There’s a thin line between love and hate—especially, it seems, if you’re nominally a fan of any given musician, TV series, or celebrity. Yes, people have always done wild and sometimes dangerously violent things to express their big feelings about characters and celebrities; just ask Jodie Foster. But as Chris Murphy writes, several recent stories about bad fan behavior—diehards angrily targeting Noah Wyle because the doctor he plays on The Pitt is being mean to his coworkers; accusing Chappell Roan of hating children; and harassing so many girls in teenage actor Walker Scobell’s orbit that the Percy Jackson star has declared he can’t go to prom—make it seem as though things have gone too far. Can’t we all just get along, and leave our ire in the group chats where it belongs?
Elsewhere, Erin Vanderhoof reveals the cover of lifestyle creator Nara Smith’s new cookbook, while José Criales-Unzueta gets up close and personal with a pair of pop stars. More tomorrow! |
HILLARY BUSIS,
SENIOR EDITOR |
Relationships that used to be pleasantly parasocial have become borderline disturbing. Now this unbridled intensity is bleeding into other areas of culture, with alarming results. |
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In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, the newly minted author reveals her first cookbook and shares why she loves making grocery store favorites from scratch (really, she loves it!). |
The two pop divas talk to VF about their new joint hit, “She Did It Again,” which was born from a night out in London. |
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Seventy years ago, Miss Grace Kelly of Philadelphia and Hollywood, decked in diamonds and pearls and 320 yards of Valenciennes lace, became Her Serene Highness the Princess of Monaco. In the June 1989 issue, Judith Balaban Quine, one of Kelly’s bridesmaids, detailed the princess’s big day. |
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