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Guardian: Vanity's fair, life's not
Published 7/11/2008 by brian (bbrooks@indiewire.com) at indieWIRE: Buzz / Rumors
... If you look back and count, Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue cover stars have 83 Oscar nominations and 23 Oscars to their names. Ellen E Jones reports on the "curse" of the Hollywood issue. ...

Vanity Fair’s New Wave (same as the old Wave)
Published 7/13/2008 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
“New” wave?  I don’t think so.  If anything, it is woefully old fashioned.  If you look at this magazine cover you might be inclined to think, well, this is just the way it is in Hollywood, 2008. But is it really?   Hm.  This could be a premature mediajaculation, if you ask me, so why not show some diversity?   Oh right, it doesn’t sell. Meanwhile, the Guardian (via Indiewire) goes down VF Hollywood issue history to see how right or wrong they have been over the years.