Who Would Cast Johnny Depp or Amber Heard Now?

In the days since Johnny Depp won his defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard, one question has gripped Hollywood onlookers and insiders alike: Can either actor’s career survive this sordid spectacle? The answer depends on whom you ask, as Joy Press found (with help from Anthony Breznican, Rebecca Ford, and Britt Hennemuth). “It just felt gross to watch because it’s none of my business, their marital issues are not my business,” one top film studio executive told V.F. “I think it’ll be a minute before we know whether or not people want to be in business with them, and whether or not the public will care, for that matter.” 

Elsewhere in HWD, Peyton Thomas chats with the iconoclastic comedy writer Julio Torres; Chris Murphy has a heart-to-heart with Fire Island star Bowen Yang; Julie Millertells the stranger-than-fiction story of Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy, who takes center stage in the latest episode of Gaslit; and Nicole Kidman swears she chose the memorable Miu Miu ensemble she sported on this year’s V.F. Hollywood Issue cover.

End of the Line?

“Johnny is part of a group of superstars that used to command these gigantic salaries. Any excuse Hollywood could use to not pay those figures, they’re gonna take it.”

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Being Julio Torres

The former SNL writer on his appropriately surreal children’s book, another season of Los Espookys, and the American Girl doll he identifies with most.

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Pride Month’s MVP

Bowen Yang goes deep on his journey from sketch-comedy star to the emotional core of Fire Island.

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Journey to the Dark Side

The endlessly fascinating but frightening Nixon loyalist G. Gordon Liddy takes center stage in Sunday’s episode of Gaslit, “Year of the Rat.”

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“No, No, I Like This One!”

Nicole Kidman told Baz Luhrmann she was “begging” to wear that Miu Miu outfit on the cover of V.F.

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