GEORGE CLOONEY, DANIEL CRAIG & MATT DAMON COVER "VANITY FAIR LEADING MEN ISSUE"

February 2011 Issue of Vanity Fair

Three of our favourites: George Clooney, Daniel Craig and Matt Damon cover February's Leading Men Issue of Vanity Fair, getting up close and personal, answering some random and intimate questions.

Clooney tells Vanity Fair that if he had a choice, he'd come back in his next life as his Dog, joking "My Dog, he lives better". Craig who admits to lying when answering Questionnaires, reveals what he's most proud of, answering back with a question, "Apart from my Penis and my Health?".  In true Gentleman form, Damon admits he's most proud of his Marriage.  He makes his Life Motto, "Don't be a Douchebag". Good words to live by and obviously the key to his success.

Annie Leibovitz photographs the Handsome Coverboys.

Click here to read more.  The Issue is in-stores tomorrow.

(Photo credit: Annie Leibovitz/Vanity Fair)

LADY GAGA ON JANUARY 2012 ISSUE OF "VANITY FAIR"

Lady Gaga on January 2012 issue of Vanity Fair

It was only a matter of time before she just revealed it all! Lady Gaga appears on the January issue of Vanity Fair (clothing optional), chatting with Lisa Robinson about Love and Marriage.  How fitting considering her next Single is in fact (silent pause) ...Marry the Night.  Nothing is unplanned with Gaga who truly puts her Career first before Romance revealing, "When I fight with someone I’m in a relationship with, I think, What would my fans think if they knew this was happening? How would they feel about my work and about me as a female if they knew I was allowing this to go on? And then I get out.".

The lovely Nicola Formichetti - whom I got to chat with recently - styled the Shoot, which was captured by the outstanding Annie Leibovitz.  Although you can't see it here, the Issue also has that much-talked about nude Portrait Session Gaga did with Tony Bennett.  Bennett has praised Gaga as being "the most creative person I've ever met".

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(Photo credit: Annie Leibovitz/Vanity Fair)

ANGELINA JOLIE HEADS BACK TO CAMBODIA FOR LOUIS VUITTON

Angelina Jolie for Louis Vuitton

While we're all waiting to see if her directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey will premiere at TIFF in September, Angelina Jolie, currently the face of Louis Vuitton, has the Fashion House follow her back to Cambodia where she reflects upon memories there while filming Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - the same country she found her eldest Son, Maddox.

Click here to watch Jolie reflect upon her experiences.  

Apparently she loves receiving Maps and Globes as gifts?  And her Children love eating Crickets?

(Photo credit: Annie Leibovitz/Louis Vuitton)

KATY PERRY COVERS JUNE 2011 ISSUE OF "VANITY FAIR" | PURR-FECT MOMENT WITH KATY PERRY CONTEST

Katy Perry on June 2011 issue of Vanity Fair

That's my Girl! Katy Perry gets the Annie Leibovitz treatment on the June 2011 issue of Vanity Fair, causing Boys and Girls around the World to become even more confused about their Sexual Orientations. You know you're truly a Pop Culture Icon when Leibovitz wants to take your Photograph and that Perry is.

Perry sits down with Lisa Robinson and talks about everything from her growing up in a Home where she couldn't even say "Dirt Devil" to her open and honest relationship with Husband Russell Brand, and even her experience with sleazy male Journalists.

Perry reveals that she thinks her first Single I Kissed a Girl served its purpose telling Robinson, “finally someone was singing about something that existed. But it really was [meant to be] fun; there was no agenda.” She admitted that she had to lie to a few “sleazy” male Journalists who made her feel uncomfortable, telling them that she had never in fact kissed a girl. The California Gurl elaborates, “So I said no, I hadn’t experienced it, even though I had, because I didn’t like where the guys were taking the interviews.”.

VANITY FAIR - HOLLYWOOD'S NEW "IT GIRLS"

.... and a warm welcome goes to Hollywood's newest batch of "It Girls".  These photos above, taken by Annie Leibowitz will be appearing in the March 2010 issue of Vanity Fair and Evgenia Peretz does a brief profile on each of these talented young actresses.

Sasha Stone at one of my favourite blogs Awards Daily, really nailed it on the head though - there are no minorities in this group of actresses.  The Huffington Post made a similar observation.  Is Hollywood really progressing enough to cast actors who are truly indicative of America's social reality?  Or has a wider ethnic spectrum of talent been excluded in this photo shoot?

Included in the group are:

• Carey Mulligan who is getting a lot of Oscar buzz for her breakthrough performance in An Education. I did have the opportunity to meet her last fall at TIFF and she is absolutely delightful.
• Kristen Stewart, star of Twilight and A New Moon.  Her next film in theatres this March is The Runaways, which has her playing rock legend Joan Jett.
• Amanda Seyfried, best known perhaps for her ability to predict weather with her boobs in Mean Girls and for starring alongside Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia.  I also got to meet her a TIFF this past September and she's another sweetheart. Her latest tear-jerker Dear John is also poised to debut big at the Box Office.
• Abbie Cornish, who is getting a bit of Oscar buzz for her turn in Bright Star.
• Rebecca Hall who gave us a wow one-two punch with strong performances in Woody Allen's Vicky Christina Barcelona and then Frost/Nixon.  Love her.
• Emma Stone who was hilarious in The House Bunny as a "sacrificed virgin" and also in Box Office champ Zombieland.
• Anna Kendrick, star of Twilight and Best Supporting Actress contender for her role alongside George Clooney in Up in the Air.  I was inches away from her at TIFF, but had no idea who she was at that point :(
• Evan Rachel Wood, who hasn't quite exceeded the promise she showed in Catherine Hardwicke's Thirteen, but is still undeniably one of the best in her generation.
• Mia Wasikowska, whom I have seen only briefly in failed Amelia Earheart biopic Amelia, but her upcoming starring role in Alice in Wonderland almost guarantees that she will be a big star.

Click here to read the rest of Peretz's write-up.  What I'm really excited to see though is Leibowitz's annual Oscar contender portraits, which will also be featured in the issue.