Kelce’s Star Is Born; RFK Jr.’s Mad World; Murdoch Makes Moves

A special year-end digest from the Hive. [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Kelce’s Star Is Born; RFK Jr.’s Mad World; Murdoch Makes Moves Good morning from the Hive newsroom. As 2023 comes to a close, we’re doing a retrospective of our most memorable stories to date. On sports: Dive back into Tom Kludt’s prescient [profile]( of NFL tight end Travis Kelce from the July/August issue, with the athlete’s superstardom having reached new heights this year after news of his relationship with Taylor Swift. Similarly prescient was Gabriel Sherman’s May issue [feature]( on the succession plans of Rupert Murdoch, who announced in September that he would officially be stepping down as the chairman of News Corp. In politics, Kennedys of both past and present were big hits at the Hive this year; take, for instance, Joe Hagan’s August jaunt to Cape Cod for what turned into a [heated interview]( with presidential candidate RFK Jr.—“a supposedly fun thing I wish I’d never done,” Hagan concluded. Meanwhile, James Robenalt [shined a light]( on new evidence that the “lone gunman” theory in the JFK assassination might be bunk. And finally, if you’re looking to take an especially wild ride, refer to James Pogue’s [dispatch]( from the American West, where preppers, techies, and yuppies on both the left and right are hunkering down in anticipation of apocalypse. Thanks for reading! [Travis Kelce wearing a trench coat and playing with a dog on the beach.]( [Travis Kelce Is Going for It]( By [Tom Kludt]( [It’s been a wild offseason for the Super Bowl champ, from performing with Machine Gun Kelly to hosting SNL. (“He killed it,” says Lorne Michaels.) Even as Kelce prepares to defend the title in Kansas City, is Hollywood far behind?]( [Read more button](   [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]( By [Joe Hagan]( [Vanity Fair hits the Kennedy family’s Cape Cod compound for a peek into the controversial 2024 candidate’s wet hot American summer.]( [Read more button](   [Inside Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama]( By [Gabriel Sherman]( [With the $1.6 billion Dominion lawsuit threatening to hobble Fox News, the ink on his divorce to Jerry Hall still wet, and his broken engagement to Ann Lesley Smith even fresher, it’s been a chaotic 12 months for the 92-year-old conservative media baron. As Fox and family insiders tell it, this could just be the beginning.]( [Read more button](   [Inside the Dissident Fringe, Where the New Right Meets the Far Left, and Everyone’s Bracing for Apocalypse]( By [James Pogue]( [Preppers, techies, hippies, and yuppies are converging on the American West, the safest place to “exit” a society gone haywire.]( [Read more button](   [A New JFK Assassination Revelation Could Upend the Long-Held “Lone Gunman” Theory]( By [James Robenalt]( [In a new book, former Secret Service agent Paul Landis, largely silent for 60 years, says he found a bullet in Kennedy’s limo. A sometime presidential historian explains why that’s so significant, if true.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast