Celebrity Culture
Celebrity culture, in our coverage, is mostly a story about the machinery of attention. Guests read the body language of a royal photo op, dissect why a cheating scandal became a perfect media disaster, and accuse entertainment shows of running puff pieces over footage that should have set off alarms. The subject is less the famous person than the apparatus around them.
Maureen Callahan says Taylor Swift asked Steven Spielberg to film her dancing with Travis Kelce
The host treats the Spielberg phone handoff as the perfect little fossil of modern celebrity, famous people making even other famous people part of the content machine.
Maureen Callahan says Taylor Swift looked like Elaine Benes after asking Steven Spielberg to film her dancing
The burn is funny, but the sharper point is how completely Swift’s idea of spontaneity now comes pre-directed.
Maureen Callahan says Sarah Jessica Parker's son James Wilkie Broderick does not have what it takes to be a model
The Megyn Kelly Show clip turns a People-style celebrity-kid photo item into a blunt nepo-baby verdict.
Megyn Kelly says Jamie Lee Curtis’s “Los Angeles” pronunciation is an insufferable affectation
A tiny morning-show pronunciation squabble became, in Kelly’s hands, a felony-grade culture crime.
Megyn Kelly on Anna Faris: What Entertainment Tonight Refused to Say
Maureen goes after the celebrity press for treating a visibly alarming red carpet appearance like a routine junket moment.
Heather Dubrow Has a Full-Time Driver and No Fixed Address, and She's Fine With Both
The Real Housewives of Orange County veteran stops by Out & About to talk queer kids, a $55 million home sale, and the one luxury she genuinely cannot live without.
Will Ferrell Runs a Hamster Wheel 50 Feet in the Air and Still Had to Sing
A quarantine-era Conan interview that doubles as proof Will Ferrell genuinely cannot stop performing, even when strapped inside a steel contraption above a film set.
Mark Bowden Reads the Room: Meghan's Empty Plaza, Blake's Fury, and Kylie's Headlock
The Nerve's body language expert makes his case that fame is just insecurity in expensive linen.
Gayle King's Cheating Story Is a Perfect Disaster, and Megyn Kelly Cannot Get Enough of It
A bath towel, a Jamaican nanny, a pair of psychologists, and one very long ride to the train station.
Tina Fey Has No Beef with Timothée Chalamet, and God Is Fair
The 30 Rock creator stops by New Heights to settle the great Knicks game manspreading controversy once and for all.