Truth Takes Time: Does "Alias" Hold Up?
Plus, more Crazy Rich People Doing Wild Shit, and Blake Lively's in a pickle.
I have an embarrassing confession: Apparently there was an Austrian multi-millionaire out there doing wild shit with his life and I had no idea until he died this week. I blame myself — but I also blame Vanity Fair for failing to keep me up to date on Crazy Rich People Doing Wild Shit anymore. How the mighty have fallen. This used to be their bread and butter!
Anyway, this isn’t a piece about how Vanity Fair is seemingly no longer interested in Multi-Millionaires Behaving Badly, if they’re not named Murdoch — as a sidebar, neither is Tatler, which is an equal if not greater loss.1 No, we’re here to catch up on Richard Lugner, a recently deceased Austrian entrepreneur whose Wikipedia is a wild ride. To quote Nobel prize-winning poet laureate Stefon, it has everything: Scientology; reality shows; shopping mall innovation; Fergie (the duchess, not the singer); fighting with bishops over abortion; Playboy bunnies; advocating the assassination of neo-Nazis; and six wives, just like Henry VI…