In the fall of 2004 Nazanin Boniadi was allegedly selected by officials in the Scientology organization to be Tom Cruise’s next girlfriend. Her never-before-told story—of the months inseparable from the star (and his watchers), before she fell out of favor—reveals a complex dynamic that also affected Cruise’s relationships with Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, and, now, Katie Holmes.
Elected to bring order to Russia, Putin has plunged it into chaos. Revisiting her investigation into his origins, the author reveals how the former KGB officer’s fixed obsessions—and the West’s…
Original Article: vf.com March 26, 2021 BY DIANA WALKER/GETTY IMAGES. The woman to whom Lonesome Dove is dedicated recalls five decades of platonic endearment with an author who wrote like…
The author, whose groundbreaking reporting on Allen’s relationship with Mia Farrow and her children challenged the dominant media narrative, looks back on the Herculean effort required to call an iconic…
The Volunteer Who Opened Doors to a Wider World of Opportunities By Jeremiah Norris – Colombia (1963-65) Peace Corps Worldwide – January 27, 2021 Maureen Orth attended the University of…
Fifty years ago, at the dawn of the American environmental movement, Congress held a revelatory series of hearings featuring anthropologists and biologists but also an artist, a theologian, and a…
After electrifying San Francisco with their gender-bending performances and wild psychedelic chic, the group trekked to New York for a much-hyped—and ill-fated—East Coast debut. A new book bears witness to…