Could Global Tensions Puncture the Olympic Bubble?

Jen Jousts With J.D. • A Minefield of Misogyny • Kamala’s Hollywood Pals [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Could Global Tensions Puncture the Olympic Bubble? Good morning. The Olympics are typically a sweet escape from the woes of global politics. But today’s opening ceremony in Paris touches off amid inescapable tensions on the global stage as wars continue to rage across Ukraine and Gaza. One particular Olympian to watch is Valerie Tarazi, a 24-year-old Palestinian swimmer who [tells]( Tom Kludt that she’s competing in part to “bring awareness” to the crisis in Gaza. “My way of fighting for my country,” she says, “is through sport.” Elsewhere, on the [latest episode]( of Inside the Hive, NBC News correspondent Ali Vitali explains why the cards are stacked against Kamala Harris as a non-white, non-male presidential hopeful, while Joy Press [rattles off]( the vice president’s long roster of A-lister friends in Tinseltown. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Person, Basketball, Basketball Game, and Sport]( [Could Global Tensions Puncture the Olympic Bubble?]( By [Tom Kludt]( [The Olympics are often viewed as a respite from politics, but multiple wars and rising global tensions will be hard to ignore this year. “I’m here to bring awareness,” says Valerie Tarazi, a swimmer representing Palestine at the 2024 Summer Games.]( [Read more button](   [Will America Finally Put a Woman in the White House?]( By [Brian Stelter]( [NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali discusses why the cards are stacked against non-white, non-male hopefuls like Kamala Harris, who is already deftly navigating the misogynistic minefield of presidential politics.]( [Read more button](   [Inside Kamala Harris’s Loyal Circle of Hollywood Friends]( By [Joy Press]( [“I used to say, ‘I wish voters saw the Kamala we know.’ And I feel like in the last 24 hours, more people are.”]( [Read more button](   [Jennifer Aniston Slams J.D. Vance’s Resurfaced Remarks About “Childless Cat Ladies”]( By [Savannah Walsh]( [Aniston, who has been candid about her own struggle to conceive, also criticized Trump’s running mate for voting against the Right to IVF Act: “Mr. Vance, I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day.”]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. 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]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast