Carl Reiner’s Fairy-Tale Ending; Meghan Markle Speaks Out; and More

Plus: Revisiting Iceland's Financial Meltdown View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks July 11, 2020   How Carl Reiner Said Goodbye Just days before he died, the 98-year-old recorded the closing scene as the storytelling grandfather in the fan-film version of The Princess Bride. It started out as a tribute to his son Rob's movie. It turned into the sweetest possible goodbye. R E A D  M O R E »   For Some on Wall Street Beating Trump Is More Important Than Money In a Biden administration, Wall Street will feel pain—but every bit will be worth it. R E A D  M O R E »   Meghan Markle Speaks Up in Tabloid Fight to Protect Confidential Sources "The Mail on Sunday is playing a media game with real lives," she wrote. R E A D  M O R E »   Here's What to Watch Instead of Ghostbusters: Afterlife Jason Reitman's continuation of the Ghostbusters franchise has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic; perhaps one of these substitutions will fill the Slimer-shaped hole in your heart. R E A D  M O R E »   Kate Middleton and Andy Murray Surprise a Group of Young Tennis Fans On what was supposed to be the last weekend of Wimbledon, the duchess reached out to one of her favorite tennis players. R E A D  M O R E »   There's Something Familiar About Palm Springs Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti have fun in a Groundhog Day–esque comedy, but V.F. critic K. Austin Collins wishes it were just a little bit weirder. R E A D  M O R E »   From the Archive: Wall Street on the Tundra Iceland's de facto bankruptcy—its currency (the krona) was kaput, its debt was 850% of GDP, its people were hoarding food and cash and blowing up their new Range Rovers for the insurance—resulted from a stunning collective madness. What led a tiny fishing nation, population 300,000, to decide, around 2003, to reinvent itself as a global financial power? In Reykjavík, where men are men, and the women seem to have completely given up on them, Michael Lewis followed the peculiarly Icelandic logic behind the meltdown. R E A D  M O R E » This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY 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 our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.