Kathryn Shattuck

February 21, 2020

Pamela Adlon Fuels Her Hectic Life With Fosse and ‘Fame’

You probably think you know Pamela Adlon. After all, “Better Things,” her FX dramedy (which returns March 5), is deeply mined from her joys and travails […]
January 21, 2020

Aidy Bryant’s Week: Music and More Music, With a Side of Garbage

Aidy Bryant has two full-time jobs: She’s an Emmy-nominated cast member of “Saturday Night Live” on NBC and a star, a creator and an executive producer […]
December 24, 2019

Wendy Whelan Is Inspired By Stravinsky and Chanel No. 19

Five years after taking her last curtsy with New York City Ballet, Wendy Whelan has relinquished the most rigorous aspects of a star dancer’s life. “All […]
November 28, 2019

Diablo Cody’s Week: ‘I’m a Phone Addict’

Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind “Juno,” “Young Adult” and “Tully,” is a master of the endless hustle. But her latest routine — commuting between Hollywood […]
November 12, 2019

Taking It All In: Hasan Minhaj’s Week

In “Patriot Act,” his topical comedy series on Netflix, Hasan Minhaj is ambitious. “The types of stories that I gravitate to are big international stories, big […]
November 8, 2019

Emma Thompson Can’t Live Without Hannah Gadsby and Potato Scones

Emma Thompson, double Oscar winner (“Howards End” for acting, “Sense and Sensibility” for writing), environmental activist and dame (anointed in vegan sneakers), is frank: She admits […]
October 11, 2019

Elizabeth Olsen on Grief, the Scarlet Witch and Her Next Life

One weekend about four years ago, Elizabeth Olsen found herself in the enviable position of having a pile of scripts to read. Just barely into her […]
October 4, 2019

Natalie Portman Shoots for the Stars and Loses Her Mind

As a kid with a precocious mind for science — she made it to the Intel competition semifinals in high school, after all — Natalie Portman […]