V.F. WEEKLY 🚨Coronavirus City, the Bailout Cash-Grab, Cuomo-Inspired Coats, More!

Introducing our must-read new newsletter View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR April 9, 2020 Welcome to the New Abnormal. In addition to wreaking deadly havoc, the coronavirus pandemic is intensifying much of what was already strange about this era, in politics, technology, culture, and beyond. To help keep you informed—and entertained, since we're all only human—we present “Vanity Fair Weekly,” a new newsletter showcasing our freshest, best, and most urgently informative journalism. Think of it as a special edition of the magazine, delivered to your inbox. (If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for “Cocktail Hour” here.) Our debut issue leads with a haunting look at New York City under lockdown, from contributing photographer Mark Seliger and V.F. editor in chief Radhika Jones. Elsewhere, Bethany McLean reveals how the bailout is funneling tax dollars into the pockets of vulture capitalists; Maureen O'Connor profiles Harvey Weinstein accuser Miriam Haley; Julie Miller quizzes Seth Meyers about hosting from his attic; and Michael Shnayerson reports on the final days of V.F. contributor Patricia Bosworth, who succumbed to COVID-19 last week. For all that and more, scroll on… VF Weekly Exclusive Silence in the Streets New Yorkers famously find solace in numbers. The COVID-19 crisis is forcing them to persevere in solitude. Mark Seliger photographs the empty streets, and Radhika Jones distills the moment's meaning. Read More The Big Read Heads They Win, Tails You Lose by Bethany McClean Private equity has made multibillionaires of executives like Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman (net worth: $16.9 billion) and Apollo's Leon Black ($7.3 billion). Its COVID-19 losses, thanks to the $2 trillion bipartisan bailout bill, will belong to all of us. Read More IN OUR WORDS “He might as well have said that Ivanka gave Abraham Lincoln the idea for the Gettysburg Address.” —BESS LEVIN ON TRUMP'S NEPOTISTIC EXAGGERATIONS Read More Good Looks What to Wear to Your Next Press Briefing New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily COVID-19 updates have made him a national object of fascination. V.F.'s fashion department chooses seven pieces inspired by his signature jackets. Read More A Weinstein Accuser's Next Act Miriam Haley's decision to testify against Harvey Weinstein dominated more than a year of her life. She's spent her quarantine beginning to process it. by Maureen O'Connor Read More THE Q(UARANTINE) & A Issa Rae Is Insecure No More With the latest season of her critically acclaimed show due out April 12 on HBO, Issa Rae talks her 4 a.m. quarantine routine, Beyoncé, and the potential for a collaboration with Rihanna. by Yohana Desta How do you think the industry will change after this, when things go back to normal? It's definitely forcing us to be more creative. What I hope happens is that this is going to be a period of just brilliant creativity from so many minds, because I feel like so many people are bursting at the seams. Beyond the trauma of this pandemic, I feel like the boredom is going to cause people to create great things. Read More Sound On Will Coronavirus End Like Contagion? Steven Soderbergh's 2011 thriller pictured a pandemic in alarming detail. The screenwriter and an epidemiologist discuss the film's real-life implications. Listen In Memoriam Remembering Vanity Fair's Own Patricia Bosworth by MICHAEL SHNAYERSON The longtime contributor, acclaimed biographer of Diane Arbus and Montgomery Clift, and beloved friend and colleague succumbed to COVID-19 on April 2. Read More Explore Patricia Bosworth’s best stories in the Vanity Fair Archive 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 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.