Vanity Fair has revealed its 2025 Hollywood issue, with three covers starring Jeremy Allen White, Glen Powell, A$AP Rocky, LaKeith Stanfield, Callum Turner, Riz Ahmed, Harris Dickinson, Andrew Garfield, Paul Mescal, Michael B. Jordan (his fourth appearance on the special issue), Austin Butler and Jonathan Bailey (fresh off being crowned Sexiest Man Alive).
The coverline shouts, "Let's hear it for the boys!" and goes on to celebrate a "new class of leading men."
At first blush, it may seem like a choice to feature only men on such a coveted cover at a time when DEI initiatives are under attack and many worry that MeToo is backsliding to "devastating" effect in Hollywood, as Kristin Stewart said earlier this month. (A report by the Celluloid Ceiling, which monitors the number of female filmmakers, found that 11 of the top 100 grossing films of 2024 were directed by women, down from 16 in 2020.)But global editorial director Mark Guiducci argues there's nothing political about it. "For the past decade or so, the Hollywood Issue had become a kind of survey of the potential (Oscar) nominees," he explains. "It was like the magazine was placing their bets." After competitors copied that approach, "I thought how much more interesting would it be to come up with an idea about Hollywood right now and use the Hollywood issue to communicate that on its cover." (The Hollywood Issue got its start in 1995, and has featured solely women 11 times; the brand skipped the theme in 2009, instead focusing on President Obama's inauguration.)
