Notorious : portraits of stars from Hollywood, fashion, culture, and tech /

"Shining a white-hot spotlight on America's famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowd's most compelling style features and profiles. Using her signature wit and incisive commentary as a scalpel, Dowd dissect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dowd, Maureen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Leading ladies. This is why Uma Thurman is angry
  • Jane Fonda, intergalactic eco-warrior in a red coat
  • Kate Winslet has no filter
  • Musing on Marilyn Monroe
  • Candice Bergen, woman who's had it all
  • Part 2: Leading men. Ralph Fiennes, master of monsters
  • You have Idris Elba's full attention
  • Paul Newman, reluctant sex symbol
  • Robert Redford, the Sundance Kid riding into the sunset
  • Sean Penn, rebel with many causes
  • Kevin Costner, grouchy superhunk
  • Al Pacino, how "The Godfather" made the shy star "notorious"
  • Bonding with Daniel Craig
  • Eddie Murphy : he's never been happier, or more glum
  • Warren Beatty in love, on stage and off
  • Part 3: Funny people. Whatever Tina Fey wants, Tina Fey gets
  • Larry David, master of his quarantine
  • Mel Brooks isn't done punching up the history of the world
  • Part 4: Creative class. Greta Gerwig, in the pink
  • Ryan Murphy is having a very happy Halloween
  • Tom Stoppard finally looks into his shadow
  • Rockstar Patti Smith, making Paris swoon
  • Part 5: Fashion savants. Tom Ford, fragrant vegan vampire
  • Diane von Furstenberg has no regrets : "I will laugh when I die"
  • Ann Roth is Hollywood's secret weapon
  • Monsieur Vogue is leaving Trumpland
  • Part 6: Writers, moguls, visionaries. The slow-burning success of Disney's Bob Iger
  • "All men are guilty," says mega-mogul Barry Diller
  • Elon Musk's future shock
  • Peter Thiel, Trump's tech pal, explains himself
  • Jann Wenner wants to reveal it all
  • Cindy Adams, gossip's G.O.A.T..