THIS was probably the hardest, most heartbreaking, yet uplifting article I have ever had the privilege to write. In the latest PRIDE issue of The Hollywood Reporter- Queer artists- including filmmakers, drag performers and musicians- speak about how their lives have been impacted by the heinous new anti-LBGTQI+ laws in southern states. On newsstands today.
I am so excited to announce that the new season of Mysteries of the Abandoned is now airing every Wednesday starting June 7th. I will be appearing as a historical expert throughout the season. We encounter so many beautifully strange, seriously baffling historic places- join us!
In THIS, my latest “Old Hollywood Book Club” for Vanity Fair …the scandalous but strangely heartwarming story of Lana Turner and Cheryl Crane, and the killing that transformed their lives.
Today is the day! Death on the Lot, a new podcast hosted by Academy Award-winner Adam McKay, dives into the cultural transformation of Post-war America and the untimely deaths of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1950s. I had the great honor of co-writing the series and appearing as an expert. I am so proud of the work we did, and I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it. Check out the first two episodes now, wherever you get your podcasts.
In THIS, my latest for The Hollywood Reporter, the delightful Los Angeles birding scene. On newsstands today!
If you happen to be in Germany this weekend grab a copy of FOCUS Magazin, on newsstands everywhere. In it I write about the coronation of King Charles III, his passionate if pondering personality, and where the real future of the British monarchy lies( hint: it’s William and Kate).
In THIS, my latest “Old Hollywood Book Club” for Vanity Fair …Marlon Brando was some kind of guy…deeply weird, deeply talented.
In THIS, my latest for Vanity Fair, the drama surrounding the Duke of Windsor and the coronation of his niece Queen Elizabeth II…featuring the sickest family burn I’ve ever read.
In THIS, my latest for Vanity Fair, the messiest, most scandalous- but enduring- royal love story of the modern era.
Oh I loved writing THIS one for Vanity Fair- a history of petty royal battles over who got the coolest (rent free) castle from Tudor times to the present day. To the Manor born indeed!
In THIS, my latest for Vanity Fair, the tragic tale of the real Renfield- Dwight Frye- a horror movie legend who wanted so much more.
In THIS my latest for Vanity Fair, one of my favorite royal stories of all time- that of the irrepressible Queen Caroline of England, who stormed what should have been her own coronation.
In THIS, my latest "Old Hollywood Book Club" for Vanity Fair- the hilarious Shelley Winters- the funniest, fightingest, freshest movie star memoirist I've every come across.
In THIS, my latest for The Hollywood Reporter- the second day of the Environmental Media Association Impact Summit, featuring several famous faces and a lot of hope.
In THIS, my latest for The Hollywood Reporter- the first day of the EMA Impact Summit.
My latest for The Hollywood Reporter- a new sales gimmick in luxury real estate- with a real housewives connection! Read HERE.
In THIS, my latest for The Hollywood Reporter- this is the year of filmmaker Alex Prager.
I loved speaking with the wonderful Evan Kleiman on KCRW's Good Food for Oscar week about two of LA's earliest celebrity restauranteurs. Listen HERE!
In THIS, my latest for LAist - the year the blacklist began to crumble.