Lane Brown is a feature writer for New York Magazine. He was previously the magazine’s culture editor and one of the original editors of Vulture. He was also a founding editor of Grantland and the co-creator of the podcast Exit Scam.
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The Case Against Deli MeatThey’re consistent, convenient, and tasty. And at a time of food recalls and outbreaks, they’re one of the riskiest things you could possibly eat.
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Eric Goode’s Monkey BusinessHow a former nightclub impresario and reptile enthusiast became one of the most successful documentary filmmakers of our time.
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21 Ways to Hack StardomAfter a dry period, a new crop of A-listers is rising in Hollywood — and doing it differently this time.
The Decomposition of Rotten TomatoesThe most overrated metric in entertainment is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked — and yet has Hollywood in its grip.
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The Binge PurgeTV’s streaming model is broken. It’s also not going away. For Hollywood, figuring that out will be a horror show.
How Channing Tatum Learned Tap for Hail, Caesar!He’s the star of a technically onerous, relentlessly delightful six-minute sequence during which he sings while dancing around a pub, on stools and tables, among other precarious surfaces.
In Conversation With Quentin TarantinoMidway through postproduction on his eighth movie, the Western The Hateful Eight, the director discusses writing scripts by hand, ‘90s nostalgia, and becoming — relatively — mellow with time.
