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Plus: Emma Corrin, Andra Day, Maya Rudolph, and More Join Cocktail Hour, Live! View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR April 8, 2021 SOCIAL ANXIETY Just Like Starting Over By Lauren Mechling A year of isolation has left our lives strewn with carcasses of friendships once held sacred. Can reopening revive them? Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. POLITICAL GAMES Is Cuomo Playing Politics With the Pandemic? With cases on the rise, the governor warned New Yorkers not to "relax"—then lifted a curfew for movie theaters and casinos. By Chris Smith Read More Q&A How Powerful Men Protect Their Own—Even When They Hate Each Other By Vanessa Grigoriadis A conversation about power with Tanya Selvaratnam, who spoke out against her ex-boyfriend, New York's then attorney general, for the abuse she said she suffered at his hands. Read More CINEMA SYNTHESIS How Should Black and Indigenous Directors Depict Generational Trauma? Four new works make distinct but complementary arguments about how to challenge dominant narratives. By Cassie Da Costa Read More SPRING READING Nine Books to Read Right Now—And the Fabulous Bags to Put Them In By Keziah Weir Books by Alexandra Andrews and Dawnie Walton, bags by Brandon Blackwood and Dior! Read More SPECIAL EVENT Just Announced! Emma Corrin, Andra Day, Maya Rudolph, and More There's still time to get your tickets to Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour, Live!, featuring Michael B. Jordan, Serena Williams, Gal Gadot, and more. And, it's all for a good cause. By Vanity Fair 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.