Jessica Pressler

1 week ago | bustle.com | Jessica Pressler

“Oh, there’s my AirPod,” says Leighton Meester, scooping up the errant headphone that falls out of the pocket of her loose button-down shirt as she settles into a picnic table at Blueys, a laid-back cafe in Santa Monica whose patrons, on a recent Tuesday, don’t seem to recognize the 39-year-old in mom garb as the one-time ingénue who terrified the Parents Television Council (and titillated everyone else) when she appeared on billboards topless in a pool with her arms thrown passionately...

Jun 3, 2024 | vulture.com | Jessica Pressler |Jennifer Zhan |Christopher Bonanos

Post-strike, the industry still isn’t quite the same. While there are some scripted-TV bright spots, reality TV has dominated the cultural conversation this year — even Survivor is back to being watercooler television. Meanwhile, off-camera, the genre has reached a mature new stage in its evolution: Everyone is suing each other. reality tv How the Watch What Happens Live host survived the ‘Reality Reckoning’ (at least for now).

Jun 3, 2024 | vulture.com | Jessica Pressler |Daniel Gaines |Caroline Blanchard |Natalie Cardona

Andy Cohen thinks about his cancellation a lot. What will it look like? When will it come? “It’s fascinating to me, the idea that you could say something and everything would be pulled away from you,” he says. It was a bright afternoon in May, and we had been talking about an event he had coming up, “An Evening With Andy Cohen,” at the 92nd Street Y. Cohen had been thinking he might read an excerpt from his 2012 memoir, Most Talkative, but now he was having second thoughts.

May 3, 2024 | gofugyourself.com | Jessica Pressler

Maya and company CLEARLY had a lot of fun with this photoshoot. The set looks expensively sparse, like a snooty wellness retreat in Sedona that you can only rent in its entirety, and Maya’s poses are dramatic and wacky and occasionally crabby, as if she imagined she’s playing a wealthy noted kook who hates all her heirs. This is a great ocular buffet for your Friday. [Photos by Ruven Afanador, story by Jessica Pressler, styled by Rebecca Grice]

May 1, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jessica Pressler

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."The more Maya Rudolph learns about the superwealthy, the less she understands. “Like, who are these people?” she says, sitting in the dining room at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills on a Friday morning.