“This image was inconceivable 12 months ago,” Crazy Rich Asians director Jon Chu tweeted of the cover. ![]() The cover features Chadwick Boseman, Saoirse Ronan and Timothee Chalamet, alongside Nicholas Hoult, Yalitza Aparicio, Rami Malek, Regina King, John David Washington, (Australia’s own) Elizabeth Debicki, Tessa Thompson and Henry Golding, and the representation has not gone unnoticed. It’s the first time in the issue’s 25 year history (you can peruse previous covers here) the majority of stars featured on the cover are actors of colour. The magazine’s Hollywood issue, released annually ahead of the Oscars, is true to form, featuring the most diverse lineup of actors the special issue has ever seen. Jones championed “the importance of championing women, new voices, people who come from a wide range of ethnicities and backgrounds" in her inaugural editors letter. When Radhika Jones took over from Graydon Carter’s editorship of Vanity Fair last March, it ushered in the ringing in of a new guard.
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