Celebrities

December 20, 2019

Tiffany Haddish Puts the ‘X’ in Christmas Cookies

“I’m about to have a sugar rush, yo,” Tiffany Haddish said. On a silver-gray Sunday morning, Ms. Haddish, the irrepressible star of the movie “Girls Trip” […]
December 14, 2019

Sophia Hutchins Comes Clean About ‘Best Friend’ Caitlyn Jenner

Keeping up with the new besties in the Kardashian-Jenner entertainment complex can be a full-time job. But even in their social media panopticon, Sophia Hutchins stands […]
November 25, 2019

When Instagram Killed the Tabloid Star

Celebrity culture, in the first decade of this century, took the form of a kind of misogynistic death cult. Somewhere in Hollywood, Lindsay Lohan was falling […]
November 19, 2019

The Metaphysics of Kylie Cosmetics Being Sold to Coty

On Monday, Kylie Jenner sold 51 percent of her cosmetics and skin care brand to Coty for $600 million, a price tag that values the enterprise […]
February 6, 2018

They Only Look Casual

Advertisement There she goes, strutting that strut. Her outfit is arranged just so. She’s got the bag with the umpteen-person wait list, not yet available in […]
January 26, 2018

Encounters: Lisa Vanderpump of ‘Real Housewives’ Sips Her Tea. And Spills Some, Too.

Advertisement Lisa Vanderpump doesn’t merely walk. She strides, almost gallops. She did so one afternoon through the lobby of the Plaza Hotel in Midtown Manhattan (staying […]
January 5, 2018

The Empty Gesture of Red Carpet Protest

Advertisement A week or so after the 2016 presidential election, the actress Lizzy Caplan arrived in London for the premiere of her “Allied,” a Robert Zemeckis […]
January 3, 2018

Encounters: Working Out With Charles Glass, a Trainer to the Stars

Advertisement VENICE, Calif. — Remember the episode of “Seinfeld” that features Elaine trying to return a dress to Barneys after she takes it home and realizes […]
December 27, 2017

How to Interview a Celebrity Like a Celebrity

Advertisement George Wayne has a theory about why his celebrity column has been a hit at Vanity Fair for more than two decades: sex. “When you […]
November 12, 2017

Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94

Liz Smith, the longtime queen of New York’s tabloid gossip columns, who for more than three decades chronicled little triumphs and trespasses in the soap-opera lives […]