Laurie Sandell

Did my first Glamour cover interview in LA

And what a difference having an LA home makes. Instead of throwing things into a suitcase, finding someone to watch Violet, rushing to the airport, sitting on a plane for six hours, and checking into a hotel, I got to hop in my car and cruise over to Los Feliz, a nearby neighborhood, to have [...]

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My latest celebrity interview–revealed

It was Sarah Jessica Parker! I blogged about it a month ago, but couldn’t reveal too many details, in case someone figured it out. You can read the story here, in this month’s Glamour. This was my second time interviewing SJP for Glamour’s cover; the first was a few years ago, before her twins were born. I [...]

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Tea at Claridge’s with a major star

I’m in London, sitting in a funky little coffee shop in Bethel Greene, sipping a delicious decaf Americano (why, oh why, can’t we figure out how to make coffee like the Europeans do?) Yesterday was one of those surreal days where I looked around and said, how is this my life? First, I flew to [...]

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A book reading followed by a celebrity interview

Last night’s reading at KGB went really well; the house was packed! I was fascinated by Jeff Sharlet’s reading about his infiltration of the “quasi-cult” The Family. After the reading, I grabbed a bite with my friend Saïd (author of a wonderful memoir called When Skateboards Will Be Free), then headed uptown to do a celebrity interview [...]

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