Vanity Fair

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FINDING HER LUX • Actor and model LUX PASCAL had a thriving career in her native Chile—then left it all behind to pursue stardom in the US. As JOSÉ CRIALES-UNZUETA writes, her gambit’s paying off

HELLO, KITTY • When LENA DUNHAM moved to London, it was her growing posse of independent cats that gave her a reality check

IN HIGH STYLE • Want to do drugs but not so many drugs that you’re speaking in tongues during your 10 a.m. Zoom? Try microdosing—a more mindful experience designed to effect less perceptible changes in mood and behavior. (Changes so minor that studies of clinical trials have not shown microdosing of psychedelics to work any better than a placebo.) Some barely imbibed substances are supposed to boost spirits; others help users fit into their hipster-era skinny jeans. Curious—or confused? We’re not saying you should take any of these (our lawyers want us to make that very clear), but if you do, here’s our guide to the mostly illicit scene

THE GREAT COSMETIC UNDOING • Legions who flocked to dermatologists and plastic surgeons to be filled and plumped now seek to reverse their procedures. MARISA MELTZER surveys what they’re getting undone now

HEREBY BANNED • Gather ’round the watercooler, we’re talking about verbal tics that have outlived their moment. Cher is iconic; your bachelorette party was not. You ate your lunch, not your annual review. While “fetch” never happened, these expressions did—and now it’s time to file them far, far away

WE NOMINATE FOR OBLIVION: MERCURY IN RETROGRADE • What does it actually mean, and why is everybody so weird about it? HILLARY BUSIS considers this celestial nonsense

THE VANCES: BIRTH CHART • With their marriage under a microscope, the second couple may find solace in the stars. With a little help from astrologically minded friends, ELISE TAYLOR charts the course of their compatibility

FAMILIAR SIGNS • Three other Leo-Capricorn couples and one could-be friendship

THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK • Television and AM radio used to mint Republican stars, but today’s right wing wields power behind mics and ring lights. JOSHUA RIVERA charts the YouTubers, podcasters, and TikTok creators who carry ideological talking points from the fringes to the White House itself

For the Sake of Argument • Charlie Kirk did it. So did Mehdi Hasan and Candace Owens. Why are the internet’s loudest voices making videos for Jubilee Media? CHRIS MURPHY looks inside a controversial internet success story

You Bet Your Life • Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket entice enterprising nerds to make (and lose) fortunes by wagering on everything from politics to the weather. ZOË BERNARD explains why they’re unstoppable—and only getting more powerful

The Overlord’s Underdog • Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman in their Silicon Valley battle royal stands Marc Tober off, a Malibu lawyer who’d rather be a movie producer—if only his name didn’t send some studio brass into fits. TOM DOTAN sits down with the ultimate Hollywood litigator

With Love, MARGARET • Margaret Qualley has made her own name in the family business, thanks to breakout roles in Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood and The Substance. Now, with The Dog Stars on the horizon, she presides over an adoring corner of the internet, where the fandom fawns over everything from her marriage to Jack Antonoff to the slight gap between her teeth. But she didn’t really want to talk...