Tom Girardi and the Real Housewives Trial of the Century

Here are the stories you might have missed this week. [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf)   [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour logo image]( [Image may contain: Thomas Girardi, Face, Head, Person, Photography, Portrait, Frown, Sad, Adult, Accessories, and Formal Wear]( [Tom Girardi and the Real Housewives Trial of the Century]( [The personal injury lawyer was made famous by Erin Brockovich and infamous by a divorce that played out on Bravo. As his federal fraud trial gets underway in Los Angeles, the attorney who blew the whistle on him describes how he came to see the saga as “significantly worse than what Bernie Madoff did.”]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Donald Trump, People, Person, Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie, Crowd, Adult, and Electrical Device]( [Trump Spews Lies, Disparages Harris’s Intelligence, Insults Jews, and Rambles About “Insane Asylums” in Unhinged Press Conference]( [He did little to quell reports that he is melting down over Harris’s poll numbers.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: JD Vance, Usha Vance, Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie, Adult, Person, Body Part, Finger, Hand, Head, Face, People, and Blazer]( [JD Vance’s Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful]( [She did not touch on his claim that people who don’t have kids are more sociopathic.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Cory Michael Smith, Lamorne Morris, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Ella Hunt, Kim Matula, and Dylan O’Brien.]( [Saturday Night First Look: How the SNL Movie Captures 1975’s Wild Opening Night]( [Director Jason Reitman calls it a “thriller-comedy” that counts down to the very first “Live from New York…”]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Tim Walz, Clothing, Hat, Face, Head, Person, Photography, Portrait, Accessories, Glasses, and Adult]( [How Kamala Harris’s Design Team Turned Tim Walz’s Favorite Accessory Into a Million-Dollar Idea]( [When interest in the Minnesota governor’s fondness for Realtree-style hunter’s camo took off online, the campaign sprang into action, getting hats printed in Philadelphia and raising $1 million in the process.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Robin Williams, Face, Happy, Head, Person, Smile, Photography, Portrait, and Adult]( [“He’s Absolutely Extraordinary”: Remembering Robin Williams]( [On the 10-year anniversary of Robin Williams’s untimely passing, we asked more than 20 of his costars, collaborators, and friends—including Billy Crystal, Matt Damon, Ben Stiller, Al Pacino, Sally Field, Jeff Bridges, and Julianne Moore—for their favorite memories of this kind, playful, and uniquely intelligent artist.]( [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.