The Montreal Mafia Murders; Santa Gets His Claws; Sumner Redstone’s Sexcapades

And more to talk about by the fire… View in your browser | Update your preferences Santa Gets His Claws By SAM KASHNER The cinematic holiday once ruled by Irving Berlin, Charles Dickens, and It's a Wonderful Life now belongs to a little 1983 sleeper. How A Christmas Story punctured the cozy sentimentality of Hollywood tradition. R E A D  M O R E Buckingham Palace Explains Why It Won't Return the Remains of an Ethiopian Prince By ERIN VANDERHOOF For more than a decade, campaigners have asked Britain to repatriate the body of Prince Alemayehu, who was buried at St. George's Chapel when he died at 18 in 1879. R E A D  M O R E Jerzy Kosinski's Fall From Grace: Investigating a Literary Smear Campaign By WAYNE LAWSON Celebrated everywhere from Elaine's to the Oscars, the Polish-born anti-Communist was the toast of Manhattan's elite—until a swirl of questions about whether he wrote his own books sank his reputation. Three decades after Kosinski's untimely death, an editor who worked with him reveals the complicated truth. R E A D  M O R E The Cringey Sexcapades of a Horny Billionaire By JAMES B. STEWART AND RACHEL ABRAMS Media titan Sumner Redstone flexed his MTV ownership, rang his grandson at 3 a.m. for hookups with new women, and rewarded companions with stock options and TV shows. R E A D  M O R E Can Anyone Fix California? By JOE HAGAN Climate. Housing. Crime. Depending on who you ask, the Golden State is a bellwether for progress, or a liberal hellscape. A journey through a land in crisis. R E A D  M O R E The Montreal Mafia Murders: Blood, Gore, Cannolis, and Hockey Bags By ADAM LEITH GOLLNER A Fargo-esque tale of hapless hit men, Mob moles, and two naive pawns who were lured into their web. R E A D  M O R E This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. 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