It was a riveting long weekend for text-based global dramas of the familial and foreign relations sorts.
First there was President Trump’s text to Norway’s prime minister about acquiring Greenland (but really about the Nobel Peace Prize), a message “so striking that some on social media doubted its authenticity,” as Vanity Fair’s Aidan McLaughlin writes. It was a swift escalation, even for Trump, and shook allies throughout Europe. Later he would share screenshots of a private message from French president Emmanuel Macron to Truth Social.
And then there was a bomb from Brooklyn Beckham, who outlined in his Instagram Stories exactly why he had fallen out with his parents, David and Victoria. Even after years of rumors, reading (in great detail) about his side of the story was surprising and brought up even more questions… (The wedding video, anyone?) If you missed it or do not care to squint through multiple screenshots, VF’s Clara Molot has got you covered.
Even with Monday’s holiday, the week has only just begun. What fresh dramas—big or small—are to come? |
LINDSEY UNDERWOOD,
SENIOR EDITOR |
On the eve of Davos, the annual gathering where world leaders and Loro-clad business titans plot the future of the free world, President Donald Trump lobbed a grenade: an angry text, sent to Norway’s prime minister, that ratcheted up tensions between the United States and Europe—while revealing the calculus driving Trump’s hostile campaign to acquire Greenland. |
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The eldest son of David and Victoria Beckham took to Instagram to speak out on his and his wife’s yearslong estrangement from his famous parents. |
Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, and Cate Blanchett all chose Valentino during awards season highs, cementing the designer as the “gentleman of the drop-dead entrances of the red carpet.” Here, a visual ode to the Italian couturier’s Hollywood moments. |
“Seeing how Timmy navigates in his work ethic, I think it’s really forced me to be very intentional with my moves and to critically think about every single aspect of the collection,” Doni Nahmias tells Vanity Fair ahead of his Paris Fashion Week show this week. |
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What we may think is the most interesting thing about fashion’s newest star often turns out not to be. Yes, she’s trans, but she’s more of a sample-size comedian and meme machine than anything else, and she doesn’t want her gender journey to define her: “When it comes to the imagery that I believe is going to further my community the most, it’s just about me being a human and me being a woman and not anything else,” Consani tells VF. |
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