Lena Dunham is Not Done Confessing
On the writer’s new book and tell-all style.
Arts
The Last Amazon
On Wonder Woman’s feminist past.
Ryan Adams Finally Finds His Way Home
The alt-country wunderkind turned walking disaster finds peace at 39.
The Eternal Paternal
On Bill Cosby’s complicated family life.
The Story That Tore Through the Trees
On Norman Maclean’s Young Men and Fire and its lingering effects on our collective imagination and environment.
Revelations
A gospel singer comes out.
Joan Rivers Always Knew She Was Funny
“People always ask Rivers why she doesn’t just retire, enjoy her old age. ‘But they don’t get that I love it,’ she says. ‘All I ever wanted was this. I’m lucky, you idiots.’”
Interview: Bill Hader
“I did a few days on Franco’s As I Lay Dying, and the vibe on the set was very heavy and serious. The only thing I can equate it to is tripping with a bunch of your friends.”
Why I Write
An essay on motivation.
Arts Business Politics World Movies & TV
Steven Seagal's Fight for Mother Russia
The aging action star’s second wind abroad: political maneuvering, many guns and, most importantly, a market for his B movies.
Delta Nights
On Lucinda Williams and her “love affair with loss.”
Hollywood's Big-Money YouTube Hit Factory
Established media companies used to sue YouTube. Now they’re betting on it.
Stranger in the Village
On being black in an all-white Swiss village.
The Man Without A Mask
How Cassandro, who wrestles in drag, became a star Mexican luchadore.
I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not
The bumpy rise of Saturday Night Live’s first star.
Id Girls
On Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, the duo behind Broad City.
Bill Cosby's Untold Story
On the comedian’s relationship with his son and how it changed the course of The Cosby Show.
Let’s Be Real
On Cops, cop movies and Ferguson.
Fifteen Years of the Salto Mortale
On Johnny Carson, a cold man in a hot seat.
Designed for Destruction
On the platonic but volatile relationship between fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide in 2010 and professional muse Isabella Blow, who committed suicide in 2007.
The High Priest of Jazz
A profile of Thelonious Monk.
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, And The Rise And Fall Of Hollywood’s Happiest Couple
The antagonistic partnership that produced Sunset Boulevard.
To Have and Have Not
Lauren Bacall at 86.
Tavi Gevinson Just Graduated High School
A profile of the Rookie editor-in-chief, who makes her Broadway debut next week.
Playboy Interview: Robin Williams
“If you take the chance, sometimes you’ll find something so magnificent that it was worth dying for, and sometimes you’ll find nothing and have a horrible night. To go deeper with it, that’s the most interesting challenge.”
