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Backstage with the Cameo Queens in The Devil Wears Prada 2
21+ hour, 51+ min ago (1367+ words) FRESH HELL Tina Brown's Diary Backstage with the Cameo Queens in The Devil Wears Prada 2 The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a welcome bonbon of magazine world wish fulfillment as that lost medium of peak publishing craters around us in a…...
The King, the Queen, and the Ballroom Blitz
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (305+ words) On the embassy lawn in the spring sunshine, the king glided through the parting crowd as if he were on casters. He first greeted a bipartisan cluster of ingratiating pols that included gangly Scott Bessent, stocky Mike Johnson, Steve Miller…...
Join my Video Chat with Robert Hardman Friday at 1: 30p ET to hear about his absorbing new biography of Queen Elizabeth and King Charles' state visit next week
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (122+ words) FRESH HELL Tina Brown's Diary Join my Video Chat with Robert Hardman Friday at 1: 30p ET to hear about his absorbing new biography of Queen Elizabeth and King Charles' state visit next week On the eve of King Charles" trip to…...
Are the Windsors Underestimating the Sussex Problem?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (852+ words) FRESH HELL Tina Brown's Diary Are the Windsors Underestimating the Sussex Problem? Not that there is anything about Harry and Meghan's cacophony of blown opportunities that resembles the disgraced Andrew's cascade of dissolute transgressions or Sarah Ferguson's heinous groveling to…...
Epstein and the New Dirt on Andrew
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1040+ words) The Epstein files are like an archeological dig that keeps yielding new veins of awfulness from the same protagonists. "He made the deluded duke feel that he had joined the big time: the deals, the girls, the plane, the sexy…...
My Daily Beast Podcast Interview about how Epstein Used Elites to Stifle the Truth
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (84+ words) FRESH HELL Tina Brown's Diary My Daily Beast Podcast Interview about how Epstein Used Elites to Stifle the Truth I joined Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty to talk about the spell that Jeffrey Epstein seemed to cast over a…...
My Video Chat with Gabe Sherman about Media's Great White Shark Rupert Murdoch
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (82+ words) FRESH HELL Tina Brown's Diary My Video Chat with Gabe Sherman about Media's Great White Shark Rupert Murdoch Had a rollicking convo with Sherman about his new book Bonfire of the Murdochs, his forensic account of the decades-long dynastic struggle…...
How the Real Marty Supreme Haunted My Basement, plus my Fav Snaps from 2025
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (151+ words) A moment of repose before the ball spun, the hardbat swirled, and he was once again Marty Supreme. In the meantime, sharing some happy snaps from 2025 as this crazy year slinks out the door. Thanks for reading FRESH HELL Tina…...
The Year of (Fresh) Hell
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (673+ words) TINA BROWN: THE YEAR FROM HELL. .. (First column, 2nd story, link) Related stories: Delusional Don claims tariffs have brought in $18 TRILLION. .. The Year of (Fresh) Hell And so the horror laugh track of 2025 is drawing to a close, climaxing with the…...
Jennifer Blackburn on FRESH HELL Tina Brown's Diary
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (64+ words) Tina you are one of the best writers ever. You deserve a Pulitzer. You made me cringe while reading this piece and laugh out loud. How great to get this after 44 minutes since pressing publish! Thx so much...