The Curse of a Trump Endorsement, Edward Norton’s Impassioned Project, and More

[Trump Eyes a TV Comeback]( [View this email in your browser]( [Vanity Fair’s Cocktail Hour Newsletter]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks November 07, 2019 [Dave Filoni and George Lucas.]( [George Lucas’s Chosen One]( [Like everyone else, Dave Filoni grew up loving Star Wars. Unlike everyone else, he was recruited to learn from the master. Now he’s an MVP on The Mandalorian.]( [READ MORE »]( [donald trump ]( [The Curse of Trump’s Endorsement]( [If the president can’t tip the scales in Mitch McConnell’s home state, where can he tip them? And what does Matt Bevin’s failure to concede portend for our democracy?]( [READ MORE »]( [Edward Norton near water]( [Edward Norton’s Impassioned Project]( [The actor wrote, directed, and stars in Motherless Brooklyn, the movie version of the modern noir novel, a film 20 years in the works that feels all the more vital today.]( [READ MORE »]( [olivia colman in the crown ]( [The Crown’s Bittersweet Third Season]( [Older but not quite wiser, the House of Windsor enters the ’70s. Sonia Saraiya reviews.]( [READ MORE »]( [emma thompson and emilia clarke]( [Emilia Clarke and Emma Thompson’s Enviable Friendship]( [The actors bonded while filming Last Christmas, a rom-com cowritten by Thompson. The film’s message, per Thompson: “Love is the best tool that you have, but you better make sure that you direct it toward yourself first.”]( [READ MORE »]( [From the Archive: Dorsey’s Dilemma]( [From day one, more than a decade ago, Twitter has existed in a constant state of turmoil—one that was epitomized by the abrupt departure of its longest-serving CEO, Dick Costolo, and the return of cofounder Jack Dorsey. As Dorsey grappled with the company’s falling stock price and flatlining growth, Nick Bilton confronted him in 2016 about Twitter’s impending identity crisis.]( [READ MORE »]( Subscribe to Vanity Fair to read the September issue and access the archive]( [][Vanity Fair]( [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 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.