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Displaying all articles tagged:
Memoirs
memoirs
Aug. 3, 2022
Jennette McCurdy Remembers the
Sam & Cat
Moment That ‘Broke’ Her
In
I’m Glad My Mom Died
, the
iCarly
star details her lack of control over her early life and acting career.
By
Jennifer Zhan
mental health
July 14, 2022
Constance Wu Felt Like She Didn’t ‘Deserve to Live’ After Social-Media Backlash
She returned to Twitter three years after she “ignited outrage and internet shaming that got pretty severe.”
By
Rebecca Alter
memoirs
Apr. 18, 2022
Jamie Lee Curtis DIY’ed Jennifer Grey’s Memoir Cover
Graphic design is her passion.
By
Ashley Shannon Wu
a long talk
Apr. 11, 2022
How Chloé Cooper Jones Changed Her Mind
In her memoir
Easy Beauty
, the writer confronts a subject she’d long avoided: her own experience of disability.
By
Amelia Schonbek
profile
Apr. 7, 2022
Margo Jefferson Makes Her Way
With her book
Constructing a Nervous System
, the critic set herself a challenge: to recount her life through a web of influences.
By
Jasmine Sanders
the law
Jan. 19, 2022
Britney Spears Wants Jamie Lynn to Stop Talking About Her
The pop star’s lawyer requested Jamie Lynn “cease and desist from referencing Britney derogatorily.”
By
Justin Curto
family feuds
Jan. 16, 2022
Oops … Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears Are Fighting Again
Britney brought their argument over Jamie Lynn’s memoir into day two.
By
Justin Curto
house of gucci
Dec. 1, 2021
All the Fistfights, Heartbreaks, and Madness
House of Gucci
Left Out
The real Guccis’ family history is too messy for one movie to contain. We combed through three Gucci tell-alls to find what didn’t make it onscreen.
By
Nick Allen
the law
Nov. 30, 2021
Man Wrongfully Accused of Author Alice Sebold’s Rape Exonerated After 40 Years
“My goal in 1982 was justice — not to perpetuate injustice,” Alice Sebold has written in a statement.
By
Rebecca Alter
went there
Oct. 29, 2021
10 Brutally Honest Anecdotes in Katie Couric’s Memoir
Going There
In the new memoir, Couric comes for
everyone
.
By
Natalie Lin
respect the classics
Sept. 21, 2021
Geddy Lee Will Release a Memoir in 2112 … No, Sorry, 2022
Walk, don’t Rush, to bookstores.
By
Devon Ivie
memoirs
Aug. 4, 2021
Mel Brooks Wrote a Memoir at 95
All About Me: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
is out November 30.
By
Rebecca Alter
keeping up with the ex-royals
July 19, 2021
God Save the Queen After She Finds Out About Prince Harry’s Tell-All Memoir
“I’m writing this not as the prince but as the man I have become.”
By
Devon Ivie
book excerpt
July 12, 2021
My Afternoon With Papa Roach
An excerpt from Tom Scharpling’s new memoir,
It Never Ends.
By
Tom Scharpling
respect the classics
July 12, 2021
Robby Krieger Wants You to Read His Doors Memoir Two Times, Baby
Open it.
By
Devon Ivie
superlatives
June 18, 2021
Jessie Ware on Her Best, Most Classically Disco, and Melancholy Songs
“I wouldn’t have been able to write ‘Please’ when I was 28.”
By
Justin Curto
superlatives
June 8, 2021
Liz Phair on Her Best Songs and Humbly Defining Generations of Indie Rock
“I’ve always bristled when they say I’m responsible for people’s sounds. I don’t like that. I don’t feel like I spawned people.”
By
Brady Gerber
adaptations
June 7, 2021
Michelle Zauner’s Memoir
Crying in H Mart
to Get Movie Adaptation
“It is a surreal thrill to have the opportunity to memorialize my mother in film.”
By
Zoe Haylock
respect the classics
June 2, 2021
Roger Waters to Write Very Progressive Memoirs
“Anyone who likes a good laugh, sit back and fucking howl!”
By
Devon Ivie
respect the classics
May 18, 2021
Sinéad O’Connor’s Bizarre Prince Story Involves Soup and a Pillow Fight
She’s been teasing the encounter since 2013.
By
Justin Curto
books
Apr. 28, 2021
Gabrielle Union to Release New Memoir,
You Got Anything Stronger?
“Because I had more s**t to say.”
By
Charu Sinha
a long talk
Apr. 9, 2021
Brandi Carlile’s Story Is Too Big to Fit in a Song
The folk-rock star’s debut memoir
Broken Horses
offers the most intimate look into her bittersweet life yet.
By
Hilary Hughes
books
Mar. 30, 2021
9 Times Sharon Stone Looked Death in the Eyes
Tales from her new memoir,
The Beauty of Living Twice.
By
Jennifer Zhan
respect the classics
Feb. 24, 2021
Paul McCartney Wrote a 900-Page Memoir About His Lyrics
It’ll cover his Beatles, Wings, and solo songs.
By
Devon Ivie
memoirs
Jan. 28, 2021
7 Uniquely Cicely Tyson Stories From Her Memoir,
Just As I Am
A life well-lived.
By
Zoe Haylock
vulture quiz
Dec. 16, 2020
Is This Quote From Barack Obama’s Memoir or Cazzie David’s?
Which one of them tried to impress an ethereal bisexual?
By
Rebecca Alter
memoirs
Oct. 21, 2020
Matthew McConaughey Reveals He Was Blackmailed and Sexually Abused As a Teen
In his new memoir,
Greenlights
.
By
Rebecca Alter
the meaning of mariah carey
Sept. 24, 2020
Mariah Carey Calls Derek Jeter the ‘Catalyst’ for Her Split From Tommy Mottola
“I didn’t think I would ever meet anybody who wouldn’t … feel superior to me.”
By
Justin Curto
respect the classics
July 21, 2020
David Byrne Once Tried to Kick Tina Weymouth Out of Talking Heads
And other revelations from Chris Frantz’s new memoir.
By
Devon Ivie
books
July 14, 2020
Colin Jost Once Pooped His Pants at
SNL
And 19 other things we learned from his new memoir,
A Very Punchable Face.
By
Rebecca Alter
memoirs of a perfect angel
July 9, 2020
Mariah Carey Finished Her Memoir, Dahling, and It’s Out This September
The Publication of Mimi.
By
Justin Curto
gavel! gavel!
June 30, 2020
Mary Trump’s Tell-All of the Summer Temporarily Blocked by Judge
She may have violated a confidentiality agreement about her uncle.
By
Devon Ivie
books
June 30, 2020
Please Address Patrick Stewart’s New Memoir As Sir
The actor is finally writing his life stories.
By
Devon Ivie
fashion du jour
May 19, 2020
9 Upsetting Anna Wintour Stories in André Leon Talley’s Memoir
“Simple human kindness. No, she is not capable.”
By
Devon Ivie
encounter
May 15, 2020
André Leon Talley Would Still Take Anna Wintour’s Call
From his living room in White Plains, the fashion writer on his new memoir and old friends.
By
E. Alex Jung
books
May 12, 2020
Former Drama Teacher Chasten Buttigieg to Release Memoir
I Have Something to Tell You
comes out on September 1.
By
Justin Curto
book du jour
Apr. 14, 2020
We’ll Take ‘Alex Trebek’s New Memoir Will Make Us Sob’ for $1,600
The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
will be released in July.
By
Devon Ivie
stop and chat about this
Apr. 4, 2020
Larry David Doesn’t Think Woody Allen ‘Did Anything Wrong’ After Reading Memoir
“It’s a fantastic book, so funny.”
By
Devon Ivie
memoirs
Mar. 23, 2020
Woody Allen’s Memoir Is Out Under a New Publisher
Arcade Publishing released
Apropos of Nothing
two weeks early.
By
Zoe Haylock
memoirs
Feb. 7, 2020
10 Heartbreaking Details From Jessica Simpson’s Memoir,
Open Book
“To walk forward through my anxiety, I first had to look back …”
By
Zoe Haylock
memoirs
Jan. 23, 2020
Jessica Simpson Began ‘Relying on Alcohol’ While Dating John Mayer
“I was killing myself with all the drinking and pills.”
By
Zoe Haylock
party report
Nov. 21, 2019
Sarah M. Broom’s National Book Award Speech Will Make You Want to Call Your Mom
It cuts right to the heart.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
chat room
Nov. 12, 2019
Camgirl
Memoirist Isa Mazzei Wants to Take the Shame Out of Sex Work
The author of
Camgirl
and the movie
Cam
talks about vulnerability in front of the camera and on the page.
By
Andy Crump
the resistance
Nov. 5, 2019
Welcome Tori Amos to the
Resistance
With Her Second Memoir
Half celebrity memoir, half reckoning with contemporary politics.
By
Justin Curto
books
Oct. 18, 2019
Mark Morris, Resident Troublemaker of Dance, on His Spiky New Memoir
The celebrated choreographer can still feel like a charlatan.
By
Aaron Hicklin
keeping up with the royals
Oct. 7, 2019
Sylvester Stallone Tried, and Failed, to Seduce Princess Diana
An amusing anecdote from Elton John’s new memoir.
By
Devon Ivie
tv adaptations
Sept. 30, 2019
Chelsea Handler’s
Life Will Be the Death of Me
Will Likely Live Again on TV
Universal TV is reportedly adapting the comedian’s 2019 memoir into a television series.
By
Halle Kiefer
adaptations
July 15, 2019
A24 Cooks Up
Notes From a Young Black Chef
Adaptation Starring Lakeith Stanfield
The
Atlanta
actor will portray American-Nigerian chef and
Top Chef
contestant Kwame Onwuachi in a film based on his memoir.
By
Halle Kiefer
well well well
May 2, 2019
Woody Allen Is Pitching a Memoir, and Some Publishers Won’t Even Read It
At least four publishing execs say they declined to offer him a book deal.
By
Hunter Harris
books
Apr. 22, 2019
Prince’s Memoir
The Beautiful Ones
Coming This October
Featuring his unfinished manuscript, rare photos, and lyrics.
By
Hunter Harris
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