Confessions of a Mob Chef; An Ex-Oligarch Speaks Out; Win Your Oscar Pool

Plus: The Vile Questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR March 24, 2022 WAR IN UKRAINE An Ex-Oligarch's Argument for Harsher Sanctions By Mikhail Khodorkovsky Economic penalties won't topple Putin—but they will sap a key source of the Russian dictator's wealth and power to do damage abroad. Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. COMING CLEAN The Life and Confessions of Mob Chef David Ruggerio By Gabriel Sherman In the 1980s and 1990s David Ruggerio was a rising star of French cooking in New York. But all that success in the kitchen belied the double life he was leading as a rank-and-file member of the Mob. Read More CONFIRMATION BIAS A Vile Line of Questioning Senate reactionaries are making bad-faith attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson's sentencing record. By Cristian Farias Read More RECAPPING THE PAST The Year Denzel and Halle Made History Vanity Fair's chief critic revisits the first post-9/11 Oscars, full of weird lows and industry-changing highs. By Richard Lawson Read More PREDICTING THE FUTURE Our Final Oscar Picks in Every Category From CODA vs. The Power of the Dog to the shorts categories, we've got you covered. By Vanity Fair Read More TICK, TICK…BOOM Inside the Frenzied World of Rich Watch Fanatics By Julian Sancton Paul Newman's $17 million Rolex was just the beginning. Now, celebrities, style icons, dealers, auctioneers, and regular Joes do battle for vintage time pieces. Read More HOW TO WATCH Tune In to This Year's Vanity Fair Oscar Party By Vanity Fair See all the fashion from V.F.'s red carpet, celebrity interviews, and more immediately after the Academy Awards, with hosts Catt Sadler and Phoebe Robinson. Read More

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