Paul Newman’s “Naughty” Letters; Meryl Streep’s Surprise Separation; Will Spoiler Candidates Reelect Trump?

  [Plus: Looking Back on the Legends of Laurel Canyon]( [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]( [donald trump]( [How Third-Party Hopefuls Could Put Donald Trump Back in the White House]( [By CHRIS SMITH]( [Bidenworld is fretting over potential 2024 spoilers, from Cornel West to RFK Jr., and may need to hammer home the election’s stakes to keep people from, as one strategist put it, “essentially throwing their vote away.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman]( [Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s “Naughty” Love Letters Salvaged by Their Daughter]( [By KASE WICKMAN]( [“I would read the letters and just go, ‘Oh, this is so sweet. This should go in the book.’ And then I would be reading on, and then I’d go, ‘Ooh, Dad, I can’t put this in the book!’”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [It’s Not Like Republicans Were Doing the “People’s Business” Anyway]( [By MOLLY JONG-FAST]( [The Speaker spectacle at least gives us a break from House grandstanders trying to impeach Joe Biden or freaking out about gas stoves.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Ziwe Is Finally the Iconic Guest]( [By CHRIS MURPHY]( [The comedian chats with VF about her debut essay collection, her plans for world domination, and putting herself at the center of her narrative.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Meryl Streep and Don Gummer in 1984]( [Meryl Streep Confirms Separation From Longtime Husband Don Gummer]( [By EVE BATEY]( [A representative for the lauded actor says the pair have lived apart for “more than six years.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [From the Archive: It Happened in Laurel Canyon]( [By LISA ROBINSON]( [They made music together, took drugs together, formed bands together, slept together. But none of the legends of the Laurel Canyon scene—Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, and Linda Ronstadt, among others—remember it quite the same way.]( [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.