Kushner’s Pandemic Bombshell; Publishing House of Horrors; Who Will Win Big at the Emmys?

Plus: NYFW in the Time of COVID View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR September 17, 2020 IT GETS WORSE "That's Their Problem": Inside Jared Kushner's Pandemic Power Trip By Katherine Eban How the president's son-in-law built a Consultant State to take on the Deep State, with results ranging from the Eastman Kodak fiasco to a mysterious deal to send ventilators to Russia. Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. YIKES Publishing House of Horrors By Keziah Weir Skyhorse Publishing, literary home to Michael Cohen, Woody Allen, and Alan Dershowitz, has struggled with bigger problems than a roster of political unsavories. Interviews suggest a history of workplace toxicity and inappropriate behavior. Read More FIRST RESPONDERS A Doctor's Emergency New York emergency doctor Lorna Breen's suicide at the height of the city's COVID pandemic was front-page news—and opened up a painful conversation about what we ask of our overworked first responders. Read More The Q(uarantine) & A Alicia Keys Talks Art and Activism in Times of Pain Vanity Fair: You weren't in New York City during the beginning of this, but you can't believe how emotional it was to have the pots and pans banging out of windows at 7 p.m. every night, and some of us blasting out "Empire State of Mind." Alicia Keys: Let's be clear about one thing: I have never left New York. New York is my bone, body, and spirit. And I have heard some of the most amazing stories, like in the hospitals when they released a COVID patient, they played "Empire"—and those videos of the nurses dancing…it's unbelievable. Read More SHOWTIME Who Will Win the 2020 Emmys? Vanity Fair's awards experts anticipate big Emmys hauls for Succession, Schitt's Creek, and Watchmen. By Vanity Fair Read More BALLOT Cast Your Emmys 2020 Vote Use Vanity Fair's interactive Emmys ballot to see the nominees, make your picks, and share them with your friends before the show on September 20. Read More DIRTY MONEY How the People Who Pay Trump's Rent Are Quietly Lining His Pockets By Dan Alexander It sure seems like the Qatari government is using a dummy office to pay off the president. So are countless other foreign and American companies—sometimes without even knowing it—creating the most tangled web of ethical pitfalls the White House has ever seen. Read More CORONATIMES The New New York Fashion Week By Daisy Shaw-Ellis and Miles Pope With few physical shows and a lot of creative virtual efforts, Fashion Week looks pretty different this year—but it's happening, despite everything. Read More TIFF 2020 Redefining Black Masculinity at the Toronto Film Festival By Beandrea July Documentaries about icons, and dramas about fathers and sons, move a vital conversation forward. 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.