Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…a total mess, and potentially the last hope for humanity. That’s the basic premise of Supergirl, the upcoming Superman brand extension starring Milly Alcock. At the tender age of 25, Alcock has already become one of the most familiar faces on the prestige-TV circuit, thanks to main roles in House of the Dragon and Sirens. She’s also played Supergirl, a.k.a. Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El, in a brief scene from last year’s franchise-rebooting Superman film. But anchoring her very own tentpole movie brings the Australian actor into a new echelon. She spoke frankly with our own Savannah Walsh about leveling up. |
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She rode dragons in Westeros and scammed Julianne Moore on Sirens. Now the Aussie is taking on a beloved comic book character: “I am aware that I am going to get comments,” she says. “But I can’t really stop them. I can only be myself.” |
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Earlier this month, three paintings—a Renoir, a Matisse, and a Cézanne—were stolen in minutes, and the news didn’t break for almost a week. Vanity Fair Italia took a trip to Villa Magnani in Traversetolo for reconnaissance. |
More than 15 years ago, TV exec David Levy had a bright idea: What if every NCAA tournament game could be available all at once? As he says in a new interview, it would prove to be “life changing for everybody.” |
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When the surrogate son—and alleged lover—of New York’s “jeweler to the stars” was involved in a brutal killing, some of the city’s rich and powerful were entangled in a tabloid drama of sex, drugs, and betrayal that landed three men behind bars. But what really happened the night of Joey Comunale’s murder? VF’s Christopher Bollen reports for the May 2020 issue. |
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