Joe Kahn’s First Day at the Turbulent ‘Times’; an Exclusive With The Staircase’s Michael Peterson; a New Path for ‘Pinocchio’

[Plus: Amber Heard Describes the IRL Hate She Got]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour logo image]( [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Clothing, Apparel, Suit, Coat, Overcoat, Human, Person, Jacket, and Blazer]( [Steady and Calm Joe Kahn Takes Charge of the Turbulent Times]( [On Day 1 atop the masthead, the new executive editor talks social media controversies, digital transformation, and meeting the hyperpartisan political moment. “The idea that the Times is stuck in some 1980s paradigm of both-sides journalism,” he says, “is pretty factually false.”]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Amber Heard, and Photographer]( [“I Felt Less Than Human”: Amber Heard Describes the IRL Hate She Got Outside the Courtroom]( [“Every single day, I passed three, four, sometimes six blocks, city blocks lined with people holding signs saying, ‘Burn the witch’, ‘Death to Amber,’” Heard said.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Symbol, Flag, Human, Person, Clothing, Apparel, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Sleeve, Helmet, and Long Sleeve]( [“It’s a Grift”: Kimberly Guilfoyle Made $60,000 for Her Jan. 6 Rally Speech]( [The House Jan. 6 committee says it has evidence that others in the Trump family also financially benefited from their campaign to overturn the 2020 election results.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Guillermo del Toro Pinocchio]( [Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Carves a New Path: An Exclusive First Look]( [“The virtue Pinocchio has is to disobey. At a time when everybody else behaves as a puppet—he doesn’t.”]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Clothing, Apparel, Advertisement, Poster, and Art]( [Danielle Deadwyler Makes Every Moment Count]( [The Station Eleven breakout and incoming Oscar contender gets candid about her blossoming career: “I like the long game.”]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Skirt, Clothing, Apparel, Fashion, Michael Peterson, Premiere, Long Sleeve, and Sleeve]( [For Michael Peterson, the Nightmare Continues With HBO Max’s The Staircase]( [Peterson and his daughter Margaret Ratliff feel that their family tragedy was perverted for profit with HBO Max’s dramatized adaptation.]( [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]( [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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.