Meghan and Harry in Africa, an Emmys Review, and More

[Plus: The Best-Dressed Celebrities]( [View this email in your browser]( [Vanity Fair’s Cocktail Hour Newsletter]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks September 23, 2019 [Anything, It Seemed, Was Possible]( [Despite an indifferently run, often incoherent telecast, the Television Academy produced a surprising, daring, and contemporary array of winners—[many of whom acknowledged they still have a long way to go.](]( [READ MORE »]( [The Masked Singer Tragedy]( [A tribute to Thingamajig, the furry mess from Fox’s endless Emmys promotion, who could lead network television to its macabre end.]( [READ MORE »]( [Meghan and Harry Dance in South Africa]( [In the Cape Town township of Nyanga, the duke and duchess spent an hour with a group of women and talked about their passion for raising awareness about gender-based violence.]( [READ MORE »]( [Ukraine-Gate Heats Up Impeachment Debate]( [Democrats are demanding transparency around Trump’s call to Ukraine’s president. If the administration refuses to comply, Nancy Pelosi could be forced to make a hard choice.]( [READ MORE »]( [Tegan and Sara]( [Tegan and Sara’s Self-Reckoning]( [To write their new memoir, High School, Sara Quin watched old VHS tapes. Tegan revisited journals where she documented her first love. “We started as dirtbags taking drugs, and we ended with a record deal,” says Tegan. “It’s a redemption story.”]( [READ MORE »]( [The End of the Line]( [Cory Booker sent out a desperate plea for donations over the weekend. Is his campaign truly on life support?]( [READ MORE »]( [From the Archive: The House That Estée Built]( [From 2005: Remembering his encounters with Estée Lauder, “the world’s greatest saleswoman,” and talking to her heirs, Bob Colacello chronicles Lauder’s rise from peddling her uncle’s face creams to art collecting and philanthropy.]( [READ MORE »]( Subscribe to Vanity Fair to read the September issue and access the archive]( [][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 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.