More Bad News for Trump; a Surreal Hamptons Status Symbol; an Unsung Hero Gets His Due

  [Plus: Ted Cruz Goes to War—With Barbie]( [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]( [Where the Cash Is Greener: Hamptonites Are Shelling Out 6 Figures to Keep Lawns Lush]( [By STEPHANIE KRIKORIAN]( [In the Hamptons, lawns are the talk of the town, with some residents spending nearly half a million dollars and trucking in water to keep their estates looking impeccable.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Trump Likely to Be Indicted a Whopping Third (and Maybe Even Fourth!) Time]( [By BESS LEVIN]( [The ex-president is thoroughly f--ked.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [We’ve Reached Peak Girl]( [By DELIA CAI]( [An eons-long Barbie promotional extravaganza ties up our latest nostalgia craze in a perfect bow. But what’s behind this particular fixation on girlhood?]( [R E A D M O R E]( [First Look: Colman Domingo Is Bayard Rustin, the Man Who Turned MLK’s Dream Into a Reality]( [By CHRIS MURPHY]( [The Rustin star and director George C. Wolfe shine a spotlight on an unsung civil rights hero: “The more I was living with Bayard, I just became overwhelmed.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Ted Cruz Goes to War Against Barbie]( [By KATEY RICH]( [Tired of beefing with Big Bird, he’s picked another pop-culture icon to fight (and lose to).]( [R E A D M O R E]( [From the Archive: The Man in the Latex Suit]( [By BRYAN BURROUGH]( [The killing of Edouard Stern, one of Europe’s richest men, stunned the global financial elite. Once the heir apparent at the investment bank Lazard Frères, Stern was known as much for his brutal arrogance as for his dashing style. With exclusive access to the financier’s inner circle (including the friend who found his latex-clad, bullet-riddled body), Bryan Burrough reveals the fears and enemies that plagued Stern’s last days—as well as the erotic entanglement that came undone just before his death.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [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 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.