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Wherever you fall on the destination-wedding debate I think it’s fair to say that if you show up to one, and the Jolly Roger is flying, it cannot auger good things. The pirate-flag cameo is just one of the many incredible details revealed this week in an excerpt of Hollywood Vampires by authors Kelly Loudenberg and Makiko Wholey, about the brief and disastrous marriage of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. It’s a summer read if ever there was one.

The Chaos Inside Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s Wedding

BY KELLY LOUDENBERG AND MAKIKO WHOLEY

“You don’t have to do it. Don’t do it.”

The Hollywood couple’s brief marriage led to a demolition derby of a trial. An insider’s report on the blessed day they wed.

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PUTTING DOWN THE DOGE

Surprise: The Government Is “Scrambling” to Rehire Workers Fired by DOGE

BY BESS LEVIN

“Notice of Reduction in Force (RIF) issued to you…is officially RESCINDED [and] you will not be separated from employment,” read one absurdly euphemistic email.

REUNITED

Jason Segel and Kristen Bell Will Always Remember Forgetting Sarah Marshall

BY REBECCA FORD

The stars reveal to VF how the 2008 comedy changed their careers, plus the sage advice Bell gave Segel during the shoot: “Close your legs. You don’t want people to see your dick looking like that.”

WHEN MEGALOMANIACS COLLIDE

Trump Threatens to Ditch His Tesla as War With Musk Goes Nuclear

BY ISSIE LAPOWSKY

What began as budget bickering has spiraled into a political cage match.

ON THE SCENE

Inside Vanity Fair and the Four Seasons’ 2nd-Annual Directors Dinner

BY ERIN VANDERHOOF

Amid the buzz of the 24th Tribeca Film Festival, Miley Cyrus toasted art with “pure heart and pure love” during an intimate dinner.

The Definitive Interview

Wes Anderson Explains Every Movie He’s Ever Made