“A Bunch of High-Paid Narcissists”

Trump’s Toilet Obsession • Killer Robots • Amazon’s Billion-Dollar Bet [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( “A Bunch of High-Paid Narcissists” Good morning from the Hive newsroom! CNN’s rank and file have yet to receive a message from on high about president Jeff Zucker’s resignation, Charlotte Klein [reports](. The network’s stars are the ones being invited to meetings, and their televised displays of emotion are neither bringing Zucker back nor helping alleviate the internal stress of the news. “You’ve gathered a bunch of high-paid narcissists into a room and this is the result,” a staffer told Vanity Fair. “These people are just so disconnected from reality.” Elsewhere, Nick Bilton [recounts]( a tech titan’s acceptance of robot overlords as the next step in the evolutionary process. Eric Lutz [tells us]( about the latest legislative victory for the #MeToo movement. Bess Levin [warns]( that Donald Trump may have been feeding his toilet obsession with…shredded documents. Finally, Anthony Breznican and Joanna Robinson [have the exclusive]( on Amazon’s billion-dollar bet: a prequel series to Lord of the Rings. Thanks for reading! [Image may contain: Lighting, Interior Design, Indoors, Audience, Human, Crowd, Person, Stage, Room, Theater, and Footwear]( [“A Bunch of High-Paid Narcissists”: Even Staffers Are Sick of CNN Stars Eulogizing Jeff Zucker]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [You’re not the only one wondering if CNN’s stars are okay. The network’s rank and file are also rolling their eyes, while waiting for executives to give them the time of day too.]( [Read more button]( [“That’s Just the Next Step in Evolution”: Silicon Valley Is Ready for Robots to Kill Us All]( By [Nick Bilton]( [Tech titans may have already accepted our doom, but as we create new technologies, it's not too late to start asking ourselves if there could be another way.]( [Read more button]( [“One of the Biggest Workplace Reforms in History”: Passage of Bipartisan Bill Is Major Victory for the MeToo Movement]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to send the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act to President Joe Biden’s desk.]( [Read more button]( [Trump’s Toilet Obsession Just Took a Dark Turn]( By [Bess Levin]( [Amidst reports of document shredding, a new book by Maggie Haberman says White House staff “periodically discovered wads of printed paper clogging a toilet,” which they believed the president was responsible for.]( [Read more button]( [Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series Rises: Inside The Rings of Power]( By [Anthony Breznican and Joanna Robinson]( [One show to rule them all—the first look at a billion-dollar saga set thousands of years before J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendary trilogy.]( [Read more button]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [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]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. 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) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2022 Condé Nast