Wall Street’s COVID Bonanza; the Trouble With Indian Matchmaking; and More

Plus: A Sister Feud for the Ages View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks July 27, 2020   How Matt Drudge Wields Power Inside Trumpworld Donald Trump has appeared to sour lately on the Drudge Report, but in his new book, author Matthew Lysiak reveals the conservative internet pioneer's close relationship to the 2016 campaign and White House inner circle—from boosting Jared Kushner to battling Steve Bannon. R E A D  M O R E »   The Trouble With Indian Matchmaking The Netflix dating show updates the arranged marriage narrative—but leaves the custom's major problems untouched. R E A D  M O R E »   Wall Street's Greed-and-Fear-Filled COVID Bonanza The Average Joe may be screwed in the pandemic, but with the Fed rescuing the capital markets, people who make money from money—hedge fund managers, private-equity moguls, investment bankers—are riding high. R E A D  M O R E »   How P-Valley Pulls Off Its High-Flying Strip Club Stunts The Starz drama features the most gravity-defying pole dancing moves on television, thanks to choreographer Jamaica Craft. R E A D  M O R E »   What If Trump Had Actually Responded to Coronavirus Like a Rational Person? New polls show his pandemic response is one of the major things dragging the president down. But doing anything about it is antithetical to his personality. R E A D  M O R E »   Tom Cotton Versus American History Mike Pompeo, Josh Hawley, and Ted Cruz have bashed the New York Times' 1619 Project, which Cotton is trying to stop schools from teaching. "The fight here is about who gets to control the national narrative," says Nikole Hannah-Jones. R E A D  M O R E »   From the Archive: De Havilland's Bumpy Flight Golden Age screen goddess Olivia de Havilland—who died Sunday at the age of 104—entered the pantheon as Melanie Hamilton in Gone With the Wind, won two best-actress Oscars, then decamped to Paris in 1955. What made her walk out on Hollywood? In 2016, approaching her 100th birthday, de Havilland opened up to William Stadiem about that enduring mystery, and about her side of the most notorious sibling rivalry in film history—with her sister, Joan Fontaine. 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.