Exclusive: Inside the US’s Secret Hostage Efforts; De Niro Rips Trump; Meet a New ‘Rings of Power’ Character

[Plus: A Girls Reunion Reveals Set Secrets]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf)   [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour logo image | A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks]( [Image may contain: Adult, Person, Landmark, and Thomas Jefferson Memorial]( [Embedding With America’s Top Hostage Negotiator]( [By ADAM CIRALSKY]( [A year with Roger Carstens, the point man for freeing US detainees, whether held by Vladimir Putin, Hamas, or Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Allison Williams, Face, Head, Person, Photography, Portrait, Adult, Beard, and Happy]( [Allison Williams and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Were the Original Tortured Poets]( [By CHRIS MURPHY]( [The actors reunite to talk about making sweet music together and where the Girls girls would be now: “Now that level of narcissism, that’s just baseline.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Maya Rudolph, Handrail, Adult, Person, Architecture, Building, House, Housing, Staircase, Face, and Happy]( [Maya Rudolph Never Takes the Easy Route: “I Have No Interest in That in Life”]( [By DAVID CANFIELD]( [The Emmy winner on finding her Loot groove in season two, building a surprising career, and the legacy of her extraordinary run on Saturday Night Live.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Robert De Niro, Electrical Device, Microphone, People, Person, Accessories, Glasses, Face, and Head]( [Robert De Niro Calls Trump a “Coward,” a “Buffoon,” and a “Tyrant” Who “Absolutely” Belongs in Jail]( [By BESS LEVIN]( [“The only way to preserve our freedoms and hold on to our humanity is to vote for Joe Biden.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Rory Kinnear as Tom Bombadil, conversing with the Daniel Weyman’s Stranger in The Rings of Power.]( [A Peculiar Lord of the Rings Figure Finally Comes to Life]( [By ANTHONY BREZNICAN]( [Tom Bombadil, the mystical J.R.R. Tolkien character left out of previous adaptations, will appear in season two of The Rings of Power. An exclusive first look.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Go Behind the Filmmaker’s Curtain]( [By VANITY FAIR]( [Francis Ford Coppola, George Miller, Jane Schoenbrun, and more reveal the details and secrets that helped bring their visions to life.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Vanity Fair Logo](www.vanityfair.com) [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( 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 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.