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Plus: Live From the Festival Circuit View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR September 1, 2022 CAMPAIGN TRAIL "The 'Let's Come Together' Stuff? That's Over" By Chris Smith Joe Biden has three stops scheduled in Pennsylvania this week, where Democrats have a shot at grabbing a Senate seat. "He's not afraid of talking about Trump anymore," one Biden insider says of the newly emboldened president. Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. AWARDS INSIDER Live From the Festival Circuit From the mountains of Colorado to Italy's Grand Canal, prestige-film season is now underway—and a handful of Oscar hopefuls will be born. Vanity Fair is following every step of the way. By Vanity Fair Read More RED CARPET The Hottest Looks From Venice By Maggie Coughlan Fashion takes center stage as Hollywood steers into the City of Canals. Read More FIRST LOOK The Remaking of Brendan Fraser By David Canfield In their first interviews about The Whale, the actor and director Darren Aronofsky talk about their incredibly elaborate, sensitive work on the film. Read More ROE The Fight for the Future of Abortion in Michigan By Abigail Tracy Reproductive rights advocates had amassed more than enough valid signatures to get a ballot measure in front of voters this November that would have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution. Read More SOCIAL REWIND The Real Cost of Twitter's Long-Awaited Edit Button By Delia Cai The platform will finally allow its paying users to adjust their tweets after hitting send—but the move may bring the personal price of tweeting into focus as well. Read More FROM THE ARCHIVE The Man Who Changed the World By Gail Sheehy Who was Mikhail Gorbachev? How did he manage to rise through the ranks of a repressive regime with his revolutionary vision intact? Over six months, Gail Sheehy traveled to the Soviet Union, Vienna, and Italy to compile an extraordinary human document on the man from nowhere. (February 1990) 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.