Trump’s Coronavirus Culpability; Movies for Your 007 Fix; and More

[The Real Lessons of Doing Barry’s Bootcamp at Home]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair’s Cocktail Hour Newsletter]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks April 10, 2020 [Danse Macabre, or Dance of Death, by Hugo Simberg.]( [The Art of Making Art About a Plague]( [How will the coronavirus inspire writers, filmmakers, and other creatives? Expect more stories about inequality—and maybe the end of superhero mania.]( [READ MORE »]( [Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker: Trump Has Caused a “Greater Number of Deaths Across the Country”]( [In a searing interview on Inside the Hive, the governor takes aim at the president for his flagrant mishandling of the pandemic.]( [READ MORE »]( [Attention, Screen Time]( [Is the Pandemic Expediting Our Digital Burnout?]( [Casey Schwartz’s new book, Attention: A Love Story, explores our relationship with screens at a moment when we’ve never been more dependent on them.]( [READ MORE »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Transportation, Vehicle, Car, and Automobile]( [What to Watch Instead of the Now Postponed No Time to Die]( [Daniel Craig’s final appearance as 007 was set to arrive in theaters today before the coronavirus pandemic forced its delay. Perhaps one of these films would be a worthy substitute.]( [READ MORE »]( [Nancy Pelosi]( [Progressives Chafe at Pelosi’s Coronavirus Approach]( [The left sees a “failure of imagination” in the Speaker’s horse-trading, as even Republicans champion cash payments. Leadership, however, stresses “reality”—aka getting a bill past McConnell and Trump.]( [READ MORE »]( [From the Archive: Bond Ambition]( [When he made his third appearance as 007, in the 23rd James Bond film, Daniel Craig was coming to terms with the extraordinary pressures of portraying a half-century-old icon. He even agreed that Bond needed to lighten up. Hearing how the reluctant actor was drawn into the franchise, Juli Weiner revealed the influence Craig had on Skyfall—from character development and dazzling stunt work to the choice of director Sam Mendes.]( [READ MORE »]( [][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.