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Beatrice & Ivana

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Join us on the chaotic blind date that is the celebrity profile. Culture writers Beatrice Hazlehurst and Ivana Rihter unpack a range of iconic cover stories – from noughties’ heart-throbs to the current social sensation – simulating the universal pleasure of fixing a drink before cracking open a juicy A-list interview. It’s cheaper than a Vanity Fair subscription, and way more fun.
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Vogue wants you to get deep with Kendall. This opus is a curious submission into the profile format, and when we say curious we mean wtf did we actually learn about this famous horse girl? We are totally unfiltered on this live read and hope you'll laugh, cry, and think (???) with us all the way to the very "chill" end. *BARE WITH US THROUGH SOME M…
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Twenty years ago, Ben Affleck and J Lo broke up and it was the biggest news to ever hit the celebrity sphere — so much so that Ben's entire Rolling Stone cover story is about their relationship. This is a wild ride through Los Angeles with the most likable man we have ever met in a magazine. Crack open this juicy, juicy story with us, and pour one …
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Grab your flower crowns and hoop earrings girls, we're getting summertime sad with Lana Del Rey. The Americana dream girl incarnate is in her full Jackie-Marilyn era, living in the Hollywood hills as a hot 27-year-old with a rockstar boyfriend. We talk to Melissa Giannini, who spent time with Lana to capture her in the wake of Born to Die-backlash …
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With Taylor Swift once again taking shots at Kim Kardashian, we're revisiting the profile that started what feels like the longest-running beef in pop culture history. In this profile, Kim Kardashian strips down to let GQ writer Caity Weaver touch her boob, talks O.J. Simpson, then proceeds to take down Taylor Swift — catalyzing Taylor's reputation…
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Introducing one, if not THE, greatest profile of all time. Instead of a description, let us tell you who a 27-year-old Jennifer Lopez takes shots at in this interview. — Gwyneth Paltrow — Claire Danes — Madonna — Cameron Diaz — Winona Ryder — Woody Harrelson — Wesley Snipes — Jack Nicholson ...and so many more. There are also quotes like, "I'm the …
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Ready to get (love)stoned with Justin Timberlake — literally? We are in Amsterdam with the man bringing sexy back, his girlfriend Cameron Diaz and his mom Lynn from Memphis (who may or may not be actually in love with her son). And Justin is letting it all hang out. He talks Lance Bass's recent sexuality reveal, run-ins with paparazzi and the makin…
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Introducing Anne Hathaway 2.0: hot, sexy, sexy and hot, and of course, dripping Versace. The scorpio queen tells Vanity Fair she is "ready to be a sexual creature out loud" just in time for the release of her new movie, The Idea Of You, which is rumored to be her steamiest yet. We walk back her career, where all the Hathaway hate began and discover…
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The gals are back, baby. At long last, Ivana is once again in the City of Angels to bring in-person magic back to the pod...and who is a more magical subject that Megan Fox? In 2008 she is the hottest woman alive (literally, according to People, FHM, MTV and every teenage boy in the world). Fresh off the $700 million dollar success of Transformers …
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Kylie, baby!!! Our girl is in the throes of a full rebrand: laying to rest Kylie Swim for pleather brand KHY and new fragrance Cosmic, dating character actor Timothée Chalamet, and genuinely being the 'it' girl to end them all. We address all the allegations leveled against Kylie – from appropriation to dating an older man as a minor – and dive dee…
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Zendaya, actress, singer, model and professional industry event attendee is on the press tour of her life. There's Dune, of course, and Challengers (the s3xy new tennis film where she plays a Serena Williams-type and has 3somes), in honor of which she has recommitted to raising the red carpet-bar. And we're gonna talk about it. And fashion. And sti…
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Pour yourself a pumptini, we're going deep with Tom Sandoval. The Vanderpump Rules sensation found himself at the center of one of reality television's biggest-ever scandals exactly one year ago, and now he is on the path to redemption with an absolutely enormous feature in the New York Times that does not leave much about Tom or his PR team to the…
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The Olsen Twins are the heart and soul of this podcast, and this point they're only 17 and riding the high of heading up a billion-dollar corporation. They talk boys, paparazzi and mini-skirts while sipping on smoothies and skirt-skirting around LA in matching Range Rovers. This would be one of their last-ever in-depth profiles, discussing their la…
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In honor of the BAFTAs, Oscars and Barbie's continued reign, we're revisiting one of our most iconic profiles. Margot Robbie is 26, fresh off a slew of blockbusters, and, as we discover, not ready at all for the fame that comes with being a Hollywood hit. This may be our most traditional profile yet (and by that we mean the pre-Me Too male gaze is …
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It's time to let it burn, baby. 20 years ago exactly, Usher is 25-years-old with the number one song in the world ("Yeah!"). He's also a nationwide obsession as one of the 'sexiest men' ever in RnB, and that has brought a whole lot of girl trouble. We have so much life advice incoming from this man, and we're so excited for you to hear it firsthand…
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Oh time, you gorgeous flat circle. Amid an iconic Nicki Minaj beef, we are revisiting her others (this time with both Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus). It's 2015, Nicki Minaj is at her peak "Anaconda" powers, navigating a beef between her boyfriend Meek Mill and bestie Drake, and generally being scary as hell. This is a very nuanced portrait by friend…
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The (UN)COVER GIRL Oscar nominee trend continues with our favorite Canadian friend and tunnel-lover (more on that later), Mr. Ryan Gosling. We talk all things Barbie, The Notebook, the rampant objectification of Ryan in the 2010s and his life now with Eva Mendes. There's also a lot, LOT of wisdom in here in case your new years resolution was "reali…
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This girl is...everything to us. A mother, sister, friend and daughter and somehow totally unpretentious and likeable despite years in the spotlight. We get into her childhood anxiety, teenage run-in with Louis C.K. and Jonah Hill's impression of her. We drink sake and go on a hike for which she inexplicably where's SKINNY JEANS. This will also be …
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Oh, Timo-tay. Our boy is ~technically~ on top of the world after starring in some of the biggest movies in the world, but mostly he's throwing things against the wall (literally) alone in Woodstock. It's been a huge two years since Call Me By Your Name changed his life forever, and he is dealing with being papped mid-makeout, famous friends and why…
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We're gonna getcha good with this one. Shania is 33 and on top of the world — and everyone wants to take her down. From music critics who argue she's not who she says she is, to Nashville who resents her pop crossover, no one likes to see a woman win. We go deep into her childhood trauma (which is extensive) and husband's famous affair, while conte…
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The only way to kick off 2024 is to wave goodbye to 2023 with none other than TIME's person of the year: Taylor Swift. This is an absolute behemoth of a profile with plenty of juicy revelations and Taylor coming for the throat of those who have wronged her (hell hath no wrath like a scorned Swift!). Hear firsthand about her years in hiding, Kim K f…
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At long last, we present: the hottest cover of all time. In 2007, Zac Efron was 19 and following up his breakout role inHigh School Musical with Hairspray and Seventeen Again — it was the roll-out of the century, and a massive cultural shift. One in three girls were estimated to have his poster, and he was furiously denying a relationship with his …
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Tyra Banks has never been better. The supermodel made America's Next Top Model an unprecedented success, and now, she's ready to fill Oprah's shoes as the darling of daytime television. But, the cracks are starting to show. She's working 12-hour days, body-shaming her contestants and . Let's get deep into financial freedom, and what it takes to be …
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After a slew of hits like 'What a Girl Wants,' 'She's the Man' and 'Easy A,' Amanda Bynes retired from acting at age 24...devastating the nation. This is one of the only interviews she gave in the years since, taking former PAPER editor Abby Schreiber around her fashion school and talking Chatting Tatum, substance abuse and *those* tweets. This one…
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We're strolling around NYC with Jacob Elordi to the soundtrack of girlish screams and by god is it invigorating. Jacob is off the back of two massive releases, 'Priscilla' and 'Saltburn,' and the definitive prince of young Hollywood. Come for his thoughts on Austin Butler's Elvis, what he really said about 'The Kissing Booth' and the origin story o…
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Are you feeling lost? Confused? In the midst of a career or pesonal crisis? This is the episode for you. Tinashe is 22 and very much on the pop star track, but nothing is enough. She doesn't know if she's doing enough, or wasting time, her management decides she can't have one day off without spiraling into an abyss of self-doubt. Editor extraordin…
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You just got Punk'd, baby. It's 2003 and Ashton Kutcher is hot, dangerous and tearing up Hollywood. He's best friends with P. Diddy, hitting on Jen Anniston in front of Brad and terrorizing the young, rich and famous with one of the biggest MTV shows of all time. Stay tuned for a real, twisted True Hollywood Story, and get a closer look at Ashton K…
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Britney is back...in more ways than one. In our first repeat celebrity, we go back to Britney's breakout era with one of her earliest Rolling Stone cover stories — one of two in 2001 – she's 19, madly in love with Justin and more in control of her career than ever before. It's the perfect accompaniment and prequel to her recent memoir, The Woman In…
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Pull on your latex gloves and get out your Blackberry, this week we are covering the one and only Naomi Campbell. Learn how the most iconic (??) supermodel of all time of all time gets it done, including her decades of anti-racism activism, assault charges, and a cleanliness obsession that rivals none. You gotta listen. (Sorry to take you back to 2…
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It's 2009, and Blake Lively is on top of the world — or the Upper East Side, at least. She is blonde, beautiful and in the hottest show on the CW, which makes sense considering she was also a cheerleader and class president. Come with us to learn more about the luckiest girl to ever live, who, somehow is still so damn likable. https://www.vogue.com…
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Isolate with us and Robert Pattinson, who is losing his mind in quarantine. He has an idea for a fast food pasta business, has no idea what his new movie Tenet is actually about and has decided Twilight is "art-house cinema." He might be our favorite celebrity, ever. As a special treat, Kristen Stegemoeller, writer and host of astrology-pop culture…
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TW: eating disorders, domestic violence These are the confessions of a teenage movie queen. Coming off the release of four banging teen flicks and two albums, 19-year-old Lindsay Lohan should've been on top of the world in 2006...and yet. She's living in the Chateau Marmont, overcoming kidney failure, her father's in jail and openly admitted to dru…
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Today, is a departure for us: Ivana goes all the way back to her roots (to Conde Nast), specifically, to discuss beauty (a subject Ivana once covered vehemently). While this is not a cover story, it is one of the most famous profiles to be published this year so far. So, we had to do it. Meet Gwen Stefani, a very famous ~white~ woman...or is she? L…
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It's 2003 – a year that saw the premiere of 'The OC,' 'ANTM' as well as the Olsen Twin's and Hilary Duff together on a magazine cover – and 50 Cent has the best-selling album. The New York gangster rapper is hot, dangerous and hunted (literally, he has at least three contract killers after him right now). Come with us to Jamaica, Queens to meet the…
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Prepare to dive into the icy blue eyes of Bradley Cooper. Famed writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner (the brains behind of Fleishman is in Trouble and every crazy profile you know) tries to uncover all the secrets of the 'A Star is Born' actor-director and he is absolutely not having it. Like at all. It's a tale as old as time, the tug-of-war between an in…
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Triple-X: ALERT. John Mayer is fresh off a breakup with Jen Anniston and letting it all hang out. We're talking m*ast*rbation, $exual napalm and so much more. You know it, you've requested it, and now we're finally delivering. To reiterate: very not, not safe for work (or kids, depending on how you're raising them). Regardless, it's a roaring good …
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We don't know if you heard but...Beyoncé does NOT do interviews anymore. As such, it's our honor and privilege to bring to you one of her last, and most important, a 2005 profile in Vanity Fair where she talks about her childhood, Jay-Z and why she'd rather be the girl in the corner than the center of attention. It's refreshingly honest, and kind o…
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*Live episode ALERT*!!! Strap in gorgeous (ug)go Ivana and Beatrice recount Bachelorette shenanigans andTaylor Swift 'Eras' tour revelations all while raw-dogging one of the most iconic magazine stories ever be written: Miles Teller by Anna Peele. Think of it like a post-date phone call with your BFF after possibly the worst date you've ever been o…
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Let's go, girls. Today we have the inimitable DJ/producer LP Giobbi phone in from Ibiza to discuss Grimes (who announces her second child with Elon Musk in this profile) and all things women in music. Come for the insanely high cortisol, children vs. no children debate and stay for the realities of what a relentless tour schedule looks like for wom…
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You asked, we answered. It's one of the most famous profiles of all time, that, you'll remember, SCANDALIZED much of Hollywood's A-list. Jeremy Strong is wrapping season three of 'Succession' and evaluating his life, process and how exactly he got here. Michael Schulman, famed film industry expert, New Yorker staff writer and Strong's fellow Yale a…
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Finally, something to really sink your teeth into. Kristen Stewart has just wrapped her role as Bella Swan in Twilight, dating the hunkiest man alive and about to engage in a relationship so scandalous even a former president got involved. Mostly, the 21-year-old talks fame, fans and what's like to find yourself in a position you never planned for.…
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest albums of all time, we bring you: Liz Phair. As soon as "Exile in Guyville" started making waves in the underground Chicago music scene, Rolling Stone put Liz on the cover of this 1994 issue and *Thank God* they did. This profile has it all: musings on fame and the female experience, gorgeous…
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Welcome to the Jen-aissance. She is back, and as such, on the pod. We get into her nudes leak (this profile comes hot on the heels of the 2014 'fappening' AKA celebrity hacking), relationships and even death. Yep, there's not a subject ol' J-Law will not touch — apart from, maybe, Harvey Weinstein. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/10/jenni…
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What a treat gorgeous (ug)gos! Journalist and author Samantha Leach is here to discuss her baby: the – very viral – Rachel McAdams profile. Expect a whole lot of boobs, body hair and boys, but mostly we learn to protect our peace and drop our egos the way (only??) Rachel seems to know how. Read the original piece below! https://www.bustle.com/enter…
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At long last, he's here. We're headed to Portugal and Hungary on a world tour with our favorite butter noodle boy to flirt with bartenders, beach-goers and address, yes, that speculation about his sexuality. Expect a pop up from Hailey Bieber (nee Baldwin), Ed Sheeran, and Shawn singing from a statue. This might be our favorite profile yet...or eve…
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Welcome to The Weeknd's $69 million dollar mansion. Our most recent profile ever is in honor of 'The Idol' – the pop singer's first real foray into Hollywood – to understand how exactly we got here. We learn about the value of remaining anonymous and just how much that Rolling Stone expose really ticked him off, all while diving deep into our own i…
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It's the era of Taylor Swift, and we're just spending all our money on sparkles to live in it. Ivana unravels our favorite blonde in a pivot to pop with seminal work, '1989', in a profile that covers everything from Kanye, to Katy, to how exactly T-Swift has kept it all together. There is also, yes, a surprise appearance from Justin Timberlake (???…
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It's our season finale, which means (ug)gos, you're in for a treat. We're joined by premier journalist and 'Infamous' podcast host Vanessa Grigoriadis, the writer of Rolling Stone's truly *infamous* Britney Spears cover story in 2008. It's an unbelievable time to be Britney, officially under conservatorship with a chart-topping album on the way (le…
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It's our final one-on-one episode, and boy is she a finger-licking good time. Caity Weaver meets a 21-year-old Justin Bieber, who is primed for the biggest moment of his career. Come for the incredible subhed (below), stay for a rare Hailey Bieber appearance... Sure, Justin Bieber has made mistakes. The monkey. The mop bucket. A few historical dese…
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BREAKING NEWS: Due to the recent ski trial, we are here with an emergency release: Gwyneth Paltrow. Vanity Fair. This episode will give you the necessary backstory to our favorite titan of wellness, from her brutal breakup with Brad Pitt to her early years at Manhattan’s elite Spence School for Girls. Let’s get Goopy. Subscribe to our Patreon HERE …
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It's possibly the most contentious profile of all time. M.I.A, writer extraordinaire Lynn Hirschberg and the truffle fries that spawned an all-out war. At the height of M.I.A's American takeover, the pop rebel is in her post-Diplo era and happier than ever...kind of. Come for the geopolitical fact-check, stay for a read so brutal M.I.A tweeted out …
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