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Annotation Tuesday! Amy Wallace and one of “the most despised and feared” men in Hollywood

May 21, 2013 – 11:27 am

When Amy Wallace profiled then-Variety editor Peter Bart for Los Angeles magazine, she took on issues of access, personality, misdirection, industry politics, journalism and retaliation. To write about a guy who’s been called “the most hated man in Hollywood” demands guts and patience. To pull it off as she did requires a certain tact and [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads, annotation tuesday! | Also tagged Amy Wallace, Anita M. Busch, Elon Green, Eric Mercado, George Christy, GQ, J.R. Moehringer, Kit Rachlis, longform.org, Los Angeles magazine, Peter Bart, The Awl, The Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Wired | Comments (0)

Annotation Tuesday! Amy Wallace on Garry Shandling

February 5, 2013 – 9:42 am

Reading Amy Wallace’s profiles is like sitting around your favorite bar with your favorite super-witty friend and talking about people over cocktails: You come for the companionship and vibe, you stay for the juicy details. It’s hard enough to profile the famous because public figures don’t reeeeeeally want to be known anymore, but Wallace, a GQ [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in annotation tuesday! | Also tagged Alex Kotlowitz, Amy Wallace, Brendan Vaughan, Conan O'Brien, David Duchovny, Esquire, Garry Shandling, GQ, Irving Wallace, Jennifer Egan, Jesse Katz, Judd Apatow, Kevin Nealon, Kit Rachlis, Larry McMurtry, Los Angeles magazine, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Mark Horowitz, Mark Robinson, Mary Melton, Matt Damon, Matt Klam, Matt Tyrnauer, Michael Caruso, Peter Bart, Peter Berg, Robert Downey Jr., Ron Suskind, Sarah Silverman, Smithsonian magazine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Wired | Comments (7)

“Why’s this so good?” No. 11: Tom Junod on Mister Rogers and grace

September 13, 2011 – 1:01 pm

When I was living in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and came back sometime later to see what was left, one of the things I found was the November 1998 issue of Esquire magazine. The cover with Mister Rogers on it was faded, and the pages were worn thin from rereading. There may have been [...]

By Susannah Breslin | Posted in why's this so good? | Also tagged Details, Esquire, Forbes, Harper's Bazaar, LA Weekly, Newsweek, Salon, Slate, Susannah Breslin, The Daily Beast, Tom Junod | Comments (3)

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