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Memoirs
The Biggest Revelations From Rebel Wilson’s Memoir Rebel Rising is candid about the star’s body image, her sex life, and her experience working with Sacha Baron Cohen.
vulture lists
Mar. 23, 2024
8 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This Month A memoir from RuPaul, a darkly funny whodunit, a supernatural thriller, and more.
Did Anna Marie Tendler Really Not Write About John Mulaney? A “Page Six” report claims her forthcoming memoir about heartbreak doesn’t mention her ex-husband.
RuPaul’s Guide to Pop Ru-lture Drag Show is full of pop-culture Ru-isms. Ru’s memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings, acts as an index of references for fans and future contestants.
Lucy Sante: Here She Comes Now The author of ‘Low Life’ and ‘Kill All Your Darlings’ tried to keep a safe distance from herself — and her own desires. Until, at 66, she broke free.
Ina Garten’s Memoir Is on the Way The Barefoot Contessa’s book will hit shelves in October.
a charitable act
Feb. 1, 2024
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished for Britney Spears She was sorry for her book revelations, until Justin Timberlake decided to apologize to “absolutely f–ing nobody.”
Ginuwine and Britney Spears’s Memories Aren’t ‘N Sync He said he can’t remember the “fo shiz” story about Justin Timberlake from her memoir.
By Jennifer Zhan
best of 2023
Dec. 6, 2023
The Best Memoirs of 2023 These 10 books explore what it means to be a person.
By Arianna Rebolini
celebrity memoirs
Oct. 25, 2023
John Stamos Won’t Have Mercy on His Memoir He comes full circle on the whole Tony Danza drama.
By Alejandra Gularte
The Biggest Takeaways From Britney Spears’s Memoir So Far She recalls feeling like a “child robot” under her conservatorship, her relationship with Justin Timberlake, and more.
By Tariro Mzezewa
gimme gim-memoir
Oct. 23, 2023
By Zoe Guy
the woman in me
Oct. 23, 2023
Britney Spears Says Music ‘Is Not My Focus at the Moment’ Instead, she’s trying “to get my spiritual life in order,” she writes in her new memoir.
By Justin Curto
close reads
Oct. 19, 2023
By Zoe Guy
John Stamos Discloses Childhood Sexual Abuse in New Memoir Writing his memoir, If You Had Told Me, made him acknowledge it.
By Bethy Squires
goddess talk
Oct. 17, 2023
In Worthy , Jada Pinkett Smith Centers Herself It is in many ways the most Virgo book of all time.
By Fran Hoepfner
Jada Pinkett Smith’s Memoir Only Just Came Out Today Even if it feels like we’ve been hearing about Worthy for weeks.
By Justin Curto
in her words
Oct. 13, 2023
Michelle Williams Will Speak Britney Spears’s Truth Williams will narrate the audiobook for The Woman in Me , out October 24.
By Zoe Guy
Julia Fox Is Not Your Survivor Her memoir, Down the Drain , provides an honest recollection of pain and a path forward for survivor narratives.
By Elizabeth Nicholas
I Killed God Maria Bamford’s eulogy for her beloved best friend.
By Maria Bamford
Britney Spears’s Memoir Is Almost Here The Woman in Me will be published on October 24.
By Tariro Mzezewa
Elliot Page Says He Was ‘Groomed’ As a Teen In Pageboy , he writes that several adults in the film industry befriended and then abused him.
By Tariro Mzezewa
celebrity relations
June 2, 2023
By Jennifer Zhan
vulture lists
May 25, 2023
18 New Beach Reads for Every Kind of Book Lover Books so good you’ll forget to reapply sunscreen.
girl interrupted
May 23, 2023
Susanna Kaysen Reflects on Girl, Interrupted Turning 30 “There was a way in which, for some people, the hospital could be a refuge or a haven, and I don’t think that’s true anymore.”
By Bindu Bansinath
work in progress
May 20, 2023
Britney Spears Apparently Isn’t Quite Done With Her Book Yet “It may take me a year, maybe longer who knows … to share my story,” she wrote.
By Jennifer Zhan
Now We Know What Prince Harry’s Ghostwriter Really Thought In a new essay, J.R. Moehringer opens up about working on Spare and his relationship with Harry.
By Tariro Mzezewa
Minka Kelly Unpacks Toxic Relationships in New Memoir The actor opens up about her volatile relationship with her mom, harrowing experiences with an ex, and hurtful breakup with a co-star.
By Tariro Mzezewa
coming soon
Mar. 20, 2023
The White Lotus Star Will Sharpe to Direct Crying in H Mart The film adaptation of Michelle Zauner’s memoir of the same name.
By Zoe Guy
buyer & bookseller
Feb. 8, 2023
By Jason P. Frank
celebrity memoirs
Jan. 31, 2023
Pamela Anderson Knows Even a Memoir Can’t Tell All Though there are not many new revelations, ten stories stuck out.
By Zoe Guy
keeping up with the ex-royals
Jan. 15, 2023
Prince Harry Says He Could Have Told Us More, Actually He claims to have cut 400 pages of information from his memoir, Spare.
By Jennifer Zhan
close reads
Jan. 11, 2023
By Devon Ivie
keeping up with the ex-royals
Jan. 10, 2023
Prince Harry Doesn’t Spare Us the Details Everything to know about the memoir — from a princely tussle to a frostbitten penis.
By Zoe Guy
best of 2022
Dec. 13, 2022
The Best Memoirs of 2022 The blending of personal history with careful analysis of the cultural forces and institutions that inform it has exploded the genre with possibility.
By Arianna Rebolini
disrespect the classics
Nov. 28, 2022
Bob Dylan Hopes to ‘Rectify’ Book-Signature Controversy ‘Immediately’ After Simon & Schuster offered refunds for $599 auto-signed editions of his new book.
By Justin Curto
respect the classics
Oct. 29, 2022
By Justin Curto
What Does Matthew Perry Have Against Keanu Reeves? Perry has apologized for questioning why Reeves is still alive while “really talented guys” die.
By Bindu Bansinath
keeping up with the ex-royals
Oct. 27, 2022
By Zoe Guy
snape’s snipes
Oct. 24, 2022
By Rebecca Alter
Cameron Diaz Helped Harry Potter Fly Well, a photo of her on a green screen set did.
By Wolfgang Ruth
8 Revealing Stories From Constance Wu’s Memoir, Making a Scene Including sexual-harassment accusations on the set of Fresh Off the Boat and the response an actress sent to those tweets.
By Jason P. Frank
The Great British Bake Off ’s Prue Leith Once Did What As a Child?According to her memoir, her mother once made her drown a bag of kittens.
By Jennifer Zhan
respect the classics
Oct. 3, 2022
By Justin Curto
i’m glad my mom died
Sept. 7, 2022
Jennette McCurdy Reads a Belittling Email From Her Mom on Red Table Talk “Love, Mom (or should I say DEB since I am no longer your mother). P.S. Send money for a new fridge. Ours broke.”
By Zoe Guy
tragedy plus time
Aug. 18, 2022
Jennette McCurdy Says Her Old Ariana Grande Jealousy Is ‘Comedy Gold’ “To be on set at 21, where you’re just the most susceptible to jealousy … and I’m there across from a burgeoning pop star of the day.”
By Zoe Guy
Jennette McCurdy Remembers the Sam & Cat Moment That ‘Broke’ Her In I’m Glad My Mom Died , the iCarly star details her lack of control over her early life and acting career.
By Jennifer Zhan
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