Sam Lansky

Sam Lansky is West Coast Editor at TIME.

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Taylor Swift Is TIME's 2023 Person of the Year

'It feels like the breakthrough moment of my career, happening at 33'

By Sam Lansky

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

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

The Promise of Timothée Chalamet

The “Dune” actor doesn’t always reveal much, but what he does is intentional.

By Sam Lansky

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

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

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

How Ryan Murphy Became King of the Streaming Boom

His Netflix deal is the most lucrative TV pact in history

By Sam Lansky

How The OA Became Netflix’s Most Mysterious Show

'The OA' returns to Netflix on March 22 for its second season

By Sam Lansky

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camila Cabello Shines in Her Solo Act on Camila

She proves she has the chops to stand alone in the spotlight

By Sam Lansky

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

Lorde: Life of the Party

Lorde, pop's fascinating wunderkind, comes of age

By Sam Lansky / Los Angeles

Lorde

How Lorde Became the Life of the Party By SAM LANSKY It’s a bone-dry desert night in April, and Lorde is dancing onstage in a corseted top and shimmery sequined pants that make her look...

By Sam Lansky

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
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