The Xara Palace Relais & Chateaux, Mdina has been featured in Vanity Fair’s cover story, an interview with Hollywood star Angelina Jolie. Vanity Fair is a leading global magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. Regular columnists include Sebastian Junger, Michael Wolff, Christopher Hitchens, and Maureen Orth. Famous contributing photographers for the magazine include Bruce Weber, Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino and Herb Ritts, all who have provided the magazine with a string of lavish covers and full-page portraits of current celebrities, including Ms. Jolie’s portrait for this issue. Ms. Jolie and her husband, actor Brad Pitt, frequent both the hotel and its restaurants, hence Ms. Jolie’s request to conduct the Vanity Fair interview there.