10 Books That Helped Michaela Coel Find Her Voice
Multihyphenate mega-talent Michaela Coel first came to fame in 2015, when she adapted her one-woman show into the darkly comic…
Issa Rae's Reading List
Since her cult lo-fi web series Awkward Black Girl premiered on Youtube in 2011, Issa Rae has built an empire…
Ben Affleck's 5 Favorite Books
Actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck caught his big break in 1997’s Academy Award-winning Good Will Hunting, which he co-wrote with childhood…
Frank Zappa's Occult & Esoteric Book Collection
Over a truly prolific 30-year career, pioneering music maker, political provocateur, and avant-garde filmmaker Frank Zappa flouted convention and fused…
Miranda July's Top 10 Books
The multi-hyphenate Miranda July has been weaving together film, fiction, monologue, mixed media, and live performance art since her ’90s…
Brie Larson's Bookshelf
Since landing her breakthrough in 2013’s Short Term 12, actress and filmmaker Brie Larson has garnered critical acclaim for leading…
Drew Barrymore's Favorite Books
Drew Barrymore was a film star at the age of seven, and stayed in the spotlight over an adolescence of hard…
Halle Berry's Bookshelf
In 2002, Halle Berry made history when she became the first Black woman to win Best Actress at the Academy…
Jodie Foster's Favorite Books
Two-time Oscar-winner Jodie Foster got her showbiz start as a child model at the age of three, and caught her…
Sofia Coppola's 6 Best-Loved Books
Born into Hollywood royalty, Sofia Coppola got her showbiz start as an infant in her father Francis Ford’s 1972 epic,…