All stories by Lexy Perez on BroadwayStars

Monday, June 23, 2025

The 25 Best Drama Schools of 2025 by Lexy Perez

From L.A. to London, these sterling institutions offer aspiring actors a solid foundation for both stage and screen

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:30AM
Saturday, June 14, 2025

The Hollywood Insider’s Summer Reading List by Lexy Perez

From dishy memoirs to a plastic surgery noir, eight books by and about entertainment movers and shakers to keep you turning pages all season.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:00PM
Thursday, June 12, 2025

‘Waiting for Britney Spears’: Behind the Scenes of Her Infamous Summit With Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan by Lexy Perez

In an excerpt from his buzzy new book, Jeff Weiss recalls a mid-2000s golden age when the tabloids tracked the starlets’ every move as they battled one another and dodged the paps at the c…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AM
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Bestselling Author Riley Sager Is Ready to See His Stories Adapted: “Make Movies Out of My Books Hollywood!” by Lexy Perez

Sager offers an update on whether any of his novels will hit the screen, being “courted by Hollywood” and why he’s trying to get Florence Pugh a copy of his new book.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:45AM
Monday, June 9, 2025

Life in the Jong-Fast Lane: How to Survive a Literary Childhood by Lexy Perez

In her new memoir, journalist and cable news fixture Molly Jong-Fast wrestles with the legacy of her ailing alcoholic mom, feminist icon Erica Jong.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:30PM
Saturday, June 7, 2025

How to Make a Killing in the (James) Bond Market by Lexy Perez

Long before Sean Connery ordered his first martini, a British tabloid’s comic strip helped define 007. Now, those rare original drawings are up for sale.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:00PM
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Angourie Rice’s Debut Novel — a Modern Take on ‘Pride and Prejudice’ — Is Now a Reese’s Book Club Pick by Lexy Perez

The ‘Mean Girls’ star and her mom Kate Rice chat with THR about teaming to co-write a retelling of the Jane Austen classic — and Angourie teases ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ season …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:40AM
Monday, May 12, 2025

Sex on the Beach: A New Photo Book Captures the Fading Decadence of Cannes by Lexy Perez

Sun! Skin! Stars! And packs of ravenous paparazzi! Celebrated photographer Derek Ridgers’ latest book celebrates Cannes in a less buttoned-up age.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:50PM
Friday, May 9, 2025

Legendary Restaurateur Keith McNally Reveals His Favorite Celebrity Customer and “The Biggest Pain in the Ass” by Lexy Perez

The notoriously unfiltered Brit, who just authored a spicy new memoir,wants Lauren Sánchez to know there’s no hard feelings, even if she is “a bit silly.”

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00AM
Monday, May 5, 2025

MrBeast, James Patterson Team for High-Stakes Thriller Novel by Lexy Perez

The bestselling author will team with the YouTube creator to co-write a novel, publishing in 2026, about contestants competing in an extreme global competition.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:21AM
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Gracie Lawrence Is About to Make a “Splish Splash” by Lexy Perez

The pop star channels ‘50s songstress Connie Francis in a new Broadway musical about Bobby Darin.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:45PM
Saturday, April 5, 2025

The 90-Year-Old Art Legend Who’s Become Hollywood’s Court Painter by Lexy Perez

For stars from Bette Davis to Angelina Jolie, the ultimate rite of passagesince the 1950s has been sitting for the legendary Don Bachardy, whose life’s work is now on display at the Huntin…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:30PM
Friday, April 4, 2025

A Long-Forgotten Satire of Jews in Hollywood Gets New Life by Lexy Perez

The hilarious, long-out-of-print 1931 novel ‘Rabbi Burns’ gets the re-issue it deserves.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:30PM
Friday, March 28, 2025

Craig Thomas, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Co-Creator, to Release Debut Novel by Lexy Perez

The audiobook will be narrated in part by 'How I Met Your Mother' stars Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:45PM
Thursday, March 27, 2025

New ‘Hunger Games’ Book ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ Sells 1.5M Copies in First Week, Tripling ‘Mockingjay’ Tally by Lexy Perez

The prequel will also get a film adaptation treatment from Lionsgate that will be released on Nov. 20, 2026.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:55PM
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

From ‘The Housemaid’ to ‘The Women in Cabin 10’: Upcoming Book Adaptations in 2025 by Lexy Perez

From beloved classics to recent releases, a myriad of books are set to be reimagined for the small and big screens.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:20AM
Sunday, March 2, 2025

From Fabulous to Phallic: How 13 Artists Reimagined the Oscar by Lexy Perez

We asked 13 of the country’s top painters and sculptors to put their own spin on the famous statuette. Here’s what they came up with.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:00PM
Sunday, February 16, 2025

Alex Israel’s Latest Show Turns Dead Stars into Art by Lexy Perez

The lauded L.A. conceptual artist likes to refract Hollywood’s starlight. His new exhibition, opening Feb. 15 in Aspen, explores the phenomenon of collective mourning over celebrity deaths…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:00PM
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Show and Tell With the ‘SNL’ Artist-in-Residence by Lexy Perez

For 25 years, Mary Ellen Matthews has photographed every host and musical guest for the show, broke building codes with Sarah Silverman and foisted hair spray on Donald Trump. She just wrote…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:15PM
Friday, February 7, 2025

The Rooms Where it Happened: Lost Photos From the Chateau Marmont by Lexy Perez

A rediscovered book about the legendary hotel — a shabby chic center of Hollywood creativity and debauchery for nearly 100 years — proves that nothing changes there except the names and …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AM
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Sabrina Brier Wrote a Book. You Won’t Be Able to Read It. by Lexy Perez

The TikTok comedian skipped a print edition and went right to the audiobook. Has she invented a whole new publishing genre?

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:15PM
Monday, February 3, 2025

‘Yellowstone’ Star Jefferson White to Narrate ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ Audiobook by Lexy Perez

Publishing March 18, the new novel in the bestselling 'Hunger Games' series follows Haymitch, played by Woody Harrelson in the film adaptations.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:59AM
Thursday, January 30, 2025

The Miseducation of Lola Kirke by Lexy Perez

How the actress-turned-author mined her wildly bohemian upbringing in Greenwich Village to pen a page-turning collection of personal essays.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:00PM
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers to Release Book Under Andy Cohen’s Eponymous Imprint (Exclusive) by Lexy Perez

'The Rules of Culture, Volume 1' is Cohen’s first acquisition for his imprint at the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:15AM
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Did the Beanie Baby Founder Destroy a Bauhaus Masterpiece? by Lexy Perez

A monumental sculpture by a legendary artist has mysteriously vanished from a Montecito property acquired by billionaire toymaker Ty Warner.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:45PM
Saturday, December 7, 2024

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Art Adviser on the Ten Commandments of Collecting by Lexy Perez

Tough-talking, Jersey-born Ralph DeLuca tells his celebrated clientele which artists to buy, which ones to unload and how to avoid getting conned, just in time for this month's Art Basel Mia…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:00PM
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Richard Armitage Narrates Alice Feeney’s ‘Beautiful Ugly’ Audiobook (Exclusive Excerpt) by Lexy Perez

The thriller author's new book comes amid the anticipated Netflix series adaptation of her novel 'His & Hers' starring Tessa Thompson.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AM
Saturday, October 26, 2024

The John and Yoko Whisperer: Legendary PR Man Elliot Mintz Tells All by Lexy Perez

The former music publicist, friend of Lennon and indefatigable celebrity confidant — and now, with ‘We All Shine On,’ memoirist — recalls his long and winding life with the Beatle, B…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:30PM
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

New Hunger Games Book ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ Cover Revealed by Lexy Perez

Suzanne Collins' upcoming book will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:12AM
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Reese Witherspoon to Write Debut Novel, Will Team With Harlan Coben for a Collaborative Suspense by Lexy Perez

In addition to writing and publishing the novel, a screen adaptation is also in development.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:48PM
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Julia Roberts to Narrate Audiobook of Lisa Marie Presley’s Posthumous Memoir by Lexy Perez

Julia Roberts will narrate the audiobook of Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, it was announced Wednesday. The actress will narrate alongside Presley�…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:43PM