The Met Gala’s Best After-Party Looks; Why AOC Caused a Stir; the Right’s War on Vaccine Mandates

Nightmare Alley: First Look at Guillermo del Toro's Noir Thriller View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks September 14, 2021     Met Gala 2021: See All the After-Party Looks After striking a pose or two at the Met gala, stars switch up their looks and head out to the after-parties. R E A D  M O R E »     AOC Sets the Record Straight After critics had a meltdown over AOC's Met gala look, the congresswoman attempted to set the record straight. "We all had a conversation about Taxing the Rich in front of the very people who lobby against it," she wrote in an Instagram story. R E A D  M O R E »     The Right's War on COVID Vaccine Mandates Is About to Get Scary While polls indicate a majority of Americans support vaccine mandates, conservatives are attacking such public health efforts—and potentially undermining confidence in long-running vaccine requirements. R E A D  M O R E »     How Kristen Stewart Transformed Into a Blonde Bettie Page Fresh off the Venice premiere of Spencer, the actor found inspiration in a different kind of people's princess. R E A D  M O R E »     The Man, the Myth, The Apartment In the fifth episode of Vanity Fair's new podcast, Hollywood talent agent Jennings Lang is introduced, forming a notorious love triangle and inspiring an Oscar-winning film in the process. R E A D  M O R E »     From the Archive: When Liz Met Dick Forget Titanic: The most expensive movie ever made opened 35 years ago. It took $44 million (about $300 million today), two directors, two separate casts, and two and a half years of on-and-off filming in England, Italy, Egypt, and Spain to bring Cleopatra, Twentieth Century Fox's lavish, eyeball-popping spectacle, to the screen. David Kamp relives an epic folly that was eclipsed only by the international furor over the scandalous romance of its stars, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     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.