Inside a Funeral Home at the COVID Epicenter; The Dark Lessons of Sexual Assault at St. Paul’s; A Thwarted Prog Rock Opera

Plus: A 1984 Reflection on Boy George View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR June 25, 2020 THE BIG READ "The Last of the First Responders": Inside One Funeral Home's COVID-19 Crisis By Josh Sanburn At the height of the pandemic, funeral homes struggled—and sometimes failed. One in New York City got it right. Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. BOOK EXCERPT A Silencing at St. Paul's By Lacy Crawford Novelist Lacy Crawford was assaulted during her time at the elite boarding school. What followed—and what haunts her to this day—is blanketed in the hard truths of a private school education. Read More QUIET ON SET Hollywood Can Start Filming Again—But How? By Anthony Breznican Nearly two weeks after being given the go-ahead to resume shooting under new quarantine protocols, most movies and TV shows remain stalled and nearly paralyzed. Read More LISTEN UP A Pride Month Guide to Queer-History Podcasts By Justine Goode These shows will expand listeners' understanding of queer history in the United States, and will provide entertainment well beyond Pride Month. Read More ORAL HISTORY The Untold Saga of a Prog Rock Wizard By David Kushner At the height of his celebrity, Rick Wakeman defined the age of rock excess, but the Yes keyboardist's journey is even crazier than legend has it. Read More ANATOMY OF A SCENE How Schitt's Creek's Big Wedding Came to Life By Julie Miller The beloved Canadian sitcom's journey ended with David and Patrick's vows. The cast explains how it all came together, and the inspiration for Moira's show-stopping outfit. Read More What to Watch If You Liked That, Try This: A Summer Guide to Continued Bingeing By Vanity Fair SNOWPIERCER If you loved recent best-picture winner Parasite, the new series Snowpiercer might be your next thriller. The show is based on an earlier film from director Bong Joon Ho. HOW TO BUILD A GIRL Beanie Feldstein's latest role in How to Build a Girl, based on the best-selling novel of the same name, is another dose of her Lady Bird charm. THE EDDY If you're celebrating the 35th anniversary of Les Mis on the West End (and were team La La Land at the 2017 Oscars), try The Eddy, a Netflix musical series set in Paris. Read More FROM THE ARCHIVE Gender Mercies: Boy George and Identity By Jan Morris At the height of his fame, Boy George's effect on the public psyche couldn't be ignored. In this 1984 profile, writer Jan Morris shares her personal connection to his life. Read More This e-mail was sent to you byVANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address,vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View ourPrivacy PolicyUnsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020.One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.