Michael Schulman
@michaelschulman.bsky.social
Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com
This week in Talk of the Town: Nicholas Christopher, who plays the Russian chess master in "Chess" on Broadway, visits Brighton Beach to show me how he learned to be Russian and a chess master. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Nicholas Christopher, Broadway’s Grand Master
To prep for his role in the new revival of “Chess,” by Tim Rice and two ABBA members, the star headed to Brighton Beach to dine with locals who know a thing or two about the game.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This week in Talk of the Town: Nicholas Christopher, who plays the Russian chess master in "Chess" on Broadway, visits Brighton Beach to show me how he learned to be Russian and a chess master. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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“David [Lynch] knew I could be anyone and held everything inside me. And I did not know that about myself.” A new interview with Laura Dern. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/laura-dern-has-the-spirit-of-seventies-cinema
Laura Dern Has the Spirit of Seventies Cinema
The actor, who plays George Clooney’s publicist in “Jay Kelly” and Will Arnett’s estranged wife in “Is This Thing On?,” has spent her life surrounded by Hollywood luminaries.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“David [Lynch] knew I could be anyone and held everything inside me. And I did not know that about myself.” A new interview with Laura Dern. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/laura-dern-has-the-spirit-of-seventies-cinema
I had a long talk with the luminous Laura Dern about her roles in "Jay Kelly" and "Is This Thing On?," her New Hollywood childhood, her lifelong collaboration with David Lynch, and her mother, Diane Ladd, who died a few weeks after we spoke. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
Laura Dern Has the Spirit of Seventies Cinema
The actor, who plays George Clooney’s publicist in “Jay Kelly” and Will Arnett’s estranged wife in “Is This Thing On?,” has spent her life surrounded by Hollywood luminaries.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I had a long talk with the luminous Laura Dern about her roles in "Jay Kelly" and "Is This Thing On?," her New Hollywood childhood, her lifelong collaboration with David Lynch, and her mother, Diane Ladd, who died a few weeks after we spoke. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
A wonderful actress who also happened to be Laura Dern's mom. Watch them both in "Wild at Heart" for something truly bonkers. RIP. apnews.com/article/dian...
Diane Ladd, 3-time Oscar nominee, dies at 89
Diane Ladd, the three-time Academy Award nominee known for roles in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Wild at Heart,” has died at 89.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A wonderful actress who also happened to be Laura Dern's mom. Watch them both in "Wild at Heart" for something truly bonkers. RIP. apnews.com/article/dian...
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How did no one at the Times notice that Micah’s dick was out in this pic
November 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
How did no one at the Times notice that Micah’s dick was out in this pic
In this week's Talk of the Town: how one ordinary extraordinary day in the photographer Peter Hujar's life in 1974 sparked a book, a movie, and a trip to the Morgan Library archives with Linda Rosenkrantz and Ira Sachs. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Remarkable Quotidian of Peter Hujar
In 1974, the photographer described his day to a journalist: a shoot with Allen Ginsberg, a chat with Susan Sontag. The delayed result: “Peter Hujar’s Day,” a film by Ira Sachs.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In this week's Talk of the Town: how one ordinary extraordinary day in the photographer Peter Hujar's life in 1974 sparked a book, a movie, and a trip to the Morgan Library archives with Linda Rosenkrantz and Ira Sachs. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I live near the Cherry Lane and @a24movies.bsky.social is partying so hard for Halloween that I can hear it in my bedroom at 1 a.m. Turn it down, auteurs! #ifihadlegsidkickyou
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I live near the Cherry Lane and @a24movies.bsky.social is partying so hard for Halloween that I can hear it in my bedroom at 1 a.m. Turn it down, auteurs! #ifihadlegsidkickyou
Jonathan Groff shared this story with me onstage last night, and I could barely speak. (He said it was the reason he agreed to do the New Yorker Festival after an 8-show week.) I’m floored and so moved. These princes. www.vulture.com/article/gavi...
Jonathan Groff Reconnected With Gavin Creel Right Before He Died
“He texted me congratulations, and that was the last interaction we ever had.”
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October 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Jonathan Groff shared this story with me onstage last night, and I could barely speak. (He said it was the reason he agreed to do the New Yorker Festival after an 8-show week.) I’m floored and so moved. These princes. www.vulture.com/article/gavi...
Reminder that I'll be talking with some of my colleagues about the craft of profile writing (and its strange psychology) at the New Yorker Festival on Sunday at 10 a.m. festival.newyorker.com/event-detail...
Event Details - The New Yorker Festival
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October 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reminder that I'll be talking with some of my colleagues about the craft of profile writing (and its strange psychology) at the New Yorker Festival on Sunday at 10 a.m. festival.newyorker.com/event-detail...
Can people running for office just try to be the least bit normal? (I ask this of no one else.)
October 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can people running for office just try to be the least bit normal? (I ask this of no one else.)
"A Complete Unknown": People are angry at a folk singer for playing rock.
"Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere": People are angry at a rock singer for playing folk.
"Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere": People are angry at a rock singer for playing folk.
October 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"A Complete Unknown": People are angry at a folk singer for playing rock.
"Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere": People are angry at a rock singer for playing folk.
"Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere": People are angry at a rock singer for playing folk.
This was extremely fun: for Talk of the Town, I ran around SoHo with Ken Burns as he expounded on Revolutionary War generals beneath the street signs that bear their names. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
If These Streets Could Talk, They’d Sound Like Ken Burns
For the documentary filmmaker, SoHo isn’t about galleries or boutiques. With his new PBS series, “The American Revolution,” about to air, he sees the area as a cemetery for dead generals.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This was extremely fun: for Talk of the Town, I ran around SoHo with Ken Burns as he expounded on Revolutionary War generals beneath the street signs that bear their names. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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Frank Rich is back with a banger. nymag.com/intelligence...
Zohran Mamdani, the Power Breaker
Why the Democratic Party, the New York Times, and the donor class got Zohran Mamdani so wrong.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Frank Rich is back with a banger. nymag.com/intelligence...
Reminder that I’ll be at the 92nd Street Y talking with John Waters next Tuesday night! Tickets here: www.92ny.org/event/the-jo...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Reminder that I’ll be at the 92nd Street Y talking with John Waters next Tuesday night! Tickets here: www.92ny.org/event/the-jo...
Thoughts on pet insurance? My cat may need treatment for something but I never got insurance. Is it worth it? Any advice?
October 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thoughts on pet insurance? My cat may need treatment for something but I never got insurance. Is it worth it? Any advice?
Hilton Als on Diane Keaton. www.newyorker.com/culture/post...
Diane Keaton’s Shadows and Light
The actress’s nuanced ambivalence.
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October 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Hilton Als on Diane Keaton. www.newyorker.com/culture/post...
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"I loved Miss Piggy. We got on great... She’s a greedy girl. It was established in the script that we had, maybe sometime in the past, some kind of a fling together. And I improvised a line which never made it into the movie: “Once you’ve had pork, you never look back.” [Deep laugh.]"
I absolutely loved having this long conversation with Tim Curry, whose memoir comes out Tuesday. He told terrific stories about, among others, Meat Loaf, Ivana Trump, John Huston, Truman Capote, and Miss Piggy. What a life! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Tim Curry Does the Time Warp
The actor and singer discusses the origins of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy.
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October 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"I loved Miss Piggy. We got on great... She’s a greedy girl. It was established in the script that we had, maybe sometime in the past, some kind of a fling together. And I improvised a line which never made it into the movie: “Once you’ve had pork, you never look back.” [Deep laugh.]"
I absolutely loved having this long conversation with Tim Curry, whose memoir comes out Tuesday. He told terrific stories about, among others, Meat Loaf, Ivana Trump, John Huston, Truman Capote, and Miss Piggy. What a life! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Tim Curry Does the Time Warp
The actor and singer discusses the origins of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy.
www.newyorker.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I absolutely loved having this long conversation with Tim Curry, whose memoir comes out Tuesday. He told terrific stories about, among others, Meat Loaf, Ivana Trump, John Huston, Truman Capote, and Miss Piggy. What a life! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Excuse me WHAT? people.com/diane-keaton...
Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)
Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'
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October 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Excuse me WHAT? people.com/diane-keaton...
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Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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October 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...
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Rose Byrne discusses her new movie, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”; acting alongside Heath Ledger as a teen; and discovering her comedic talents in Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette.”
Rose Byrne Hits the Motherlode
Between her new film, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” and her Apple TV+ series “Platonic,” the actress has created a diptych of stressed-out moms.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Rose Byrne discusses her new movie, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”; acting alongside Heath Ledger as a teen; and discovering her comedic talents in Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette.”
I spoke to Rose Byrne about her harrowing performance in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” and about her long and often surprising career. www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
Rose Byrne Hits the Motherlode
Between her new film, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” and her Apple TV+ series “Platonic,” the actress has created a diptych of stressed-out moms.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I spoke to Rose Byrne about her harrowing performance in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” and about her long and often surprising career. www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
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My profile of the delightful Keri Russell, the darkly funny, surprisingly introverted former New Mickey Mouse Club member who—even after Felicity, The Americans and The Diplomat!—has never fully embraced the idea of herself as an actress: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Keri Russell’s Emotional Transparency Has Anchored Three Decades of TV
But, offscreen, she’s not even sure that she wants to be an actress.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My profile of the delightful Keri Russell, the darkly funny, surprisingly introverted former New Mickey Mouse Club member who—even after Felicity, The Americans and The Diplomat!—has never fully embraced the idea of herself as an actress: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...