Vogue Editors' Favorite Culture Moments of 2025 | PLUS Dario Vitale Exits Versace

Summary

The Run-Through with Vogue

Episode: Vogue Editors' Favorite Culture Moments of 2025 & Dario Vitale Exits Versace
Date: December 5, 2025
Hosts: Chloe Malle (CM), Taylor Antrim (TA), Marlee Marius (MM), and others

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on Vogue editors discussing their favorite cultural moments from 2025, including movies, television, music, books, theater, viral trends, and memorable news in fashion. The episode is also marked by breaking news about Dario Vitale's surprising exit from Versace following the Prada Group’s acquisition, and offers inside commentary on marquee events like the innovative Chanel subway show in New York. Throughout, the trio—Chloe, Taylor, and Marlee—are joined by other Vogue contributors who share their own highlights, providing a rich panorama of the year in global culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Breaking Fashion News: Dario Vitale Exits Versace

• Dramatic surprise: During a Vogue staff meeting, news broke that Dario Vitale, the first non-family member to helm Versace after recently replacing Donatella, was out. This follows Prada Group’s $1.25 billion acquisition of Versace.
  • Quote (CM, 02:54): “This has been a gasp moment for a lot of us who found it really rejuvenating and exciting for the brand. But on we go.”
  • It was described as a “media impression winner” moment, highlighting the volatility and drama in fashion leadership this year.

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2. The Chanel Subway Show: The Ultimate Fashion Play

• Chanel’s latest show, directed by Matthieu Blazy, took place in an abandoned subway station on Kenmare Street, NYC.

  • Quote (CM, 04:35): “The media impression winner of the week was Matheiu Blazy’s Chanel show in the abandoned subway station… he’s really establishing himself as unparalleled at combining showmanship with savoir faire.”

• Guest celebrity attendance: Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Romy Mars, Christine Baranski.

• Pop cultural immersion: The invitation was a Chanel subway car necklace, after-party with NYC pretzels, subway pillars painted Chanel red.

  • Quote (MM, 07:00): “There was such a sense of theater with that show…such an exciting and cool thing to be present for.”

• Lauren Sherman wrote that the event "touches every step of the pyramid in terms of luxury, from the couture client to the Gen Z-er who sees it on Instagram and buys the lipstick.”

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3. Awards & Fashion Moments

• British Fashion Awards: Model of the Year to Anok Yai; Designer of the Year to Jonathan Anderson; Sarah Burton (British womenswear) and Grace Wales Bonner (menswear).
• U.S. Gotham Awards kicked off award season.
• Style moments: Rihanna (in Balenciaga and ASAP in Chanel), Teyana Taylor, Jesse Buckley, Kristen Stewart all made waves with standout red carpet moments.

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4. Favorite Films of 2025

[Segment begins ~11:00]

Editor Picks

• ‘Sentimental Value’ (dir. Joachim Trier), starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, and Elle Fanning. Top favorite for many Vogue film editors.
  • Quote (Radhika Seth, 11:03): “It’s just so beautiful. I think I’ve seen it twice now and just bawled like a baby both times...”
• ‘The Voice of Hindra Job’: A moving portrayal of a girl’s survival under fire in Gaza.
• ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’: Animated action with a major cross-demographic following.
  • Quote (CM, 22:22): “It has a fan in everyone.”

Roundtable Reactions

• 2025 seen as a good but challenging film year—strong movies that risk being overlooked due to box office struggles.
• Other notable films:
  • ‘Sorry, Baby’: Small summer favorite.
  • ‘Train Dreams’: “Beautiful, but underseen” (TA, 13:14).
  • ‘Hamnet’ (dir. Chloe Zhao): Emotional period piece, Oscar-worthy performances.
    • Quote (TA, 16:13): “It’s certainly one of the best movies of the year…You walk out of that movie just thinking that you’ve had an experience.”
  • ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’: Experimental period drama starring Amanda Seyfried.
    • Quote (TA, 18:17): “A reminder to me of why I love going to movies…It's so creative…totally intoxicated by this movie."
  • ‘Marty Supreme’: Star turn for Timothée Chalamet in Josh Safdie’s ping-pong sports drama.
    • Quote (MM, 19:47): “So full throttle. He sells what the stakes are.”
  • Oscar buzz toggle: Leo vs. Timothée for Best Actor.

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5. Television Highlights

[Segment begins ~23:00]

Editor Picks

• ‘Adolescence’: Netflix series about a school-age murder, radically explores gendered violence and online misogyny.
  • Quote (Daisy Jones, 23:03): “It really hit a nerve globally…every conversation seemed to involve—‘Have you seen Adolescence?’”
• ‘Mirror and the Light’ (Wolf Hall sequel): Celebrated return of Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis as Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII.
• ‘Four Seasons’: Ensemble comedy remake about adult friendships, Tina Fey and Will Forte headline.
• ‘Too Much’: Zillennial-focused cultural hit, starring Will Sharpe and Meg Stalter, celebrated for “dreamy sad boy energy.”
  • Quote (MM, 27:37): “This was the year of the zillennial…as a cusper myself, I was feeling so seen by both.”
• ‘Showgirl’: Taylor Swift’s life-adjacent drama, spawned “Showgirl culture.”
• Looking forward: Anticipation for Industry S4 and “life of a showgirl” returns in 2026.

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6. The Year in Music

[Segment begins ~29:00]

Staff Picks & Notable Albums

• Erika De Casier — ‘Lifetime’: Trip-hop inspired, chill listening.
• PinkPantheress — ‘Fancy That’ & ‘Fancy Some More’ (remix album)
• Rosalía — ‘Lux’: Operatic pop that blends classical elements.
  • Quote (Liam Hess, 29:53): “It’s an extraordinary and totally singular album…It still broke Spotify records.”
• Jane Remover — ‘Revenge Seekers’: Electronic, chaotic, “noisy and great” (TA, 31:19).
• Nourished by Time — ‘The Passionate Ones’
• Lorde — ‘Virgin’: Visually striking, “earthy and corporeal,” Grammy-snubbed.
• Steve Lacy — ‘Nice Shoes’: Anticipated pre-album single.
• Glaive — ‘Y’all’: Hyperpop for the younger set (TA, 34:25).

Additional Notes:

• Lily Allen’s candid new album about her marriage to David Harbour drew massive conversation:
  • Quote (MM, 35:33): “She’s giving really honest, really charismatic interviews…It connected with so many people. I think she's quite taken aback.”
• Hosts discuss Spotify “listening age” trends among Vogue staffers, playfully comparing generations’ music habits.

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7. Books Corner

[Segment begins ~37:15]

Staff Favorites

• ‘The Uncollected Stories of Mavis Gallant’
• John Robb — ‘Live Forever: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Oasis’
• Notable memoirs: Barry Diller, Graydon Carter, Keith McNally (“summer of Lauren Sanchez”).
• Lily King — ‘Hart the Lover’
• ‘Empire of the Elite’ (about Conde Nast)
• Allegra Goodman — ‘Isola’: 16th-century literary adventure, “read like a page turner.”
• Martin Cruz Smith — ‘Hotel Ukraine’: Final book in Arkady Renko series, made poignant by its author’s struggle with Parkinson’s, which he wove into his protagonist.

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8. Broadway & Theater Highlights

[Segment begins ~42:07]

• ‘Floyd Collins’: Adam Guettel music, Jeremy Jordan, Lizzie McAlpine.
  • Quote (MM, 42:40): “Quite a lot of yodeling in that score…That was a production not enough people saw.”
• ‘Old Friends’: Sondheim review starring Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga—“for the true heads.”
• ‘Ragtime’: Joshua Henry, Nichelle Lewis, “opening number is insane.”
• ‘We Had a World’: Joshua Harmon’s play with Joanna Gleason—“sweet small show, very New Yorky.”

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9. Cultural Obsessions & Notable Losses

[Segment begins ~45:51]

• Remembering influential figures lost in 2025: Tom Stoppard, Diane Keaton, Brian Wilson, David Lynch, D’Angelo, Robert Redford, Rachel Redford.
• Schadenfreude & Moments of Collective Fixation: The Louvre heist, Coldplay Kiss Cam, “Liz Anusszigate”—noting the public’s obsession with scandal and downfall.
• Frick Museum’s reopening as a banner art event.

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10. Viral & Pop Culture Trends

[Segment begins ~50:33]

• Smashing Pumpkin Smoothie at Erewhon: Honorable mention for the most “Goth” $20 LA wellness product (Laia Garcia Furtado, 50:40).
• Jeremy Allen White’s Farmers Market flower hauls inspire celebrity imitators (Hannah Jackson, 51:08).
• Wimbledon’s Jannik Sinner victory: A national moment for Italy and “great beauty moment” (Francesca Ragazzi, 52:13).
• Rihanna’s third pregnancy revealed at the Met Gala (Christian Allaire, 53:20).
• Sarah Pigeon’s ‘Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’ transformation and resurgence of ‘90s chunky highlights (Margaret Mbuba, 53:49).

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11. Looking Ahead to 2026

[48:33 & 48:47]

• Anticipation for:
  • ‘Industry’ Season 4
  • Live-action ‘He-Man’ movie – “Arthur and I are so excited about this!” (CM, 48:51)
  • ‘Murder, She Wrote’ reboot starring Jamie Lee Curtis
  • Waste Man (prison drama with David Jonsson and Tom Blythe)
  • ‘People We Meet on Vacation’ adaptation (Tom Blythe)
  • Zootopia 2 (CM, 49:13): “Sorry guys, I’m going to be totally unreachable. I’m walking into Zootopia 2 in IMAX…”

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• "Change is the constant this year, huh?" – TA on industry shakeups (03:44)
• "It’s certainly one of the best movies of the year. You walk out of that movie just thinking that you’ve had an experience." – TA on ‘Hamnet’ (16:14)
• "This was the year of the zillennial…as a cusper myself, I was feeling so seen." – MM on TV’s generational focus (27:37)
• "She’s giving really honest, really charismatic interviews. It connected with so many people…I think she’s quite taken aback by the way this album has been received." – MM on Lily Allen’s comeback (35:33)
• "A trend that I'm noticing this season … is layering. People are wearing skirts over pants and button-downs on top of button-downs with a sweater on top of that, and a scarf on top." – Arden Fanning Andrews, on 2025 fashion (36:32)
• "We all love a red hat…for the imaginary of our country. That was incredible." – Francesca Ragazzi on Sinner’s Wimbledon win (53:16)
• "I was able to get a hold of Brad Johns, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s colorist…so coming soon: chunky highlights!" – Margaret Mbuba, on 90s hair (54:42)

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Useful Timestamps

• Dario Vitale Exits Versace: 2:54–4:14
• Chanel Subway Show Deep Dive: 4:14–7:43
• Oscars Buzz, Best Films: 11:03–22:58
• Best TV Shows: 23:03–28:28
• Best Music: 29:17–36:18
• Books Corner: 37:15–41:57
• Broadway & Theater: 42:07–45:51
• Culture Obsessions & Losses: 45:51–48:33
• 2026 Anticipation: 48:33–50:26
• Editors’ Pop Culture Picks: 50:26–55:03

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Tone & Style

The episode is witty, bustling, and conversational—often self-referential and playful. The hosts channel the energy of friends recounting the year’s “best ofs” at a lively dinner, riffing on each other’s choices, with occasional light teasing and plenty of Vogue insider charm. Their blend of serious culture criticism, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and knowing asides creates an accessible yet distinctly fashionable vibe.

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For Listeners: Why This Episode Matters

Whether you missed this year’s culture headlines, want movie/TV/music/book recommendations, or crave insider perspective on the fashion world’s seismic shifts, The Run-Through’s year-end episode is an immersive, entertaining, and comprehensive guide to the zeitgeist of 2025.

Transcript

[A]

This episode of the Run through is brought to you by ebay. I'm Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue's beauty editor at large. Gifting is my love language. I'm scrolling ebay all year long and building up a watch list. This year I'm looking at a lot of vintage belts and designer scarves. And now rather than just putting things on the watch list, it's my time to actually check out. It's about just like making my holiday gift shopping a little bit easier. It's always an ebay holiday.

[B]

This is the run through. I'm Chloe Mel and I have my beloved colleagues Taylor Antrim, deputy editor at Vogue.

[C]

Hello.

[B]

I wasn't done yet. And Marlee Marius, features editor at Vogue, here in the studio with me. Hi, guys.

[D]

Hi.

[A]

Hi.

[B]

It's that time of year where we do our year end lists and today on the POD we love a list, we are sharing our picks for our favorite culture moments of 2025. The year is so long. It's been about this. It's crazy that Pope Leo was this year.

[D]

That's where you start. Pope Leo. That sounds like the distant past to you? That's funny.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

No, that's true.

[C]

No, I agree. And also like the Louvre heist, already that feels old.

[B]

Okay, well, that was very reasonable.

[C]

That was reason why, like October, it's. It's December already. Things are flying. Things are flying.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

But before we get into that, this has been a big week. Lot of events happening, a lot of, A lot of moving and shaking.

[D]

A week like this is why the year feels so long. Because it's packed.

[B]

So true.

[D]

Tell everyone where you were yesterday.

[B]

I was in Paris for the last three days, which Taylor's extremely bitter about, even though I was there for work.

[D]

I just thought you could have gotten back more quickly.

[C]

It felt long because we felt her absence. That's why we're turning this into a sweet spilling round.

[B]

So I got in at 4pm Taylor felt that it should have been a direct to office commute.

[D]

I mean, Anna, I don't think anyone flew in from London, went to the Chanel show, which we're going to talk about, and then got to the office for meetings at 4:30.

[C]

I recall you being like, why did she do that?

[D]

Yes, yes. I'm spinning it more positively for our listenership because we were all like, my goodness, that's quite a lot.

[C]

A long day.

[D]

A long day.

[C]

A long day.

[D]

Yeah. For all of us.

[B]

Well, I went to Paris with some members of our commercial team for some important meetings and it was Honestly, any European city around the holidays is just a delight. We love a crisp chill with a shimmering white holiday light in Marley's face right now.

[D]

Oh, my God. So the Paris report is positive.

[B]

I had a souffle. I had crepes. And you're responding to, like, every text.

[C]

Message in French, which I thought was funny.

[B]

Thank you so much. Thank you.

[D]

Yeah, you've got the French keyboard loaded alongside the English keyboard. Yeah, totally.

[C]

So true. I like the role there in so many ways. So it was amazing.

[B]

Big news yesterday. We were in our daily standup meeting and Laia Garcia Furtado gasped, and then Nicole Phelps ran out of the room and we found out that Dario Vitale was exiting Versace. This comes quick on the heels of the Prada group's acquisition of Versace for 1.25 billion. Lucy Maguire wrote in our Vogue business article that Vitaly was hired in March right before the Prada group sale was announced. So replacing. He was replacing Donatella as the first non family member to helm the brand. And there really was a lot of excitement and goodwill around his first show. So this has been a gasp moment for a lot of us who found it really rejuvenating and exciting for the brand. But on we go.

[D]

Change changes the constant this year, huh? Yeah, no, but it was before. You make fun of me for saying that. I mean, it is sort of exciting to be in a editors like dash out of the room to cover breaking news. It was really great. It was really great.

[B]

And then I liked how grumpy Nicole was about it.

[D]

She was like, yeah, totally, totally. She's like, laia, come with me.

And you were like, back to some more visual ideas around paper doll making.

[B]

But yes. So that was big Versace news. But I have to say, the real. I don't know, isn't there some thing that tracks like media impressions? Like the media impression winner of the week was macho blase Chanel show in the abandoned subway station on Kenmar Street. I really.

[A]

He is.

[B]

He's really establishing himself as unparalleled at combining showmanship with savoir faire. He's just.

[C]

So true.

[D]

I mean, the people who were there were great. It seemed like insane.

[B]

Such a good mix of.

[D]

Such a good mix.

[B]

Iconic New Yorkers from Scorsese to Sofia Coppola and Romy Mars to Christine Baranski. I mean, it was really who you wanted to be there.

Our intrepid global director of social media, Samantha Sussman, gathered reactions after the show from Kristen Stewart and friend of the pod Rose Byrne, among others.

We are on a abandoned subway cart.

[A]

In the subway downtown on the Bowery.

[C]

It's extraordinary. Yeah.

[B]

Just having finished seeing the Chanel show.

[D]

I got my mind blown just now.

[C]

And so it's. I need a little bit of processing time to put this into words. But, like, if this show and the kind of energy behind it and how the variation in selves that were present, just the. How dynamic the representation was. And I don't mean that like, oh.

[D]

There'S an androgyny and an ease to the close.

[C]

Energetically, it felt like a loud. And it felt loud, and it didn't feel careful, and it felt like, I.

[A]

Don'T know, maybe that Matthieu loves women.

[C]

I just have felt, like, full of love. And I was like. I mean, it was.

I'm so blown away.

[B]

The show itself was just a delight and put on beautifully. And then at the after party, they had New York pretzels and interlocking, and the invitation was a little subway car necklace with a Chanel newspaper. I mean, they really do the soup to New York nuts.

Programming.

[C]

Totally.

[B]

And I think that was like the ultimate playbook on how to dominate the media sphere. And Lauren Sherman actually wrote, I thought smartly about how it really touches every step of the pyramid in terms of luxury, from the couture client to the Gen Z er who sees it on Instagram and then is inspired to buy the lipstick because they painted the pillars of the subway station the exact Chanel red. I mean, they were really. No stone is left unturned.

[C]

Yeah. No. And it was. Even seeing, I mean, you know, I don't know, fashion show clips on Instagram. I don't know. They always translate, and they're not always that sort of inspiring or immersive. But it was such a sense of theater with that show. Like, that was dominating. And it really seemed like such an exciting and cool thing to be present for. And again, such an amazing group of people, like.

[B]

And not. I mean, it's not the first time someone has used a subway station. Like, Tom Ford showed his show in that abandoned subway station in that exact location.

[C]

The Runway, the cars for that show.

[B]

Yes. Which is cool.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. I was wondering about the rodent situation.

[C]

But we talked about that in the office, and no one really had an answer. Chanel magic. Chanel magic down there.

[D]

Well, Chloe Shama said her comment in the office this morning was that she won. She wanted Chanel to be hired by the city of New York to clean up the entire subway system because her experience commuting to work was very different from what she was seeing at the Chanel subway show. I also have to point out that Anna was so proud of herself for having spent the afternoon in the subways is what she told me. I was like, okay. And it was pouring down rain outside and Virginia Smith came in and proudly showed off how the bottoms of her sort of very chic trousers were like soaked and oh, wow, that's like in.

[B]

Pride and prejudice where they disdain Eliza Bennet for coming in with Walker. 6 inches de of mud on her skirt. Virginia. So similar to a life bedding, right?

[D]

That was the scene here in Vogue hq.

[B]

Two months from now, Blase will show his next collection for the house haute couture back in Paris. But on Monday, the day before Chanel were the British fashion awards with Anaki eye receiving the model of the year award at Royal Albert Hall. And Jonathan Anderson won designer of the year. Sarah Burton won British women's wear designer of the year. She had qu chic gaggle of stars with her. Grace Wales Bonner won menswear designer of the year. The vanguard award was for Dilara, who we all love. I loved seeing what our colleagues Choma and Vogue Italia's Francesca Ragazzi were wearing and their cute little getting ready together moment. And yeah, that same night in New York were the Gotham awards beginning of award season. It's true kicks off.

And I do think that fashion wise, Rihanna and asap. Rihanna and Balenciaga, asap. And Chanel was a big moment and there were a lot of Chanel moments. Jesse Buckley, Teyana Taylor, Kristen Stewart. Teyana Taylor has looked so fab.

[C]

This the most charismatic person, the chicest person.

[B]

It's crazy, it's unreal. We Stan Tiana, we really do.

Okay, that is it for headlines. The run through will be right back with our favorite culture moments of the year.

[A]

It's my favorite time of the year because I love gifting, but I also love getting gifts. And I mean, who doesn't at this point? Everyone knows that I actually do want something found on ebay and my husband really cracked that code last year. He did a scavenger hunt around our house. And at the end of each hint was an ebay gift card. And I'm still using them. I got some vintage guess jeans. I got a white Margiela jumpsuit, a YSL blazer, this really cool Vogue magazine Paris tee with shoulder pads and then some mew meo crystal jeweled heels. I really needed those. So Treasure Hunt Part 2. Welcome to 2025 my eBay watch list at the ready and it's time to check out.

[B]

And we're back. One of my favorite things that we do in this episode every year is hearing from other Vogue editors about their top moments to include in our conversation. Let's start with films.

[A]

Hi, I'm Radhika Seth, film and culture editor at British Vogue, and my absolute favorite film of 2025 was Sentimental Value. It's the Joaquin Trier family drama starring Renata Reinzver from the Worst Person in the World, which is a film that I also love so much. And also Stellan Skarsgrd and Elle Fanning, and it's just so beautiful. And I think I've seen it twice now and I've just bored like a baby both times. And I know it's a film I'll see many more times in the coming years. I'd also love to give a shout out to two other films that I loved this year. One is the Voice of Hindra Job, which is a story set in Gaza, telling the true story of a little girl who was caught under fire in Gaza City. It's really powerful and everyone should see.

[C]

It in the cinema.

[A]

And also another film which is K Pop Demon Hunters, which I am totally obsessed with. And if you somehow still haven't seen it on Netflix, you need to correct that right now.

[C]

Chloe and I actually talked to Renata Rheinzva about Sentimental Value. It was really a lovely conversation, really ran the gamut. And yeah, that was. We. That's certainly a movie that I think we hope will be in the Oscar conversation.

[D]

I think it certainly will. I mean, it really is my favorite movie of the year, I think.

[B]

I know. I asked a friend this morning because I was sort of crowdsourcing for people to remind me of culture moments from earlier in the year. And a friend was like, sorry, Baby was my favorite movie, but I know that it will be replaced by Sentimental Value. I do feel like there's a very similar Venn diagram overlap for those two and I feel the same way about the two of them.

[C]

I know. And also Sorry Baby feels like it came out such a long time ago.

[B]

Such a long time ago.

[C]

Because, I mean, it was like a summer movie, but that's the kind of thing that it's small enough that it could be overlooked. Although we've seen Ava Victor around, which is good. Like they were at the Gotham Awards looking very chic. So, like, hopefully we see more of them.

[B]

But we'll see Ava in her Loewe moment is really working for Me, Yeah, I agree. The Wevey era, I think it was.

[D]

A good year for movies. There's been some writing about it how like it's been a tough year for the box office and like a lot of things were overlooked. And that's always true. And there's definitely some smaller movies like you mentioned. Sorry, baby. You know, like Train Dreams is out on Netflix right now. A really beautiful movie that I'm not sure anyone is really seeing.

[C]

And so starry. I'm sorry, Train Dreams is quite starry.

[D]

Joel Edgerton, I mean, he's the man. He's so good.

[C]

Harry Condon, Wessel Jones.

[D]

Anyway, seek out that movie and like smaller movies like Lurker from the Summer I really liked. You know, like there were some strong movies this year, but I think the big ones are really quite. Are coming clear. You know, we mentioned one battle after another. There's sentimental value. One that I think is actually going to be really big is coming out on Christmas Day. Christmas Day is stacked.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Isn't that always the case?

[D]

Yeah, yeah. This year.

[B]

And I guess it's often like Star wars and this year is like good movies.

[D]

Well, this.

One could argue that the Star wars option this year, the really like, crowd pleasing, you know, movie is the one that I want to stand for right now, which is Song Song Blue. I've mentioned it on this podcast. I did not know that's what Taylor sings.

[B]

Song Blue. This movie, Marley's face right now.

[C]

You haven't seen it.

[D]

You haven't seen it.

[B]

So we're seeing it together tomorrow at 9am Don't.

[D]

I know. It'll be my second viewing.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

Have fun, guys. Really enjoy that.

[D]

It is Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman plays. It's a true story about a Neil diamond impersonator in the 90s. And it's just, it's directed by Craig Brewer, who's the director who did Hustle and Flow. And I think Craig Brewer is a secret weapon and like a really good director and I think he's the reason this movie works so well.

[B]

All right, Marlee, I haven't seen Hamnet yet, but I want to know, is it. Someone wrote a review that was like, Hamnet is just grief porn and I want to know if that's a take.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You agree with that or. Nicole Phelps is like, I've never heard her so rhapsodic about a film. She was moved so deeply by it.

[D]

Yeah. Raul Martinez told me that he was sobbing so hard, people were asking him if he was okay.

[C]

After it. I know. I mean, it's very intense. I was moved by it in a positive way. I was like, these performances are amazing. Paul Mescal's amazing in it. Jessie Buckley's amazing in it. The young actor who plays who's in that film is extraordinary, and I have lots of questions about him, but it is intense. I could imagine that. The emotionality of it rubbing people the wrong way, for sure. But it's also quite beautifully shot. So I. And I was.

[B]

I liked her story about the costumes.

[C]

It's. Yes. I mean, they were so detailed. Also, the production design was, like, so meticulous. Like, there was a lot of. There was obviously a lot of thought and a lot of heart that went into making this, like, really intense, really dramatic movie. But I do hope that a lot of people see it, because it's worth it.

[D]

It's gonna be interesting to me because Hamnet, which is directed by Chloe Zhao.

[C]

Yes.

[D]

You know, is this kind of like. You know, it's certainly one of the best movies of the year. I don't think there's any debate about that, calling it grief porn or whatever, you know, is a take. But I think that it's sort of unanimous that this is one of the best movies of the year. However, there are these other two, like, very entertaining movies, One Battle After Another. And Marty supreme, which I finally got to see and is, like, so fun and moves so quickly. And I really think it's gonna be interesting to see if people go with the movies that are kind of like a fun hang like those, or the movie that is, like, really great art in a way, which is maybe the Hamnet argument, where everything is so meticulously done, the performances are so great. There's hardly a criticism that you could throw at it. I thought the first hour was a little slow of Hamnet, but the second hour is so overwhelming and so well done that you walk out of that movie just thinking that you've had an experience.

[C]

Yes. And the closing set piece. Yeah. It really does feel like you're experiencing something quite special and quite unusual and very theatrical.

[D]

You kind of have to see it, I think.

[C]

Yeah, I agree.

[D]

Can we talk about the testament of Ann Lee?

[C]

This is another Christmas movie.

[D]

I know.

[B]

Also in England, 100 years later.

[C]

Totally.

[D]

Sorry, what?

[B]

100 years after Hamlet is mid-1600s and this is mid-1700s.

[D]

Oh, you're right. We've moved forward in time.

To the 18th century and the Shaker movement. Right.

[C]

Yes, that. And I feel like that's an interest, that movie's an interesting mix of being sort of like period drama, but also like weird and funky. You know what I mean?

[D]

Anne Lee you're talking about.

[B]

Yeah, I loved Anne Lee.

[D]

Yeah, I did, too. I mean, the experience I had going to the Testament of Ann Lee, which is directed by Mona Fasvold, who's the partner of Brady Courbet, who was.

[B]

Which we're not just mentioning that because she's a woman and a partner of someone more famous.

[D]

Not at all. They're collaborators. They collaborated on the Brutalists and they collaborated on this film.

[B]

But apparently they take. They alternate who directs each year because they have a young daughter. And I find that very inspiring.

[D]

I think these two movies are really interesting to watch side by side of the two. I actually prefer. I know. Very Long Day of the two. I preferred the Testimony of Ann Lee. I would say that the first hour of this movie is like. It was a reminder to me of why I like going to movies and sitting in a movie theater and letting something sort of wash over me. Because it's so creative. It moves in so many interesting ways. The use of song and dance and movement and acting and story. I just was, like, totally intoxicated by this movie. I think it's good all the way through. I would say the first hour is unbeatable. And it stars Amanda Seyfried. And I just thought to myself, I have never seen an actor transform like this. I knew that she was a good actress. There was the. Well, I should know.

[C]

It was Elizabeth Holmes.

[D]

There was the Elizabeth Holmes show that she was in that she got a lot of great plaudits for. But this performance is really something else.

So Testament of Van Lee, I think is going to be. I hope it gets nominated for a Golden Globe, because I think it is really one of the best movies of the year.

[B]

I agree.

[C]

I also want to say the opening titles of that movie are really cool. Do you remember them?

[D]

Super cool.

[C]

They're, like, really graphic. It's like, interesting typography going on. I mean, I know that's actually something that the Brutalist also had. Just, like, really interesting things.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

I loved the way they were using sort of like text shakery intro text and cutouts.

[D]

Okay. I mentioned Marty supreme, but I do think this is the other Christmas movie that is just gonna dominate. And, you know, Timothy is unstoppable at this point. That performance is so full throttle. Yeah, it's incredible.

[C]

It's really appealing. It's really endearing. Cause I feel like that's a character that could Be extremely annoying in a lot of ways. And I feel like he sells what's. He sells what the stakes are. He like sells that personality. It works.

[D]

And he's just extremely watchable.

[C]

I mean. Yeah, he is.

[D]

This is the Josh Safdie movie, of course, and it's got a million people in it. Gwyneth Paltrow's in this movie. Tyler, the creator, is in this movie. He's so good in this movie.

[B]

We love Odessa.

[D]

Fran Drescher has like a Sandra Bernhardt. It's like a reminder of what a movie star does, which is that he's just so watchable. Like you don't really get tired of watching him. I admit I got a little fatigued with the movie. It's really long. It's long.

[C]

It is. It's like almost three hours.

[D]

And it has the beats of a sports movie, which is what you want. There's like a ping pong.

[B]

Yeah, I don't want three hours of sports.

[D]

Well, no, but I mean a rousing sports movie. There's like a final battle. Ping pong battle, which is kind of great. But that all made it feel maybe slightly more on the shallower side to me. But I think one of the really sort of fascinating storylines around award season is whether it's going to go the best actor award is likely to go to Leo for one battle or Timothy for our Scream. And I think that's. That's a big matchup and I can't actually say which way it's gonna go. I know, but both those guys are so watchable and so fun in two respective very entertaining movies.

[B]

I do think for awards season and I feel like not Begonia feels like a long time ago, but I do feel like they're just extremely career defining performances by certain actresses. Jessie Buckley, Amanda Seyfried, Emma Stone. And it'll be very interesting to see how that pans out because I think all three are really.

[C]

And Jennifer Lawrence.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I'd like to speak up for Die My Love. That movie is cool. I love that movie.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, I will. I did not see it, but it's been amazing to see her on the scene being charismatic, just kind of being back in the mix in a way that we haven't seen her in a second.

[D]

Yeah, I'll be pulling for her. I think Jessie Buckley's gonna win everything. But I think that Jennifer Lawrence is worthy of all the recognition for that movie.

[C]

A proper movie star. We love her.

[D]

Proper movie star, Yeah.

[B]

I also would like to speak up for the masses and the youth.

[C]

Oh, God, cannot wait to see where this is going. Please.

[B]

K Pop demon hunters. Big moment in my household.

[D]

Taylor loves K Pop.

[B]

You know what's amazing? Yeah, it really has. It's like has a fan in everyone.

[D]

Oh, Jesus.

[C]

That's amazing.

[B]

It's incredible. I was on the A train last week and there was an older businessman reading the Financial Times, but I was next to him and I could hear him playing Golden. It was crazy. It is for all of us. It is for ALICE Albert at 3 years old and this Financial Times reading man.

[D]

I was gonna say Vogue editor has babies once falls in love with animated movie.

No, I actually really respect this movie too. I think this movie is good.

[C]

It is.

[B]

It's very engaging. We're very pro that in my household.

All right, on to next best TV of the year.

Hi, I'm Daisy Jones, acting news and features editor at British Vogue. And I think the best TV show of the year was by far Adolescence, which came out on Netflix back in March. I'm sure I'm not the only person to say that that was their favorite TV show of the year. I feel like it really hit a nerve globally and got everyone talking. There was a time when I feel like no conversation was complete without someone asking if they'd seen adolescence and what do they think about adolescence. And yeah, it's been a long time since I've been so gripped by a TV show.

[C]

I feel like I sat and watched.

[B]

It in one sitting, even though it took about four or five hours and didn't look away. I didn't look at my phone, which is always a good indicator that something's like really engaging. But if you haven't seen it, adolescence is broadly about a 13 year old boy called Jamie who's arrested for the murder of his classmate Katie. And it follows the investigation. It's four episodes, but it's actually much more about gendered violence, the radicalization of young men, and what happens when online misogyny spills out into real life, which it does, and it will continue to do so unless something's done about it. I feel like it's a subject that's very pertinent to the times we're living in.

And adolescence explored these themes in a really sort of nuanced and intelligent way, I thought, which is a real feat to pull off. I think Adolescence was not for moi.

[D]

You tried it?

[B]

No, but I just know it's not for moi.

[D]

Oh, okay. Did you watch Adolescence?

[C]

No.

[D]

I mean, adolescence is like one of those experiences you have to have if you follow TV this year. I mean, speak for yourself. It was a little tough for me too, but I was kind of caught up in it with everyone else.

[C]

You know, it generated a lot of important discourse, meaningful discourse. All the attention that it got seemed really well deserved and really powerful.

[D]

It's extremely well done and well acted.

[C]

Like that actor Owen Cooper seems like a star and I feel like he'll be around a long time. Totally.

[B]

We're gonna see more of Owen.

[D]

But can I stand up for the show that I thought was the best of the year and came out a million years ago, which was in March of 2025. But that was the Wolf hall sequel, Mirror in the Light, which I thought was so good. And Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance going toe to as Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII is just TV magic. It's so great. And so I actually didn't think it was a super, super strong year for tv. I did think it was a good year for movies, but for tv, I found myself kind of like watching things and being like, okay, this is all right, but not amazing. And when I thought back to what I really enjoyed, start to finish, it was Wolf hall, that show, so great. And Damian Lewis, his delivery of lines like, I remember him in Homeland, and he could play like a, you know, a terrorist mole, but he can also deliver lines with such precision the way well trained Shakespearean actors can. And I never tired of watching him as basically a psychopath as Henry viii. He's great. So check out Mirror in the Light.

[C]

I will say that tonally, extremely different, but one of my. I can be quite bad about keeping up with tv, but one series that I was so enthralled by was four seasons. It was Tina Fey and.

[B]

Oh, and Coleman.

[C]

Yes, Coleman, the pod. Tina Fey was in it. Will Forte, Carrie, Kenny Silver. It was a big cast and it was a remake of this, of a movie directed by Alvin Alda in, I think the 80s.

[A]

Say more.

[D]

We have reached Marley Kaur on the pod.

[C]

I mean, like just a great comedy about people in their 40s and 50s reconnecting, talking about health, talking about divorce, talking about friendship. It was so funny. The cast was one actress in it. Erika Henningsen was also in oh, God, Just in time on Broadway. She had a big spring with Jonathan Groff, another friend of the pod. So that was one of my favorite sort of comedies, but also with dramatic moments like we love sort of an adult comedy. That's what I'd call it on Netflix. Still there. Check it out.

[D]

The other one I Felt like everyone was watching and discussing whether or not they liked it was.

Too much.

[C]

And how'd you feel about Taylor?

[D]

Too much was not for me.

[B]

I think it was too much for you.

[D]

It was too much and not enough for me. But I think that, yeah, I respected it.

[B]

I thought it was fun. I think it spoke to a moment the same way that I love LA did. It was like really encapsulating a certain segment of.

[C]

This was the year of the zillennial in many ways, which I identify with.

[B]

You heard it here first. Marla Marius.

[C]

As a cusper myself, I was feeling so seen by both. I mean, honestly, I really did love too much and will sharp in it. Like dreamy, dreamy, dreamy, dreamy, dreamy, dreamy, dreamy, dreamy, dreamy, dreamy, sad boy energy. Just incredible things happening over there. So that was huge. And we love Meg Stalter. A star so charismatic, so fun and just again, Lena Dunham. Love forever. Most important voice of a generation forever.

[D]

I mean, can we also just say that we are all looking forward to January 2026 and the return of industry.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[D]

Which is. Season four is coming. It is. I've seen the first two episodes and they are mega, Mega.

[C]

I've seen the first three. Give me more, give me more.

[B]

Oh, no, I want to see the first three.

[D]

You maybe need to see the previous seasons or.

[B]

I did. I did.

[C]

You meanie.

[B]

Speaking of things with followings, Showgirl. Life of a showgirl.

[C]

Oh, I just.

[B]

It was a big deal. A big. A Taylor release is a big deal. And I do feel like it became showgirl culture for sure.

[C]

I learned that my mom is a Taylor Swift fan. Didn't know that.

[B]

Oh, I thought you were saying a showgirl.

[C]

No, she did want to be a dancer, but that's another story.

[B]

A dance.

[C]

She wanted me to dance on Broadway. But yeah, she was like, oh, I love this album. I was like, oh, okay.

[B]

The more, you know, Ruth surprises us. She returns.

[C]

She really, really. Oh, my God. She's gonna love this.

[B]

She's gonna love this. Can't wait to hear more of what Ruth Marius has been listening to.

First, let's hear from our colleagues with the best taste in music.

[A]

I'm Chelsea. I'm a producer on the run through with Vogue this year. I could not stop listening to Erica De Cassier's new album. It's like very trip hop inspired. I feel like I'm a huge Estero fan, so it was totally up my alley. The name of the album is Lifetime. It's gorgeous. I recommend that everyone listen to it. I also had so much fun listening to Pink Panthers new album is called Fancy that. And then the remix album, Fancy Some More is honestly even better. I love the remix with Blade. It's really fun.

[D]

Hi, I'm Liam Hess, Vogue's senior lifestyle editor. And my culture highlight of 2025 would definitely have to be Rosalia's album Lux, which came out in November.

[C]

It's this kind of operatic epic about spirituality and romance. And I remember just sitting on my.

[D]

First listen with my headphones on and. And being totally blown away by it.

[C]

And I've had it on repeat ever since. I know it's been heaped with plenty of praise, but I just really do.

[D]

Think it's an extraordinary and totally singular album and also just a huge risk.

[C]

Melding those classical elements with pop and dance music. It could have been so cheesy, it.

[D]

Could have gone so wrong. But her taste level is just impeccable.

[C]

And she completely pulled it off.

[D]

And. And I also just think it's so cool that someone who is really at.

[C]

The height of her success with this.

[D]

Enormous global following is still willing to do something that really defies everyone's expectations. And it still broke Spotify Records. I think I just hope that it encourages more musicians at her level to.

[C]

Really swing for the fences in the same way.

[D]

I'm glad we heard from Liam, who really does have the best taste in music on the staff.

[C]

I agree and does a lot of great interviews with musicians that I've never heard of in my entire life.

[D]

Speaking of which, my favorite album of the year is one that Liam did an interview with. And that would be Machine Gun Kelly. No, that was you.

[C]

That was Old Taylor.

[D]

No.

I am not against Machine Gun Kelly at all. Quite the contrary. Big fan. But it's Jane Remover, who is this sort of electronic artist. They are, I think, 21 years old and has this new record called Revenge Seekers that is so noisy and chaotic and great and I loved it. And Liam was all over it for the site, so I was happy about that. What Marley was your Spotify Wrapped age? Tell the listeners.

[C]

Okay, okay.

[B]

How do I find that Taylor is.

[C]

Dragging me too deaf about this. Okay, you open Spotify and you click on Wrapped.

[D]

You actually have to download Spotify first, though, Chloe.

[B]

I think I have.

[C]

But also, yours is going to be messed up because you are listening to kids music. Actually, yours is going to be interesting. It's going to be with Fats Waller and like the Moana soundtrack. So I can't wait to find out.

[D]

Oh, gosh. Okay. Okay. Sound off, please.

[C]

Wait.

[D]

You probably. You are probably over 100 on Spotify. I'm obsessed.

[C]

Oh, my God. Well, yeah, my listening age was 79, so I'm going to give you a tonic. It obviously means that, like, the stuff I had on repeat was, like, not stuff that came out this year. I was listening to a lot of Bach. I was listening to a lot of Donnie Math. I was, as ever, listening to a lot of Barbara twice. But anyway, the new things I did, like, this year, actually, this is another. This is an artist that was turned on to me by a colleague, our colleague Anna Coppola. She had mentioned the artist Nourish by Time that I didn't know of at all. But he released an album called the Passionate Ones this year. And it's this kind of like, alt R and B that was just extremely cool. And I was really compelled by. So that kind of. That was introduced to my rotation this year, which was kind of an exciting thing. I was also really into Lorde's album Virgin, which was blocked at the Grammys, which I thought was lame. Didn't receive a Grammy nomination is what I mean. But I was really into a lot of the visuals of that album. Something was, like, very kind of earthy and corporeal about it. Her sound was kind of funky. Like, I was really into that album in a way that I kind of haven't been with new releases that often. And also Steve Lacy, who, who, admittedly, I only discovered on, like, TikTok, I want to say, like, two or three years ago, when one of his songs, Bad Habit, became, like, an inescapable and actually really annoying thing. But he released his first song in, like, three years because he has an album, I guess, coming out in 2026, called Nice Shoes, which is, like, a bit sort of silly and a bit vulgar, but also, like, very cool. It's, like, sonically really interesting. He's just like, a very kind of, like, cool sort of west coast young artist. And. Yeah, so that was exciting. That was breaking up my. You know, Luther Vandross this year.

[D]

Bring your age down ever so slightly on Spotify.

[C]

That's why it was 79, not 80.

[D]

I'm definitely the oldest person here, but my Spotify Age is 20.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Probably because I'm going through a midlife crisis.

[C]

Yeah, we should examine that.

[D]

And because I couldn't stop listening to probably my favorite artist, this guy named Glaive, who is 20 years old.

[B]

Glaive.

[D]

Glaive, yes. And He.

You're excused from this part of the conversation.

[B]

I'm just replying to emails.

[D]

He's 20 years old and he is like a hyper pop artist, electronic composer, sort of. Like, his new record is called Y' all and it's so good. I slightly liked his album last year, maybe a little bit better even. But I've really been enjoying Glaive and he has brought my Spotify age down to where it is.

[C]

Wait, does William likes Glaive?

[D]

William is so obsessed with Glaive. We just got his school pictures. He's in fifth grade and his school pictures he's wearing. He's wearing Glaive T shirt.

[C]

Oh, cool.

[D]

Which no one would know because all it is is a graphic of a Christian cross and then a dog pooping. So that's his fifth grade. He'll be immortalized as a fifth grader wearing that T shirt. It's amazing. It's amazing. We haven't talked about Lily Allen, though, because I feel like that album is one that everyone is listening to.

[C]

That was a moment that I did not see coming. I'll say that.

[D]

Yeah, it was. I was sort of like, yeah, Lily Allen, big, like, you know, 20 years ago, kind of. But suddenly this album is like all people want to talk about.

[C]

Oh, my God. And also she's like showing up on. At like events on red carpets, looking amazing, giving, like really honest, really charismatic interviews, kind of talking. Yeah, really sort of, I don't know, really openly about going through a really difficult time in her marriage. Turning that into not really being like, I need to make this for me. If people connect with it, cool. But that's kind of not what it's for. And it connected with so many people. I think she's quite taken aback by the way this album has been received.

[D]

It's like breathtakingly candid. Right. And it's about her. The breakup of her marriage to the actor David Harbour. And like, they're like much publicized house in Brooklyn Heights that was in ad and like, there's just so much to grab onto from this album. So that one is really dominating conversation.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

The run through will be back in a moment.

[A]

A trend that I'm noticing this season, which is also perfect for this weather, is layering. And so you can truly wear five shirts at once if you want. Like, that's fashion right now. People are wearing skirts over pants and button downs on top of button downs on top of button downs with a sweater on top of that and a scarf on top of that. And if you know that someone already has a favorite item, then ask yourself, like, do they need it in another color? At this point? They do. And so just get them two of something that they already like and already wear and go back to that ebay search bar and get as specific as possible. And I know that you'll find it because you can find everything on ebay.

[B]

And we're back.

[D]

Do we have Books Corner now?

[B]

Yes, Chloe, yes, Books Corner.

[A]

My name is Chloe Shama. I'm a senior features editor. My favorite book of the year, it's impossible to pick one, but I'm going to cheat a little and pick an old book, sort of, which is the Uncollected Stories of Mavis Gallant, which did come out this year. It came out in January, so very early in the year. And Mavis Gallant was this amazing Canadian short story writer from the middle part of the 20th century and extremely underappreciated. And this book is just like a stellar collection of some of her incredible, most amazing work.

[C]

Hi, I'm Corey Seymour, a senior editor.

[D]

Here at Vogue, and I would love.

[C]

To tell you all about the wonderful.

[D]

Poetry I read this year, which was.

[C]

Probably a lot and more than anything else. But it didn't come out this year, it came out earlier. And as the sort of semi official.

[D]

Oasis editor of Vogue, I will say that it is John Robb's Oasis biography called Live Forever. Like everything about Oasis is called Live Forever.

[C]

The rise, the fall and the resurrection of Oasis.

[D]

Given this was the summer of Oasis.

[C]

The reuniting, the tour. John is a musician who's part of.

[D]

A punk band in the 70s called membranes.

[C]

He was with the band during a lot of their formative experiences and he writes about the band from the inside.

[D]

And also places them in this amazing contest of their time and their culture.

[C]

Both in Manchester in the uk and.

[D]

Tells what I think is like an otherworldly, operatic story of a bunch of.

[C]

Sort of hooligans from Manchester who came.

[D]

To dominate pop culture and put out some of the most memorable music of the 20th century.

[C]

The book blew my mind. I'd recommend it for anybody who likes music. And obviously if you're into Oasis, it's an absolute must.

[B]

I have to say, it's speaking of the years long, it is crazy that just this year was the like Mocker made good memoir spate of like Barry Diller, Graydon Carter, oh my God, Heath McNally. I mean those are. I don't know if Mocker really makes sense for all of those, but throw that around. We'll fact check That I read all three of those books and was very, very invested in all of them. I particularly love Richard E. Grant reading Keith McNally's for the audiobook. And actually I listened to that while going to Milan for 48 hours for the Lauren Sanchez bridal shoot. So you know what memories interlinked.

[D]

Talk about a long year.

The summer of Lauren Sanchez. Really? My gosh, yeah, that feels like ages ago. But yes, we all lived through that.

[B]

I also loved Hart the Lover by Lily King. And I really enjoyed my grandmom's book about Conde Nast Empire of the Elite.

[D]

I read that one too. I'm so glad that Chloe Shama, who is really one of the most like avid readers on staff, mentioned the Mavis Gallant collection because I read that entire thing and really delighted in it. Another book that Shama turned me onto is the novel Isola by Allegra Goodman. And it's so good, you guys. It's a 16th century. It's based on the real life story of a 16th century French woman who is marooned on an island and basically has to near Canada and has to sort of fight for her life. And it's a literary novel, but it reads like a, you know, a thriller, a page turner. I've given it to a bunch of people and they have loved it. So I really recommend that. And it's Legar Goodman kind of do anything, I think. And there was the final novel from a thriller writer that's really important to me. Martin Cruz Smith, who died this year, has written this series of novels mostly set in the Soviet Union and then present day Russia, starring the Russian investigator Arkady Renko. And the final novel of this series was published this year, Hotel Ukraine. And shortly after its publication the news broke of Martin Kruse Smith's death. And I loved Hotel Ukraine. I loved the whole series. One of the interesting things is that the author, Martin Cruz Smith suffered from Parkinson's disease and he made this really fascinating decision to weave that into the writing about this detective who as he ages and investigates one case after another in Russia develops Parkinson's disease. And that really sort of adds this like emotional layer to the, to the storytelling. So if you like, if you like crime novels or detective novels, check out the work of Martin Ku Smith. And you start with Gorky park, which is the first one and so good.

[C]

And also read Taylor's story about Martin Ku Smith that he wrote for the site because it's lovely.

[D]

Just please, please do, please do.

[B]

Marlee Marius. Yeah, the Broadway Baby, Baby among us. Well I was trying to think of a B word.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Yes. Well, I mean, I will say there were a lot of things. I did see a good number of things this year. There are certainly things I missed. But I will kind of call out a few of my favorite sort of theater experiences this year. Two happen to be Lincoln Center Theater productions. I don't think that's a coincidence. I think I love seeing shows in that space. It's just really beautiful. It's always really sort of striking, the sort of production design of those shows. But anyway, the two that I want to call it are one, the revival of Floyd Collins. Actually, maybe this is the first Broadway production of Floyd Collins, which is based on the real life story of a minor who became trapped underground like a hundred years ago. It became a whole media sensation, really. An unlikely sort of premise for a musical. But Adam Guttel writes like the most beautiful music. I'm so obsessed with his work between this and Light in the Piazza. And yeah, there was just a quite sort of thrilling production of that on Broadway this year starring Jeremy Jordan and also the indie musical artist Lizzie McAlpine making her Broadway debut. And her voice is so incredible. Sounded so incredible doing that music. So kind of a lot of yodeling in that score. So, like, that was cool. I was. To my mom, I was like, I don't know, like that was necessarily for you, but it was for me. So that was a huge. That was a production that I don't know that enough people saw, but that was on. Another kind of more crowd pleasing one was Old Friends. This was pretty much a Sondheim musical review starring Berndette Peters and Lea Salonga. That was for the true heads. And honestly, I was living. It was a lot of. It was kind of a lot of greatest hits from Sondheim's Rapporteur. Really getting to hear some of our best performers do that material was really fun. Also at Langon Center Theater. This is still on. Ragtime.

[B]

Oh, I want to see Ragtime. I want to see Ragtime and Weir, two ends of the theatrical spectrum.

[C]

This girl can do it all well.

[B]

Ragtime get you a girl who can see both.

[C]

Really crazy things happening. Ragtime sounds incredible. Cast is amazing. I mean, Joshua Henry, one of the greatest voices on Broadway. He's paired with Nichelle Lewis, who was in the recent revival of the Wiz. And I interviewed her in Pittsburgh like a year and a half ago when she was preparing to do that production. And she's like, so sweet and has such a beautiful voice. Lots of other People in that cast, Bryn and your own wit, Casey Levy. It's like, like, quite striking. The opening number is insane. It'll give you chills. Yeah. And another thing I saw this year that was, like, quite small. It was in this part of the. Of New York City center that I'd never been in before. It's this tiny, essentially black box theater, kind of underground below, like, the huge theater where everyone sees, you know, sort of lots of things. All of your. It was called We Had a World, written by Joshua Harmon. It's kind of a memory play. That was because.

[B]

Remember Joanna Gleason. That was when I was doing A Childhood Neighbor, Literally.

[C]

I interviewed Joanna Gleason about this show, and I was like, I know Chloe. She was like, wow, Love Chloe. I've known Chloe since she was, like, 11. I was like, oh, my God, tell me more. But, yeah, that was just a sort of sweet, small show. It was very New Yorky. It was very much about, like, growing up in New York, learning about art, having a relationship, about the playwright's relationship with his mom and his grandmother, and it was just, yeah, sort of special little piece of theater in quite a crowded year. So those were just a couple.

[B]

All right, now I want to talk about people we've lost this year, because I do think that is a cultural part of our cultural conversation. The.

Universe of a man, Tom Stoppard, which I really feel is a big. A huge gap in the theater and literary world. Really feels like Leopoldstad was just last year.

[C]

Totally.

[A]

Was it?

[C]

It was recently.

[B]

But, yes, I was very sad about Tom Stoppard, obviously. Diane Keaton was also a big loss. Brian Wilson, big Beach Boys fan. David Lynch. I mean, these were all. This year. It's crazy. D', Angelo, Robert.

[C]

Rachel Redford was this year, too.

[B]

Robert Redford, crazy. Really big ones for Marley, Marius.

[C]

Oh, my God. All my childhood heroes. I know one fell swoop.

[B]

I also want to talk about, like, I feel like it was also the year of Schadenfreude. Like, say more.

[D]

Yeah, say more.

[B]

Like, I feel like we were obsessed with the Louvre heist of, like, how could this happen? How could this go wrong? And also the Coldplay kiss cam.

[C]

Oh, gosh.

[B]

Do you remember how. How collectively obsessed we were by that?

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

I mean, even Liz Anuzzigate. We don't have to say more, but, like, we are, as a culture, really focused on people going through it.

[C]

Yeah. People going through it.

[B]

And this 2025 was really the year of that big focus on it. I would also like to say that the Frick reopening was a big deal for me and Marley, who went to the press preview together in her Frick baseball hat, night of the year.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And for you two.

Pope Leo was a big deal.

[D]

We've already done that, actually.

[B]

No, we started with that. We didn't really get into it. And you know what was amazing about Pope Leo? I feel like we were also fascinated about it, by it, because of Conclave.

[C]

It was a real life.

[B]

Imitates art.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And if you liked Conclave and Pope Leo, you should see La Grazia, which is coming out, which came out on Friday. Paolo Sorrentino's new movie about President of Italy. Not the Pope at all, but there is the Pope in there. Anyway, back to you.

[C]

Clave.

[B]

Also, like other culture things like La Boo, booze, a big cultural moment, and also Dubai chocolate. People are so mean about it, but I love it.

[D]

It's a scourge on the culture. Dubai chocolate, it's by every register and it's like only 29 for this.

[C]

Wait, I also just don't understand it. Like, what is that?

[D]

Why is it pistachio gloop in chocolate? It's not good gloop.

[B]

That's an interesting.

[C]

I'm allergic to pistachio, so.

[B]

Oh, yeah, that's a problem.

[A]

There you go.

[D]

No Dubai chocolate for Marley.

[B]

One last question.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

If you had to say one thing you were looking forward to TV, film, et cetera, for 2026, Marlee, Marius, what would it be?

[C]

Well, we have already discussed industry and that is at the top of the year. But that is on my mind for sure.

[B]

You want to know mine?

[C]

Please, please. Chloe, what are you thinking for? What are you looking forward to?

[B]

The live action he man movie. Okay.

Arthur Albert and I are so excited about this. It's the guy from the Anne Hathaway movie.

[C]

Movie guy from the.

[D]

I mean, no one has ever participated in motherhood more robustly than Chloe Molly.

[C]

How was Utopia 2, by the way?

[B]

So good.

[D]

Yeah, There was some kind of breaking news happening and you were like, sorry, guys, I'm going to be totally unreachable. I'm walking into Zootopia 2 in IMAX, I think you said.

[C]

Yes, it was. She was going in, I was coming out. Yeah, it was crazy.

[B]

And then I was still trying to reply about Tom Stoppard, and Graham was like, put your phone down.

[D]

I got to go to Toronto this year. And so I saw some movies that will certainly be coming out in 2026, and the one that I'm I was so into. And I think the folks around here will. Around the table will also like. Is called Waste Man. And it's a sort of prison drama, which does not sound like something that Chloe Maul would like or Marlee Marius, but it is starring David Johnson and Tom Blythe, who I think are like.

[B]

Get me Zootobi any day.

[D]

Those two guys, British actors, both are, I think, just going to start dominating the sort of male actory conversations.

[C]

Oh, Tom Blythe is also going to be the people we meet on vacation. The adaptation of Emily Henry. So he's going to have a big year in 2020.

[D]

Tom Blythe is.

[B]

I'm also excited for the new Murder, She Wrote.

[C]

Oh, wait, who's in that? Jamie Lee Curtis?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, it's just hot on the heels of Kathy Bates. Matt.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Here are more of our Vogue editors favorite culture moments of the year.

[A]

I'm Laia Garcia Furtado, senior fashion news editor at Vogue Runway, and my favorite cultural moment of the year has to.

[B]

Be the introduction of a Smashing Pumpkin smoothie at Erewhon. I have not been to Los Angeles to try this smoothie.

[A]

I do not live there there.

[B]

But I am a. I mean, as a Smashing Pumpkins lover, I can't think of anything that says the world is a vampire more than a $20 Goth.

[A]

Smoothie introduced by Billy Corgan to the world.

[B]

And I just love that. I love that.

[A]

This is what 2025 brought for me.

[B]

I'm Hannah Jackson. I'm a fashion writer. And this year, I have been utterly obsessed with Jeremy Allen White's farmer's market flower haul. And it's inspired this whole other group of celebrities to go to the same farmer's market in Los Angeles and do their own version of what he's doing. So every single week, you'll see all of these celebrities like, you know, Jodie Turner Smith and Macaulay Culkin and Rami Malek. Yesterday, even with arms full of flowers, it's like I can't even imagine how much money that costs. But I'm totally obsessed. It's also my hometown, my childhood farmer's market. So to see that every week on Getty Images has just been an absolute trip. Yeah. There's only one Jeremy Allen White, and you can't recreate his magic.

[C]

Ciao. I'm Francesca Ragazzi, head of editorial content at Vogue Italia.

[A]

My favorite moment in culture this year was Jannik Sinner victory at Wimbledon.

On July 13.

[C]

It really helped reshaping a new wave.

[A]

Of Italian sports.

It really showed something that was considered impossible. It was the first Italian winning at Wimbledon.

[C]

It shows the triumph, the youth, dedication.

[A]

Hard work, being the best at your job. And after this.

Everybody in Italy, every single person started playing tennis and you know, the best. The sport we were always known for was football. So it reshuffled this and I think.

[C]

Such a fresh new image of how you can be a champion.

[A]

Just the best. And honestly, I thought it was also a great, great beauty moment because we.

[C]

All love a red hat and, you.

[A]

Know, for the imaginary of our country. That was incredible.

[D]

Hi, this is Christian Allaire, senior fashion writer at Vogue. And my favorite pop culture moment of the year was when Rihanna announced her third pregnancy at the Met Gala. She is the queen of the Met, so naturally she would do it there. She wore this amazing Marc Jacobs black skirt suit with a corset, once again reinterpreting maternity style in her way. And I just thought it was such a fabulous and theatrical way to announce her pregnancy.

[C]

Who else would do that than Rihanna?

[B]

My name is Margaret Mbuba. I'm the senior beauty and wellness editor. And my favorite, like pop culture bonanza of the year was when darling Sarah Pigeon first stepped out as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. I actually, she didn't even step out. The first thing we saw was a preview image and it was the very flat interpretation of blonde hair. And so I was able to email, text, send messages through his online website, get a hold of Brad Johns, who was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy's colorist when she was the ultimate it girl girl. And he told me about how to actually achieve the look, which is called chunking. It is a very, very of that time and place style of big, chunky highlights. But I had so much fun hearing.

[A]

All of these stories.

[B]

I did not reveal them all. So more coming soon from Brad. He is so fun and I also sort of like, do I want 90s style chunky highlights now?

[D]

So.

[B]

So coming soon.

That's it for the run through. See you next week.

The run through is produced by chelsea daniel, alex depalma and stephanie kariuki. It's engineered by pran bandy and james yost. It is mixed by mike kutchman. Chris ban is conde nast head of global audio.

[A]

I love coming up with personalized gifts for people and I'm often taking note of what other people are wearing and I'll keep that in the back of my mind. And then when I'm scrolling on ebay, I'll type in things that make me think of them instead of a secret Santa, like a little secret personal stylist. Maybe it's a fabric or color or designer and just see what comes up and that's a good evening for me. I've got some examples for my husband. I typed in wool, cashmere, vintage Italian tuxedo and the next thing you know we're off to a holiday party looking like the ambassadors to New York City. It has come in handy so many times and now I wear it too and people love it. Another friend who I studied fashion design with and actually she designed denim for years gets something really specific and cool like white wide leg dead stock skater jeans which was a real hit. There's so many distinctive and like really unique options on ebay. These are high quality items but can often be just one of one. I think of it like finding pieces that'll like really stand out in a room and then you're giving them the people that are really standing out in your life.

[C]

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