Episodes
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 has so, so many revelations (that are still being circulated by would-be pop culture journalists on TikTok today) — smash that triangle, uggos. ...
Published 11/28/23
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 of his many, many designer purses. WARNING: tall poppy syndrome in...
Published 11/21/23
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 extraordinaire Ross Scarano talks meeting Tinashe at her family home that day, sexism in the magazine industry and what he wishes he kept in. If you're a...
Published 11/14/23
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 Kutcher. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/a-closer-look-at-ashton-kutcher-69773/ Subscribe to our Patreon HERE Follow us on...
Published 11/07/23
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 Me, which we are so excited to further contextualize for you. In other news, Beatrice gets nude, Ivana goes Cher and we're ready to rage this...
Published 10/31/23
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 2020, but it had to be done).  Subscribe to our Patreon HERE Follow us on Instagram HERE Follow us on Tiktok HERE Follow Beatrice HERE Follow...
Published 10/24/23
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/article/blake-lively-east-side-story Subscribe to our Patreon HERE Follow us on Instagram HERE Follow us on Tiktok HERE Follow Beatrice...
Published 10/17/23
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 podcast (Club Cosmos Radio) joins us to read Rob's chart and dish on a summer of celeb breakups....
Published 10/10/23
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 drug use. The hardest part of it all? Writer Evgenia Peretz asserts that Lindsay was bulimic, which did not go down well with the star.  Come for...
Published 10/03/23
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? Listen on. https://www.allure.com/story/gwen-stefani-japanese-harajuku-lovers-interview Subscribe to our Patreon HERE Follow us on Instagram...
Published 09/26/23
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 most resilient man (maybe ever!???) who is ready to get rich, or die...
Published 09/19/23
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 interviewer who wants it all and the talent who's trying to give nothing. But who will...
Published 09/12/23
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...
Published 08/29/23
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 of spiritual, and we hope you gain from it as much as we did.  Get ready to go above and...
Published 08/22/23
*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 on...because that's exactly what this profile...
Published 08/15/23
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 women in music. Our first non-writer guest, we are so lucky to have LP Giobbi on (UN)COVER GIRL to add real-life perspective to the entertainer...
Published 08/08/23
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 alumnus, interviewed everyone and anyone for this piece and the result is *chef's...
Published 07/25/23
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. It's very juicy, so why don't you go ahead and...
Published 07/25/23
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 prose and actually funny one-liners. To help us break down Liz's indelible impact, we have a VERY SPECIAL GUEST: the one, the only, Dan Adler. A...
Published 07/18/23
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/jennifer-lawrence-photo-hacking-privacy
Published 07/04/23
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/entertainment/rachel-mcadams-interview-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret
Published 06/27/23
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 ever. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/shawn-mendes-cover-interview-756847/
Published 06/20/23
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 insecurities about our work, relationships and how everyone really feels about...
Published 06/13/23
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 (???). Come for the recording music artist of our generation, stay for Beatrice to pull back the curtain on a recent profile of her own (*cough* Jonas...
Published 06/06/23
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 (less than a year after her public meltdown). Vanessa well and truly got the scoop, and today, she shares it with us. Listen to Infamous from...
Published 04/11/23