Interview

Film

Kristen Stewart

By Dennis Hopper
Photography Craig Mcdean

With the success of the vampire love story–thriller Twilight, 19-year-old Kristen Stewart has become one of the most talked-about, rumor-milled, paparazzi-chased, obsessed-over, and in-demand actresses in Hollywood. But the secret to her popularity right nowmay lie as much in what she is—a wizened character actor in a teenager’s body—as it does in what she isn’t. 

Film

Wes Anderson

By Arnaud Desplechin
Photography SØlve SundsbØ

Is he almost single-handedly keeping alive the spirit of the stylishly international cineaste
auteur? Or do his Quirky, ­Soulful, intricately art-directed films and custom-tailored corduroy suits just make it seem that way?

Film

Winona Ryder

By Stephen Mooallem
Photography Herb Ritts

How Winona Ryder overcame junior high school bullies, teenage rebellion, the controversy surrounding Heathers, overwhelming stardom, tabloid harassment, her breakup with Johnny Depp, suffocating mega-fame, wearing a corset, Gen X angst, the Hollywood machine, J.D. Salinger's cone of silence, the late '90s malaise, her fear of series television, and that time she got arrested and found a way to be free at last.

Culture

Mike Tyson

By ELVIS MITCHELL
Photography Grant Delin

Former champ Mike Tyson dismantled his own life with the same efficiency and brutality that he dispatched opponents in the boxing ring, first losing his heavyweight title, then his reputation and finally, his freedom. Now, he's on a quest to rehabilitate his tarnished legacy-and it's gearing up to be his biggest fight yet.