Vanity Fair’s Bright Young Thangs

The only slightly depressing thing about this issue is that it makes me feel very, very old. At least half these folks were BORN IN THE NINETIES.

Mark Seliger shot the seven images in the main piece; I find some very successful, some a little less so. Let’s look at them in order of appearance, shall we?

Amanda Seyfried, Emma Roberts, Blake Lively, Kristen Stewart

From the Q&A
VF: Favorite Designer?
Amanda Seyfried: Miu Miu. I can’t afford it.”

liar.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Zoe Kravitz, Emma Stone, Olivia Thirlby

Officially the cutest bunch. The best kids always climb trees.

Jessica Szohr, Penn Badgley, Blake Lively, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen

Ok, obviously I’m pleased that GG got it’s own spread, but I don’t feel that B. Lively needed to be represented twice. And she’s been hanging on real-life boyfriend Penn Badgley a little too much lately, IMHO. Do you think there’s real swill in the Veuve Clicquot bottle? Better keep that away from little (15! y-o) Momsen. She’s already in trouble:

From the Q&A
VF: Favorite TV show?
Taylor Momsen: “Law & Order: SVU. I can watch like six in a row, and my mom’s like, ‘You just watched six rape stories’ “

eek!

Jay Baruchel, Kat Dennings

Um, I don’t really know who you are, but I like the picture. Baruchel is the oldest of all of these folks, at a weathered 26.

Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas

I hear these guys are the new Hanson. Not that Hanson ever went away, mind you.
(This picture was one of the very best things I ever did at Rollingstone.com).

Yeah, that’s AWK and Taylor H. How’s that for cred?

Rob Brown, Michael Angarano, Summer Bishil, Hunter Parrish, Josh Peck

You are all strangers to me. Your consolation prize is to have the coolest picture. Ciao Ciao.

Rachael Taylor, Jonah Hill, Amber Heard

I pretty much devised this whole post just to discuss this picture. Which I find extremely embarrassing. For sort of all involved. Maybe most for Amber.

No, probably Jonah.

At least he keeps it real in the Q&A.

VF: Chuck Taylors or Nikes?
Jonah Hill: “I’ll give New Balance a shout-out. Hopefully they’ll send me some free shit.”

As usual, we have fun with the Vanity Fair. Check their website for the good outtakes and videos and such.

And check back tomorrow for some double-dipping; we’ll be chatting with photographer Cameron Davidson to see how he made these beautiful aerial images of the Hamptons.

Thanks for letting me go all Perez on ya.