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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Lara Olszowska

Vanity Fair's Barry Keoghan gimmick is so passé

Sex sells. We’re not sure Vanity Fair does at the moment. After Graydon Carter left as editor in 2017, the glossy has been sliding downhill. And never so obviously as in Academy Awards season. With Carter they had a perfect formula: a glamorous cover with the best A-listers, followed by the most exclusive party in town, the Oscars ceremony. In the latest cover, Vanity Fair plumped for a determinedly mixed bag of acting talent done up in suits and gowns (how radical!).

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