“The palace doors flew open. It was him. It was Rick Owens, the American-born designer known to his fans as the Lord of Darkness.”

Othea Loggan came to Chicago and got a job bussing tables and washing dishes at Walker Bros. Original Pancake House in Wilmette in 1964. He still works there today.

From HBO to ‘Star Wars’ to Shakespeare, he has discovered how to excel beyond tidy genres.

When your job is to constantly share your life, even your worst moments are an opportunity to please your audience.

Junior’s personal life is in shambles, Robert Mueller looms large, and it’s never been trickier to be the president’s son.

A profile of Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning crime reporter for the Miami Herald during its heyday.

A profile of director Guillermo del Toro.

Deep Throat, unmasked.

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

A review of several books on Rupert Murdoch first criticizes the authors for not grasping the many sides of their subject, then offers a thesis of its own. He’s “not so much a man, or a cultural force, as a portrait of the modern world.”

What happened next for the Barden family.

A profile of Ernest Hemingway.

On former Knicks savior Stephon Marbury and his post-NBA life playing in China.

A profile of the writer.

A profile of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

A profile of The Rock, the best friend you didn’t know you had.

A profile of Candy Barr—porn star pioneer, burlesque legend, Texas folk hero.

Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, who left Pro-Choice activism for born-again Christianity and a strange life of financial opportunism, died this week.

At age 17, Bonnie Richardson won the Texas state track team championship all by herself. Then she did it again.

Meeting Christopher Thomas Knight, a.k.a. the North Pond Hermit, who lived alone in the Maine woods for nearly 30 years.

As editor-in-chief of Variety, Peter Bart was one of the most powerful people in the entertainment industry. This piece got him suspended.

A profile of Hank Williams III.

A profile of 36-year-old curator Loïc Gouzer, who has made millions for Christie’s.

A profile of photographer Bill Cunningham.

How a 27-year-old went from PR underling to gatekeeper.