GOP Gridlock and the Risk of COVID “Backsliding”; Madeleine Albright, Remembered; Will Smith’s Apology

Inside Vanity Fair's Oscar Party Photo Booth View in your browser | Update your preferences A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks March 29, 2022 The Surgeon General's Grave COVID Warning Congressional Republicans are blocking additional investments into COVID-19 prevention, demanding a "real accounting" of how previous dollars were spent. Already, the government has run out of money to buy enough booster shots and is slowing distribution of antibody treatments. R E A D  M O R E » Remembering Madeleine Albright She felt as comfortable in the halls of power as in a room filled with 200 people or a jazz club with Lou Reed. A former colleague remembers the trailblazer, who died last week. R E A D  M O R E » Will Smith's Mea Culpa The newly minted Oscar winner took to Instagram late Monday to apologize for his violent outburst at Sunday night's ceremony. R E A D  M O R E » The Best Beauty Moments Inside the Vanity Fair Oscar Party Fresh from a history-making Academy Awards show, partygoers arrived in a swanning mood with the beauty looks to match, from Botticelli waves on Adwoa Aboah to Anya Taylor-Joy's future-nostalgia veil. R E A D  M O R E » So What Did We Learn From the Oscars? The Little Gold Men team assembled for a bleary-eyed recap, from the winners to the one surprise we can't stop talking about. R E A D  M O R E » From the Archive: Will Smith Rides High This Fourth of July is shaping up to be another unofficial "Will Smith Weekend" (see: Independence Day, Men in Black) as the most popular man in movies—everyone loves him, even the grumpiest gaffer—opens in Wild Wild West, a $100-million-plus action comedy. On the set and at the techno-gadget-packed home in the L.A. exurbs that Smith shares with his wife, actor Jada Pinkett Smith, Ned Zeman gets the 30-year-old actor and rap artist's exuberant riffs on being Black in Hollywood, making nearly $20 million a picture, and choosing "sexy, cool, or funny." 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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.