Republicans Still Backing Trump’s Delusions; Meryl’s Wistful New Movie; and More

Plus: The Legacy of San Simeon View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks December 09, 2020   Republicans Are Still All In on Trump's War Against Democracy Even as the president continues to lose court cases, Republicans remain loyal in their support for his doomed legal campaign to overturn the results of the election. R E A D  M O R E »   Review: Meryl Streep Takes a Dream of a Cruise The pleasure of Let Them All Talk is in how it expands on the premise of an older-lady-hang movie, burrowing into darker corners. R E A D  M O R E »   The Royal Baby Boom Continues The queen is "delighted" by news of granddaughter Zara Tindall's third pregnancy. R E A D  M O R E »   Trump Sees Your $1,200 Stimulus Checks and Raises You…$600 Checks The administration also wants to provide less than one quarter of the federal unemployment benefits being proposed by Congress. R E A D  M O R E »   What Mank Did—And Didn't—Get Right About Hollywood History On the Little Gold Men podcast, a look at David Fincher's massive new Netflix film, plus a few other titles worth your streaming time. R E A D  M O R E »   Carl Lentz Is Reportedly Being Treated for "Pastoral Burnout" Since the former Hillsong pastor's firing, reports of his time in therapy have been accompanied by a slew of Manhattan Beach paparazzi shots. R E A D  M O R E »   From the Archive: San Simeon's Child In 1937, Patricia Van Cleve married Arthur Lake under the watchful eyes of her "aunt" Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst. More than half a century later, in a plot twist worthy of Orson Welles, Patricia Lake declared she was, in fact, the illegitimate daughter of the newspaper tycoon and his movie-star mistress. Was it just the fantasy of a spirited madcap who had lived too high for too long? Martha Sherrill conducted her own Citizen Kane–like investigation into the legacy of San Simeon. 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.