Katie Porter Has the Floor; the Truth About Brittany Murphy; Alan Cumming vs. Gore Vidal

Plus: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Gets Personal View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR October 14, 2021 STAR RISING Katie Porter Has the Floor By Maximillian Potter In her first three years, the Democratic congresswoman has shot to prominence, leveling corporate titans and tussling with Republicans and her own party alike. She and her whiteboard are just getting started. Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. KNIVES OUT Sparring and Slurring With Gore Vidal In an excerpt from his new memoir, Baggage, the actor Alan Cumming remembers the highs and lows of a whisky-soaked evening 20 years ago with the famously combative author at his villa on the Amalfi Coast. By Alan Cumming Read More THE BIG LIE “What's that you say? Donald Trump has, in an incredible self-own, told his base to stay home and not vote in the next two elections?” — Bess Levin on Trump's evolving brand of 12-dimensional chess Read More ORAL HISTORY The Truth About Brittany Murphy By Julie Miller Filmmaker Cynthia Hill tells Vanity Fair about the lengths she took to investigate Murphy's life, mysterious death, and disturbing marriage for HBO Max's What Happened, Brittany Murphy? Read More OSCARS SO WHITE, AGAIN? This Year's Oscar Race May Already Have a Diversity Problem After a banner year of inclusion at the 93rd Academy Awards, 2022 could revert back to some familiar, unwelcome patterns. By Rebecca Ford Read More TAKING A STAND Sally Rooney Enters the Activist-Author Debate By Delia Cai In turning down an Israeli publisher's offer to translate her latest novel, Rooney—famous for her depictions of millennial sociopolitical anxiety—formally centers her political stance. Read More SLOW ZOOM Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Gets Personal By Vanity Fair From the time he feels most at peace to what it looked like for him to transition from wrestling to Hollywood, learn more about Johnson as the video goes on. 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.