10:23 am - 01/29/2013
Ben Affleck, Emma Stone, and Bradley Cooper on Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Cover
It’s one for the history books—more than 75 different stars were photographed for Vanity Fair’s 19th Hollywood Portfolio, shot by Bruce Weber as the famed photographer’s definitive tribute to the town. Enfolding Tom Hanks and Halle Berry, Amy Adams and Jonah Hill, Selena Gomez and Alan Arkin, Weber’s vision called for a variety of talent—of both the two- and four-legged variety. The cover: Ben Affleck and Bradley Cooper (impishly smiling in a bear suit and a gorilla costume, respectively) flank America’s sweetheart Emma Stone. Oscar winner Affleck cemented his status as Hollywood’s in-demand director with Argo, which received seven Academy Award nominations, including best picture, while Cooper’s Silver Linings Playbook received eight nominations, including Cooper’s first for best actor. Youngest-ever best-actress nominee Quvenzhané Wallis also appears on the cover gatefold along with Olivia Wilde, Kerry Washington, and Eddie Redmayne.
Weber’s wild(life) wit continues inside, as Les Misérables’ Redmayne and Bella Heathcote dance with a bear, tiger cubs make an appearance, and the most fawned-over participant in the whole production—Tai the elephant—mugs for the camera. Tai, who has her own IMDb page and several starring film credits, at one point walked through the soundstage at Hollywood Center Studios and began to perform some of her favorite tricks. Later that day she even gave Gomez a ride on her trunk.
Editor Graydon Carter wanted to do something different for the portfolio’s 19th year, so he called on Weber to create “Bruce Weber’s Adventures in Hollywood,” an ode to the city’s warmer side. Weber convened the shoots at various historic Hollywood locations—including back lots, soundstages, the Beverly Hills Hotel, Musso & Frank Grill, and the old Marion Davies estate. He shipped selected LPs and a portable record player to provide the right musical accompaniment for the assorted cast of Hollywood characters. When Weber was staging Quincy Jones and three of his beautiful daughters—Rashida, Kidada, and Kenya—Weber asked them to come up with a song they all knew so that they could sing together. Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” from the Thriller album, which Quincy produced, was their choice.
V.F. special correspondent Bob Colacello, who accompanied Weber on many of the shoots, observes that Bruce’s “magic kingdom . . . is more Cinecittà than Disney, a place where Old Hollywood glamour is filtered through the lens of postwar Italian neo-realism, and Norman Rockwell wholesomeness is given an antic Fellini edge.” Having spent decades watching the movie business, Weber finds the unexpected warmth among its stars. There’s an intimacy to these images that shows that Hollywood isn’t just about glamour. This year’s portfolio is a celebration of the friendships that thrive among the people who call it home.
Vanity Fair
I don't hate Emma Stone but why is she on the cover of practically everything?
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Ben Affleck, Emma Stone, and Bradley Cooper on Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Cover
It’s one for the history books—more than 75 different stars were photographed for Vanity Fair’s 19th Hollywood Portfolio, shot by Bruce Weber as the famed photographer’s definitive tribute to the town. Enfolding Tom Hanks and Halle Berry, Amy Adams and Jonah Hill, Selena Gomez and Alan Arkin, Weber’s vision called for a variety of talent—of both the two- and four-legged variety. The cover: Ben Affleck and Bradley Cooper (impishly smiling in a bear suit and a gorilla costume, respectively) flank America’s sweetheart Emma Stone. Oscar winner Affleck cemented his status as Hollywood’s in-demand director with Argo, which received seven Academy Award nominations, including best picture, while Cooper’s Silver Linings Playbook received eight nominations, including Cooper’s first for best actor. Youngest-ever best-actress nominee Quvenzhané Wallis also appears on the cover gatefold along with Olivia Wilde, Kerry Washington, and Eddie Redmayne.
Weber’s wild(life) wit continues inside, as Les Misérables’ Redmayne and Bella Heathcote dance with a bear, tiger cubs make an appearance, and the most fawned-over participant in the whole production—Tai the elephant—mugs for the camera. Tai, who has her own IMDb page and several starring film credits, at one point walked through the soundstage at Hollywood Center Studios and began to perform some of her favorite tricks. Later that day she even gave Gomez a ride on her trunk.
Editor Graydon Carter wanted to do something different for the portfolio’s 19th year, so he called on Weber to create “Bruce Weber’s Adventures in Hollywood,” an ode to the city’s warmer side. Weber convened the shoots at various historic Hollywood locations—including back lots, soundstages, the Beverly Hills Hotel, Musso & Frank Grill, and the old Marion Davies estate. He shipped selected LPs and a portable record player to provide the right musical accompaniment for the assorted cast of Hollywood characters. When Weber was staging Quincy Jones and three of his beautiful daughters—Rashida, Kidada, and Kenya—Weber asked them to come up with a song they all knew so that they could sing together. Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” from the Thriller album, which Quincy produced, was their choice.
V.F. special correspondent Bob Colacello, who accompanied Weber on many of the shoots, observes that Bruce’s “magic kingdom . . . is more Cinecittà than Disney, a place where Old Hollywood glamour is filtered through the lens of postwar Italian neo-realism, and Norman Rockwell wholesomeness is given an antic Fellini edge.” Having spent decades watching the movie business, Weber finds the unexpected warmth among its stars. There’s an intimacy to these images that shows that Hollywood isn’t just about glamour. This year’s portfolio is a celebration of the friendships that thrive among the people who call it home.
Vanity Fair
I don't hate Emma Stone but why is she on the cover of practically everything?
But Kerry Washington looks flawless as usual.
she is stunning in Scandal but she often looks bad in real life, especially with all the weight loss.
I miss chubby Kerry
Same.
Bloody hell, it's hard to find an old picture of Kerry Washington, but she looked better when she was thicka than a snicker. The weight loss makes her look gaunt, it's only her chipmuck cheeks (really sweet) and overbite that prevents her from looking ill. But it just means that she can't take a good picture like she used to. In some angles, she looks like a chimpmunk.
Or damn, she used to be a pear, but she's tiny now
Well, it's hard enough being a woman of colour in Hollywood, you can't be heavy too, I guess.
Edited at 2013-01-30 06:45 pm (UTC)
She looks so different, like another woman.
She has always been chubby,
I want her to be pregnant, so she can be chubby again
But she's whittled all that away here
Yeah, she looks thicker here in the arms and chest. That size was fine, but I guess not sample. With a pear shape (like she has), the bottom would be a size bigger than her top. With her wanting to fit into sample sizes (get an edgy wardrobe, build a profile) I can see why she'd feel the need to be on thisside of under weight.
I like your icon. Hey, can you tell me where I can find a stream for Scandal tomorrow? I'm in the UK and about six hours ahead of you lot!
Thanks for he explanation bu it is sad that she has to do that.
Thank you, I am in France and i have no idea where you can find a stream for Scandal.
she's lost soo much weight and looks really gaunt and people are like 'GORGEOUS'
Her wigs/weaves have been looking a mess too ...
I think shes a pretty girl but shes looked better
I feel like her stylists and people on shoots are always wanting to push edgy and risky on her, when she REALLY doesn't need all the bells and whistles.
Having said that, I actually really like the makeup-less pic of her from W that everyone bitched about.
This is her about ten pounds ago. Before she got the Scandal gig, she was small with a bit of hips, but her face was everything.
Man, for real. If I hadn't seen her in Last King of Scotland and I Hate My Wife (or whatever that Chris Rock movie was), you'd think that she was hatched in 2012 or something (her break out year - after been in the trenches for over a decade. Sobering). I can't find her older, thicker pics anywhere.
Edited at 2013-01-30 06:55 pm (UTC)
As long as she's happy and not having to do crazy thing to stay how she is now.