Oscar Nominations 2020: What Went Wrong—And Did Anything Go Right?

[The Best Meghan and Harry B-plot Scandal Has Emerged]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair’s Cocktail Hour Newsletter]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks January 13, 2020 [Image may contain: Human, Person, Rachel Luttrell, Advertisement, Collage, Poster, Clothing, and Apparel]( [Oscar Nominations 2020: What Went Wrong—And Did Anything Go Right?]( [Academy voters are more internationally minded now (Go, Parasite! Congrats, Antonio!), but that’s the only thing that feels like progress (J. Lo and Lupita, you okay?).]( [READ MORE »]( [Image may contain: Elizabeth II, Clothing, Apparel, Hat, Human, Person, Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Coat, Suit, and Overcoat]( [The Queen Has Struck a Deal With Meghan and Harry]( [The details are still hazy, but according to a statement, the monarch wants them ironed out quickly.]( [READ MORE »]( [Gillian Anderson in Netflix's Sex Education season 2]( [Gillian Anderson Is a Sexpert]( [The actor talks about her roles in Sex Education and The Crown, as well as how her self-esteem has grown since the days of The X-Files’ Agent Scully.]( [READ MORE »]( [Cory Booker Ends 2020 Campaign]( [The New Jersey Democrat leaves behind an increasingly white Democratic field.]( [READ MORE »]( [Image may contain: Collage, Advertisement, Poster, Human, Person, Clothing, Apparel, Hat, Alpha Blondy, and Face]( [The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of Oscar Nominations]( [No justice for J. Lo, a celebration for Little Women, and more things that made us gasp this morning.]( [READ MORE »]( [From the Archive: Who Stole the Oscars?]( [The theft of 2000’s Oscars led to the arrest of a trucker and a forklift operator. Meanwhile, Willie Fulgear, the junk scavenger who claimed he’d found the golden statuettes in a Dumpster, became a local hero, rewarded with $50,000 and a tribute at the ceremony. Case closed? Not exactly.]( [READ MORE »]( Subscribe to Vanity Fair to read the Holiday 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 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.