Ivanka’s World Bank Ambitions; McConnell’s Plot to Undermine Trump; a Hollywood Strike Looms

Plus: In Praise of Jennifer Lopez, Red-Carpet Pro View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks October 11, 2021     Inside Mitch McConnell and Tom Cotton's Undermining Plot Neither senator openly contradicted Trump when he began spreading election-fraud conspiracy theories, but both privately agonized over a potential bandwagon scenario. R E A D  M O R E »     Review: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Go Medieval Director Ridley Scott teams up with Affleck, Damon, and Nicole Holofcener for period-piece oddity The Last Duel. R E A D  M O R E »     16 Eyeliners for Every Emotion, According to Pros, Musicians, and More From sweatproof ink pens for the stage to night-out smudgeable pencils, this collection of favorites is proof that eyeliner is, in fact, eternal. R E A D  M O R E »     Can the Threat of a Strike Make Hollywood Live Up to Its Ideals? The entertainment industry's caste system ran into a pandemic wall. Enter IATSE. R E A D  M O R E »     Ivanka and the World Bank The former president's daughter apparently came "incredibly close" to running the institution before Steven Mnuchin intervened. R E A D  M O R E »     From the Archive: Meet Matt Damon In 1997, three of Hollywood's top directors decided that Harvard dropout Matt Damon was a star: Francis Ford Coppola gave him the lead in the Grisham adaptation, The Rainmaker, Steven Spielberg cast him in the title role in Saving Private Ryan, and Gus Van Sant directed him in Good Will Hunting, which the actor cowrote. But, David Kamp discovered, Matt Damon himself was not so sure. 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.