| Subscribe View in browser Netflix Blurs Fact and Fiction With ‘Mank’ and ‘The Crown’ By Malcolm Jones “Based on a true story” is Hollywood’s ultimate get out of jail free card, and it usually means you won’t learn much but you will have fun. The Impossible Task of Bringing Selena to Life on Netflix By Kevin Fallon How creator Moisés Zamora faced off against the legacy of Latin music’s most beloved entertainer and Jennifer Lopez’s pitch-perfect film performance to create “Selena: The Series.” Christopher Nolan and HBO Max War Over the Future of Movies By Marlow Stern, Kevin Fallon WarnerMedia announced that its entire 2021 theatrical slate of movies would be going to HBO Max—and all hell broke loose. Marlow Stern and Kevin Fallon sort through the wreckage. Lori Loughlin’s Daughter Tells All on ‘Red Table Talk’ By Laura Bradley Olivia Jade is out to prove that she knows the bribery scheme that got her into USC was wrong, and that she’s committed to making a change. Will the public buy it? Advertisement The First Person to Report the Death of John Lennon By Steve North Forty years ago, on the night of Dec. 8, 1980, John Lennon was murdered. And Steve North, a young broadcast reporter for the Long Island radio station WLIR, broke the news. Jessica Kirson Knows She’s the Wrong ‘Kind’ of Female Comic By Matt Wilstein This veteran stand-up comic knows why it took so long to land her first special. “I was never the hot, skinny, flirtatious female comedian,” she tells “The Last Laugh” podcast. When Cops Killed a Baby and Opened Fire on a Black Group By Nick Schager The new HBO documentary “40 Years a Prisoner” revisits the events that led up to the infamous 1978 shootout between Philadelphia police and the Black revolutionary group MOVE. Ringing in 20 Years of Kronk With Patrick Warburton By Laura Bradley From getting locked up at the House of Mouse to shooting a pair of “horrible” films with Eartha Kitt in South Africa, the man behind Kronk has a lot of backstory to share. Advertisement Tony Hsieh’s $50M Utah Spree: A Wild End to a Wild Life The visionary but troubled former CEO bought up swaths of property in Park City. But his world collapsed as he experimented with oxygen and sleep deprivation, drugs and alcohol. The Jet Set Elite Wants to Fly as Fast as Chuck Yeager In the middle of a pandemic that’s nearly wiped out international air travel, it’s hard to believe but the go-faster crowd are likely to get their dream—another Concorde. Trans, British, and Struggling: ‘I Don’t Feel Safe Anywhere’ The High Court’s ruling to limit access to puberty delaying medication for trans teens was the latest blow in what feels to many trans Brits like an endless onslaught of prejudice. David Chang Swears by This Cheap-O Paring Knife, and So Do I Your paring knife is meant to be used, not looked at. I Put 5 Direct to Consumer Cookware Brands to the Test Direct to Consumer cookware offers a lot more beauty than your standard run of the mill cookware, but is it worth it? Yes. Experiencing Eye Strain After Staring At Screens All Day? Blue Light Glasses Are The Answer If you spend a lot of time staring at screens, LOOK OPTIC’s blue light glasses are just for you. See More Stories Advertisement © Copyright 2020 The Daily Beast Company LLC
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