Can you believe it’s been five years since a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol? I can’t. This week, a few dozen rioters returned to Washington to appear before a panel of House Democrats. The hearing was part of an effort to push back on Trump’s attempts to rewrite the history of that infamous day. “I’m a mother and a grandmother and a cancer survivor and a retired addiction counselor. I am also a convicted criminal for what I did on January the 6th, 2021,” Pam Hemphill, a woman known as MAGA Granny, said in her testimony. Aidan McLaughlin, VF’s Washington correspondent, reports on the Democrats’ fight to preserve the reality of January 6.
Elsewhere, One Battle After Another leads the Actor Awards nominations; VF’s Mikhail Zygar shares the impact of Heated Rivalry in Russia; and Hollywood titans Carol Burnett and Laura Dern talk their close bond—and more. |
MAGGIE COUGHLAN,
SENIOR EDITOR |
Five years on, House Democrats are fighting efforts from the Trump White House to rewrite the history of the riot at the US Capitol. “It’s almost like trying to recreate 9/11 or Pearl Harbor with a positive spin,” one member of Congress tells Vanity Fair. |
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In a press release, Warner Bros. Discovery reiterated its support for a merger with Netflix and said Paramount Skydance’s offer was “not in the best interests of WBD.” Tough news for the Ellisons—but they aren’t completely without hope. |
The two Hollywood giants talk their decades-long friendship, that shocking Palm Royale twist, and memories of Dern’s late mother, Diane Ladd. |
Despite the fact that the explicit hockey romance is not officially available on any Russian streaming platform, the show is an enormous hit there as well—perhaps because its closeted Russian hero feels surprisingly true to life. |
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Patricia Lonergan, a young, attractive socialite, is found naked in her bedroom, bludgeoned and strangled to death. The accused: her wildly handsome, devastatingly charming husband, Wayne, a fortune hunter whose lurid alibi shocks even New York’s toughest police officers and tabloid reporters. The murder and subsequent trial were the media sensation of 1943 and ’44, played out against the café-society backdrop of the Stork Club and El Morocco. Dominick Dunne spins a rich tale of infidelity, decadence, and scandal, from Wayne’s affair with Patsy’s father to his elopement with the young heiress, to the struggle over her inheritance and their infant son. |
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