Friends and Family Mourn Liam Payne; Mitch McConnell, Unfiltered; Playtime at the Playboy Mansion

[Plus: Why This Is Kamala Harris’s Race to Lose]( [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]( [Image may contain: Tim Walz, Kamala Harris, Crowd, Person, Adult, Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie, Audience, and Speech]( [This Race Is Kamala Harris’s to Lose. Here’s Why.]( [By MARK MCKINNON]( [Veteran political strategist Mark McKinnon shoots straight: “I’m going to make a bold prediction here because I just don’t give a shit if I’m wrong, even if this lives on the internet forever. Kamala Harris is going to win.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Liam Payne, Jonah Ray, Adult, Person, Accessories, Jewelry, Necklace, Crew Cut, Hair, Glasses, and Head]( [Friends and Family Mourn One Direction Star Liam Payne]( [By ERIN VANDERHOOF]( [Following the 31-year-old’s death, his friends and former collaborators share their shock and grief.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield, Adult, Person, Head, Face, Happy, Smile, Accessories, and Jewelry]( [Andrew Garfield Walks the Red Carpet With a Cardboard Cutout]( [By SAVANNAH WALSH]( [Your eyes do not deceive you—Garfield promoted his new film, We Live in Time, with a slightly altered version of his onscreen love interest, Florence Pugh.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Elizabeth Taylor, Halle Berry, Emma Stone, Jessica Lange, Richard Burton, and Andreas Hestler]( [A Complete History of Best-Actress Winners]( [By CHRIS FEIL]( [Learn more about every best-actress Oscar winner from 1929 to today, including all of the details about the speeches, the stars—and even a tie.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Face, Frown, Head, Person, Sad, Photography, Portrait, and People]( [Biographer: Mitch McConnell Called Trump “Stupid,” a “Sleazeball,” and a “Despicable Human Being”]( [By BESS LEVIN]( [Then endorsed him for president. The words you’re looking for here are shameless and hack.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Lorraine Nicholson at the Playboy Mansion]( [Playtime at the Playboy Mansion]( [By LORRAINE NICHOLSON]( [Lorraine Nicholson’s parents didn’t gel with the families at school, so for 10 years she went to the Hefners’ place with her nanny. The writer-director looks back on swimming in the infamous grotto with her eyes open—before she knew what sex, let alone a sex cave, even was.]( [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 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.