Malala Thought She’d Never Fall in Love
When she was 15 years old, Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban, targeted for saying that young women should have the right to an education. By the time she woke from the ensuing coma, the world h...
15 Okt 202555min
Tessa Thompson on Finding What You Want (What You Really, Really Want)
Tessa Thompson’s latest role is an infamously chaotic one: Hedda Gabler. Adapted from the classic play by Henrik Ibsen, “Hedda,” in select theaters Oct. 22, casts Thompson as a 1950s housewife who fee...
8 Okt 202539min
For Her 70th Birthday, She Hired an Escort
Gail Rice, a writer and a therapist, was approaching her 70th birthday. She had given up on dating apps and hadn’t had a romantic connection with anyone in years. But for her 70th, she wanted a very s...
1 Okt 202536min
How an Off-Script Moment Changed Jay Duplass’s Life
Jay Duplass knows the power of improvisation. Many years ago, an unscripted, cliffside interaction changed his life, helping to set in motion the events that would lead to his new movie, “The Baltimor...
24 Sep 202542min
You Think You Know Elizabeth Gilbert. You Don’t.
When her wildly popular memoir “Eat Pray Love” came out in 2006, Elizabeth Gilbert suddenly found herself touted as an expert on self fulfillment, spirituality and love. Readers might assume that Gilb...
17 Sep 202553min
Why I Always Dreamed of Being a Sister Wife
Christine Woolley always knew she wanted to be in a plural marriage. She grew up in a fundamentalist Mormon community, loved having two moms and several grandmothers, and wanted to raise her own child...
10 Sep 202548min
E. Jean Carroll’s Vibrant Sex Life Ended 30 Years Ago. She Wants It Back.
When the writer E. Jean Carroll accused President Trump of sexual assault in 2019, she unearthed a memory she had pushed away for decades. She also admitted, for the first time, something she hadn’t f...
3 Sep 202531min
Nic and Olandria on What the ‘Love Island’ Cameras Missed
Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe spent a lot of this past season on “Love Island USA” coupled up with other people, but in a last-minute twist they wound up together.Fans were divided. They rea...
27 Aug 202543min
