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Category: Content Type: Personal Profile
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The Strange $55 Million Saga of a Netflix Series You’ll Never See
After suitors flocked to a sci-fi project by Carl Rinsch, director of a single movie, the winner handed over money and control. They’re still fighting.
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How a Hallmark Holiday Movie Screenwriter Got Her Dream House
A Hallmark Channel screenwriter shares her secret for prevailing over all-cash offers: “Maybe what I do for a living gave me a little bit of an advantage.”
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Black Thought of the Roots Is Here for ‘The Gilded Age’ and ’1883’
Tariq Trotter, the Roots frontman and author of the new book “The Upcycled Self,” loves a period drama when it’s done right.
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Who Is Cassie, the R&B Singer Suing Sean Combs?
The R&B singer was poised for a big breakout after her 2006 hit song “Me & U.” But her second album never arrived.
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His Architect Said the Site Was No Good, So He Built the Project Himself
The South Korean ceramist Hun-Chung Lee taught himself design and construction, creating a collection of small buildings as impressive as his artwork.
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How R.F.K. Jr.’s Causes Made Him Millions of Dollars
The causes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has championed have brought him admiration, criticism — and tens of millions of dollars.
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A New Getty Family Business
The fashion designer Rosetta Getty may have a rule-breaking heir in her daughter Violet.
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A New Getty Family Business
The fashion designer Rosetta Getty may have a rule-breaking heir in her daughter Violet.
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Erik Torstensson, Co-Founder of Frame Denim, Is Branding the Good Life
Erik Torstensson, co-founder and creative director of Frame, creator of Mr Porter and an investor in Skims, knows a lot about how to have fun working in fashion.
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For Latin Grammy Nominee Edgar Barrera, Mistakes Can Be Perfection
Nominated for 13 awards on Thursday, the producer and songwriter is bringing an organic sound back to Latin pop.
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Orin O’Brien Broke Barriers in Music but Doesn’t Want Center Stage
A new documentary tells the story of Orin O’Brien, a double bassist who became the only woman in the New York Philharmonic when she joined in 1966 and helped open doors for others.