How the Proud Boys Pitch Themselves to People of Color

COVID Anti-Vaxxers Take Their Wild Conspiracies Into the Real World View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks February 02, 2021     Trumpism, the Proud Boys, and the Extremist Allure for People of Color Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who's Cuban, has tried to sell the group as "rough around the edges," but welcoming to people of color. Those who've bought the message are fixated on proximity to power at any cost. R E A D  M O R E »     Mike Nichols—The Nobody A new book by Mark Harris reveals the heartbreaking origin of The Graduate director. R E A D  M O R E »     Is Anybody Having Fun at a Virtual Sundance? Surprisingly enough, yes. Many months after Zoom burnout set in, virtual parties are still drawing crowds—and for some filmmakers, providing a sense of celebration they couldn't get anywhere else. R E A D  M O R E »     Marjorie Taylor Greene and Her "Loony Lies" Are Twisting the GOP in Knots Mitch McConnell slammed the conspiracy-mongering Georgia representative, and Democrats are vowing to punish her if Kevin McCarthy won't—but the QAnon congresswoman is only a symptom of the GOP's problems. R E A D  M O R E »     Jennifer Fisher Shares Kitchen Essentials and Good-Luck Charms for 2021 As her new flagship store prepares to open in Beverly Hills, Fisher is looking forward to working with her "steadily growing" team—but also spending just as much time in the kitchen. R E A D  M O R E »     From the Archive: Here's to You, Mr. Nichols. The Making of The Graduate Almost from the start, Mike Nichols knew that Anne Bancroft should play the seductive Mrs. Robinson. But the young film director surprised himself, as well as everyone else, with his choice for The Graduate's misfit hero, Benjamin Braddock: not Robert Redford, who'd wanted the role, but a little-known Jewish stage actor, Dustin Hoffman. From producer Lawrence Turman's $1,000 option of a minor novel in 1964 to the movie's out-of-left-field triumph three years later, Sam Kashner recalls a breakout film that literally changed the face of Hollywood. 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 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.