The Improbable Rise of Ivana Trump; Twitter’s Blue-Check Havoc; Meet The Crown’s New Cast

Plus: Five Years of #MeToo View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR November 3, 2022 THE BIG READ Inventing Ivana Trump BY MARK SEAL From her "greed is good" heyday to her post-divorce denouement cavorting with a series of "freaky" Italian lovers, it was Ivana, all along, who gilded the Trump name. Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. VERIFIED Inside Twitter's Blue-Check Havoc BY JOE POMPEO Journalists are deleting DMs, scoffing at Musk's $8 verification fee, and even considering bolting from the platform. Read More #METOO Has #MeToo Changed Hollywood At All? BY JOY PRESS Experienced showrunners, producers, and other industry professionals say that a half decade after what was supposed to be a reckoning, Hollywood has already begun to backslide. Read More THE MIDTERMS We're Witnessing the Post-Truth Midterms BY MOLLY JONG-FAST This cycle has been awash in lies—about everything from the last election to litter boxes to the assault on Paul Pelosi. An Elon-owned Twitter could further fuel the right's alternate reality. Read More RECENT HISTORY Meet The Crown's New Queen and Prince BY JULIE MILLER Oscar nominees Imelda Staunton and Jonathan Pryce play the queen and her consort during the mid-'90s, a time period famously rife with scandal for the royal family, in The Crown's fifth season. Read More POWER LUNCH Do Not Ask Claire Saffitz for Baking Hacks BY DELIA CAI In her new cookbook, What's for Dessert, YouTube's favorite pastry chef eases up—just a little—on her ambitions for your dinner table. Read More AWARDS INSIDER Judd Hirsch Brings an Extraordinary Life—And Career—To The Fabelmans BY DAVID CANFIELD The 87-year-old actor bursts into The Fabelmans and nearly runs away with the whole movie. As he tells Vanity Fair, he's been waiting a long time for it. 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.