Inside the Murdoch Dynasty’s Final Moments |
In early December 2023, Rupert Murdoch unilaterally altered an irrevocable family trust to install his son Lachlan as his successor. Murdoch’s other adult children from his first two marriages—Prudence, Elisabeth, and James—sued to block the change. The lawsuit set up the final courtroom battle in a long-waged war to decide, once and for all, who would control his empire following his death. In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Bonfire of the Murdochs, Murdochologist and VF special correspondent Gabriel Sherman reports how Rupert divided and conquered his children—a stranger-than-fiction tale that wouldn’t be out of place Sunday nights on HBO.
Elsewhere in HWD, Savannah Walsh chats with the creator of Tell Me Lies and a resurgent Lucy Liu; Erin Vanderhoof explores why one of The Pitt’s main cast members is absent from season two; and photographer German Larkin gives us an exclusive look inside the Golden Globes. |
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