Celebrities

November 19, 2020

It’s Official: Every Celeb Now Has a Beauty Line

When Selena Gomez introduced her makeup brand Rare Beauty earlier this year, she was unable to promote it in person because of Covid. Instead, Ms. Gomez […]
November 12, 2020

The President’s Backup Band

In August, Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross and Julia Louis-Dreyfus took turns as M.C.s at the Democratic National Convention. They were picked seemingly for […]
November 12, 2020

The President’s Backup Band

In August, Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross and Julia Louis-Dreyfus took turns as M.C.s at the Democratic National Convention. They were picked seemingly for […]
September 28, 2020

“The Meaning of Mariah Carey”: 7 Takeaways From Her Memoir

“I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought I was a failure because I didn’t have a record deal yet,” Mariah Carey writes in her memoir, […]
September 27, 2020

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Became a Pop Culture Icon

Ruth Bader Ginsburg lived a storied life. In 1972, she became the first tenured female professor at Columbia Law School. In 1980, she was appointed to […]
September 23, 2020

Jackie Stallone, Celebrity Astrologer and Sylvester’s Mother, Dies at 98

Jackie Stallone, the matriarch of a celebrity family who became something of a celebrity in her own right as an astrologer, died on Monday at her […]
September 18, 2020

The Most Famous People in America

Over the weekend, voting will continue on our experiment to identify which famous people in America are actually relevant. We’re halfway through the proceedings, so we […]
August 25, 2020

How the Hollywood Fix Cornered the Influencer Paparazzi Market

Fletcher Greene, 38, has an encyclopedic knowledge of the internet’s dramas and daily displays. He can tell you which influencers are feuding, who hosted a socially […]
July 22, 2020

When Brad Photographed Gwyneth

The relationship between photographer and subject has been fraught since long before Susan Sontag characterized it as part of the “shady commerce between art and truth” […]
July 3, 2020

The Shaman of Instagram

Shaman Durek was singing in an ancient language into his computer screen. His voice was deep and soothing. “Breathe,” he said slowly, cupping his hands in […]