LANY’s Paul Klein Says ‘Nothing’s Off Limits’ When Writing Relationship Anthems (Exclusive)
“I find that I sleep better at night just telling the truth,” the alt-pop band’s frontman tells PEOPLE about covering his personal life in song LANY have become synonymous with painfully honest breakup anthems, something that the alt-pop band’s frontman admits has always been by design. “It’s much less stressful just being honest, and you […]
8 Action-Adventure Games With The Best Writing
The action-adventure genre dates back to the late 70s and early 80s. Yet, games in those days were very different from the action-adventure titles you see today. Naturally, these days, the games are more technologically advanced. Also, they typically provide better main narratives. RELATED: Best Action-Adventure Games, Ranked Of course, not every recent action-adventure game […]
LANY’s Paul Klein Says ‘Nothing’s Off Limits’ When Writing Relationship Anthems (Exclusive)
“I find that I sleep better at night just telling the truth,” the alt-pop band’s frontman tells PEOPLE about covering his personal life in song LANY have become synonymous with painfully honest breakup anthems, something that the alt-pop band’s frontman admits has always been by design. “It’s much less stressful just being honest, and you […]
LANY’s Paul Klein Says ‘Nothing’s Off Limits’ When Writing Relationship Anthems (Exclusive)
“I find that I sleep better at night just telling the truth,” the alt-pop band’s frontman tells PEOPLE about covering his personal life in song LANY have become synonymous with painfully honest breakup anthems, something that the alt-pop band’s frontman admits has always been by design. “It’s much less stressful just being honest, and you […]
HBO/Max Chief Casey Bloys Is Against Using AI to Develop Programming, Reveals the One Note He Gave ‘Succession’ Creator on Final Season
HBO and Max chief Casey Bloys thinks AI has no place in the creative process at his brands. “Two things to keep in mind when I say this: One is, remember I grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which is Steel Town,” Bloys, the chairman and CEO of HBO and Max content, told Variety co-editor-in-chief Cynthia […]
Jack Lee, Nerves Singer and Writer of Blondie Hit ‘Hanging on the Telephone,’ Dies at 71
Courtesy Jensen Communications Jack Lee , who co-fronted the influential L.A. band the Nerves in the late 1970s and saw his songs turn into major hits for Blondie and Paul Young , died May 26 in Santa Monica, Calif. at age 71. His death was revealed Wednesday in a press release, which revealed Lee died […]
How ‘The Bear’ writer’s plans went wrong — for all the best reasons
Despite her plans, writer Joanna Calo found herself navigating a job in television with motherhood. Editor’s note: This essay was written before the writers’ strike. I always wanted to make movies; I never wanted to have kids. When I was a kid growing up in New Jersey, I watched movies obsessively and sat too close […]
Beth Lewis on her writing process, literary favourites, and fascination with cults
A massive talent in British fiction, we catch up with Beth Lewis to chat about everything from her writing process to her favourite characters and desert island reads… Having just released her fourth novel, Children of the Sun , Beth Lewis’s storytelling is complex and finely crafted, combining twisting plotlines, intelligent dialogue and ambiguous characters, […]
Everything is Connected: A Reading List of Linked Stories
I grew up in a town of about 1,300 people in Aroostook, the northernmost county in Maine. The economy relied on lumber and farming, and the culture revolved around hunting, fishing, and snowmobiling, as well as a fair amount of gossiping about your neighbors over cups of black coffee (or perhaps something stronger). The town […]
Reading at Full Volume: Seven Books That Feature Rock Music
I’ve been working on a theory about novelists lately: most of us wish we were rock stars. I’m basing this on a few things, like, for example, who wouldn’t want to be a rock star? Also, with all our anonymity, social anxiety disorders, and how we tend to be at our best while wearing sweatpants […]