biographies
Do We Really Need Two Linda Lovelace Biopics?
Maureen O'Connor · 12/20/11 03:05PMWhy does Hollywood do everything in duplicate? After Lindsay Lohan dropped out of Linda Lovelace biopic Inferno, Amanda Seyfried announced she would be playing Lovelace. Shortly thereafter, Malin Akerman announced she would replace LiLo as Lovelace. Why are there so many mixed signals in the casting of this role, I wondered.
Prototypical Member of Liberal Media Elite Writing Roger Ailes Book
Hamilton Nolan · 02/10/11 05:40PMParanoid, vindictive, and possibly insane Fox News boss Roger Ailes has been sitting for interview with every elitist pinko rag in America lately. Now, the bizarre, crowning achievement: New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman is writing an entire book on Fox News, centering on Roger Ailes. The "insidery" media "story behind the story" here is, Gabriel Sherman is not the type one would naturally consider to be a friend of Fox News. Given Ailes' insatiable desire to shoot his mouth off with self-justificatory diatribes, this should be interesting.
Bob Marley Watched the Executions of His Enemies, Book Says
Hamilton Nolan · 06/16/10 11:09AMOprah Winfrey Doesn't Care Who Her Bio-Dad Is
Sergio Hernandez · 04/20/10 11:37AMExcerpts From the Biography Oprah Doesn't Want You to Read, Part 2
Sergio Hernandez · 04/14/10 01:49PMExcerpts From the Biography That Oprah Doesn't Want You to Read, Part 1
Sergio Hernandez · 04/13/10 04:55PMThe Secret World of Oprah Winfrey
Ravi Somaiya · 04/10/10 09:33AMIncest Revelations Will Be Nothing in the Future of Celebrity Biographies
Brian Moylan · 09/23/09 02:17PMTom Cruise Explained
Richard Lawson · 01/11/08 03:08PMAndrew Morton's new "Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography" is filled with interesting tidbits about the maniacal Scientologist and professional short person. What are some of the salient plot points? Well, for one, Tom Cruise Is Not Gay. Or so Morton's sources say. One class-act whom Miss Cruise dated in high school says "I was black and blue from the gearshift." (Ew.) But more enlightening are the eyewitness testimonies that, gasp!, Tommy was uncomfortable around gay men! He stormed out of a production of the musical La Cage aux Folles! And he apparently wasn't too keen on hanging out with ex-wife Nicole Kidman's geigh friends, "much preferring the company of jocks," Morton says. Ahem.
'Peanuts' Creator Sometimes Blue! Family Mortified!
Choire · 10/09/07 08:40AMThe family of Charles M. Schulz is totally pissed over a new biography about the Peanuts creator. They should be! It contains shocking revelations such as that the cartoonist felt "melancholy." Also, the work is plagued with errors, they say, "including a mention of a housekeeper serving dinner after she no longer worked for the family"! Christ, it's like the 1950s just drove a Model T into the 21st Century and everyone inside it was like "What is wrong with this society!?" It's a fine question they're asking but maybe they should have left the house in the last two decades? Maybe they could have stopped in their time travel and had lunch with Ted Hughes in the 70s!