The GOP’s War on Education Reaches Dystopian Levels; Britney Spears Feels Her Doctors Have “Failed Her”; Putin Puts Biden to the Test

[Gossip Girl Show Creator on the Flashy Reboot]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour logo image]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks July 07, 2021 [The Right’s War on Education Is Reaching Dystopian Levels]( [AFT president Randi Weingarten is vowing to protect members targeted for “teaching honest history” amid GOP efforts to restrict how race and racism is taught and as Fox host Tucker Carlson calls for cameras in the classroom.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Annette Kicks Off Cannes With a Gush of Hot Air]( [The daring and garish musical, starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, is a lot of nervy construction built around very little substance.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Britney Spears Reportedly Feels Her Doctors Have “Failed Her”]( [A source claims that the pop star “doesn’t have much trust” in medical professionals and just wants her conservatorship to come to an end without another mental health evaluation.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Can Peacock Become NBC’s Must-See Comedy Successor?]( [The streamer went all in on the Emmy campaign for Girls5Eva, a litmus test for the success of the streaming service’s first year.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Vladimir Putin Is Already Testing Biden’s Take-No-Shit Approach]( [Two Russian cyberattacks—one by the intelligence-linked group that hacked the DNC in 2016—will test the president’s promise of a response just weeks after he and Putin met in Geneva.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [From the Archive: Russia’s Dark Master]( [Vladimir Putin, Russia’s new president, won the admiration of his people for his iron grasp on power. Then came the Kursk submarine crisis. Will the Kremlin’s mystery man be able to rein in a massively corrupt oligarchy, or will he wake the ghost of Stalin?]( [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](newsletter=vf) Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.