Film Fatale

For most people, a celeb story in a magazine should be exactly as diverting and time-consuming as it will take for one's toenails to dry at the manicurist.

In the Washington Post, film writer Ann Hornaday has a wide-ranging piece on why the art of the celebrity interview could use a makeover.

Oh, admit it--you still read them, no matter how bad, redundant and uninformative these celeb profiles are (that 5,000 word Esquire cover story of Angelina Jolie was a recent example of the self-serious, expanding gas to fill the space variety. Nice cover shot, though.