The Race to Recover Qaddafi’s Loot; Jan. 6 Committee’s Biggest Revelations; How ‘The Staircase’ Undid the True-Crime Genre

Plus: A First Look at Harry Styles in My Policeman View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR June 9, 2022 INVESTIGATION Inside the High-Stakes Race to Recover Qaddafi's Ill-Gotten Billions By Adam Ciralsky While spooks, treasure hunters, and lawyers search for cash, gold, and antiquities, Libya offers a lesson—and 1,001 cautionary tales—about how to recoup loot from kleptocrats. Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. DEMOCRACY WATCH What to Expect From the January 6 Committee Hearings By Charlotte Klein For months, bombshells from the committee's investigation into the Capitol attack have leaked to the press. But the committee promises its most damning findings are yet to come. Read More AWARDS INSIDER The Staircase Ended a Long Spring of True Crime—By Undoing the Genre By David Canfield An array of Emmy-hungry new shows turned the genre on its head by giving voice to the victims. The Staircase then took it a radical step further. Read More IN CONVERSATION "We Can't Get Over Adolescence" By Delia Cai Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley knows more than most about the trap of childhood nostalgia. So, like a proper Brooklynite, he's working it all out on a new podcast. Read More FIRST LOOK Harry Styles Plays a Closeted Officer in My Policeman An exclusive peek at Amazon's sweeping romantic drama, which features gripping performances from Styles, Emma Corrin, and David Dawson. By Rebecca Ford Read More MOVIE REVIEW “To properly enjoy 'Dominion,' you have to untether it from fond memories of the 1993 film, staged with such elegant awe and thundering thrill by Spielberg.” — Richard Lawson on Jurassic World Dominion, which opens this weekend Read More LISTEN UP A Deep Dive on the Modern Windsors By Vanity Fair V.F.'s DYNASTY podcast examines the complex, sometimes fiery family dynamics—from the intimate side of the queen's early reign to Harry and Meghan's royal split to Prince Andrew's shameful scandal—with razor-sharp insights, fresh reportage, and exclusive guests. 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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.