Curated playlist
American socialites
- Ghislaine MaxwellOn the 29th of December 2021, a federal jury in New York convicted Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of a minor. Maxwell, a British former socialite, had moved for decades through the social circles of London and Manhattan. Her friends…
- Andy WarholAndy Warhol was shot at his Factory studio in June 1968 by a writer who had appeared in his film.
- Kylie JennerKylie Jenner became the first woman to reach 300 million followers on Instagram in January 2022, passing the previous record holder, the singer Ariana Grande. That number belongs to someone who spent her childhood in front of television…
- Kourtney KardashianKourtney Kardashian is an American media personality. As of 2016, she and her siblings were paid between $75,000 and $300,000 for a single post on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Behind that price sits a family from Los Angeles that turned…
- Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump, an American businesswoman born on the 30th of October 1981, once described her own position in two short sentences. In October 2015 she said: "As a citizen, I love what he's doing. As a daughter, it's obviously more…
- Margaret QualleyMargaret Qualley got her first screen role because she happened to be standing on a film set. In 2013 she was visiting her then-boyfriend, Nat Wolff, while he worked on Gia Coppola's drama Palo Alto. A small part came her way. She had not…
- Kim KardashianIn November 2025, Kim Kardashian announced that she had failed her first attempt at the California Bar Exam. The news travelled quickly, because she is the eighth-most-followed individual on Instagram and the thirteenth-most-followed on…
- John F. Kennedy Jr.John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. spent his life answering to a name his own family never used. The nickname John-John began when a reporter misheard the president calling out "John" twice in quick succession. The mistake stuck. From then on,…
- Margaret MitchellMargaret Mitchell used part of her unfinished novel to prop up a wobbly couch.
- Hugh HefnerIn 1992, Hugh Hefner paid $75,000 for a burial crypt in Los Angeles, and the neighbor he wanted was Marilyn Monroe. He never met her. In 2009 he told the Los Angeles Times, "Spending eternity next to Marilyn is an opportunity too sweet to…
- Lady Bird JohnsonLady Bird Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor, and almost nobody ever called her that. While she was still an infant, her nursemaid, Alice Tittle, remarked that the baby was as pretty as a ladybird. The comment became a lifelong name. Her…
- Caroline KennedyCaroline Kennedy was a small girl riding a pony named Macaroni when a news photograph of her became the seed of a pop song. The picture showed her circling the White House grounds. It inspired singer-songwriter Neil Diamond to write "Sweet…
- Lily CollinsLily Collins was two years old when she first appeared on screen, in the BBC sitcom Growing Pains. She was born in Guildford, England, on the 18th of March 1989, and she was raised in Los Angeles. That divided upbringing is why she is…
- Rosemary KennedyRosemary Kennedy once sat down and copied out, slowly and laboriously, a reply that someone else had written in her name. The Boston Globe had asked to interview her. Her father's assistant composed the answer instead. In it, she was made…
- Hailey BieberHailey Bieber was named after a comet. Halley's Comet, the famous visitor that swings past Earth only once in a lifetime, gave her the first name she carries today. Born Hailey Rhode Baldwin, she has been a model, a television host, a…
- Ivana TrumpIvana Trump, a Czech-born businesswoman, socialite and model, appeared as herself in the 1996 film The First Wives Club. Her one line was aimed straight at the audience: "Ladies, you have to be strong and independent. And remember: don't…