Amy Kaufman

Marcus, left, and Alex Lewis in the movie "Tell Me Who I Am."

Why twin brothers revealed secret child abuse on-camera in Netflix’s ‘Tell Me Who I Am’

October 31, 2019 at 8:54 p.m.

"Are you willing to tell me what happened to you in your childhood?" All grew silent as the director's question hung in the air. Marcus Lewis had not expected to...

Judy Garland’s life was run by men. These newly unearthed recordings reveal how

October 21, 2019 at 8:26 p.m.

Deep in the San Fernando Valley, there is an unremarkable warehouse where some of the few remaining pieces of Judy Garland's life are stored. They are kept in cardboard boxes...

From ‘Hustlers’ to ‘Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,’ journalists become fall film stars

October 1, 2019 at 7:22 p.m.

Even as she was reporting it, Jessica Pressler had the sense that her story about a group of strippers-turned-criminals was the stuff movies are made of. The New York Magazine...

Natalie Portman on what critics are getting wrong about ‘Lucy in the Sky’

September 30, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.

Natalie Portman isn't surprised that critics are excoriating her new movie. Yes, she was hurt when she saw the withering reviews for "Lucy in the Sky" following its premiere at...

Renee Zellweger and Finn Wittrock in a scene from "Judy."

Renee Zellweger brings personal insights to her challenging role as Garland in ‘Judy’

September 6, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.

Renee Zellweger knows what it's like to be a public target. At 50, she's lived half her life in the spotlight, weathering tabloid stories about her weight, plastic surgery and...

Singer Linda Ronstadt performs at the Dunkin' Donuts Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island on August 3, 2007.

Linda Ronstadt on the sound of her life and a new movie all about it

September 6, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

Linda Ronstadt did not want a movie to be made about her life. She expressed that clearly to any filmmaker who approached her, seeking permission to spotlight her music career....

Before playing Judy Garland, Renée Zellweger was torn about contacting Liza Minnelli

August 30, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Renée Zellweger knows what it's like to be a public target. At 50, she's lived half of her life in the spotlight, weathering tabloid stories about her weight, plastic surgery...

After emerging from bankruptcy, Michael Weist said he's eager to work with more content creators instead of influencers.

How do you make money off social media? Just ask ‘Jawline’s’ star

August 29, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

"Excuse me?" Michael Weist asked, flagging down a waiter. "Can we get some waters and some service? That would be, like, amazing." The 23-year-old talent manager was sitting at the...

Actress Jillian Bell, left, with Brittany O'Neill, who inspired the new film "Brittany Runs a Marathon." Bell plays Brittany, an out-of-shape slacker who gets her life back on track by committing to run the famed New York City race.

Jillian Bell ‘wanted to be the one’ to share story of ‘Brittany’

August 28, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

The instant Brittany O'Neill found out that a film about her life was going to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, she started dieting. The movie is, after all, a...

Kristie Streicher, Hollywood's brow guru

How to get perfect eyebrows: Hollywood’s go-to guru Kristie Streicher offers arch advice

August 26, 2019 at 8:53 p.m.

Even if you were willing to shell out hundreds of dollars to have your eyebrows done by Kristie Streicher, she couldn't see you. That's because at the start of 2019,...

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