Instagram’s Gossip Queen; Why Trump’s Trial Matters; a Bitcoin Billionaire at Large

Plus: Three Days in the Life of SNL Sweetheart Bowen Yang View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR February 4, 2021 XOXO The Joy and Agony of Being @deuxmoi By Maureen O'Connor Just as life on lockdown upended tabloid media, a real-life Gossip Girl sprang up on Instagram. Ten months later, the biggest blind item of all remains: Who is @deuxmoi? And what is anyone getting out of this? Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. TAKE TWO Why Trump's Trial Matters By Chris Smith Democrats may not have the votes to convict, but there's value in holding a public trial in which jurors have firsthand knowledge of the terror Trump inspired. Read More AMERICAN SCANDAL Country Music's Morgan Wallen Problem By Erin Vanderhoof Nashville has made moves to attract a wider variety of fans—but if Wallen stays a central figure, that could come to an end quickly. Read More THE BIG READ The Rise and Fall of a Bitcoin Billionaire BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes created a cryptocurrency exchange that has traded trillions. Now he's wanted by U.S. authorities, and insiders wonder whether he and his partners are villains—or victims of a two-tiered justice system that favors big banks over brash outsiders. By Adam Ciralsky Read More WELL, THEN How Bowen Yang Stays Afloat By Laura Regensdorf The Saturday Night Live cast member chronicles the show's 2021 return in this wellness diary, where Fran Lebowitz impressions are balanced out with throat-chakra alignment. Read More GLOBES WATCH “Movies represent special, one-time-only journeys into another world; right now, two hours is a drop in the bucket of what seems like eternity.” — Joy Press on how TV ate the movies Read More DUCHESS DIALOGUES Ever Wonder What It Would Be Like to Run a Real-Life Downton Abbey? By James Reginato There's a podcast for that: "We're not floating around with a string of staff hanging onto the tails of our coats. We're working girls." 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 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.