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Maria Yagoda

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Recent:
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Past:
  • People
  • VICE
  • OZY
  • The Hairpin
  • BuzzFeed
  • Bustle
  • The Atlantic

Past articles by Maria:

10 of Barbara Walters' Newsiest 'Most Fascinating People' Picks

Barbara Walters began the annual televised Most Fascinating People broadcast in 1993, featuring 10 prominent figures in sports, politics and popular culture. Here are the fascinating people that fascinated us the most → Read More

The Grammys Are This Sunday! Look Back on Some of the Most Memorable Moments of the 2000s

From upsets to confusing performance art pieces, the music awards show is never without buzz → Read More

Rock Hudson: Remembering the Incredible Life and Heartbreaking Last Days of a Movie Icon

Look back on the film star's ups and downs on what would have been his 96th birthday → Read More

The Restaurant Where Anthony Bourdain Began His Culinary Career Will Reopen for a Weekend

New York's Brasserie Les Halles-the backdrop of Bourdain's best-selling memoir Kitchen Confidential-will be revived in honor of the new documentary about his life. → Read More

15 of Janet Jackson's Fiercest Throwback Moments, from Childhood Portraits to Jaw-Dropping Performances

Jackson is one of the greatest pop performers of our time - and undoubtedly the fiercest → Read More

Carrie Underwood's Sweetest Family Snaps

The country star's family – which includes husband Mike Fisher and sons Isaiah and Jacob – is just too adorable → Read More

How to Celebrate Hanukkah Like a Celebrity

For starters: you're going to need a menorah and some latkes... → Read More

Presidential Candidates Voting Photos

On Election Day, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton joined a time-honored tradition of presidential candidates casting their votes with their families in highly publicized affairs → Read More

Lil Nas X Is the Latest in a Long Line of Celebrity Wedding Crashers — Who Else Has Done It?

These celebs just can't resist making couples' special days that much more special – and stealing a bit of the limelight for themselves → Read More

George Clooney's Sweetest Quotes About Birthday Girl Amal

The actor can't stop gushing about his wife – and how she's changed everything, including his views on marriage → Read More

A Look Back at the Best New Artist Winners That Launched to Superstardom

It's hard to imagine these music titans were once rising stars → Read More

19 Glorious Shirtless Photos of Zac Efron, Because You Deserve It

Every day is a good day to treat yourself to the sight of his perfect torso → Read More

'It's Okay Not to Be Strong Sometimes:' 50 Stars Who've Spoken Out About Their Struggles with Mental Health Issues

Janet Jackson, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello and more stars have opened up — and inspired us in the process → Read More

Which Stars Are Honest About Their Plastic Surgery? 21 Celebs Open Up About Going Under the Knife

By admitting to the occasional nip and tuck – whether they regretted it or loved it – these celebrities have started conversations about beauty and body standards → Read More

In Honor of National Selfie Day: Kim Kardashian West's Guide to Selfie-Taking

1. LIGHTING IS EVERYTHING Source: Kim Kardashian/Instagram In an interview with E!, Kardashian West stressed the importance of making sure you’re being lit up in all the right places. “You need good lighting, obviously,” she said. (She’d probably recommend her Lumee phone case, which takes care of that for you.) 2. POSITION THE PHONE FROM ABOVE (DUH) Samantha Nandez/BFA/Rex Shutterstock If… → Read More

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom: Everything to Know About the Engaged Couple's Relationship

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom's romance trajectory beginning in January 2016 at a Golden Globes bash before their separation February 2017 — and reunion in February 2018 → Read More

Why Do So Many Adult Men Keep Their Mattresses On The Floor?

Despite most bed frames costing less than a month's worth of cold brews, there appears to be an epidemic of grown-ass men refusing to hoist their mattresses onto one. We investigate. → Read More

10 Things You Never Knew About the Golden Globe Awards

Study this list carefully so you can sound extra-interesting at your viewing party → Read More

The 9 Best Holiday Episodes of '90s TV Shows

If you were a child of the 1990s, the holiday season meant buying glittery, lotion-based gifts at Bath & Body Works and Limited Too. It also meant actually enjoying candy canes, eggnog not giving you indigestion and – best of all – watching holiday episodes of your favorite shows, some age-appropriate and some, well, not. Let’s take a walk down memory lane and revisit nine of the most… → Read More

Ahead of Tonight's A Legendary Christmas, 5 Throwback Celeb Holiday Specials That Will Fill You with Cheer

It's the most wonderful time of the year ... for campy, overproduced Christmas specials. And we are here for it → Read More