Lisa Liebman
An experienced journalist
covering entertainment, pop culture, women's issues, lifestyle trends, and more in an engaging, informative way. Available for freelance assignments.
PROJECTS
Vulture
Why The Deuce Got a New Theme Song
The show's music supervisor, Blake Leyh, on what was instrumental in the show's latest musical selection.
Vanity Fair
Shannon Purser Is a Movie Star
From Stranger Things to Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, the actress formerly known as Barb is taking a stand for normal-looking teens everywhere—and showing that they can carry movies all by themselves.
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Laura Harrier on Her ‘Nerve-racking’ Performance in BlacKkKlansman
Harrier talks about immersing herself in the ’70s Black Power movement, improvising her Soul Train line dance, Ron Stallworth’s recent phone call from David Duke, and the celebratory way in which the crew honored living legend Harry Belafonte on the last day of filming.
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How Orange Is the New Black Got Mackenzie Phillips to Tap into Her Past
The onetime One Day at a Time star, who spent years struggling with substances, had plenty to draw on when playing Barb—an addict serving a life sentence.
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Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman Just Want to Make Something Nice
The Parks and Rec co-stars on their new reality-competition series, Making It, which takes a Great British Baking Show–inspired approach to crafting.
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Why Kate Walsh’s Wig Looked So Bad in 13 Reasons Why Season Two
To get to the bottom of this mane mystery, we combed through the details with department head hairstylist Carla Farmer.
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The Most Delightful Things We Learned About Mr. Rogers in Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Including the fact that he loved pranks, scared Yo-Yo Ma, and based his puppets on his family members.
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Here’s the Story Behind that Russian Movie on The Americans
As the final season of the labyrinthine spy series winds down, it’s hard not to read into the retired operative’s every move — and in the antepenultimate episode, they were pretty perplexing.
Vanity Fair
Sharon Horgan Hits the Motherlode
The woman behind Catastrophe and Divorce breaks down Motherland, another comedy that looks at parenthood—warts and all.
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How That Grisly Scene on The Americans Was Filmed
In a wordless, nearly four-minute scene, Elizabeth and Philip reconnect over the amputation of Marilyn’s hands and head—which are tidily packed into their duffel bag. Here’s director Stefan Schwartz and actress Amy Tribbey’s anatomy of the scene.
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Abbi Jacobson Travels Far from Broad City in Heroin Drama 6 Balloons
The actress opens up about her new Netflix film, her starring role in Matt Groening’s next series, and the extreme secrecy of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
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Wild Wild Country: Cult Doc Directors Answer All Your Burning Questions
Filmmakers Chapman and Maclain Way dissect the hit Netflix series’s most memorable moments, give the sannyasins the “where are they now” treatment, and re-examine its unresolved story lines—including that wild tale about salmonella-infected beavers.
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The Inner-City Kids Are All Right in Netflix’s Bingeworthy On My Block
Breakout star Sierra Capri had never played a lead role before being cast in this South Central-set comedy—but she’s ready for the spotlight.
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There Are Still No Easy Answers in the Curious Case of Patty Hearst
Jeffrey Toobin previews a new CNN docuseries based on his book about Hearst’s kidnapping and its unbelievable aftermath—a show she has called “a one-sided dialogue romanticizing my torture and rape.”
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How a Onetime Child Star Went from Home Alone to Steven Soderbergh's New HBO Series
Devin Ratray—aka Macaulay Culkin’s bully older brother—details his front-and-center role in Soderbergh’s latest, the HBO drama Mosaic.