The Beauty of 78.5 Million Followers
How social media stars like Addison Rae gave the cosmetics industry a makeover.
How social media stars like Addison Rae gave the cosmetics industry a makeover.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Times Magazine Mar 2021 30min Permalink
When Jennifer Farber disappeared in 2019, suspicion immediately centered on her husband and press coverage almost exclusively painted her as a missing suburban mom. But reducing the 50-year-old’s life to a familiar tabloid trope missed so much of her story.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Vanity Fair Oct 2020 30min Permalink
How a middle-class jock from a Texas border town became La Barbie, one of the most ruthless and feared cartel leaders in Mexico.
Mary Cuddehe, Vanessa Grigoriadis Rolling Stone Sep 2011 25min Permalink
A conversation about aging, inspiration and why she refuses to cede control.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Times Magazine Jun 2019 30min Permalink
She moved to Cape Cod to escape the glitzy Manhattan world she born into. The only witness to her murder was her 2-year-old daughter. Everyone she knew, it seemed, was a suspect.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Feb 2002 25min Permalink
Inside Nxivm.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Times Magazine May 2018 35min Permalink
A profile of André Leon Talley.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Vanity Fair Sep 2013 20min Permalink
A profile of the designer, who died on February 19, 2019.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Feb 2006 20min Permalink
On the true backstory of Meghan Markle, a.k.a. the Duchess of Sussex.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Vanity Fair Dec 2018 30min Permalink
How the women of U.S. Gymnastics found their voice.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Vanity Fair Jun 2018 30min Permalink
A profile of Spears at her nadir.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Rolling Stone Feb 2008 35min Permalink
The life of Kim Kardashian.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Rolling Stone Jul 2015 20min Permalink
In spite of the boiling-hot anticipation of its release, no one had much fun making this movie.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Vanity Fair Feb 2015 25min Permalink
The survivors who “have built the most effective, organized anti-rape movement since the late ’70s.”
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Sep 2014 25min Permalink
Inside a high-profile Hollywood child custody battle.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Rolling Stone Jul 2014 20min Permalink
Three years after profiling him, the author checks in with the Bieber experiment.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Jul 2014 20min Permalink
An interview with Barry Diller about Aereo and the past, present and future of TV.
Previously: Vanessa Grigoriadis on the Longform Podcast.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York May 2012 10min Permalink
Monica Lewinsky’s post-scandal life in New York City.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Mar 2001 20min Permalink
An early profile of Justin Beiber.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Rolling Stone Mar 2011 20min Permalink
Inside the DIY world of synthetic drugs.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Apr 2013 25min Permalink
How the pop psychedelic author helped jumpstart the modern apocalypse movement after an alleged visit from “Quetzal-coatl, a mystical bird-serpent in Mayan myths.”
Vanessa Grigoriadis Rolling Stone Sep 2006 20min Permalink
How a scandal involving sex, money and a Wiccan coven brought down yogi John Friend.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Apr 2012 25min Permalink
A group of misfit boys from the fringes of Las Vegas form a clique. Then, with murky motives, they decide to murder one of their own and bury him in a desert pit.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Salon Mar 2007 25min Permalink
An interview with Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone writer Vanessa Grigoriadis on the finer points of celebrity profiling.
Jonah Weiner, Vanessa Grigoriadis The Writearound Sep 2011 10min Permalink
How Anne Sinclair stuck by Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Aug 2011 25min Permalink