ALEXIS SOLOSKI

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 11, 2019

Reeve Carney’s Week: Pedal Boards and Peloton Ads

Reeve Carney, the actor and musician, has been in and out of hell for nearly three years. In 2017, he joined a workshop of the Tony-winning […]
November 22, 2019

Manny Jacinto of ‘The Good Place’ Plummets to Earth

Manny Jacinto, a star of the metaphysical sitcom “The Good Place,” would like to be the kind of actor who does his own stunts. He isn’t. […]
November 1, 2019

Beth Ditto is ‘Feeling Self-Defensive’ and Fights Back

Beth Ditto sprawled on her back and kicked her legs like a turtle in distress. “No! No! No! No! No!” she screamed. Ms. Ditto, 38, who […]
October 25, 2019

Justin Hartley of ‘This Is Us’ Meditates on His Rolexes

“See that hand?” said Justin Hartley, pointing to the second hand on his Rolex Daytona as it skimmed the black-and-champagne face. “That hand is going so […]
October 4, 2019

Sasheer Zamata Finds Humor at the A.C.L.U.

Sasheer Zamata, the actress, stand-up comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” player, doesn’t think of herself as a political comedian. “I talk about my life, and […]
December 27, 2017

Encounters: Taye Diggs Doesn’t Feel Like Dancing

Advertisement “Come on,” a dance instructor said. “Don’t wait. I could die tomorrow. Move.” The actor Taye Diggs didn’t want to. On a scarf-snapping fall day, […]
September 1, 2017

Encounters: Amanda Seales of ‘Insecure’ Revisits Her Harlem Haunts

Encounters By ALEXIS SOLOSKI As Amanda Seales strode into Ginny’s Supper Club, the nightspot under the Red Rooster in Harlem on a recent Thursday, a young […]
August 10, 2017

Encounters: Elizabeth Olsen, Cooking Onscreen and Off

Encounters By ALEXIS SOLOSKI The actress Elizabeth Olsen separated the first egg gracefully. The second? Not so much. And the third was a disaster. “Get it […]