It’s always a good time to revisit the wit and wisdom of Jane Fonda. But as Hadley Hall Meares’s deep dive into her 2005 memoir shows, even Jane Fonda wasn’t always Jane Fonda—or at least, not the self-assured, boldly confident feminist we think of her as being. In the book, Fonda charts how she spent years of her remarkable life trying to conform to the expectations of a variety of men—from Henry Fonda, her inscrutable father and fellow Oscar winner, to her three husbands, each of whom sought to control the free-spirited artist. Spoiler alert: they couldn’t.
Elsewhere, we’re cheering on Lindsey Vonn—who spoke exclusively to Vanity Fair after her heartbreaking 2026 Olympics crash—still dissecting the 2026 Oscars, and prepping for the finale of Love Story by revisiting Evgenia Peretz’s 1999 remembrance of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. More tomorrow! |
HILLARY BUSIS,
SENIOR EDITOR |
In her fascinating 2005 autobiography, My Life So Far, the Oscar-winning actor reveals herself to be a deep thinker with an investigator’s spirit, frequently quoting experts, professors, psychiatrists, and family members whom she has interviewed herself: “You don’t get real by playing it safe.” |
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As Vanity Fair can exclusively report, Trump’s Treasury Department plans to add his signature to all denominations of US dollar bills. |
“I don’t want people to hang on this crash and be remembered for that,” Vonn tells VF. “What I did before the Olympics has never been done before. I was number one in the standings. No one remembers that I was winning.” |
A closer look at how Jacob Elordi, Chase Infiniti, and Kate Hudson raised their profiles (even if they didn’t win trophies), and why Timothée Chalamet ended up going home empty-handed. |
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