Inside Afghanistan One Year After Kabul’s Fall; Dwayne Johnson Embraces Villainy; Team Trump Loses It Over a “Mole” in the Ranks

Plus: Can Harry Styles Follow in Lady Gaga’s Oscar Footsteps? [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Weekly]( A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR August 11, 2022 [PHOTO ESSAY]( [Returning to Afghanistan—One Year After the Fall of Kabul]( By Peter van Agtmael [A photojournalist documents life under Taliban rule, where women, among others, are paying the price for an uneasy peace.]( [Read More]( If someone forwarded you this email, [sign up for “Cocktail Hour” here](. [THE LEVIN REPORT]( [“The ex-president and his advisers have reportedly been referring to whoever allegedly passed the information on to the feds as a ‘mole’ or a ‘rat,’ the latter quite fittingly being terminology of the Mob.”]( [— Bess Levin on Team Trump’s Thuggish Spin Campaign]( [Read More]( [FIRST LOOK]( [Dwayne Johnson Embraces Villainy as Black Adam]( [Exclusive new images of the DC antihero, who has all the powers of Superman—except for mercy, empathy, and compassion.]( By Anthony Breznican [Read More]( [CHEF’S KISS]( [How Mario Carbone Built the Most Celebrity-Studded Restaurant on Earth]( By Nate Freeman [From Leonardo DiCaprio, Rihanna, and Jay-Z to Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama, and secretive millionaires, it’s as if the rich and powerful simply are not aware that other places exist to get dinner. And it’s all thanks to this man.]( [Read More]( [IN CONVERSATION]( [Aubrey Plaza Is a Millennial Dirty Harry in Emily the Criminal]( By Lisa Liebman [The very busy actor on her action-packed new film, her impromptu pandemic wedding, and improvising with Jennifer Coolidge in the second season of The White Lotus.]( [Read More]( [POLITICS]( [One Year Later, Andrew Cuomo Still Regrets Resigning]( By Chris Smith [The former New York governor still faces at least one legal hurdle, a year after resigning amid a sexual harassment scandal. But he’s watching the Democratic Party closely, his associates tell Vanity Fair, and he’s eyeing his next act.]( [Read More]( [LITTLE GOLD MEN]( [Can Harry Styles Follow in Lady Gaga’s Oscar Footsteps?]( By Vanity Fair [On this week’s episode, a look at the very big festival season ahead for one of the world’s biggest pop stars—and what might come next.]( [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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.