Francis Crick missed a crucial seminar in 1951, probably because he was seeing a lover. James Watson did go, failed to take notes and misremembered key details. As a result, their first model of DNA ...

“Theater is a big bust,” Sam Shepard told Newsweek in 1967, just as his star was rising in the off-Broadway world. “Nobody is taking big chances.” It was a bold statement for Shepard, who in the years ...

In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative ...

Gwyneth Paltrow is ready to talk about "Gwyneth." The Oscar winner told British Vogue in an interview that she has yet to read the biography, released in July by culture and fashion journalist Amy ...

“She totally missed everything, the truth of who I am, what my impact is,” Paltrow told British Vogue about Odell’s biography, noting that she did not personally read it but her husband, Brad Falchuk, ...

The word "genius" is regularly used for absurdly talented artists and writers. Take Lin-Manuel Miranda, a composer, lyricist, director and actor best known for creating the musical Hamilton. Not only ...

Steve Jobs wasn’t simply a technology entrepreneur; he was a man who revolutionized the world in how people use technology. Steve Jobs went from building computers in his garage to creating ...

The biography that Sam Tanenhaus began in 1998, Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, has finally been published. Part of the reason Tanenhaus spent one year writing for every ...

On Thursday, July 17, author Amy Odell gave fans a sneak peek into her new book titled Gwyneth: A Biography. The book goes in-depth into the life of 52-year-old actress and entrepreneur Gwyneth ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Amy Odell’s forthcoming biography “Gwyneth” promises an ...

From her romances with Ben Affleck and Brad Pitt to her fallout with Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow’s life is the subject of the upcoming book “Gwyneth: The Biography.” Written and “rigorously reported” by ...

Gwyneth Paltrow “isn’t too bothered” by the upcoming book about her life, a source tells Us Weekly exclusively. “Gwyneth’s been in the Hollywood game for a long time and so has a thick skin,” the ...