Jessica Pressler

Jessica Pressler is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine. Her 2015 New York magazine article “The Hustlers at Scores” was nominated for a National Magazine Award and was made into the film “Hustlers,” starring Jennifer Lopez and Julia Stiles. Her article about con artist Anna Sorokin was developed into the mini-series “Inventing Anna” released by Netflix in 2022.

Swanning Through the Hamptons (and Talking Trump) With Alec Baldwin

Saturday in the Hamptons, the hedgerows are trimmed, the hydrangeas are bushy, and the sun is at peak performance. Outside Jack’s Stir Brew Coffee in Amagansett, a group of men and women in luxury sportswear are gathered, and the air fills with the soothing sound of high-end gossip. Chappaqua … We stayed there … His first […]

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Long on Trump

The bar at the front of the Hunt and Fish Club, the upscale steak-and-martinis joint just off Times Square, has floor-to-ceiling plateglass windows, presumably not so that its customers can have a panoramic view of 44th Street but so that people outside can see what a great time the people inside are having. The restaurant,

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Your Hate Only Makes Amanda Chantal Bacon Stronger

Amanda Chantal Bacon arrives at Blue Bottle Coffee, rosy-cheeked and windswept. “I had meetings this morning, so I got robbed of my power and spirit,” she apologizes, placing her almond-milk latte on the counter and rummaging through her oversize handbag. I’m opening my mouth to begin commiserating about the soul-sucking nature of meetings when she

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With “Master of None,” Aziz Ansari Has Created a True American Original

Aziz Ansari calls 15 minutes before our scheduled interview. “Hey, it’s Aziz,” he says cheerily, as though he’s a friend and not the celebrated  comedian, actor and writer who created a new American original in the form of Dev Shah, the character he plays in his groundbreaking Netflix show, “Master of None.” Aziz—since we’re on

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