Audrey Gelman’s Life After The Wing; Recession Jitters Loom Over the Media; Could Tom Cruise Finally Win an Oscar?

Plus: The Royals Who Got Wrapped Up in the Spirit World View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR July 21, 2022 THE BIG READ Audrey Gelman on Life After The Wing The former power CEO has opened a tiny antiques store in Brooklyn, and she's moving forward—through the past. By Emily Jane Fox Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. RECESSION JITTERS "There Will Be a Reckoning If the Economy Locks Up" By Joe Pompeo While there's no panic (yet), executives at media outlets from Axios to Insider to Semafor are preparing for a financial downturn—and looking for silver linings among the darkening clouds. Read More DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOR “The committee reportedly plans to show the public that as the violence unfolded, Trump not only did nothing to stop it despite pleading from his staff and own children but was in fact glued to the TV, loving what he was seeing.” — Bess Levin on the former president's January 6 reckoning Read More AWARDS INSIDER Admit It: Tom Cruise Deserves an Oscar for Top Gun: Maverick By Katey Rich It's a long shot, sure. But with the legacy sequel the undeniable success story of the summer, it's likely the best opportunity the Academy will ever have to give Cruise the gold. Read More ROYAL WATCH The Eerie History of Monarchs Embracing the Occult By Hadley Hall Meares Throughout history, royals who have explored Eastern religions, astrology, mysticism, and occultism have been mocked and even imprisoned for their beliefs. Read More FIRST LOOK The Good Nurse: A True-Crime Thriller With a Twist Oscar winners Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain play a prolific serial killer and the friend who helped catch him in Netflix's dark but surprisingly humane movie. By Rebecca Ford Read More MOVIE REVIEW In Jordan Peele's Nope, Spectacle Triumphs Over Substance By Richard Lawson A handsomely mounted sci-fi thriller has trouble saying what it wants to. 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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.