The Fall of Rudy Giuliani; a Breakthrough in the Doris Duke Cold Case; Private-Jet Travel Is Not Going Anywhere

Plus: Andrew Cuomo Plots His Next Move View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR August 5, 2021 THE BIG READ How Rudy Giuliani Went From 9/11's Hallowed Mayor to 2021's Haunted Ghoul By Aatish Taseer Bill Bratton, Joe Klein, and former friends and aides weigh in on the colossal collapse of NYC's ex-mayor. Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. TRUE CRIME The Doris Duke Cold Case Reopens By Peter Lance A former Newport, Rhode Island, paperboy says that in 1966 he confronted the billionaire heiress right after she may have committed murder—a chilling update to V.F.'s previous reporting and the author's new book, Homicide at Rough Point. Read More TIME CAPSULE The Y2K Phenomena That Still Hold Up As the culture (and our September issue) continues to reexamine the turn of the millennium, V.F.'s staff writers offer a few pieces of cultural detritus—Jackass and the "butt cut," for starters—that have withstood the test of time. By Vanity Fair Read More DESPERATE MEASURES Inside Andrew Cuomo's Shrinking Circle By Chris Smith Letitia James's damning report has snowballed into so many calls for the governor to resign that his own office can barely keep up. He's fought so far, but key moves in Albany could force him to bow to the inevitable. Read More THE 1 PERCENT The New Private-Jet Boom By Kenzie Bryant Taking to the sky during COVID sucks for Dan Levy and the rest of us, unless you're one of the many recent adopters of the private-jet lifestyle. Read More IN CONVERSATION Michael Douglas Wants to Be Braver After 40-plus years, Michael Douglas returned to television in The Kominsky Method—and rediscovered himself as an actor: "It was really scary." By David Canfield Read More PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999 Power & the Past By Vanity Fair From red pills and blue pills to the millennial red carpet, from Fight Club to Florida, Rudy Giuliani to Donatella Versace, Vanity Fair's September 2021 issue traces the influence of then on now. 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.