Julie Miller

The bracing drama comes from Richard Gadd, a Scottish writer-actor-comedian who not only created, wrote, and stars in Baby Reindeer. He lived it. While in his 20s, he was stalked by a woman he can no longer discuss in specifics for legal reasons. He says the experience lasted about five years and overlapped with a period in which Gadd was “dealing with the aftermath of severe sexual abuse.” His mind spun in compulsive circles: “I couldn’t understand how my life had gotten to this point. I grew u…

Mary’s ruthlessness served her: She went from being a widow with four children and no property to living in King James’s court as a countess and being buried at Westminster Abbey along with kings, queens, and great poets. “[You think about] the agency and the fierceness and the intelligence to do all of those things in a society in which women had barely any legal rights, and in this power structure that’s dominated around James and his affections,” says Mary & George creator D.C. Moore of Mary’…

Given the negative hype, Anderson admits, “I came to it late, because I knew that it was going to be cringeworthy. For a while I didn’t want to subject myself to that.” Several years after the uncomfortable BBC showdown aired, though, Anderson found herself watching it on loop while preparing to play Maitlis in Netflix’s forthcoming film Scoop. A longtime listener of Maitlis’s podcast The News Agents, Anderson is accustomed to hearing the journalist act “quite ruthless” with her interview subjec…

Hathaway has been famous for more years than she hasn’t and is well acquainted with the internet’s noisy opinions. She’s undergone an existential overhaul in the last five or so years—a period that coincided with giving up alcohol, new motherhood, turning 40, and treating herself with more grace. “This is the first time I’ve known myself this well,” she’ll later explain. “I don’t live in what others think of me. I know my own mind and I am connected to my own feelings.” Also: “I’m way quicker to…

“My dress is broken,” Stone said, stunned, after she took the stage. “I’m pretty sure it happened during ‘I’m Just Ken,’” she said, referring to Ryan Gosling’s musical number. Stone anchored the Yorgos Lanthimos–directed Poor Things as Bella Baxter, a woman who throws herself off a bridge only to be revived by an eccentric scientist (Willem Dafoe) who swaps her brain for that of her unborn baby. The result is what Vanity Fair’s chief critic Richard Lawson hailed as the actor’s richest performanc…

Given that the Emmy and Peabody-winning Max series centers on Deborah and Ava’s complicated relationship, it’s no surprise that the women reunite early in the show’s third season, which begins streaming in May. “Deborah and Ava are the secret sauce in the Hacks recipe,” Smart says in a recent phone call. “They fill gaps in the other one’s life that they don’t even realize, or certainly don’t talk about necessarily.” It is a surprise, however, that their reunion involves the famous Tom Cruise coc…

But in real life there were three other women whom Capote counted among his swans, according to Laurence Leamer’s book Capote’s Women, on which this season of the anthology drama is based. And each was every bit as fabulous as the above. Gloria Guinness Capote considered three women to be the greatest beauties of his time: the film star Greta Garbo, his best friend and favorite swan Babe Paley, and Gloria Guinness, the fabulous, four-time-married socialite of mysterious origin. “When I first saw…

In real life, Chanel’s insults were even more barbed. Before World War II, she had helped liberate women by creating clothes that were beautiful but functional, meaning uncorseted, unfussy designs that allowed their wearers to move more freely. By contrast, the silhouette Dior introduced in 1947, was severe in its femininity—a tightly cinched waist, structured shoulders, and high heels that was dubbed “The New Look,” hence the title of the Apple TV+ series. Chanel viewed it as a step backward th…

“I want to thank all the evil gays,” Coolidge said after collecting her second Emmy. She thanked White Lotus creator Mike White for casting her on the series and closed out her stage time—watched closely by the ceremony’s designated bouncer, host Anthony Anderson’s mom—by saying, “I had a little dream in my little town” that came true. “Don’t give up on your dreams.” The actor beat out several White Lotus costars for the title: Meghann Fahy, Sabrina Impacciatore, Aubrey Plaza, and Simona Tabasco…

“This is a nice moment for me,” Culkin said upon reaching the podium. “I was nominated for a Golden Globe like 20 years ago and I remember thinking I’d never be back in the room,” the actor said, referring to his 2003 Golden Globe nomination for Igby Goes Down. After voicing his appreciation for the award, he looked out in the audience toward a fellow nominee in the category and added, jokingly, “Suck it, Pedro.” While Culkin’s character, Roman, spent much of previous seasons playing the support…