Truth Is What a Comedian Makes of ItComics have long strived for some version of authenticity. But what that looks like — and how genuine it is — continues to evolve.
ByJesse David Fox
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‘I Don’t Want to Be Erased’Frustrated by his failing health and fretting about his own legacy, Lou Reed spent his final days intent on making something “really astonishing.”
ByWill Hermes
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I Killed GodMaria Bamford’s eulogy for her beloved best friend.
ByMaria Bamford
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‘Can We Sing With You?’How a chance encounter at New York’s Peppermint Lounge birthed the Ronettes.
The Day Deadwood DiedHow a single phone call and “a clash of fucking egos,” as star Ian McShane put it, led to the abrupt end of the beloved HBO series.
Riding With ConanO’Brien’s longtime assistant, Sona Movsesian, on smuggling her boss to work (and making him watch Bad Girls Club) during the Tonight Show debacle.
‘You Don’t Understand What This Is Doing to Me’In the age of anti-heroes Tony Soprano reigned supreme. In his new bookJames Andrew Miller explores the toll the character took on James Gandolfini.
ByJames Andrew Miller
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Mac Miller Found Freedom on FacesAn oral history of Mac Miller’s 2014 opus, now available on streaming services for the first time, excerpted from The Book of Mac.
‘We Basically Smoked Austin Out’In the new book Alright, Alright, Alright, the Dazed and Confused cast remembers what it was like at Richard Linklater’s “summer camp.”
