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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

Movies & TV

The Trouble With Johnny Depp

How a Hollywood icon found himself at a dead end.

Stephen Rodrick Rolling Stone Jun 2018 40min Permalink

Movies & TV

How Boots Riley Infiltrated Hollywood

How the rapper smuggled his radical anticapitalism into his new film Sorry to Bother You.

Jonah Weiner New York Times Magazine May 2018 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

How Hollywood Failed Brad Renfro

Studios want to hire kids with genuine depth, but the system in place to protect child actors isn’t equipped if their lives go perilously downhill.

Adam B. Vary Buzzfeed May 2018 Permalink

Best Article Arts Music

The Tragedy of Britney Spears

A profile of Spears at her nadir.

Vanessa Grigoriadis Rolling Stone Feb 2008 35min Permalink

Movies & TV

Lena Waithe Is Changing the Game

On the star who is re-writing the rules for the next generation.

Jacqueline Woodson Vanity Fair Mar 2018 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

Enlisting an Audience

How Hollywood peddles propaganda.

Amos Barshad The Outline Mar 2018 10min Permalink

Movies & TV

Timothée Chalamet Has Arrived Right on Time

A star explodes.

Daniel Riley GQ Feb 2018 20min Permalink

Best Article Movies & TV

David Lynch Keeps His Head

A visit to the set of Lost Highway, minus an actual interview with the director.

David Foster Wallace Premiere Sep 1996 45min Permalink

Movies & TV

Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories

Multiple women share harrowing accounts of sexual assault and harassment by the film executive.

Ronan Farrow New Yorker Oct 2017 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

A Former Superagent Bets Big on a More Diverse Hollywood

Charles D. King tries to change the entertainment landscape.

Calvin Baker New York Times Magazine Oct 2017 15min Permalink

The Mystery of L.A. Billboard Diva Angelyne's Real Identity Is Finally Solved

“Way before Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, the enigmatic blonde bombshell was famous for being famous, perpetually driving the streets of Hollywood in that pink Corvette. But her true identity has remained secret all these years … until now.”

Gary Baum The Hollywood Reporter Aug 2017 15min Permalink

Business Movies & TV

How to Make a Movie Out of Anything — Even a Mindless Phone Game

Hollywood is aggressively adapting material that doesn’t have a narrative or even any characters. But not all intellectual property is created equal.

Alex French New York Times Magazine Jul 2017 20min Permalink

Arts

The New Rules for Making It In Hollywood

How young actors are navigating the new world of opportunities on our ever-shrinking screens.

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Zach Baron GQ Jul 2017 25min Permalink

Arts

The Accent Whisperers of Hollywood

How a dialect coach does her job.

Ryan Bradley New York Times Magazine Jul 2017 10min Permalink

Arts

Can Anyone Repair National Lampoon’s Devastated Brand?

Over the past 15 years, three people have attempted to restore the humor brand to its former glory. What happened instead was direct-to-video movies, lawsuits, crippling debt, and two prison sentences.

Benjamin Wallace Vanity Fair May 2017 40min Permalink

Business Music

This Lawsuit Goes to 11

The creators of This is Spinal Tap, the most influential mockumentary ever made, have been paid almost nothing. Now they are suing for $400 million.

Robert Kolker Bloomberg Business Apr 2017 15min Permalink

Arts

The End of Independent Film as We Know It

How Netflix and Amazon upended the movie business.

Sean Fennessey The Ringer Apr 2017 30min Permalink

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