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# Sam Lansky

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## Sam Lansky


![Sam Lansky](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt959bd7576a3ed1e5/6986857206f2c126d632ddf6/mg_3540.jpg?branch=production&width=96&quality=75&auto=webp)

## Sam Lansky


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* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte509f5111225e38a/698a42f8096a9406626ae674/taylor-swift-person-of-the-year-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 6, 2023  
### [Taylor Swift Is TIME's 2023 Person of the Year](https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/)  
'It feels like the breakthrough moment of my career, happening at 33'  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Jennette McCurdy](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dd48de234b0c816/698a3462096a9466af6acd48/jennette-mccurdy-interview.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 4, 2022  
### [Jennette McCurdy Discusses Her Stunning Memoir](https://time.com/6203826/jennette-mccurdy-book-interview/)  
The author of 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' reveals the work she did to prepare to write it  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Brothers Osborne front man T.J. Osborne hopes to see Nashville become more inclusive](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e84ce532b8194d0/698a16e086f68e9dd96efb00/tj-Brothers-Osborne-country-musicians.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 3, 2021  
### [T.J. Osborne Is Ready to Tell His Story](https://time.com/5935439/tj-osborne/)  
T.J. of the Brothers Osborne is now the only openly gay artist signed to a major country label—a his...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt677b68134efe1354/698a0f31929fad84cdbf638c/isolation-coronavirus-lede-vertical.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2020  
### [I Thought I Was Doing Pretty Well. Then Came the Pandemic](https://time.com/5851868/isolation-coronavirus/)  
The hidden price of a pandemic that has already cost so much  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)
* ![Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Sam Taylor-Johnson](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbb25f320143c9bc/698a0717b3fce37bef0c5fbb/GettyImages-1191544773.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 6, 2019  
### [Why Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson Fought to Get _A Million Little Pieces_ in Front of Audiences](https://time.com/5744820/a-million-little-pieces-addiction/)  
The husband-and-wife duo on adapting James Frey's controversial addiction book for the big screen  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
* ![Ryan Murphy photographed in Los Angeles, California on August 19, 2019 ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc409bf77a578d86/698a0254929fad2fafbf4da6/time-fall-arts-preview-ryan-murphy-mickalene-thomas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 3, 2019  
### [How Ryan Murphy Became King of the Streaming Boom](https://time.com/5667752/ryan-murphy-netflix/)  
His Netflix deal is the most lucrative TV pact in history  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![The OA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b3ce67961186a64/698946dc86f68e06b26eb871/the-oa-netflix-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 20, 2019  
### [How _The OA_ Became Netflix’s Most Mysterious Show](https://time.com/5554875/the-oa-season-2-netflix/)  
'The OA' returns to Netflix on March 22 for its second season  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Jamie Lee Curtis](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdbb825d9475336d/69893d578fd2ee174435cf42/jamie-lee-curtis-time-with-interview.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 25, 2018  
### [Jamie Lee Curtis Is So Much More Than Just a Horror Legend](https://time.com/5434332/jamie-lee-curtis-halloween-movie/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![2017 Toronto International Film Festival - "Call Me By Your Name" Press Conference](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01165e7b613a7586/69893bbf8fd2ee133035cc60/timothee-chalamet-armie-hammer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 5, 2018  
### [Timothee Chalamet on a _Call Me By Your Name_ Sequel: “Armie and I Are 1000% In”](https://time.com/5414291/timothee-chalamet-call-me-by-your-name-sequel/)  
The actor tells TIME a sequel is almost a definite  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet play a father and son divided by addiction in Beautiful Boy](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta960ed1d6784cc99/69893bbc929fad6b6cbf1bb6/mahaney_beautiful-boy_final-web.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 3, 2018  
### [Addiction Is Hard to Talk About. That’s Why Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet Wanted to Make _Beautiful Boy_](https://time.com/5413761/beautiful-boy-film/)  
“It’s one day at a time. You’ve never really won the fight”  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
* ![Cooper spent more than three years working on A Star Is Born; “It’s the exact movie I wanted to make,” he says](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2f0f492e75ecabd/69893b30fb4eac7867897c0b/bradley-cooper-hollywood-lady-gaga.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 27, 2018  
### [Bradley Cooper Was Afraid to Direct. Then He Found Lady Gaga](https://time.com/5407925/bradley-cooper-lady-gaga/)  
Bradley Cooper reimagines an iconic Hollywood story--and transforms Lady Gaga into a movie star  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![robyn-honey](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9de3a25523ca7cb3/69893b31096a94860c6a38c4/robyn-honey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 26, 2018  
### [How Robyn Beat Depression to Make the Best Music of Her Career](https://time.com/5407307/robyn-new-album-honey/)  
"I'm so much more aware of how unstable the world is"  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Leslie Jamison's The Recovering: Intoxication and It's Aftermath](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6237434a4126d84b/69892d7097cdff28496b4edb/leslie-jamison-recovering-addiciton-books1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 12, 2018  
### [Leslie Jamison’s _The Recovering_ Is a Remarkable Feat for Addiction Memoirs](https://time.com/5237433/the-recovering-is-a-remarkable-feat-for-addiction-memoirs/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![camila-cabello](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d8ef5fe7df1ac03/6988f7d9e76ad21d2963095e/camila-cabello.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 11, 2018  
### [Camila Cabello Shines in Her Solo Act on _Camila_](https://time.com/5098882/camila-cabello-album-review/)  
She proves she has the chops to stand alone in the spotlight  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Dave, left, and James stocked the movie with an impressive number of comedy cameos from people like Zac Efron and Judd Apatow](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte16d3734fe1b4c9a/6988e61122fb8590eee23b78/the-brothers-franco-reunited-for-the-first-time-the-disaster-artist.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 16, 2017  
### [Why James and Dave Franco Waited Their Whole Lives To Make a Movie Together](https://time.com/5027054/james-and-dave-franco-the-disaster-artist/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)

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