Annie Leibovitz found herself in the right place at the perfect time. “It was 1967, ’68, sort of near the end of the whole ‘flower’ period in San Francisco. I bought a camera and started taking some pictures,” she recalls. Those pictures grew to be her life’s work, and now, a half-century later, she’s revisiting […]
Inside Mr. Chow’s Fabulously Over-the-Top Nuptials
There is no greater host in all of the Hollywood industrial complex than Michael Chow, aka Mr. Chow of the legendary luxe Chinese restaurants where the glitterati have gathered since he opened the first location’s doors in London in 1968 (the Beverly Hills location followed in 1974). For his restaurant empire’s 50th anniversary a year […]
Roxane Gay Would Prefer Not to Have to Be Exceptional
Roxane Gay has a powerful voice–and a packed schedule. The acclaimed author of books including Bad Feminist and Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, has a ninth book out this spring, a comic book on the way, film and television projects in development, and a gig as a contributing op-ed writer for the New York Times. She somehow gets […]
Lena Dunham Adopted a Dog from an L.A. Rescue, So Of Course People Are Unhappy
Lena Dunham’s new pet has some dog lovers growling. The multi-hyphenate millennial recently adopted “Henni Grem” through A Purposeful Rescue, an L.A. operation that saves elderly, injured, and ill dogs from the area’s high-kill shelters. Dubbed “gremmicorns” (aka gremlin-unicorns), Henni and her relatives became minor Instagram celebrities thanks to their unusual (albeit extremely cute) appearance. […]
Meet Duke Mason, the Fresh-Faced Celeb Spawn Running for WeHo City Council
Finding a descendent of Hollywood royalty who doesn’t fall back on showbiz nepotism is like finding an L.A. Starbucks that isn’t packed with screenwriters. Not bloody likely. But James Duke Mason, better known as Duke, isn’t an aspiring actor, singer, or producer—despite being the only child of the Go-Go’s Belinda Carlisle and agent/producer/exec Morgan Mason—and […]