Visits: 20 Kansas City and Philadelphia will have plenty of celebrities cheering them on. Stars — they’re nothing like us. Except some of them, like many of us, will tune in this weekend to watch the Kansas City Chiefs face …
Reflections on Star Quality From a Golden Age of ‘Junk TV’
Visits: 17 In a new memoir, a longtime casting director revels in memories of a bygone Hollywood, matching actors with the roles that made them stars. Stop to consider the movie and TV characters that are most permanently seared into the American psyche, …
Kirstie Alley’s Dance With Hollywood
Visits: 23 Long before the current body-positivity movement, Ms. Alley made people think about fatness on TV, often at her own expense. Kirstie Alley, who died this week, was a knockout beauty with real comedy chops — qualities often assumed …
What Would Timothée Wear?
Visits: 35 Fashion month is over. What looks had the “Chalamet factor”? Few people have had a red carpet run like Timothée Chalamet, the actor known for his roles in “Dune,” “Call Me by Your Name” and the upcoming “Bones …
How Constance Wu Survived That Tweetstorm
Visits: 85 For Constance Wu — like many regrettable moments in modern day life — it all started with a tweet. Or several tweets, actually. This was in the spring of 2019. “Fresh Off the Boat,” the television show that …
The Best Red Carpet of the Year
Visits: 27 Including a new group of fashion superstars. The Venice Film Festival, which began Aug. 31 and draws to a close this Saturday, has long been a spawning ground for indie blockbusters and award season darlings. This year it …
Christine Baranski Brings Throwback Flair to Her Ripped-From-the-Headlines Stardom
Visits: 20 It’s pretty meta that I’m sitting with an actress who’s the epitome of Upper East Side sophistication in a hotel that’s the epitome of Upper East Side sophistication. But then, some Wednesdays are better than others. Christine Baranski …
Betty Gilpin Is a Vivid Talker
Visits: 34 It was 2020, and like pretty much everyone else on planet Earth, the actress Betty Gilpin was having a strange year: Her first leading role in a movie, Craig Zobel’s “The Hunt,” had already stirred a manic level …
Christina Ricci’s Search for Authenticity
Visits: 19 LOS ANGELES — Christina Ricci knew there were great roles out there for her. She just had to wait until she was older. Not old — just older. Old enough to no longer be judged for how sexy …
Johnny Depp Through the Looking Glass
Visits: 26 Examining the madness that male beauty elicits. We know, of course, that men can be beautiful, but rarely do we acknowledge, let alone analyze, the powerful influence male beauty wields. That power was a central, yet singularly unacknowledged, …