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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