The Trumpers Who Flew Private to Stop the Steal; How Basic Instinct Nearly Broke Sharon Stone; Zack Snyder’s Long-Awaited Ending

Plus: Real-Life Raptors Attack Jurassic Park View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR March 18, 2021 WHITE FLIGHT A Private Jet of Rich Trumpers Wanted to "Stop the Steal" How these powerful Memphis figures reveal the rift in a segregated society. By Abigail Tracy Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. HOLLYWOOD REWIND Sharon Stone on How Basic Instinct Nearly Broke Her, Then Made Her By Sharon Stone In an exclusive excerpt from her memoir, the actor writes about predatory directors, being a "difficult" woman in Hollywood, and her most iconic role. Read More IN OUR WORDS “It's extremely difficult, nay, nearly impossible to believe that race didn't play a part here. Also not very believable: that the surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans isn't connected to the racist rhetoric from the Trump administration over the last year.” — Bess Levin on the Georgia shootings Read More THE PANDEMIC Portraits of a COVID Year Photographers around the country continued to make art as the world around them devolved into chaos. The pictures they made are poignant, harrowing, and eerily beautiful. By Vanity Fair Read More THE ABANDONED SNYDERVERSE Zack Snyder's Long-Awaited Justice League Ending By Anthony Breznican The director on the conclusion to the #SnyderCut, which sets up two movies that may never be made. Read More CLEVER BIRD How a Raptor-Themed Roller Coaster Got Attacked by Actual Raptors By Carlye Wisel With two ospreys attempting to build a nest on the track that will eventually host a 70-mph roller coaster, life really does find a way. Read More ICYMI Is This the Best Oscar Lineup of the Century? By Vanity Fair On this week's Little Gold Men podcast, a deep dive into the Oscar nominations that, pandemic and all, turned out pretty great. Read More 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.