Dec 28
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Michael Alig ripped through culture like an overly loud cackle at a party, and he went out with a whimper. The…
Jul 13
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Last week, reports surfaced that Lisa Vanderpump’s “famed” Beverly Hills restaurant Villa Blanca was closing. Some…
Jul 8
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Mary Kay Letourneau, a former teacher who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old student who she later married, has…
Apr 7
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John Prine, one of country folk music’s most revered singer-songwriters, has died. Prine’s family announced a few…
Jan 7 2020
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The Washington Post reports that author and reporter Elizabeth Wurtzel—whose 1994 book Prozac Nation: Young and…
Dec 23 2019
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In her 2008 book Wishful Drinking, the inimitable author and actor Carrie Fisher wrote that she wanted her obituary…
Aug 23 2019
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David Koch, having a lot of time helping undermine the fight against climate change so thoroughly that it’ll be a…
May 13 2019
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One of the last remaining great Hollywood stars of the midcentury, Doris Day, has died.
Feb 19 2019
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Karl Lagerfeld died Tuesday in Paris at the age of 85, the New York Times reports. The German fashion designer had…
Dec 27 2018
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Penny Marshall and I were the bridesmaids in Carrie Fisher’s wedding to Paul Simon. This was 1983 and there was a…
Dec 18 2018
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Penny Marshall, the beloved comedic actor who emerged from her ‘70s television stardom to become one of the few…
Sep 6 2018
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Fascinating fact of the day: The coffee filter was invented by a woman who loved coffee, but hated the whole…
Aug 16 2018
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Artist, arranger, pianist, songwriter, mother, civil rights activist, and owner of one of the finest voices to ever…
Jun 6 2018
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Kate Spade’s death by suicide at 55 is as shocking as any sudden celebrity death—the designer, mother, and fashion…
Jan 5 2018
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Author Elizabeth Gilbert confirmed on Thursday that her partner Rayya Elias died with posts on Twitter and…
Nov 6 2017
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Nancy Friday, author of My Secret Garden: Women’s Sexual Fantasies—i.e., my all-time greatest adolescent Friends of…
Sep 28 2017
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Hugh Hefner, who founded the legendary Playboy in 1953, a magazine whose at times scintillating writing has been…
Aug 8 2017
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Barbara Cook, who originated the role of Marian the Librarian in The Music Man on Broadway and after a tumultuous…
Jul 7 2017
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Sheila Michaels, the woman who campaigned for “Ms.” as “a title for a woman who did not ‘belong’ to a man,” died of…