MAUREEN DOWD

November 7, 2019

Jennifer Lee, Queen of the ‘Frozen’ Franchise

BURBANK, Calif. — For decades, Disney hypnotized us into thinking that someday our prince would come. We would get a wake-up kiss, don the glass slipper, […]
December 16, 2017

With…Sheila Nevins: The Grande Dame of Documentary is Leaving Her Home at HBO

When Sheila Nevins first started working in television in the 1970s, she thought “being touched by a man inappropriately was part of the rules of the […]
November 18, 2017

With…Anne Wojcicki: The Doyenne of DNA Says: Just Chillax With Your Ex

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In 2007, Anne Wojcicki, then 33, lassoed the moon. She was getting her new company, 23andMe, a mail-order genetics testing firm, off […]
November 18, 2017

Confirm or Deny: Anne Wojcicki

Advertisement Maureen Dowd: Google has too much power. Anne Wojcicki: I would say they have too much power in the real estate market and they’re driving […]
October 21, 2017

Confirm or Deny … Susan Fowler

Maureen Dowd: You’ve deleted your Uber account. Susan Fowler: Confirm! I should delete my Uber account. Oh, confirm. Emma Stone should play you in the movie. […]
October 11, 2017

With…Tom Hanks: Hollywood’s Most Decent Fella on Harvey, Trump and History

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — In 2006, when Tom Hanks wanted to get a story published, he sent it to his friend and sometime director Nora Ephron. […]
October 11, 2017

Tom Hanks: Confirm or Deny

Maureen Dowd: The Washington Post does not deserve all the credit for the Pentagon Papers. Tom Hanks: True. Confirm. And when you see our movie, The […]
October 4, 2017

With… Idris Elba: Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba! Actor Opines on Sex, Race, Bond

I don’t know how to break it to Idris Elba. So I just say it. “Is Kate Winslet really the woman you want to be stuck […]
September 21, 2017

With… Dame Judi Dench: Queen! Bow Down to Tattoo-Flashing Octogenarian Dame Dench

I watch as Dame Judi Dench eats her chilled corn soup with saffron and sips Champagne. At 82, she is just as elegant as you would […]