Another Celebrity Conservatorship; the DOE Primed for the Wood Chipper; a Hollywood Love Too Big to Last

Plus: The Royals Have "Zero Interest" in Meghan's Show View in your browser | Update your preferences Wendy Williams, Her Guardian, and the Age of Celebrity Conservatorship By DAN ADLER In a post–#FreeBritney world, VF speaks to Sabrina Morrissey, an elder-law attorney whom a Manhattan court appointed to oversee former talk show host Wendy Williams's welfare and finances. R E A D  M O R E Next Up for Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Wood Chipper: The Department of Education By ERIC LUTZ The DOE remains under threat—it is perhaps more a question of when, and how, Trump will try to blow it up. R E A D  M O R E Parasite's Bong Joon Ho on Life, Death, and Being "Such a F--king Nerdy Film Geek" By PAUL CHI Six years after the worldwide success of Parasite—and four Oscar wins—the South Korean director returns with Mickey 17, an epic sci-fi satire in which Robert Pattinson dies over and over again. R E A D  M O R E The Royal Family Can't Be Arsed to Watch Meghan Markle's New Show, According to Sources By KATIE NICHOLL VF's royal correspondent reports that the House of Windsor is "far too busy" as ever to press play on With Love, Meghan. R E A D  M O R E VF Oscars Dispatch: Parties, Politics, and How Culture Meets the Moment By JON SKOLNIK Editor and Inside the Hive host Radhika Jones unpacks everything from Hollywood's strange sartorial sights to how stars tiptoed through third rail issues like the invasion of Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, and Donald Trump's chaotic second term. R E A D  M O R E From the Archive: A Love Too Big to Last By SAM KASHNER, NANCY SCHOENBERGER From scandalous beginning to tormented end, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's was the most epic love story in Hollywood history: a blaze of headlines, booze, jewels, brawls, and private jets R E A D  M O R E 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 2025. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.