Kevin: When we went to do the IPO, it was very, very clear that the digital side was far more valuable than the magazine side. That was the beginning of the craziness. Here’s a magazine […]
Beetlejuice isn’t the most kid-friendly source material. The two main characters are a couple who tragically died in a car accident and now have to learn to cope with being dead. The titular character — […]
When Amy Sedaris makes appearances around the country, she finds it easy to identify the “Strangers With Candy” fans in the audience. “They’re ugly,” she says with a cackle. “They’re misfits and outcasts.” Stephen Colbert […]
Interviewing Larry David at his Santa Monica production offices comes with photographic documentation of the entrance and a note to pull in and park as straight as possible in order to be courteous to the […]
Two of the most beloved comedies on TV right now are Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bob’s Burgers. While both are unique and brilliant in their own way, they each owe a tremendous debt to a […]
On the PBS series Antiques Roadshow, ordinary people can bring in their family heirlooms to be appraised by expert antique dealers. Sometimes their items are worth a fortune; other times, the hosts have to politely […]
In the film-noir-esque world of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the slapstick, accident-prone hare is one of the most famous toons in show business. He’s the signature star of Maroon Cartoons, he’s married to the beautiful […]
The Hold Steady have announced an oral history book called The Gospel of the Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels in celebration of the band’s 20th anniversary. It’s due out July 25 via Akashic. […]
A few months later, one of those weird thoughts popped into my head. I was doing an outside voiceover thing, and I was waiting in the waiting room. I was looking at this chair and […]
We were getting royalties off the book, which I think was something Viacom hadn’t anticipated. So after the first issue, they embarked on a campaign to get me fired, which finally happened after Issue #5. […]
(Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in 2018 but we’re republishing it today because it’s, well, that time of year. Enjoy.) “You grow up Jewish and you can’t help it, it’s a big part […]
Continue Reading Below Wendy Molyneux: The Thanksgiving song that Linda sings was totally improvised by John Roberts. We had it written that Linda was going to threaten to sing a Thanksgiving song, but in the […]
Two-time Emmy Award winner Blythe Danner revealed Monday that she’s been in remission from cancer, which also claimed the life of her late husband, director Bruce Paltrow. The 79-year-old actor, who is the mother of […]
Blythe Danner says she feels “lucky to be alive” after revealing she is in remission from cancer. The Emmy-winning actor and mother of Gwyneth Paltrow shared with People Monday that she was diagnosed in 2018 […]
Andor is a “grounded, gritty” reimagining done to actual perfection. Each week, creator Tony Gilroy and his collaborators have drilled down through the surface-level iconography of Star Wars — past the Skywalker saga and Boba […]
Continue Reading Below McCann: We did about a dozen of those Frankenstein bits. Certain bits we did would be used more frequently because they required less lead time, but “Frankenstein Wastes a Minute of Our […]
On the Shelf The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop By Jonathan AbramsCrown: 544 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from […]
Model Kindly Myers might be seeking a friend for the end of the world. On Saturday morning, the former soldier started her followers’ weekends off on the right foot by posting a video asking her […]