Mary Elizabeth Williams

1 week ago | salon.com | Mary Elizabeth Williams

If Blake Lively thought for a moment that donuts would help her gain a much-needed tactical victory, she sorely miscalculated. Deep in the throes of her ongoing war with her "It Ends With Us" costar and director Justin Baldoni, Lively recently stopped by a friend's Connecticut bake shop to do some "baking with genius food friends" and hand out treats to customers.

1 week ago | salon.com | Mary Elizabeth Williams

"There's a joke I'm working on," Amanda Knox told me. Knox, the American student accused of murder, who spent four years in an Italian prison, is figuring out a one-liner. "It's blaming Zach Braff for my wrongful conviction because of 'Garden State,'" she explained.

3 weeks ago | salon.com | Mary Elizabeth Williams

"We know how cruel and harsh the world is" is not necessarily a statement you'd expect to hear from Randall Park. In a career spanning from the YouTube cult classic "Ikea Heights" to a breakout cameo on "The Office," through "Fresh Off the Boat," "Always Be My Maybe" and his recurring presence as Agent Jimmy Woo in the MCU, Park has consistently proven himself one of the most reliably affable actors in entertainment.

3 weeks ago | salon.com | Mary Elizabeth Williams

It's been 33 years since her breakthrough album, "Little Earthquakes," catapulted Tori Amos to stardom. Back then, Amos was unlike anyone else on MTV — beautiful, yes, delicate, clearly, but unquestionably defiant as well. Now, at 61, she’s still one of a kind, but with new challenges. Amos is frank about maturing in the music industry, specifically when it comes to the rigors and shrinking opportunities for women that come with age.

1 month ago | salon.com | Mary Elizabeth Williams

"The hardest part was really trying to pretend to be straight," Tan France said of his new role in the new darkly comedic Hulu series "Deli Boys," where he plays a Cockney gangster with a flair for violence. Yet, the "Queer Eye" star is also talking about the first several years of his life.