Cover Story: Stephen Colbert on Trump Trauma, Leadership, and Loss

The Man in the Irony Mask View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks December 01, 2020   Stephen Colbert on Trump Trauma, Leadership, and Loss The late-night host, who had to reevaluate both his show and himself in the past year, is ready for less excitement: "If Joe Biden is a pair of khaki pants inside a manila envelope, that would be great." R E A D  M O R E »   Biden Has a Chance to Appoint More Liberal Judges—But It All Comes Down To Georgia Liberal-leaning judges have been waiting out Trump's presidency to retire, creating a potential opening for Biden to make appointments, but he'll need Democrats to take the Senate to avoid Republican stonewalling. R E A D  M O R E »   James Corden Should Have Been Banned From The Prom Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman are merely wasted in Netflix's Broadway musical adaptation—but Corden's performance is insulting. R E A D  M O R E »   Tina Turner Has the Secret for Happiness, and She's Sharing It "Each of us has the potential to become truly, indestructibly happy," the legendary singer says, fresh off her 81st birthday and the publication of her new book, Happiness Becomes You. R E A D  M O R E »   White House Plans Multiple Indoor Parties to Super-Spread Holiday Cheer The White House is going full steam ahead into its annual holiday season, spreading cheer (and potentially the coronavirus) as cases and hospitalizations surge across the country. R E A D  M O R E »   Matthew Williams Teases His New Givenchy The fashion house's new creative director brings a subversive elegance to the French house in his first capsule collection. R E A D  M O R E »   From the Archive: The Man in the Irony Mask Like Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, Stephen Colbert so completely inhabits his creation—the arch-conservative blowhard host of The Colbert Report, his Daily Show spin-off hit—that he rarely breaks character. As Colbert's book I Am America (And So Can You!) was published, Vanity Fair got a revealing interview with the real thing: a master comedian, forever altered by family tragedy. R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     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.