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    I Thought the Sun Rose and Set on His Sicilian AssSonny Bono was one of the most charming — and possessive — men I’d ever met.
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    ‘Everything on That Island Wanted to Kill You’The very first crew of Survivor slept tent-less on a beach covered in rats and snakes because they smelled a hit TV show. And then it got worse.
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    How’d You Make That?Three masterpieces from glimmer through struggle to breakthrough.
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    She Had Razors Hidden in Her HairOn the glory of blaxploitation icon Pam Grier’s two greatest onscreen catfights.
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    ‘The Last Samurai’ Director Ed Zwick on Tom Cruise’s ‘Intimidating’ EnergyThe Last Samurai director Ed Zwick on the “joyous, challenging, and exhausting” experience of working with Tom Cruise.
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    How Barbra Streisand Got The Broadway Album Made“Why are you singing these cockamamie songs?” the record executives asked her.
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    Truth Is What a Comedian Makes of ItComics have long strived for some version of authenticity. But what that looks like — and how genuine it is — continues to evolve.
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    ‘I Don’t Want to Be Erased’Frustrated by his failing health and fretting about his own legacy, Lou Reed spent his final days intent on making something “really astonishing.”
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    I Killed GodMaria Bamford’s eulogy for her beloved best friend.
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    ‘Can We Sing With You?’How a chance encounter at New York’s Peppermint Lounge birthed the Ronettes.
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    ‘Let’s Let the Squirrel Out of the Bag’On the Anchorman set, improv-comedy masters had the freedom to reimagine the film one line at a time.
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    In Video Games, There’s a Fine Line Between Difficulty and DisrespectFromSoftware’s miserable, massively popular titles complicate what it means to “enjoy” a game.
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    ‘I Gotta Go Explain to People What Emo Is’The punk subgenre wasn’t supposed to go mainstream. Then MTV met Dashboard Confessional.
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    A Harry Potter Fan’s Dilemma‘What role does shame play in this dynamic between fan and fallen artist?’
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    Drag, Disney, and the Gospel of Alyssa EdwardsIn a new book of essays, Zach Zimmerman undergoes a Drag Race–inspired queer baptism.
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    How Bret Hart Wrestled Back Into the StoryThe WWF icon had his legacy buried for years —until he decided to play Vince McMahon’s game.
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    ‘It Would Have Been Like a Scene From One of My Movies.’A stranger–than–Pulp Fiction Oscars tale confirmed.
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    A Painting for a World in CollapseWhat The Raft of the Medusa reveals about contemporary political art.
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    The Day Deadwood DiedHow a single phone call and “a clash of fucking egos,” as star Ian McShane put it, led to the abrupt end of the beloved HBO series.
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    What Happened When I Started Going Back to the TrackHow the TV series Luck coincided with the biggest disaster in David Milch’s life.
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    ‘Omar Became a Superhero Costume I Wore to Hide From Myself’As The Wire’s breakout character, Michael K. Williams felt invincible — leaving him vulnerable to his real-life demons.
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    A Trial Marriage to Stephen SondheimIn Mary Rodgers’s memoir, she says, “I can’t believe either of us put ourselves through that.”
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    Riding With ConanO’Brien’s longtime assistant, Sona Movsesian, on smuggling her boss to work (and making him watch Bad Girls Club) during the Tonight Show debacle.
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    An American Tail Was My Own Test of EnduranceDon Bluth went from box office hell to a meeting with Steven Spielberg and “the perfect story.”
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    How Kenny Loggins Cut ‘Footloose’It involved broken ribs, a failed Flashdance audition, and a songwriting session in a laundry room.
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    A Downward Tour Through the Right-Wing Comedy ComplexAn excerpt from That’s Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them.
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    When Max Met Furiosa: An Oral History of Casting Mad Max: Fury RoadThe yearslong process of finding the right leads for George Miller’s Oscar winner involved dozens of future stars — and just as many what-ifs.
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    ‘I Did Have This Feeling That It Would Work Out Somehow’Bowen Yang discusses his parents and SNL in Judd Apatow’s new book of interviews.
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    The Wild True Story of Stan Lee and the Dot-Com DisasterIn the late ’90s, the Marvel legend decided to strike out on his own — with an alleged con man as his business partner.
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    ‘She Was So Committed to the Dark Side That I Was a Little Bit Worried’How My Best Friend’s Wedding messed with Julia Roberts’s image and changed rom-coms for good.
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    Bad ReputationAccusations of copying dogged James Dean’s brief career, in part because they were true.
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    How Mel Brooks Fell for Anne Bancroft“We started talking one day, and we never stopped.”
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    10 Brutally Honest Anecdotes in Katie Couric’s Memoir Going There In the new memoir, Couric comes for everyone.
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    ‘You Don’t Understand What This Is Doing to Me’In the age of anti-heroes Tony Soprano reigned supreme. In his new book James Andrew Miller explores the toll the character took on James Gandolfini.
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    Mac Miller Found Freedom on FacesAn oral history of Mac Miller’s 2014 opus, now available on streaming services for the first time, excerpted from The Book of Mac.
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    Phoebe Robinson’s Guide to Being a BossAn excerpt from the comedian’s new book.
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    ‘Never Call Me Your Drummer Again’The full story of the time Charlie Watts punched Mick Jagger, excerpted from Sympathy for the Drummer.
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    My Afternoon With Papa RoachAn excerpt from Tom Scharpling’s new memoir, It Never Ends.
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    Kobe and Gigi, Forever CourtsideInside the Nets game that produced a father-daughter moment seen round the internet.
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    The Meet-Cute That Made WrestleManiaHow a ponderous wrestler and a pop star from Queens formed a friendship that started it all.
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    How to Mind Your Damn BusinessAn excerpt from Quinta Brunson’s new book, She Memes Well.
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    How Much Do the Real Housewives Get Paid?And more burning money questions from Brian Moylan’s new book.
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    ‘The Relief Outweighed the Regret’Casey Wilson on conquering body-shaming in Hollywood.
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    Excerpt: Novelist Philip Roth’s Agonizing Marriage to Claire Bloom“God, I’m fond of adultery,” Roth liked to say. “Aren’t you?”
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    The United States vs. ‘FDT’The first time Donald Trump was impeached wasn’t in Congress. It was in a song by YG and Nipsey Hussle.
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    When the Last Call Killer Came to Five OaksThe serial killer who targeted gay men in New York, in the piano bars where they sought refuge from the world.
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    ‘I Miss the Simple Things’Quarantine poems from Catherine Cohen.
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    Mike Nichols’s HeartburnAfter directing Nora Ephron’s divorce movie, his own breakup — and breakdown — turned out to be around the corner.
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    ‘There Are People Who Think, Black People Just Aren’t Good at ThisHere’s just how racist improv theaters can be, according to Amber Ruffin.
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    ‘We Basically Smoked Austin Out’In the new book Alright, Alright, Alright, the Dazed and Confused cast remembers what it was like at Richard Linklater’s “summer camp.”
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