More from Allen Salkin
Gerbil: Inside Hollywood’s Most Unkillable Rumor
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘gerbil’? And why has the salacious urban legend — perhaps the first viral meme — burrowed so deeply into our … collective subconscious? A new podcast investigates.
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Filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki’s Chummy Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein Revealed
The writer-director of 'Arbitrage' enjoyed friendly, bawdy exchanges with the disgraced financier — until it went south over the financing of the 2012 film 'Arbitrage': "I still think you acted like a dickhead over the whole thing."
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Hollywood’s Slowdown Is a Boon to the Hollywood Fringe Festival
More than 400 short plays featuring some underemployed TV and film vets show the creative spirit lives in this struggling town.
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Food Network Star Anne Burrell, Found Dead at 55, Always Knew She Would Be Famous
In an excerpt from his tell-all about the channel, Allen Salkin chronicles the behind-the-scenes chaos of the spiky-haired chef's hit show.
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Who Really Took the Iconic “Napalm Girl” Photo? Director of New Doc Addresses the Controversy (Exclusive)
Since its premiere at Sundance, 'The Stringer' has led to a divisive re-examination of the credit for the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1972 photograph that captured the horrors of the Vietnam War.
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The J.D. Vance Couch Story Will Never Die. Just Ask Richard Gere.
The Republican vice presidential nominee (almost certainly) never copulated with a sofa. But sexually tinged urban legends about celebrities are un-disprovable, and denial only emboldens the memes.
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The 9/11 Documentary You’ll Never See
'We Go Higher' was supposed to give a much-needed voice to the children of 9/11 victims. Now, its high-profile producer is dealing with claims of financial fraud and emotional manipulation, and the much-anticipated film will likely never come out. What went wrong?
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Nas’ Company Mass Appeal Hit With Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Melissa Cooper, a documentary producer who was head of development at the rapper's firm, sued executives for removing her from "several high value projects, creating a hostile work environment, and terminating her employment."
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Sean Spicer’s Nixon Library Appearance Interrupted by Hecklers, Protesters
Sean Spicer on Monday night appeared at the Richard Nixon Library & Museum in Yorba Linda, California, bringing with it energetic fans of President Trump, vociferous hecklers and, eventually, thought-provoking comparisons between Trump and Nixon.
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‘Top Chef’ Stars Talk Reality Show Psych Evaluations, “Cheftestant” Secrets
Among a trove of secrets spilled Friday night in Beverly Hills at a panel discussion featuring former competitors and a producer of Top Chef, the most fascinating was the existence of a grueling psychiatric test that potential “cheftestants” on the Bravo series undergo. Questions posed by psychiatrists — in an attempt to weed out people who might […]
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Guy Fieri on His Future at Food Network, Finding Good California BBQ
The famed TV chef spoke to THR at the 2018 Stagecoach country music festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.
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‘The Tale’s’ Jennifer Fox, Laura Rister on Making a “Challenging” Memoir Film
Kering and Women in Motion hosted a talk with the female forces behind the much-buzzed-about Sundance film.
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