How leading actress’ affair led to emergence of a superstar

How leading actress’ affair led to emergence of a superstar

Vikramaditya Motwane’s new web series Jubilee is a nostalgia-filled self-refential take on Bollywood, set in the late-1940s and early-1950s. The drama follows the rise of a new Bollywood superstar Madan Kumar and how circumstances lead to a small-time production house employee becoming a matinee idol. While the plot of Jubilee is largely fictional, it borrows […]

The Porn Industry’s Biggest Scandal Is Also an Unsolved Mystery

The Porn Industry’s Biggest Scandal Is Also an Unsolved Mystery

“Hollywood isn’t only my beat, it’s my obsession,” said Lili Anolik, the contributing editor to Vanity Fair who has written about, among many other things, Scarlett Johansson, O.J. Simpson, and Eve Babitz for this magazine. “Hollywood has hijacked my imagination.” The story of Traci Lords, though, doesn’t seem like the most obvious Hollywood saga—after all, […]

YouTube bans more than 400 channels over concerns of child abuse

YouTube bans more than 400 channels over concerns of child abuse

In light of the paedophilia ring concerns by users, YouTube has reportedly banned hundreds of channels and disabled comments for content that promoted child exploitation. After top brands such as Nestle, Disney, Epic, and McDonald’s put a halt on their advertisements on the platform, YouTube announced the ban on more than 400 channels over concerns […]