Vanity Fair Magazine
August 2008
Original Article

Bright Young Hollywood

Since V.F. first focused on Hollywood’s teen titans, in 2003, the YouTube-Gawker machine has upped the ante. For every Shia LaBeouf success, there’s a Lindsay Lohan flameout. For our August issue, Mark Seliger photographs today’s crop of hot young things, while Krista Smith collects the Tiger Beat data sheets (biggest crush? BlackBerry or iPhone?). Related article: “Hollywood’s Next Wave,” by James Wolcott.

EMMA STONE
Age: 19.
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona.
Breakthrough role: Jules in Superbad.
Upcoming project: The House Bunny.
Number of shoes in your closet? 30.
Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? “I just bought my first pair of Louboutins last summer, but I love Jimmy Choo. That’s a trick question.”
Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Chuck Taylors.
Favorite lip gloss? Rosebud Lip Salve.
BlackBerry or iPhone? BlackBerry.
Eli Manning or Tom Brady? Ben Roethlisberger.
What’s on your iPod? “A lot of Beatles, M.I.A.”
Favorite movie? City Lights.
Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? Wii.
Madden or Halo? “Super Mario and Donkey Kong Country from the original Nintendo.”
Hybrid or Escalade? “Volkswagen Beetle. So just in-between, I guess.”