Monica Lewinsky just missed the cultural cutoffEmma Teitel on why a presidential sex scandal today wouldn’t be so scandalous
The dynasty that gave us Paris HiltonA review of ’The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dyanasty’ by J. Randy Taraborrelli
The female gaze: ’Frances Ha’ and ’The Bling Ring’Greta Gerwig shines in a New York of broken dreams; Sofia Coppola makes a heist movie in Paris Hilton’s closet
Newsmakers of the week Aug. 30-Sept. 6, 2012: A Paralympic scandal, what Paris Hilton will do to earn $1 million, and Elisha Cuthbert’s act of ultimate fandom
Jeanne Beker has that magic somethingDoes the fashion icon sell weight-loss better than Elizabeth Manley?
Fame as fiction in ‘Teenage Paparazzo’ and ‘The Tillman Story’Two new docs expose charades of manufactured celebrity
Is Avril Lavigne happy with her life?The ’American Idol’ guest judge counsels a pastor with three young children on the perils of pop stardom
Meghan McCain fights back, Georgia May Jagger models, and Jean Sarkozy gets a boostNewsmakers of the week