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Broadway Legend Norm Lewis Takes on an Award-winning Classic

1 month ago | playgirl.com | Mickey Boardman

You’re in a new show. Ceremonies in Dark Old Men. When they offered me the role, I was like, I don’t know this show. And when I did a deeper dive, I was like, oh, wait a minute, it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, it was done by Denzel Washington…. Laurence Fishburne. … Laurence FishburneBilly Dee Williams. … Billy Dee Williams. What the heck? And so I said, I have to be a part of this legacy.
Snow White and the Seven Plagues

2 months ago | playgirl.com | Luca Norcen

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first movie I saw. I was three years old and I remember little of that magic afternoon with grandpa. But I know I was mesmerized: I’ve been hooked on movies ever since and I suppose many of you share the same memories. Could any live-action remake of the 1937 classic live up to my/your expectations? The surprise is not that Marc Webb’s Snow White couldn’t. It’s that it didn’t survive the storm(s) it faced.
Celebrity Interview: Dolly Parton

Mar 6, 2025 | playgirl.com | Nicole Caldwell

Excerpt from Playgirl, July 2007. Dolly Parton’s lifelong contribution to country music made her the most prolific, admired, and well-known female country performer ever. Proof are 25 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum honors; 26 No. 1 songs; more than 40 top-10 albums; seven Grammys, and three American Music Awards trophies.
What Does it Mean to Be a Man Today?

Mar 6, 2025 | playgirl.com | Kevin Clarke

You grew up in suburbs of Paris, a straight Martial Arts fighter turned model/actor. Why were you drawn to the world of Martial Arts, and how does that sport relate to your idea of “being a man”? I started with martial arts at the age of six. It was an attempt to cure the developmental coordination disorder I was suffering from as a kid. As a teenager, I didn’t fit into the established social and educational patterns of the world around me.
Someone Made Just for You

Mar 1, 2025 | playgirl.com | Luca Norcen

Spoiler alert #1: Iris, obviously an anagram of Siri, is a robot. Nothing new here: Iris’ predecessors are the killer doll in M3gan (2022), the humanoid in Ex Machina (2014), the replicants in Blade Runner (1982), the wives in The Stepford Wives (1975), the android prostitutes in Westworld (1973), the false Maria in Metropolis (1927). In fact, we’ll find them as far back as the mechanical doll in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann and the automata in Greek mythology.
The Problem with Mary

Feb 20, 2025 | playgirl.com | Luca Norcen

“You may think you know my story. Trust me, you don’t,” says Mary at the very beginning of D.J. Caruso’s eponymous movie. And she’s right. Only two of the four canonical gospels give an account of Mary’s betrothal, of her pregnancy and of the birth and early childhood of Jesus, but they hardly agree on anything: in Matthew, the angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream (Matthew 1:18-24); in Luke, the angel Gabriel appears to Mary (Luke 1:18-38).
Extraordinary Women: Amy Sedaris

Feb 11, 2025 | playgirl.com | Mickey Boardman

Amy Sedaris just might be the funniest person I’ve ever met. Amy and her brother, writer David Sedaris, first entered my consciousness in the 90s when they put on a series of ludicrously hilarious plays off off-Broadway, written by David and starring Amy with them billed as The Talent Family. The plays had names like One Woman Shoe, Incident at Cobblers Knob and The Little Frieda Mysteries.
2024 in Pop: Women Reign Supreme

Jan 31, 2025 | playgirl.com | Nicole Caldwell

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards, slated for Feb. 2, will feature record-setting representation for women that punctuates a banner year for female artists. Women account for six of the eight nominees in three major categories: album of the year, record of the year, and song of the year. The best new artist field is split 50-50 with two women frontrunners (Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan). Meanwhile, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift will go head-to-head in all of the awards ceremony’s top categories.
Barbie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

Jan 23, 2025 | playgirl.com | Luca Norcen

A star is being built on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Elisabeth Sparkle (nomen omen). Next, the Oscar winner is honored at the inauguration. But as time goes by, cracks begin to show, the terrazzo-and-brass star on the sidewalk gets ignored, stepped on and finally splattered with ketchup (foreshadowing the gory finale).
NLE Choppa Is More Than Meets the Eye

Jan 13, 2025 | playgirl.com | John Norris

It started with a selfie. Bryson Potts—known to the world as platinum-selling Memphis rapper NLE Choppa—was taking a mirror snap of himself that he was especially impressed with. “And the line just came to me: ‘If I was a bad bitch, I’d wanna fuck me too!’” he says.