The Empty Promise of the Home-Renovation Show; Trumpworld Panic Reaches Fever Pitch; and More

The Best Swimwear, Just in Time for Summer View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks May 26, 2021     Home Truths: How HGTV, Magnolia, and Netflix Are Building a Massive Space in the Stream America's obsession with home renovation is a cash cow for streamers—though the neighbors might complain. R E A D  M O R E »     Randall Park and Adrian Tomine Are Going to Do Shortcomings Right—Or Not at All The actor and the writer have had to break barriers to bring the offbeat Asian American graphic novel to the screen. R E A D  M O R E »     Can a New Antitrust Suit Chip Away at Amazon's Online Dominance? Though antitrust violations can be difficult to prove, D.C. attorney general Karl Racine is trying to take a more precise strike at the tech behemoth. R E A D  M O R E »     How the Daytime Emmy Nominations Got So Strange The streaming wars have fully arrived in categories once fully dominated by soap operas, and now Will Smith has the chance to beat Michelle Obama for an Emmy. R E A D  M O R E »     Trump's Inner Circle Is Reportedly Soiling Itself at the Likelihood of Criminal Charges, as It Should Be Trumpworld is said to be panicked about a grand jury hearing evidence against the ex-president, the Trump Organization and its executives. R E A D  M O R E »     From the Archive: "60 Minutes Is Going Down" As a veteran producer for 60 Minutes II, the author broke many stories, including the Abu Ghraib torture scandal with Dan Rather. Their next big story—the September 2004 exposé on George W. Bush's National Guard service—got her fired, sped Rather's departure as anchor, and left CBS bloodied. What happened? In an excerpt from her unflinching new book, Mary Mapes gives her side of the controversy: the rush to broadcast, the midnight blog attack, the backtracking sources, and the corporate damage-control operation that cast her as the villain. 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.