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Hollywood

Movies & TV

The King of the Geezer Teasers

Inside Randall Emmett’s direct-to-video empire, where many Hollywood stars have found lucrative early retirement.

Joshua Hunt Vulture Apr 2021 30min Permalink

Movies & TV

Welcome to Zollywood

A profile of Zendaya.

Hunter Harris GQ Jan 2021 20min Permalink

Arts Business Crime

"Everything Was Completely Destroyed"

What it was like to be a rank-and-file Sony employee after the hack.

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Amanda Hess on the Longform Podcast

Amanda Hess Slate Nov 2015 20min Permalink

Crime

Death in Clubland

When model Kimberly Fattorini died after a night out in Hollywood, everyone assumed she’d accidentally overdosed. But there was more to the story.

K.J. Yossman Elle Nov 2020 Permalink

Crime Movies & TV

‘Nobody Is Going to Believe You’

The Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been trailed by accusations of sexual misconduct for 20 years. Here, his alleged victims tell their stories.

Alex French, Maximillian Potter The Atlantic Jan 2019 45min Permalink

Crime

Homicide at Rough Point

In the fall of 1966, billionaire Doris Duke killed a close confidant in Newport, Rhode Island. Local police ruled the incident “an unfortunate accident.” Half a century later, evidence suggests she got away with murder.

Peter Lance Vanity Fair Jul 2020 35min Permalink

Crime

The Suspects Wore Louboutins

The motley gang of L.A. teens that cat-burgled celebrities, sometimes repeatedly, in search of designer clothes, jewelry, and something to do. The story that became The Bling Ring.

Nancy Jo Sales Vanity Fair Mar 2010 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

Heart of An Assassin

'It’s raised the bar,' Craig finally conceded. 'It’s fucking raised the bar.'

Sam Knight GQ Mar 2020 30min Permalink

Best Article

The Quaid Conspiracy

Randy Quaid and his wife Evi have fled to Canada and are living in their car. They are seeking asylum from the menace of the “Hollywood Star Whackers.”

Nancy Jo Sales Vanity Fair Jan 2011 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

Great Hollywood IPO That Wasn’t

Ari Emanuel’s failure to launch.

Richard Rushfield Vanity Fair Jan 2020 30min Permalink

Crime

100 Women vs. Harvey Weinstein

The disgraced movie mogul finally faces his day in court. But as his accusers know best, there might not be a Hollywood ending.

Irin Carmon The Cut Jan 2020 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

Rami Malek, An Overnight Sensation 15 Years in the Making

How a journeyman actor became a star.

Molly Young GQ Aug 2019 20min Permalink

Business Movies & TV

The Absurdities of 'Franchise Fatigue' & 'Sequelitis'

What’s actually happening at the box office.

Matthew Ball REDEF Aug 2019 Permalink

Business Movies & TV

The Great Race to Rule Streaming TV

“Three giant telecoms are gonna make and own all the content, and they’re not gonna want anyone else to make it.”

Jonah Weiner New York Times Magazine Jul 2019 30min Permalink

Movies & TV

Billionaires, Bombers, and Bellydancers

On a century of Muslim misrepresentation in Hollywood.

Omar Mouallem The Ringer May 2019 30min Permalink

In Conversation: Anjelica Huston

On growing up in Hollywood, the cost of beating Oprah at the Oscars, and why Jack Nicholson doesn’t act anymore.

Andrew Goldman Vulture May 2019 35min Permalink

Crime

They Had It Coming

The parents indicted in the college-admissions scandal were responding to a changing America, with rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs.

Caitlin Flanagan The Atantic Apr 2019 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

Heaven Can Wait: The Hidden Genius of Elaine May

A profile of Elaine May, one the most important figures in American pop cultural history—and one of the most hidden.

Lindsay Zoladz The Ringer Mar 2019 25min Permalink

Media Movies & TV

Would You Trust This Man?

A profile of reality-TV star Jax Taylor.

Joseph Bien-Kahn Vulture Mar 2019 20min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Oscar Night in Hollywood

As early as 1948, the Oscars sucked.

Raymond Chandler The Atlantic Mar 1948 15min Permalink

Crime History Movies & TV

It Happened One Night . . . at MGM

When Patricia Douglas was raped by an MGM salesman at a 1937 studio party, the 20-year-old dancer filed charges, taking on Hollywood’s most powerful institution.

David Stenn Vanity Fair Apr 2003 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

New Energy

Ezra Miller is the gender-bending, goat delivering Hollywood star of the future.

Allie Jones GQ Style Nov 2018 20min Permalink

Arts

Almost Famous

After two decades spent making movies, including last year’s record-
breaking Girls Trip, Malcolm D. Lee wishes he could stop paying his dues.

Allison P. Davis California Sunday Aug 2018 15min Permalink

Best Article Crime

Nightmare on Elm Drive

A comprehensive history of the case against the Menendez brothers, built primarily on secret audio recording made by their self-promoting therapist.

Dominick Dunne Vanity Fair Oct 1990 55min Permalink

Crime Movies & TV

Hunting the Con Queen of Hollywood: Who's the "Crazy Evil Genius" Behind a Global Racket?

She calls claiming to be Amy Pascal, Kathleen Kennedy, or some other powerful woman in entertainment. She knows personal details about her mark as well as the woman she is impersonating.

She offers work, then sends them—photographers, make-up artists, soldiers—around the world to bilk them out of modest amounts of cash.

Scott Johnson The Hollywood Reporter Jul 2018 Permalink

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