‘VOTED WITH A OUIJA BOARD’
Joan Rivers
RESPECT
A string of new projects highlights the ethical tensions that arise when celebrities’ life stories—and tragedies—become entertainment.
Tight Fit
Donna Rice Hughes remembers when she, along with Marla Maples, Joan Rivers, and Monica Seles donned No Excuses jeans—a headline-friendly fashion line that made scandal wearable.
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INTO THE ABYSS
The sad reality of #MeToo is how many women had sex used against them.
LEGACY
Joan Rivers’ head writer, Tony Tripoli, recalls a desperate bid to wake Rivers up, what she taught him about comedy, and why her dresser full of jokes should be in the Smithsonian.
TREASURES
The entertainer’s clothes, jewels, and paintings are up for auction.
FRIENDSHIP
When Joan Rivers’s husband killed himself in 1987, and Rivers couldn’t get his body released, she called Nancy Reagan in the middle of the night to intervene.
Hello Again
Monday night’s ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ featured Joan Rivers in one of her last TV appearances. She may have been in a restrained mood, but the odd zinger still delighted.