The circumstances surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s death have been the subject of conspiracy theories pretty much since the disgraced financier was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell on August 10, 2019. This week, the House Oversight Committee is hoping to answer some of the lingering questions about the events leading up to Epstein’s suicide by calling one of his prison guards, Tova Noel, to sit for a transcribed interview. Whether Noel, who was likely the last person to see Epstein alive, will participate in the interview set for this Thursday remains to be seen. But in the meantime, Vanity Fair’s Clara Molot has dug through news reports, court records, and investigative documents released by the Justice Department to piece together a detailed timeline of everything we know—and everything we don’t—about the night Epstein died.
In other news, it’s Gloria Steinem’s 92nd birthday—happy birthday, Gloria! And to mark the occasion, Savannah Walsh has an exclusive look at Steinem’s new memoir, An Unexpected Life, out this September. Jesse Tyler Ferguson talks to Douglas Corzine about playing Truman Capote Off Broadway over scrambled eggs with caviar at Tiffany’s. And Jordan Hoffman interviews Israeli director Nadav Lapid about his new film, Yes, which Lapid describes as “maybe the most radical movie” made about the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza.
