A SOUNDTRACK DOWN MEMORY LANE
10 Songs That Explain The 2010s
How did we get from "Bad Romance" to "Old Town Road" in pop music? A song from each year of the decade that explains the journey.
WHERE THE GIRLS ARE
The Lost History of L.A.'s Women-Only Hollywood Studio Club
Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Ayn Rand, and Rita Moreno were part of a sorority of stars at what amounted to a safe haven for aspiring celebrities.
ADMITS SHE WAS 'TONE-DEAF' ON 'RUB & TUG'
Best-Actress Contender Scarlett Johansson On Movies, Marriages And Controversies
"I'm not a politician and I can't lie about the way I feel," the star of Oscar favorites "Marriage Story" and "Jojo Rabbit" says.
THE BUBBLE POPPED
'You Don't Bring Bad News To The Cult Leader': Inside The Fall Of WeWork
Adam Neumann reimagined the millennial workplace as a capitalist kibbutz. He spent lavishly and pressed forward even as "the narrative of the unicorn was ending."
'YOU DON'T HAVE A NORMAL LIFE'
'You're Essentially A Prisoner': Why Do Dubai's Princesses Keep Trying To Escape?
First Princess Latifa tried to flee by boat and almost made it to India—before being sent back. Then Princess Haya, Sheikh Mohammed's "public wife," refused to return from England. Now the sheikh is battling her in court over their children.
LANDSLIDE BROUGHT HIM DOWN
'He's F*cking Destroyed This Town': How Mark Zuckerberg Became The Most Reviled Man In Tech
The tables have turned — but not for the reasons you might think.
COIN OPERATORS
The Great Iceland Bitcoin Heist
With its cheap geothermal energy and low crime rate, Iceland has become the world's leading miner of digital currency. Then the crypto-crooks showed up.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Ten Years Ago, I Called Out David Letterman. This Month, We Sat Down To Talk
It's not often that you speak truth to power and power responds, "Oops, sorry."
THEY ARE LEGEND
John Legend And Chrissy Teigen On Love, Childhood Traumas And The 'Sh*tty Human Being' In The White House
At home with the first family we deserve.
PREMEDITATED CHAOS?
The Fantastically Profitable Mystery Of The Trump Chaos Trades
The president's talk can move markets—and it's made some futures traders billions. Did they know what he was going to say before he said it?
GET THEE TO A BOOKSTORE
The 2019 National Book Awards Finalists Have Been Announced
Among this year's contenders: Laila Lalami, Marlon James and Susan Choi.
WHAT CONFLICT RESOLUTION LOOKS LIKE
'Big Mouth' Cocreator Proves Some People Still Know How To Apologize
With the release of the animated comedy's third season, some viewers critiqued the show's explanation of pansexuality. Cocreator Andrew Goldberg's response was refreshing.
FROM WESTBROOK TO THE DOLAN TWINS
The Often Perilous, Sometimes Lucrative And Ever-Evolving Business Of Being A YouTube Star In 2019
YouTube has helped to fundamentally remake the way we think about fame, clout, and the very idea of entertainment. As the site prepares to turn 15, a generation of creators are discovering their cultural power and (sometimes) their limits.
JOAQUIN ON WATER
Joaquin Phoenix On 'Joker' —And His 'Prenatal' Gift For Dark Characters
Calm amidst the controversy surrounding his new movie, Phoenix talks about his complicated journey, why it doesn't define him, and how he's finally learned to leave the darkness on the set.
'IT WAS A 'HOLY SH*T' MOMENT'
Building A Mystery: An Oral History Of Lilith Fair
In the mid-1990s, female musicians topped the charts and sold out shows, but were told over and over again that no one would pay to see more than one woman onstage. Sarah McLachlan set out to prove them wrong.
THIS SH*T IS BANANAS
Donald Trump's Beloved Gorilla Channel Isn't Real — Except That It Is
This is what happened when television began to talk back to Trump, creating a nightmarish feedback loop the likes of which American media had never seen.
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN
How Elon Musk Fooled Investors, Bilked Taxpayers And Gambled Tesla To Save Solarcity
The controversy over SolarCity, which has dovetailed with questions about Musk's mountain of debt and profit shortfalls, offers a window into the mindset of America's most outlandish CEO.
THE BILLIONAIRE UNDER THE BED
How The One Percent Became Horror's Favorite Villains
"Ready or Not," about a terrified bride running from her wealthy, murderous in-laws, is just the latest entry in a horror subgenre that's grown increasingly popular — for understandable reasons.
LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR GUN WORSHIP
When Will We Get A Post-Gun Action Movie?
On "Hobbs & Shaw," the shootings in El Paso and Dayton and a Hollywood trope that's getting more difficult to overlook.
'WHAT A CLUSTERF*CK'
'People Are Throwing Around The Word 'Scab": Is Civil War Brewing In The Writers Guild?
As Hollywood writers' showdown with their agents drags on, the writers are beginning to fight among themselves. It's getting ugly.