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The Quote Everyone Remembers: What Makes a Great Celebrity Profile
The profiles that last are built on preparation, patience, and a writer who knows when to get out of the way.

The profiles that last are built on preparation, patience, and a writer who knows when to get out of the way.

Obituaries written years in advance, verification under deadline, and the ethics of covering a star's passing.

The public factual blunder is its own television genre — and the interesting question is not why celebrities stumble, but why we keep the clips.

Parasocial bonds and gossip's old job as social currency explain a lot about the celebrity beat.

The framing that starts on a tabloid front page rarely stays there. It travels — and mainstream entertainment reporting often carries it the rest of the way.