May 23, 2017

Party Coverage: Scene City: Kendall Jenner, Mary J. Blige and Al Gore Party at Cannes

Party Coverage: Scene City By RACHEL DONADIO ANTIBES, France — Around 11 on Saturday night, Mary J. Blige walked into the party hosted by Vanity Fair […]
April 22, 2017

Forget Netflix and Chill. Try Pure Flix and Pray.

CHICAGO — Before breakfast at Sixteen, a restaurant in the Trump International Hotel and Tower here the morning after the premiere for the film “The Case […]
April 1, 2017

Encounters: Siblings Who Share a Sense of Humor, Not Just Genes

Encounters By ALEX BHATTACHARJI LOS ANGELES — “‘Get Out’ is totally about our family!” Chelsea Peretti, the stand-up comic, actress and writer, said as she punched […]
March 25, 2017

Encounters: What’s Ann-Margret Doing at 75? Still Playing the Girl Next Door

Encounters By MARSHALL HEYMAN BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — In the new Zach Braff-directed heist comedy “Going in Style,” out April 7, the performer Ann-Margret stars as […]
December 21, 2016

Party Coverage: Scene City: A ‘Fences’ Celebration, Missing the Guest of Honor

Party Coverage: Scene City By JACOB BERNSTEIN At the Time Warner Center on Monday night, a red carpet area teemed with reporters. Sandy Kenyon of WABC-TV […]
December 10, 2016

Nina Jacobson Has Her Revenge on Hollywood’s Old-Boy Network

LOS ANGELES — Most mornings, Nina Jacobson drives her gray 2012 Tesla from her home in Brentwood to her office in Santa Monica with her two […]
November 26, 2016

Scene Stealers: From Moguls to Mortals

Scene Stealers By BROOKS BARNES LOS ANGELES — Some out-of-work Hollywood moguls handle the transition from general to civilian with grace. But they can also be […]
November 19, 2016

Table for Three: Tom Ford, Ben Mankiewicz and a Fashion-Film Vortex

Table for Three By PHILIP GALANES WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Tom Ford was on the job as Ben Mankiewicz took a last look at himself before […]
November 17, 2016

Unbuttoned: When Miuccia Prada Met David O. Russell

Unbuttoned By VANESSA FRIEDMAN and WESLEY MORRIS On Tuesday, in downtown Los Angeles, a new David O. Russell film, “Past Forward,” a silent, surreal story of […]
November 17, 2016

Looking Back on the Making of ‘The Godfather’ With Francis Ford Coppola

“Oh, gosh, am I bleeding?” Francis Ford Coppola bleated out while ambling around his Napa Valley home, talking on the phone to a reporter. Though the […]