âJuicy. . . . Dowd has a knack for asking questions that go right up to the edge of intrusion but instead yield thoughtful, intimate insights.ââLos Angeles Times
âA pleasure. . . . Throughout, her experienced journalistâs knack for colorful quotes moves her subjects beyond their talking points. She seasons the pieces with additional reporting by those in her subjectsâ orbits.ââKirkus Reviews
A sly and chatty collection of the revered Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnistâs most notorious celebrity profiles.
Shining a white-hot spotlight on Americaâs famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowdâs 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.
âJuicy. . . . Dowd has a knack for asking questions that go right up to the edge of intrusion but instead yield thoughtful, intimate insights.ââLos Angeles Times
âA pleasure. . . . Throughout, her experienced journalistâs knack for colorful quotes moves her subjects beyond their talking points. She seasons the pieces with additional reporting by those in her subjectsâ orbits.ââKirkus Reviews
A sly and chatty collection of the revered Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnistâs most notorious celebrity profiles.
Shining a white-hot spotlight on Americaâs famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowdâs 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.