On Eve Babitz.

Babitz thought she’d die at thirty; she’s now 78 and witnessing her own resurrection. Youth was not wasted on her, and she crammed her life into her sentences.

How social media stars like Addison Rae gave the cosmetics industry a makeover.

Long before the likes of Kim Kardashian, Marie Bashkirtseff sought to secure celebrity through curation of “personal brand.”

In 1944, an eighteen year old boy became famous for throwing eggs at Frank Sinatra. Then he disappeared.

The cost of parents sharing their lives on Instagram.

The photographer who showed us the world always kept coming back to a little town by the sea.

Inside the surreal and lucrative two-sided marketplace of mediocre famous people.

The 39-year-old—call him ‘Mack’—has been liberated longer than you realize.

The singer spends most of her time at home, working on a new album. That doesn’t mean she’s not paying attention.

The making, and marketing, of a 9-year-old meme machine.

The story of Chyna’s final days.

“We have a lot in common. We go to the same shrink.”

A conversation about God, anxiety, and the monkey.

“My career is not my life. It’s a hobby.”

A conversation with “the most popular human alive.”

A lifelong obsession with becoming a reality TV star takes its final turn.

"I have to hand it to this show’s producers. They have real balls to do something so big,so real. They got carnage right. Around me lie bits of charred metal, a hand, and two smoldering tray tables. The air smells like our kitchen Christmas Day but without the garlic.A gray haze hovers to the left, fed by smoke chimneys swirling from plane parts. Where are the other contestants? Where are the camera crews? Filming with hidden cameras is common, but this level of innovation in shooting unnerves me. Hey, the whole scenario unnerves me. Who wants to see a disembodied hand on a scrubby dune? I knew to be ready for challenges and twists and drama whether the show was about fashion or losing weight, but tragedy is new for me–an aspect of reality I haven’t studied."

What happened to Wesley Autrey after he jumped in front of a New York City subway train to save a man’s life.

Six months after playing an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival, a rambling Dylan holds forth on style, songwriting, and fame. “People have one great blessing—obscurity—and not really too many people are thankful for it.”