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Kamala Harris Goads Donald Trump Into a Frenzy at Presidential Debate

The ABC News-hosted presidential debate held in Philadelphia on Tuesday night saw Republican hopeful Donald Trump needled and goaded into a frenzy of shouting by Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, who over nearly two hours took the former president to task on several issues as he was repeatedly fact-checked by the network’s anchors, who called out […]

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris

This Is How I Made That Crazy Prince Andrew Interview Happen

Picture the scene. It’s November 2019, and I’m sitting in Buckingham Palace in England. I’m on an ornate golden chair, pushed up against the wall of the south drawing room, staring nervously at the slightly frayed but elegant red-and-gold carpeted floor. The room is larger than most London flats, and I’m just 15 feet behind […]

Billie Piper as Sam McAlister in Scoop

Shelley Duvall and Me

Shelley Duvall and I crossed paths at the moment I needed her most. It was late 2020. COVID lockdowns, George Floyd, media layoffs — everything sucked, and it wasn’t getting better. I adopted a French bulldog puppy to help me cope and named him Otto. Otto would scream every night until I brought him into […]

Actress Shelley Duvall attends the Starstruck Beverly Hills Premiere on January 25, 1983 at Mann Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, California.

The Family Trauma That Went Into ‘3 Body Problem’ (Guest Column)

A few months before 3 Body Problem launched on Netflix, I did something I’d never done before. I showed the opening sequence to my mother. The scene depicts a “struggle session,” a public rally where a physics professor is murdered by a group of young students after refusing to renounce his teachings. These events were […]

From left: A scene of a struggle session during China’s Cultural Revolution in 3 Body Problem; historical photo of a session, circa 1968.

The Man Who Helps the Stars Come Out

I came of age in my personal and professional life at a time when AIDS, that other pandemic, also came of age. Those were scary times. You couldn’t be your true self back then and if you tried, chances are the virus would find you. Almost everyone I knew during my coming out process are […]

Simon Halls and Matt Bomer attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California.

Reena Virk Does Not Need to Earn Your Sympathy (Guest Column)

It’s a Thursday morning and I’m barely awake when my phone greets me with a disturbing response to the fourth episode of Under the Bridge: tweet after tweet expressing anger, even hatred, toward Reena Virk. Someone saying, “I’m not even mad she gets killed.” I’m upset, but I wish I could say that I’m surprised. […]

Under the Bridge

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