Ellen Gamerman
Arts and Culture Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
I cover arts and culture for The Wall Street Journal. [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Ellen Gamerman
A writer put Carnie Wilson into a reality show drama. Then it happened in real life. In Jennifer Weiner’s latest novel “The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits,” the bestselling author invents an unusual scenario: Two sisters in a fictional early 2000s pop duo, one bearing a notable likeliness to singer Carnie Wilson, are asked to perform with Cherry, their 18-year-old niece and daughter who is competing on an “American Idol”-like show.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Ellen Gamerman
In an age of fiction about the wealthy, Daniel Breyer, son of billionaire Breyer Capital founder and CEO Jim Breyer, has written his own takeDaniel Breyer didn’t have to go far to observe the ultra-wealthy for his first novel. In “Smokebirds,” a social satire out Tuesday that explores the dark side of inherited riches, Breyer observes the psyche of the elite from his own privileged perch.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Ellen Gamerman |Rebecca Ramsey
A collaboration among three people is rife with potential for trouble, whether it’s two-against-one battles, three-way competition or gold-silver-bronze status anxiety. But on a recent afternoon at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, Downs and Aniello sitting on either side of Statsky, no one lets another’s joke go by without a laugh. “We’re not the first to do this,” Downs says, not-quite-correctly citing the Marx Brothers. “Weren’t they two?” Aniello asks. “No,” Downs says.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Ellen Gamerman
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flipboard.com | Ellen Gamerman
NowThe Ratliff patriarch is a white-collar criminal with a pill-popping wife, a spiritually lost daughter, and two sons who just—well, the less the said about them, the better. Maybe it's time for some family counseling. The following story contains spoilers for The White Lotus season 3, episode 6, …
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The actress bringing transgender rights to the Oscars also posted racist tweets. Controversies and contradictions sweep the Academy Awards race. https://t.co/zKvkWGWlU4 via @WSJ
Optimism infuses every page of Ina Garten’s new memoir, “Be Ready When the Luck Happens.” If readers took a shot of tequila every time she writes that everything miraculously worked out for the best, they’d be drunk by the second chapter. 🍾🥂https://t.co/8SXPuLfodB @WSJ
A new restaurant in the Hamptons has become a lightning rod in a heated, incessant battle between its management, village officials and residents. https://t.co/ir5h39Luat via @WSJ
