Madeline Leung Coleman

1 month ago | vulture.com | Madeline Leung Coleman

Behind the making of Careless People, the Facebook tell-all its publisher insists is “not a book of news.” Careless People author Sarah Wynn-Williams stands behind former Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Mark Zuckerberg in 2014. Careless People author Sarah Wynn-Williams stands behind former Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Mark Zuckerberg in 2014. Sarah Wynn-Williams can’t do interviews. She can’t post on social media or go on tour or give a talk.

2 months ago | nymag.com | Madeline Leung Coleman

The first time it happens, you're surprised. One day, your friend with the roommates and the wobbly employment and the busted phone - they buy an apartment. They tell you they're moving, then they admit they're buying, and suddenly you're standing in the living room they own. It's not that you'd never talked about money, if you count the years spent passing $17 back and forth on Venmo; it's just that you thought you were on the same track.

Jan 7, 2025 | vulture.com | Emma Alpern |Jen Chaney |Madeline Leung Coleman |Julie Kosin

In uncertain times, we look to our sharpest writers. A new year always brings some uncertainty, and that seems particularly true at the start of 2025. As America grapples with a new (yet familiar) political era, and the larger world faces challenges with few easy solutions, what better way to settle into our precarious existence than in the company of our sharpest writers?

Dec 19, 2024 | thecut.com | Madeline Leung Coleman

style The brand once defined how downtown girls wanted to dress. Now it’s a mystery how it survives at all. Recently, a blue puffer jacket made Maryam Nassirzadeh cry. She was trawling her storage when she found it, searching for things of her own that she could add to an upcoming sample sale she was planning at her store. For Nassirzadeh, who designs clothes and accessories and shoes, preparing for the sale was starting to seem like more than a business obligation.

Oct 20, 2024 | vulture.com | Madeline Leung Coleman

For a long time, Sean Baker has made movies where slippage with reality is the point. Whenever he starts a project, he talks his way into a social world where he’s almost guaranteed to be the only guy from upper-middle-class New Jersey, convinces its inhabitants to play ball, and gleans details from their lives to inform the film. He’s used this approach to tell stories about delivery guys, counterfeit-bag hustlers, wannabe porn stars, and desperate single mothers.