| MATTHEW LYNCH,
EXECUTIVE EDITOR |
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Some time in the last decade or so, a lack of shame became a proper commodity. Or perhaps it’s always been one, it just feels more acute in the age of the front-facing camera. But don’t just take a random magazine newsletter editor’s word for it, here’s Mitchell Jackson, the en-vogue PR guru to the canceled, and those constantly flirting with cancelation, laying it out for VF’s Natalie Korach today: “You’ll never starve in America if you’re shameless. Only prideful people starve.” If that sounds vaguely enlightened, it also comes from an avowed messaholic whose clients include Candace Owens, Brett Cooper, Adam22, and Caroline Calloway. Korach’s profile of Jackson takes readers to the front line of taste and helps describe how that line keeps shifting. Enjoy.
Elsewhere today, Keziah Weir talks to Amy Odell, whose new biography of Gwyneth Paltrow definitely has some things to say about celebrity PR as well; Eric Lutz speaks to Senator Elizabeth Warren about the fight to regulate crypto; and, speaking of mess, Anthony Breznican delves into the backstory of the strangest comic book movie of all time. More tomorrow… |
Being in front of the camera, and the subject of a story, is uncomfortable for Mitchell Jackson. A self-described “interloper,” the 33-year-old PR pro is accustomed to working behind the scenes on behalf of high-profile (and frequently shit-stirring) clients like Candace Owens. “I gravitate toward clientele that have something to say because otherwise I’d be bored,” Jackson tells VF’s Natalie Korach, adding, “The idea of working with Pod Save America makes me want to gouge my eyes out.”
Korach chats with the journalist turned publicist about controversies and cancel culture. |
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In the early ’90s, Roger Corman made a low-budget Fantastic Four film that was never released. Its misled castmates reveal how Marvel finally welcomed them back into the superhero family. |
In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, the progressive stalwart sounds off on Trump’s crypto moves and his focus on the Fed—instead of “the Epstein files.” |
VF Hollywood correspondent David Canfield had an exclusive look at the sweeping, decades-spanning historical drama starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor. |
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In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, Amy Odell, the author of Gwyneth, gives the behind-the-scenes details on her explosive deep dive, from how Paltrow fits into the MAHA-sphere, to interactions with Goop PR, and whether there’s a line she wouldn’t cross when writing about a celebrity.
At its crux, “I wanted to know if Gwyneth really believed in the things that she was publishing and selling,” Odell says. |
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