Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech

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  • Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech by Maureen Dowd

"Juicy. . . . Dowd has a knack for asking questions that go right up to the edge of intrusion but instead yield thoughtful, intimate insights."--Los Angeles Times

"A pleasure. . . . Throughout, her experienced journalist's knack for colorful quotes moves her subjects beyond their talking points. She seasons the pieces with additional reporting by those in her subjects' orbits."--Kirkus Reviews

A sly and chatty collection of the revered Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist's most notorious celebrity profiles.

Shining a white-hot spotlight on America's famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowd's most compelling style features and profiles. Using her signature wit and incisive commentary as a scalpel, Dowd dissects influential cultural elites, including:

    Leading Hollywood women from Uma Thurman to Jane Fonda to Greta GerwigSilver screen foxes such as Paul Newman, Idris Elba, and Ralph FiennesFunny people like Tina Fey, Mel Brooks, and Larry DavidFashionistas from Andre Leon Talley to Ann Roth to Tom FordAnd media and tech titans like Elon Musk, Bob Iger, and Peter Thiel

Notorious is the perfect antidote to our current political malaise and an intimate, gossipy romp through the culture of celebrity from a legend in American journalism.

Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech
$22.99
Available for Pre-Order
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"Juicy. . . . Dowd has a knack for asking questions that go right up to the edge of intrusion but instead yield thoughtful, intimate insights."--Los Angeles Times

"A pleasure. . . . Throughout, her experienced journalist's knack for colorful quotes moves her subjects beyond their talking points. She seasons the pieces with additional reporting by those in her subjects' orbits."--Kirkus Reviews

A sly and chatty collection of the revered Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist's most notorious celebrity profiles.

Shining a white-hot spotlight on America's famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowd's most compelling style features and profiles. Using her signature wit and incisive commentary as a scalpel, Dowd dissects influential cultural elites, including:

    Leading Hollywood women from Uma Thurman to Jane Fonda to Greta GerwigSilver screen foxes such as Paul Newman, Idris Elba, and Ralph FiennesFunny people like Tina Fey, Mel Brooks, and Larry DavidFashionistas from Andre Leon Talley to Ann Roth to Tom FordAnd media and tech titans like Elon Musk, Bob Iger, and Peter Thiel

Notorious is the perfect antidote to our current political malaise and an intimate, gossipy romp through the culture of celebrity from a legend in American journalism.

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"Juicy. . . . Dowd has a knack for asking questions that go right up to the edge of intrusion but instead yield thoughtful, intimate insights."--Los Angeles Times

"A pleasure. . . . Throughout, her experienced journalist's knack for colorful quotes moves her subjects beyond their talking points. She seasons the pieces with additional reporting by those in her subjects' orbits."--Kirkus Reviews

A sly and chatty collection of the revered Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist's most notorious celebrity profiles.

Shining a white-hot spotlight on America's famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowd's most compelling style features and profiles. Using her signature wit and incisive commentary as a scalpel, Dowd dissects influential cultural elites, including:

    Leading Hollywood women from Uma Thurman to Jane Fonda to Greta GerwigSilver screen foxes such as Paul Newman, Idris Elba, and Ralph FiennesFunny people like Tina Fey, Mel Brooks, and Larry DavidFashionistas from Andre Leon Talley to Ann Roth to Tom FordAnd media and tech titans like Elon Musk, Bob Iger, and Peter Thiel

Notorious is the perfect antidote to our current political malaise and an intimate, gossipy romp through the culture of celebrity from a legend in American journalism.

ISBN
9780063392236
Publication Date
March 10, 2026
Binding
Paperback
Item Condition
New
Language
English
Pages
400
Keywords
Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts; Biography & Autobiography | Rich & Famous; Humor | Topic | Celebrity & Popular Culture; Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism; Biography & Autobiography | Fashion; Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers; Biography & Autobiography | Business; Social Science | Popular Culture

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