Billie Eilish’s ‘Barbie’ Surprise; Oprah’s Full Circle Moment; Why the GOP Can’t Touch Trump

[Plus: A Mob Chef Comes Clean]( [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]( [Billie Eilish, photographed at home.]( [Billie Eilish: What I Was Made For]( [By BILLIE EILISH]( [When Eilish and her brother, Finneas, were asked to write a song for Barbie, surprising things came pouring out.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Who Are These GOP Debates Actually For?]( [By ERIC LUTZ]( [Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy can trade all the blows they like, but neither of them are going to dim Donald Trump’s star power.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Oprah Comes Full Circle With The Color Purple: “That Was My Story”]( [By PAUL CHI]( [The star of Steven Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation opens up about what producing the new film means to her.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Tim Allen, Casey Wilson]( [“Tim Allen Was Such a Bitch” on The Santa Clauses Set, Says Costar]( [By SAVANNAH WALSH]( [Casey Wilson said working with Allen on the Disney+ series’ pilot was “the truly single worst experience I’ve ever had with a costar.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Princess Kate of Wales at a reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps, Buckingham Palace]( [Kate Middleton Brings Back a Beloved Tiara]( [By ERIN VANDERHOOF]( [She posed with Prince William, King Charles, and Queen Camilla—who was wearing a historic tiara of her own—at the annual reception for Britain’s diplomatic corps.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [From the Archive: Confessions of a Mob Chef]( [By GABRIEL SHERMAN]( [David Ruggerio was once a rising star of French cooking in New York—and a proto–celebrity chef with cookbooks and TV shows to his name. But all that success belied the double life he was leading as a rank-and-file member of the Mob. Decades after his fall from grace and mysterious disappearance from the food world, Ruggerio is coming clean.]( [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.