The “Ugly Truth” of ‘Rolling Stone’; Gisele Bündchen Goes Dry; Nia DaCosta’s Blockbuster Moment

  [Plus: Did Trump Blow Up His Own Legal Defense?]( [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]( [Jann Wenner in his office on August 2, 1970.]( [How Jann Wenner “Revealed the Ugly Truth of Rolling Stone”]( [By JOE HAGAN]( [Sticky Fingers author Joe Hagan says Wenner built the rock magazine “for and about white men.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Nia DaCosta photographed in London, wearing Bottega Veneta.]( [Nia DaCosta, Barrier-Breaking Director of The Marvels, on Navigating the Blockbuster Machine]( [By REBECCA FORD]( [“The thing I’ve been most surprised by lately,” says the filmmaker, who broke through with the horror hit Candyman, “is how much respect I’ve been getting from these middle-aged white dudes.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Chris Evans on Why He Doesn’t Need Hollywood Anymore]( [By ZACH BARON]( [For GQ’s October cover story, the reluctant leading man reflects on the Marvel years, overthinking movie stardom, and life after Captain America.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Oops: Trump Accidentally Blew Up His January 6 Legal Defense on National TV]( [By BESS LEVIN]( [Jack Smith’s job just got significantly easier.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Gisele Bündchen Reveals What Happened When She Quit Drinking]( [By KASE WICKMAN]( [“You got to put the oxygen mask on you first.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Rep. Lauren Boebert on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Sept 12, 2023, in Washington, DC.]( [Lauren Boebert’s Only Crime Was Loving the Theater Too Much, You Puritan]( [By KENZIE BRYANT]( [You cast the first stone if you haven’t blamed your worst behavior on the “natural anxiety of being in a new environment” and the excitement of seeing the “much-anticipated production” of the Beetlejuice musical.]( [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]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.