The comic answers some uncomfortable questions.

The boutique that defined early-aughts L.A. style has taken an unexpected turn.

A profile of the actor.

A closer look at the economics of Black pop culture reveals that most Black creators (outside music) come from middle-to-upper middle class backgrounds, while the Black poor are written about but rarely get the chance to speak for themselves.

In the years before World War II, Zacharewicz shined at Cannes and was wooed by Samuel Goldwyn but when the Nazis occupied Poland, he was sent to Auschwitz for defending his Jewish countrymen: “For him, the choice was easy.”

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.

Ari Emanuel, Hollywood’s most tenacious agent, tries to remake himself as a mogul.

A portrait of a toxic workplace.

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

A profile of Zendaya.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.”

Ari Emanuel’s failure to launch.

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

How a journeyman actor became a star.

What’s actually happening at the box office.

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

On a century of Muslim misrepresentation in Hollywood.

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

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.