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Sam Lansky
Sam Lansky is West Coast Editor at TIME.
Recent Articles
Jennette McCurdy Discusses Her Stunning Memoir
The author of 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' reveals the work she did to prepare to write it
By Sam Lansky
August 4, 2022
Bridgerton’s
Jonathan Bailey Is Redefining the Hollywood Heartthrob
After starring in the second season of Bridgerton—the lush period drama that has become Netflix’s most watched English-language series ever—the actor Jonathan Bailey could have done anything. He chose something that he knew would be...
By Sam Lansky
May 11, 2022
The Promise of Timothée Chalamet
The “Dune” actor doesn’t always reveal much, but what he does is intentional.
By Sam Lansky
October 11, 2021
T.J. Osborne Is Ready to Tell His Story
T.J. of the Brothers Osborne is now the only openly gay artist signed to a major country label—a historic moment for the genre
By Sam Lansky
February 3, 2021
I Thought I Was Doing Pretty Well. Then Came the Pandemic
The hidden price of a pandemic that has already cost so much
By Sam Lansky
June 11, 2020
Why Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson Fought to Get
A Million Little Pieces
in Front of Audiences
The husband-and-wife duo on adapting James Frey's controversial addiction book for the big screen
By Sam Lansky
December 6, 2019
How Ryan Murphy Became King of the Streaming Boom
His Netflix deal is the most lucrative TV pact in history
By Sam Lansky
September 3, 2019
How
The OA
Became Netflix’s Most Mysterious Show
'The OA' returns to Netflix on March 22 for its second season
By Sam Lansky
March 20, 2019
Jamie Lee Curtis Is So Much More Than Just a Horror Legend
Pulling into the driveway of Jamie Lee Curtis' house on the west side of Los Angeles, I am met by her dog Runi, a rescue terrier-poodle that bounds down the stairs like an animated ball...
By Sam Lansky
October 25, 2018
Timothee Chalamet on a
Call Me By Your Name
Sequel: “Armie and I Are 1000% In”
The actor tells TIME a sequel is almost a definite
By Sam Lansky
October 5, 2018
Addiction Is Hard to Talk About. That’s Why Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet Wanted to Make
Beautiful Boy
“It’s one day at a time. You’ve never really won the fight”
By Sam Lansky
October 3, 2018
Bradley Cooper Was Afraid to Direct. Then He Found Lady Gaga
Bradley Cooper reimagines an iconic Hollywood story--and transforms Lady Gaga into a movie star
By Sam Lansky
September 27, 2018
How Robyn Beat Depression to Make the Best Music of Her Career
"I'm so much more aware of how unstable the world is"
By Sam Lansky
September 26, 2018
Leslie Jamison’s
The Recovering
Is a Remarkable Feat for Addiction Memoirs
Addiction memoir is a genre with so many tropes--sordid tales of excess and despair tidily resolved by a redemptive ending--that it's difficult to imagine how a writer could do anything fresh with it. Yet that's...
By Sam Lansky
April 12, 2018
Camila Cabello Shines in Her Solo Act on
Camila
She proves she has the chops to stand alone in the spotlight
By Sam Lansky
January 11, 2018
Why James and Dave Franco Waited Their Whole Lives To Make a Movie Together
It's hard to beat the riotous good fun of a truly bad movie, and few bad movies are quite as historic as Tommy Wiseau's 2003 film The Room. The movie--written, directed, starring and produced by...
By Sam Lansky
November 16, 2017
Lorde: Life of the Party
Lorde, pop's fascinating wunderkind, comes of age
By Sam Lansky / Los Angeles
June 8, 2017
Some People Make Songs. Jack Antonoff Prays For Them.
When Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff arrives in your city on his upcoming tour, he'll have something unique in tow: his childhood bedroom, painstakingly reconstructed in the form of a traveling art installation. It makes sense,...
By Sam Lansky
June 7, 2017
Gregg Allman
Progenitor of Southern rock
By Sam Lansky
June 1, 2017
Jack Antonoff Shines a Light In the Dark
When Bleachers front man Jack Antonoff arrives in your city on his current tour, he'll have something unique in tow: his childhood bedroom, painstakingly reconstructed in the form of a traveling art installation. It makes...
By Sam Lansky
June 1, 2017
Pop's Young a-Listers Look to the Past
The biggest stars in pop are getting older, and they're looking to their predecessors for inspiration. Consider the No. 1 album in the country the week ending May 18, One Direction star Harry Styles' self-titled...
By Sam Lansky
May 25, 2017
Harry Styles' Solo Album Is an Unexpected Tour of Rock History
It was always easy to dismiss One Direction. Formed on reality TV and cannily styled to appeal to young listeners, it had all the markings of a manufactured boy band. But by its fifth and...
By Sam Lansky
May 11, 2017
Katherine Heigl on Obsessive Relationships and Finally Getting to Play a Villain
Unforgettable
hits theaters April 21
By Sam Lansky
April 20, 2017
Ed Sheeran, Globe Hit Machine, Strikes Again
The english singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran occupies a funny place in the pop ecosystem. His best-known songs are for the most part folk-inflected, delicate creations in the tradition of Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, but he...
By Sam Lansky
March 9, 2017
If There's Pain In
Fifty Shades
, There's Pleasure In Its Soundtrack
How do you get an artist like Taylor Swift to write and record a song just for your movie? As the producers of Fifty Shades Darker learned, you start the conversation very early. "We bring...
By Sam Lansky
February 9, 2017
Adam Lambert on Touring With Queen, the Future of Pop Music and Gay Culture
"I look at kids rocking some nail polish or a little glitter and I'm like, 'Do you guys think this is new? I've been doing this for years'"
By Sam Lansky
February 2, 2017
Keanu Reeves' Contract Killer With Feelings Returns
"I'm not an anarchist," Keanu Reeves says. "But as a kid, I always asked, 'How come?' So this is my childhood tradition. Stories about fighting against unreasonable authority and systems resonate with me." The actor...
By Sam Lansky
February 2, 2017
Quick Talk With Adam Lambert
The singer and American Idol alum, 34, is about to tour North America as the front man of Queen with original band members Roger Taylor and Brian May. Do you feel pressure to fill Freddie...
By Sam Lansky
January 26, 2017
How Andrew Garfield Learned to Suffer Like the Saints
Martin Scorsese's latest movie, Silence, defies easy summarization. Says the director: "It's hard to talk about, because the questions are so profound and so basic that it sounds pretentious: What is existence? Who are we?...
By Sam Lansky
January 12, 2017
John Legend's Light Shines Even Brighter
Few recording artists have a body of work as consistent as John Legend's. Since his launch in 2004 with the Grammy-winning Get Lifted, the singer-songwriter has earned a devoted following for his smooth, socially conscious...
By Sam Lansky
December 1, 2016
In a Tragedy, Casey Affleck Finds Triumph
In Kenneth Lonergan's new film, Manchester by the Sea, there's one moment that's so powerful, it's almost unwatchable. Lee (Casey Affleck), who fled his New England hometown in the wake of a family tragedy but...
By Sam Lansky
November 17, 2016
In
Arrival
, Amy Adams Takes a Listening Tour of the Universe
"It's a weird time to be promoting a movie," Amy Adams says, pointing toward the TV in the bar of the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, a few days before the election. It's tuned...
By Sam Lansky
November 10, 2016
Lisa Vanderpump on
Vanderpump Rules
and What Makes a Great Reality TV Star
"Aren’t we all, if we’re striving for something, manipulative?"
By Sam Lansky
November 7, 2016
Andrew Garfield on Faith, Politics and the Making of
Hacksaw Ridge
"I love that idea that if you know someone’s story, it’s impossible not to love them"
By Sam Lansky
November 3, 2016
Quick Talk With Andrew Garfield
The American-British actor, 33, stars as conscientious objector Desmond Doss in Hacksaw Ridge, out Nov. 4 (see review, left); next, on Dec. 23, he'll appear alongside Liam Neeson and Adam Driver in Martin Scorsese's Silence, about 17th century Jesuit priests.
By Sam Lansky
October 27, 2016
Quick Talk With Rebecca Hall
The British-born actor, 34, gives an award-worthy performance in Christine (Oct. 14), director Antonio Campos' harrowing reimagining of the final days of Florida TV news anchor Christine Chubbuck, who shot herself during a live broadcast in 1974.
By Sam Lansky
October 13, 2016
Solange Takes a Seat but Stands on Her Own
Solange Knowles has long been one of the more interesting figures working on the fringes of mainstream music, with each of her albums reflecting a discrete creative phase. Her Top 40--leaning 2003 debut, Solo Star,...
By Sam Lansky
October 6, 2016
Ryan Tedder on OneRepublic's New Album
Oh My My
"I predict that in the next 18 months, someone is going to come out with a record that sounds nothing like what's happening right now"
By Sam Lansky
October 6, 2016
How Banks Found Her Voice on Her New Album
The Altar
"I had to learn how not to care about hearing that I’m a bitch"
By Sam Lansky
September 29, 2016
Quick Talk With Mark Wahlberg
The actor and producer, 45, appears on the A&E reality show Wahlburgers, about the gourmet burger chain Mark founded with his brothers Donnie and Paul. In Deepwater Horizon, out Sept. 30, he stars as rig worker Mike Williams.
By Sam Lansky
September 29, 2016
Lady Gaga Returns to a Changed Mainstream That's Moved On
Lady Gaga surfaced as a fully formed pop star in the summer of 2008, fusing ironclad hooks with a theater nerd's avant-gardist sensibility. Her meta-narrative was all about celebrity, which is exactly what she became...
By Sam Lansky
September 15, 2016
Keys In the Song of Life
Alicia Keys has sung many songs about New York City, but she's never released an ode to the Big quite like "Gramercy Park." The track, which she recently recorded as she prepares her upcoming and...
By Sam Lansky
September 12, 2016
After Fifteen Years, Alicia Keys Has Found an Entirely New Voice
"For so long, I was looking for other people's approval," she says. "I've never allowed myself to be vulnerable before"
By Sam Lansky
September 1, 2016
Off-Key, but on Point
Meryl Streep shows the power of a middle-aged dreamer in Stephen Frears' Florence Foster Jenkins
By Sam Lansky
August 11, 2016
Meryl Streep on Guns, the Wage Gap and How She Picks a Role
The actress stars in the new film
Florence Foster Jenkins
, out Aug. 12
By Sam Lansky
August 11, 2016
Pop's Coolest Sister Act Taps Into a John Hughes Refrain
As a pitch, Tegan and Sara sounds like an act fated for mainstream stardom: photogenic identical twin sisters from Canada who write scratchy, infectious songs about heartbreak. Yet since the duo's formation in 1995, the...
By Sam Lansky
June 2, 2016
Fifth Harmony Updates Girl Power for the Present
Chalk it up to gender bias, or just to shifting trends, but recent history has not been kind to girl groups--even while their male counterparts like One Direction have flourished. That's why it meant something...
By Sam Lansky
May 19, 2016
DJ Khaled Teaches TIME How to Use Snapchat
The social media mogul shares his personal keys to success
By Sam Lansky
May 5, 2016
How DJ Khaled Became the Self-Help Sage of Snapchat
He built an empire serving chicken soup for the millennial soul
By Sam Lansky
May 5, 2016
How I Made A Mess of My Life—and Cleaned It Up
To be an addict is to make messes wherever you go, needlessly. Writing about mine helped clean them up.
By Sam Lansky
January 19, 2016
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