Anne Helen Petersen writes for BuzzFeed. Her book Scandals of Classic Hollywood is out this week.

"I was obsessed with Entertainment Weekly from the very first issue and I obsessively catalogued it. I made a database on my Apple IIe where I put in the title of the magazine and the number and whether it was a little 'e' or a big 'E' on the cover and the different topics and then I gave it a grade. You know how in Entertainment Weekly they give everything a grade, so I’d be like 'Oscar’s Issue: A minus.' But I learned how to obsessively track Hollywood industry even though I grew up in a very small town in northern Idaho."

Thanks to TinyLetter, Bonobos, and EA SPORTS FIFA 15 for sponsoring this week's episode.

Show Notes:

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Petersen on Longform

[1:00] "The Down and Dirty History of TMZ" (BuzzFeed • Jul 2014)

[1:00] Scandals of Classic Hollywood (Plume • Sep 2014)

[3:00] EA SPORTS FIFA 15 Readers' Poll Results

[5:00] "The Gossip Industry" (Petersen's Dissertation • 2011) [pdf]

[5:00] "Celebrity Gossip, Academic Style"

[6:00] "The Trials of Entertainment Weekly" (The Awl • Jun 2014 )

[14:00] Longform Podcast #50: Edith Zimmerman

[28:00] Lainey Gossip

[32:00] "Jennifer Lawrence and the History of Cool Girls" (BuzzFeed • Feb 2014)

[37:00] "Talking to Anne Helen Petersen About Leaving Academia for BuzzFeed" (The Hairpin • Mar 2014)

[43:00] "Angelina Jolie’s Perfect Game" (BuzzFeed • May 2014)

[45:00] "Confidentially Yours" (The Believer • May 2014)

[50:00] "At Least One Real, Authentic Moment of Humanity With Cameron Diaz" (Alex Pappademas • Grantland • Jul 2014)

[53:00] "How I Rebuilt Tinder and Discovered the Shameful Secret of Attraction" (BuzzFeed • Sep 2014)

[100:00] "Take Time" (John Herrman • The Awl • Jun 2014 )

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