Mahita Gajanan

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Cate Blanchett Calls for Hope in Times of Uncertainty at TIME Women of the Year Gala

Cate Blanchett dazzled at TIME's second annual Women of the Year event, held in Los Angeles on Wednesday to honor a range of women who have made deep impacts in their work. The actor, who...

By Mahita Gajanan

Megan Rapinoe Toasts Transgender Community at TIME’s Women of the Year Gala

The athlete spoke about how transgender people should not be "left behind," as their rights in the U.S. are currently under threat.

By Mahita Gajanan / Los Angeles

TIME Women of the Year Gala 2023: Biggest Moments

Guests included Cate Blanchett, Angela Bassett and Megan Rapinoe

By Mahita Gajanan

Angela Bassett Knows Her Value

Angela Bassett, fresh out of grad school in the ’80s, intended to be a star. When she got an agent—a big deal for any actor early in their career—the man she was dating at the...

By Mahita Gajanan

David Hyde Pierce on Playing Paul Child in Julia and Whether He'd Ever Return to Frasier

On playing the husband of famed TV chef and cookbook author Julia Child on HBO Max's Julia

By Mahita Gajanan

Here's Everything New on Netflix in February 2022—and What's Leaving

From 'Inventing Anna' to 'jeen-yuhs'

By Mahita Gajanan

The True Story Behind HBO’s Gripping True Crime Drama Landscapers 

Olivia Colman and David Thewlis star in this miniseries based on a couple on the run from a double murder

By Mahita Gajanan

Here's Everything New on Netflix in December 2021—and What's Leaving

From Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Lost Daughter' to a holiday edition of 'The Great British Baking Show'

By Mahita Gajanan

The True Story Behind The Shrink Next Door

Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell star in the new Apple TV+ series adapted from a podcast

By Mahita Gajanan

Amazon Docuseries LuLaRich Breaks Down the Chaotic Story of Deception Behind Multilevel Marketing Company LuLaRoe 

The new Amazon docuseries 'LuLaRich' breaks down the ways in which women were lured into a promise that was too good to be true

By Mahita Gajanan

Sally Rooney and the Millennial Novel

What does it mean to be a millennial? Bards of the generation across disciplines have varied takes: Taylor Swift’s catalog proposes a shared identity defined by a fixation on teenage heartbreak. Michaela Coel’s TV shows...

By Judy Berman , Eliana Dockterman , Mahita Gajanan , Annabel Gutterman and Cady Lang

Who Controls Painter Bob Ross' Legacy?

A new documentary reveals less about Bob Ross the man and more about the struggle to control Bob Ross the brand

By Mahita Gajanan

Everything New on Netflix in August 2021

Netflix has something for every just about viewer coming to the streaming service in August 2021, whether that means old episodes of 30 Rock or new episodes of Paris Hilton's cooking show, aptly titled Cooking...

By Mahita Gajanan

Mena Suvari Is Ready to Own Her Past

After decades of portraying fictional women, Suvari, 42, is ready to open up about her own life

By Mahita Gajanan

The True Story Behind Peacock's 'Dr. Death'

A medical horror story, based on a true crime podcast, finds a surgeon intent on using his scalpel to harm patients

By Mahita Gajanan

The Best Books of 2021 So Far

Some of the best books of the year so far provide welcome respite from the outside world—while others aim directly for the turbulence, providing frameworks to understand how the past informs our present. Michelle Zauner...

By Andrew R. Chow , Kelly Conniff , Lucy Feldman , Mahita Gajanan , Annabel Gutterman and Lucas Wittmann

The Story Behind The Sons of Sam, Netflix's True Crime Docuseries About David Berkowitz

A new Netflix true crime docuseries focuses on an investigative journalist who was convinced that serial killer David Berkowitz couldn't have acted alone

By Mahita Gajanan

Why Prince Philip Was Never Called a King

Philip was never destined to reign

By Mahita Gajanan

Here's Everything New on Netflix in April 2021—and What's Leaving

From Melissa McCarthy's latest comedy to a new David Attenborough nature show

By Mahita Gajanan

Here's What's New on Amazon Prime in April 2021

From a new horror anthology to Michael B. Jordan's latest movie

By Mahita Gajanan
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