Contents Issue No. 711
Joaquin Phoenix wears a shirt and tie by Saint Laurent
by Anthony Vaccarello. Hair products by Kevin
Murphy. Grooming products by Beautycounter.
Grooming by David Cox. Set design by Marcs Goldberg.
Produced on location by Joy Asbury Productions.
Styled by Tom Guinness. Photographed exclusively
for V.F. by Ethan James Green in Beverly Hills.
For details, go to VF.com/credits.
On the
Cover
MONSTER HITS, INC.
How Pixar revived Disney (P. 130)
Features
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Fame & Phoenix
BY JOE HAGAN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
ETHAN JAMES GREEN
Joaquin Phoenix went dark—very
dark—as the troubled comic-book
villain in Joker. It just might earn
him an Oscar.
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112
Unsportsmanlike
Conduct
BY MAY JEONG
NFL owner Robert Kraft was charged
with soliciting a prostitute after
he visited a strip mall massage parlor.
Then the story got interesting.
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$7.4B
Price paid for
Pixar in 2006
Disney’s animated
box office since then
$16.9B
$
10 VANITY FAIR NOVEMBER 2019
HASAN MINHAJ’S SUIT BY DIOR MEN; SHIRT BY LOUIS VUITTON MEN’S; WATCH BY ROLEX. EMILY WEISS’S CLOTHING BY ISABEL MARANT; SHOES BY JACQUEMUS; BRACELETS BY CARTIER RIGHT AND SOPHIE BILLE BRAHE; RINGS BY MARLO LAZ RIGHT AND SOPHIE BILLE BRAHE. FOR DETAILS, GO TO VF.COM/CREDITS