Cheryl Hines’s “Ultimatum” to RFK Jr.; Cate Blanchett “Serious” About Retiring; the Disappearing Soprano

Plus: White Lotus's Aimee Lou Wood Is Not Amused With SNL View in your browser | Update your preferences When The Sopranos Took Off, So Did James Gandolfini By JASON BAILEY In a new biography of the Emmy winner, Sopranos cast and crew members recall the difficult era in which their leading man would frequently disappear from set: "At a certain point, HBO was fining him 250 grand a day. And he would say, Fuck it. I can't come in to work." R E A D  M O R E White Lotus Star Aimee Lou Wood Takes SNL to Task for "Mean and Unfunny" Impression By CHRIS MURPHY Wood took to her Instagram Stories to react to SNL's "White Potus" sketch, which she felt "punched down" on her appearance: "I have big gap teeth not bad teeth." R E A D  M O R E Trump Brags That He's Got the "Best Relationship" With the "Coolest Dictator in the World" By ERIC LUTZ During a White House meeting, the president asked his new bestie to "build more" draconian jail complexes because "we also have homegrown criminals…I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country." R E A D  M O R E How CNN's Kaitlan Collins Gears Up for Battle in Trump 2.0 By NATALIE KORACH The chief White House correspondent talks to VF about once again enduring Donald Trump's insults—"a distraction technique"—while now also hosting a prime-time show and beaming in on Instagram. R E A D  M O R E Cheryl Hines's "Ultimatum" Behind RFK Jr. Buying $4.4M Georgetown Home By KASE WICKMAN "She was very bossy about it, giving him an ultimatum to move her to DC forthwith, or face the wrath of God," read one misogynistic comment to the press. R E A D  M O R E Cate Blanchett Is "Serious About Giving Up Acting" By SAVANNAH WALSH The two-time Oscar winner previously described her profession as a "love affair," telling VF, "you have to be seduced back into it." R E A D  M O R E 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 2025. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.