wright, and David Sedaris.

In 2016, Wells Fargo paid a $185 million fine for alleged fraud on its own customers without an admission of guilt. Has anything changed?

“Her infidelity was taking other authors’ books into bed with her,” says Nan and Gay Talese’s daughter, Pamela.

Last week, on February 18th, Norma McCorvey — aka “Jane Roe,” the plaintiff in the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court case that legalized abortion — passed away. Four years ago, in February, 2013, Vanity Fair published this fascinating profile of of her.

At Vanity Fair, Allen Salkin examines the downfall of Pure Food & Wine proprietor Sarma Melngailis. It all seems to stem from her involvement with Anthony Strangis, an ex-gambler she met on Twitter and then married, and whose alleged “coercive control” may have led the vegan icon and Wharton graduate to destroy her business and […]

The internal battles and the decisions Jon Stewart made after taking over The Daily Show from Craig Kilborn.

At Vanity Fair, David Kamp interviews Bruce Springsteen on his upbringing, depression, and the seeds of his upcoming book, ‘Born to Run.’

The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.

Sam Kashner delves into the mysterious world of Michelin stars in the new issue of Vanity Fair, talking to top chefs about what it takes to gain—and keep—the restaurant world’s highest honor. Although restaurant critics are often recognized, Michelin inspectors remain virtually unknown. Kashner spoke on the phone with one inspector (even he wasn’t allowed to know […]

In 2008, Vanity Fair published a story about a guitar salesman named Steven Schein, who found a photograph of Robert Johnson, the world’s most influential Bluesman, for sale on eBay for $25. The photo was mislabeled “Old Snapshot Blues Guitar B.B. King???”. Only two photos of Johnson had been publicly released. The article is about […]

In 1982 actor Paul Newman and his friend, writer A.E. Hotchner, started the Newman’s Own food company and made the decision to donate all profits to charity.

Rich Cohen in Vanity Fair, on the rise of True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto in Hollywood, the evolution of television writer as auteur, and the HBO crime drama’s second iteration set in Southern California.