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Former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown on Donald Trump's past and the future of magazines

Former Vanity Fair and The New Yorker editor Tina Brown reflects on her many years in media and journalism in her revealing new book, The Vanity Fair Diaries.
Former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown with Tom Power in the q studio in Toronto, Ont. (Melody Lau/CBC)

Tina Brown was at the eye of a hurricane of glitz, glamour and gossip as the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair in the '80s. During that time, she kept a detailed, handwritten diary of her experiences in school exercise books. Now, Brown is finally opening up about New York's back-biting media world, Hollywood stars, Washington elite and British royals in her newly released book, The Vanity Fair Diaries. Today, Brown joins Tom Power to discuss her book and what she remembers about some of the most famous people she encountered over the years. 

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