The Latest Micro-Celebrity Cheating Scandal; JJ Redick on the Record; the Obama Speech That Almost Didn’t Happen

Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump’s 2024 Cold War [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Weekly]( A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR September 29, 2022 [IN PROFILE]( [JJ Redick’s Miraculous Rebound]( By Eve Peyser [One of the most hated college basketball players has become one of the sport’s most beloved commentators, adored by players and fans alike—and he’s eager to talk about how.]( [Read More]( If someone forwarded you this email, [sign up for “Cocktail Hour” here](. [EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT]( [How Obama’s Most Famous Speech Almost Didn’t Happen]( By Cody Keenan [The 2015 church massacre in Charleston would precipitate Obama giving a poignant eulogy. But behind the scenes, the 44th president doubted whether he could bring himself to say anything at all.]( [Read More]( [WOE IS MEME]( [No More Mr. Wife Guy]( By Delia Cai [Never heard of the Try Guys? Better get googling. On an increasingly fractured internet, niche drama is now everyone’s problem.]( [Read More]( [AWARDS INSIDER!]( [Mia Hansen-Løve’s Company of Women]( By David Canfield [The French auteur has directed some of the finest female performances of the past decade. It’s because she does things differently.]( [Read More]( [GLOBAL ACTION]( [Iran’s Protests Are a Rebellion for Bodily Autonomy]( By Narges Bajoghli [Mahsa Amini’s death in the custody of Iran’s “morality police” prompted a feminist outcry that reverberates with #MeToo and the fight for abortion rights.]( [Read More]( [FACT VS. FICTION]( [Inside Marilyn Monroe’s Real-Life Romances]( By Savannah Walsh [From Joe DiMaggio to John F. Kennedy—a look at the icon’s past romances and an answer to the vital question: Was she ever in a throuple?]( [Read More]( [ICYMI]( [Ron DeSantis: The Making and Remaking (and Remaking) of a MAGA Heir]( By Gabriel Sherman [The Florida governor is the Fox-loving, lib-owning successor-in-waiting to Donald Trump’s cult of personality. Is it any wonder he and the former president are already locked in a 2024 cold war?]( [Read More]( [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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.