Trump Spends Final Days Plotting Revenge; Steven Soderbergh Defends Warner Bros.; and More

[Pardon the Disruption]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks December 19, 2020 [Image may contain: Text, Human, Person, Document, Id Cards, Ross William Ulbricht, and Head]( [The Double Standard of a Trump Pardon for Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht]( [The president is considering a pardon for the founder of Silk Road, once the world’s biggest illegal drug marketplace, which sold everything from cocaine to cyanide. It’s a chance afforded to few, including the nearly half a million drug offenders currently behind bars. So should it be afforded to him?]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Transportation, Vehicle, Automobile, Car, Hat, Clothing, Apparel, Cushion, Suit, and Coat]( [Michael Cohen Predicts Trump’s Future]( [The man who made his living as the president’s shadow imagines his next moves.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Face, Clothing, Suit, Overcoat, Coat, Apparel, Glasses, Accessories, Accessory, and Beard]( [Steven Soderbergh Defends Warner Bros. for HBO Max Move]( [The director, who has an overall deal with the streaming platform, also understands filmmakers who were upset by the unexpected announcement: “I know from experience, people can wrap their minds around change. Surprises, they don’t like that so much.”]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Crowd, Person, Suit, Coat, Clothing, Overcoat, Apparel, Tie, Accessories, and Accessory]( [The White House’s Incompetence Is Apparently Holding Up “Millions” of COVID Vaccines]( [After the Trump administration implied that states would be receiving drastically fewer doses of the COVID vaccine in their next shipments because of delays at Pfizer, the drug company fired back, saying they had “millions” of shots sitting in a warehouse.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Clothing, Apparel, Overcoat, Coat, Human, and Person]( [How Does The Flight Attendant End, and What Does It Mean for Season Two?]( [The HBO Max limited series was renewed Friday following a season finale that left open a number of possibilities for where the story could go from here.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Lighting, Stage, Human, Person, Clothing, Apparel, Suit, Coat, Overcoat, and Crowd]( [Trump Spends Final Days Plotting Revenge Against His Enemies and Pardons for Everyone Else]( [West Wing officials are packing up, while the boss is stuck in denial—refusing to call Joe Biden and obsessing over Hunter. “If Trump is going to leave office,” says one source, “he wants a special counsel, 100%.”]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [From the Archive: Pardon the Disruption]( [The four horsemen of the coming economic apocalypse—Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, and Facebook—have already flattened entire industries. With scenarios that make the Industrial Revolution look like a picnic, some moguls are now focused on managing the social impact.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [(image) Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [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 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.