Olivia B. Waxman

Waxman is a staff writer at TIME in the Entertainment section. She also covers all things History.

Recent Articles

How Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 Ends

The Season 2 finale of Nine Perfect Strangers reveals how the main characters are connected.

By Olivia B. Waxman

The True Story Behind Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel

Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel explores allegations of inappropriate behavior and oppressive conditions in the workplace.

By Olivia B. Waxman

Here's What's New on Netflix in July 2025

The new comedy specials, documentaries, and movies coming to Netflix in July 2025

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Most Shocking Details in Trainwreck: Poop Cruise

A Netflix documentary revisits a crappy cruise ship incident

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Gilded Age Characters Who Are Based on Real People

HBO's The Gilded Age is fiction, but informed deeply by history, with several characters that are based on real people

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Win 400% Pay Raise

The second season of America’s Sweethearts ends on a triumphant note for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

By Olivia B. Waxman

The True Story Behind Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem

Netflix's latest installment in its documentary anthology traces the controversial rise and fall of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford

By Olivia B. Waxman

The True Story Behind RomCon: Who the F*** is Jason Porter?

A woman's relationship turned into a nightmare when she discovered her boyfriend was lying and stealing from her

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Legacy of Brian Wilson's 'Smile' Album

How Brian Wilson, who died on June 11 at the age of 82, finally released his album 'Smile'

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Shocking True Story Behind 'Cocaine Air'

Netflix doc Cocaine Air features pilots in charge of flying a plane that happened to have 26 suitcases of cocaine.

By Olivia B. Waxman

Titan: The OceanGate Disaster Explores Why Titan Imploded

A new Netflix documentary explores the warning signs in the walkup to the Titan submersible's implosion.

By Olivia B. Waxman

Nicole Scherzinger Wins First Tony

The performer won in a competitive category which included Tony record holder Audra McDonald.

By Olivia B. Waxman

The 14 Best Books of 2025 So Far

From Amy Griffin's The Tell to Katie Kitamura's Audition, these are the best fiction and nonfiction books of the year so far.

By Andrew R. Chow , Lucy Feldman , Annabel Gutterman , Megan McCluskey , Meg Zukin , Mahita Gajanan , Judy Berman , Erin McMullen , Rachel Sonis and Olivia B. Waxman

What to Know About 'The Last Twins'

In The Last Twins, twins who survived medical experiments at Auschwitz talk about a man who helped them live

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Story Behind D-Day: The Camera Soldier

How a photographer's footage of Omaha Beach on D-Day was turned into a documentary on Apple Vision Pro

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück's Story of Resistance

A new book profiles the women who resisted in an all-female Nazi concentration camp

By Olivia B. Waxman

What to Know about the 2025 Tony Awards

The 78th annual Tony Awards will celebrate the best theater of the last year. Here's what to know about the host, nominees, and performances

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Story Behind HBO's 'The Mortician'

The documentary series examines the startling true story of a cremator who went to prison for mishandling human remains

By Olivia B. Waxman

Here's What's New on Netflix in June 2025

The new comedy specials, documentaries, and movies coming to Netflix in June 2025

By Olivia B. Waxman

How The Better Sister Ends

The surprising ending of 'The Better Sister,' starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks.

By Olivia B. Waxman
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