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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wsj.com | Ellen Gamerman
The reports of the city’s demise are greatly exaggerated—at least according to Jason OppenheimHIGHLY SPECIFIC services surround Jason Oppenheim’s offices on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. There’s an outlet just for working out face muscles (FaceGym), a storefront for scalp care (Purelux Scalp Spa) and a special place for lip treatments (Cupid Lips). And those are just boutiques from the neck up.
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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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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
