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Vogue stories: 38 news summaries

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 Old Boys' 
 Networks 
 No More: 
 TV's New 
 Female Stars 


Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Campbell Brown 'redefining broadcast careers'

Dec 17, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The world of television news can be a journalistic proving ground during tumultuous times, and three women have bubbled to the top of the white-guy-dominated realm. Vogue takes a look at one veteran and two up-and-comers who have caught the mag's eye:
  • Katie Couric—After months of ridicule and
... More »

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Katie Couric • MSNBC • Vogue • CNN • Election 2008 • news anchor • CBS Evening News • Rachel Maddow • Campbell Brown

OPINION

Why Are We Gaga Over Jen?

'Movie star' has nude pics, famous breakup, pithy quotes—but no blockbuster, uh, movies

Dec 17, 08 11:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston is everywhere. “Have you opened a paper or magazine in the last two weeks and not seen her? Did she finance Marley & Me herself?” asks Ken Levine on the Huffington Post. Even without a blockbuster to her name, the former Friend has become a bonafide movie... More »

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magazine • celebrity • Vogue • Jennifer Aniston • GQ

Crunch Puts Crimp in Luxury Ad Sales

As consumers budget, luxury brands slash promotional spending

Nov 24, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The echoes of the economic crisis continue to reverberate, with luxury brands trimming spending on newspaper and magazine ads as their target audiences cut back, reports the New York Times. Display advertising was already in decline, and spending on luxury items, which started softening in the spring, fell off... More »

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advertising • Vogue • luxury goods • auto industry • advertising budgets • Food & Wine • publishing industry • financial crisis

 Pitt 'Thrown' 
 by Jen's Dig, 
 Calls to Gripe 

Pitt and Jolie reportedly shocked by Aniston rehashing 'old wound'

Nov 13, 08 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston's candid Vogue interview and first public digs at Angelina Jolie are causing quite a stir—and Brad doesn't like it, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Pitt called Aniston to complain about the piece, though his ex-wife went out of her way to compliment him. Pitt and Jolie were “... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Hollywood • Brad Pitt • Vogue • Jennifer Aniston • celebrity divorces • celebrity marriage

Jennifer Calls Out Angelina for 'Uncool' Move

Aniston fires back at Jolie on affair with then-hubby Pitt

Nov 11, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Condemning Angelina Jolie’s actions as “very uncool,” Jennifer Aniston broke her years-long silence on the woman who stole husband Brad Pitt. The Vogue interview accompanies sultry photos of toned, tanned, swimsuited Aniston. She's “never been so honest or brave,” an insider tells the Daily Mail,... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • rivalry • celebrity • Vogue • Jennifer Aniston • celebrity tell-alls • celebrity divorces

 Downturn Hammers 
 Magazine Industry, Too 

Condé Nast, Time, McGraw-Hill cut jobs as ad dollars slow

Oct 31, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The economic downturn is taking its toll on magazines, forcing layoffs and budget cuts as publications face fewer advertising dollars, Women’s Wear Daily reports; the trouble is compounded as production costs soar while readers turn to the Internet. Magazine ad revenue fell 5% in the first three quarters of... More »

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New Yorker magazine • Vogue • Conde Nast • magazine industry • magazine publishing • McGraw-Hill • Portfolio

 'Really? This 
 Is My Life?': 
 Reese

Witherspoon talks romance, work, and fashion

Oct 15, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reese loves Paris, and Paris loves Reese. At a recent Vogue shoot, surrounded by fashion and fabulous views, Witherspoon charmed everyone in sight, Robert Sullivan writes. "Every once in a while you're hit with moments when you think, Really? This is my life? How lucky am I?" Witherspoon gushes.... More »

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fashion • Paris • Vogue • Jake Gyllenhaal • Reese Witherspoon • Nina Ricci • Ryan Phillippe

 Puck Pugilist's Vogue
 Gig Is Film Fodder 

Tough guy/fashionista Avery's stint at style mag generates romantic comedy

Sep 9, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Line Cinema will produce a romantic comedy based on hockey star Sean Avery’s summer internship at Vogue, the Hollywood Reporter notes. “I think it's great to be into something that you care about,” the fashion-savvy Avery said of his apparently odd choice of off-season employment.... More »

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fashion • NHL • New York Rangers • Vogue • New Line Cinema • Sean Avery • movies • biopic

Vogue's India Poverty Shoot Pits Couture vs. Culture

Mag touts barrier-breaking 'power of fashion;' 'downright distasteful,' others say

Sep 2, 08 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vogue India is taking heat for a haute couture fashion spread that uses poverty-ridden locals for models, the New York Times reports. A toothless, barefoot man holding a $200 Burberry umbrella and a rumpled baby in a $100 Fendi bib are just two examples that have irked some critics in... More »

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fashion • India • photography • Vogue • poverty • fashion designer • fashion industry

Only Black Is Beautiful in Italian Vogue

Thumbing nose at prejudice, mag uses only models of color

Jun 19, 08 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Black women spend $20 billion a year on clothes, but the fashion world still harbors a racial prejudice that keeps women of color out of the big glossies. Now noted photographer Steven Meisel has teamed with Italian Vogue to produce a special issue, in which all the models are black... More »

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fashion • Vogue • black women • Naomi Campbell • fashion industry • Steven Meisel • Iman

 10 Summer Intern Success Tips 

Keep your head down, follow orders, make some connections

Jun 10, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heads up, summer interns. Vogue passes along advice from fashion publishing, design, and PR insiders for making a shining impression (hint: It's not about you):
  1. Think creatively, dress conservatively: Leave the flip-flops at home.
  2. Don't play it too safe; a little flair shows the boss you have a
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fashion • list • Vogue • job interviews • office workers • etiquette

 Dior Vogue Shoot
 Is Cats Pajamas
 for Hello Kitty 

Cartoon figure to model with Galliano

Apr 21, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The newest icon to model the latest Dior designs is short, pudgy, and has stubby legs and facial hair. But that doesn't seem to bother Dior designer John Galliano, Reuters reports. The ubiquitous Japanese cartoon character Hello Kitty will be featured in the upcoming issue of Japanese Vogue—sporting new... More »

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fashion • Japan • Vogue • Christian Dior • Hello Kitty • John Galliano

 Paltrow Depression Confession 

Actress didn't realize it was post-baby blues until she got through it

Apr 17, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - News flash: Gwyneth Paltrow is human like everyone else. In the latest issue of Vogue, the Oscar-winning mother of two comes clean about her bout with depression after giving birth to her second child with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, E! online reports. More »

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post partum depression • celebrity • Vogue • Gwyneth Paltrow • Chris Martin

OPINION

 I See Sex, Not Racism 

The cover may be fraught with subtexts, but it is what it is

Apr 2, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last week's Vogue cover had "a lot of people, smart and dumb, losing their minds," writes Wesley Morris in Slate. Sure, Annie Leibovitz's shot may pander to the "ugliest racist tropes: black male as ape," with LeBron James as King Kong and Gisele Bundchen as... More »

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LeBron James • stereotypes • racism • Vogue • Gisele Bundchen • King Kong • Annie Leibovitz • Anna Wintour

COMMENTARY

Vogue Cover Stirs Up Race Controversy

Some say Liebovitz shot perpetuates stereotypes

Mar 26, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Vogue cover featuring NBA star LeBron James and supermodel Gisele Bundchen is stirring up a fuss, Dan Fleschner writes on an MSNBC blog. Some say the shot, by the legendary Annie Leibovitz, perpetuates racial stereotypes by portraying James in an aggressive "King Kong-like" pose, with Bundchen as the... More »

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NBA • race • LeBron James • stereotypes • Vogue • Gisele Bundchen • Annie Leibovitz

Vogue Editor Strikes Back
at Clinton

Wintour chides candidate for canceling magazine photo shoot

Jan 19, 08 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton apparently hasn't seen The Devil Wears Prada. Vogue editor Anna Wintour, reputedly the inspiration for the title character, tongue-lashes the presidential hopeful in the February issue for backing out of the cover shoot, Women’s Wear Daily reports. According to Wintour, Clinton "decided to... More »

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Hillary Clinton • fashion • Prada • Vogue • editor • Annie Leibovitz • Anna Wintour • Liz Smith • Conde Nast • snub

Just Call Her Queen of Style

'Glamorous' Elizabeth ranks with Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer

Nov 5, 07 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Queen Elizabeth's realm apparently includes the catwalk. The 81-year-old monarch is one of five women over 50 on Vogue's list of the world's 50 most glamorous women. Noted for conservative but vibrant apparel, the queen has drawn positive commentary from fashion icons like it-girl Agyness Deyn, who said of the... More »

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fashion • Queen Elizabeth II • list • Vogue • Kate Moss • supermodel

Vogue Says Models Are Back  

Vogue teaches Tyra Banks how to really spot the next top models among us.

Apr 30, 07 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vogue's May cover spotlights the next top models—real ones, not the reality-show variety—and makes the case that models with star quality are making a comeback. Jonathan Van Meter speculates that  our cultural obsession with warblers who can't sing and celebrities who can't behave is about to expire. More »

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entertainment • fashion • Doutzen • magazine • Tyra Banks • runway • model • Vogue

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