But for heaven’s sake, the best-selling author, unapologetic cusser, and fifth-generation Texan would rather not be called that.

Cancer has taken his voice, but the unlikeliest movie star in Hollywood history still has a lot he wants to say.

The iconic actor played Iceman, Doc Holliday, Batman, and Jim Morrison, but behind all the mythic roles was a man grasping for meaning wherever he could find it. Here he opens up about cancer, strength, and death.

Lee Holloway programmed internet security firm Cloudflare into being. But then he became apathetic, distant, and unpredictable—for a long time, no one could make sense of it.

A season with the New England Patriots’ 37-year-old quarterback.

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.”

Dr. Fredric Brandt redefined cosmetic dermatology forever by bringing a smooth, plump, and ageless face to the masses.

A profile of Larry David.

How he made big and early bets on new technologies—and won.

The mentalist’s manipulation techniques give people too sophisticated to believe in the paranormal something quasi-scientific to hang on to.

At age 17, Eustace Conway moved into the North Carolina woods. He hasn’t compromised since.

A profile of the 17-year-old star.

A profile of a 25-year-old Spanish sensation.

A profile of Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings.

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

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

“I admit it,” she says, in her hotel room. “I’m a troll. I’m the queen of the fucking trolls.”

A profile of the director and actor.

How do you move on from being the best?

On conservative radio host John Ziegler and “the strange media landscape in which political talk radio is a salient.”

What happened next for the Barden family.

A 1993 profile of Ricky Jay, world-class sleight-of-hand conjurer who rarely performs (and never for children), historian of unusual entertainments and confidence scams, bibliomaniac.

She’s trying to keep comedy alive at a moment when Hollywood—and its audience—can’t seem to crack a smile.

“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.