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Dia Gill is a former breaking news intern for The Daily Beast and a junior at Columbia University, where she is studying Sociology and Ethnicity and Race Studies. She is the university news editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator, an independent student paper, and has previously interned at the Queens Gazette, a local newspaper in Queens, NY. Send her tips: dia.gill@thedailybeast.com or tips@thedailybeast.com. You can also use our anonymous document submission system, SecureDrop. Click here to find out how.

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Patti LuPone Goes Scorched Earth on Maskless Theatergoer

THE FULL PATTI

LuPone told the maskless woman, “If you don’t want to follow the rule, get the f–k out!” Now, she is doubling down on her message, with the support of Broadway.

Dia Gill | Published May 11, 2022

Senator Josh Hawley Is Now at War With Mickey Mouse

PRIORITIES...

“The age of Republican handouts to big business is over,” he griped.

Dia Gill | Published May 11, 2022

Selma Blair Says She Got Addicted to Alcohol as a 7-Year-Old

‘COPING MECHANISM’

The first time Blair got drunk was during a Passover celebration, she writes in her memoir.

Dia Gill | Published May 11, 2022

Rapper Gunna Surrenders on Gang-Related Charges

YOUNG SLIME LIFE

Gunna is one of many Young Slime Life gang members named in an 88-page indictment that listed more than 180 incidents from 2013 onward.

Dia Gill | Published May 11, 2022

Black Child Star Harassed Over ‘Percy Jackson’ Casting

‘FRIENDS, THAT IS RACISM’

Since her casting as Annabeth Chase in the upcoming Disney+ adaptation, 12-year-old Leah Sava Jaffries has been victim to a flood of online racism and harassment.

Dia Gill | Published May 11, 2022

Two Women Arrested After Fetal Remains Found in NJ Basement

HORRIBLE

The residents of a New Jersey home called police on Sunday after finding the remains in a storage container in their basement.

Dia Gill | Published May 11, 2022

Fire at Anti-Abortion Group Office Probed as Targeted Attack

RISING TENSIONS

Graffiti on the building reportedly showcased the phrase, “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either.”

Dia Gill | Published May 08, 2022

Scientist Says Anti-Roe Lawyers Misrepresented His Work

PSEUDOSCIENCE?

“It distresses me that my work was misinterpreted and became one of the pillar arguments they [the lawyers] made.”

Dia Gill | Published May 08, 2022

Human Remains Somehow Discovered at Lake Mead Once Again

NOT OVER YET

The discovery came a week after authorities said they found a gunshot victim, possibly from the 1970s.

Dia Gill | Published May 08, 2022

Travis Scott Goes Wild in First Public Show Since Astroworld

GUESS WHO’S BACK

The rapper yelled at the crowd that everyone owed him a shot and demanded every stripper “report to the f–king stage.”

Dia Gill | Published May 08, 2022

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