2014вЂ™s Whiplash had pushed him into the critical spotlight the year before, alongside the romantic drama The Spectacular Now, and he had a leading role in the then-upcoming reboot of Fantastic Four just around the corner. In 2010, Nicole Kidman had hand-picked him for a pivotal role in the drama Rabbit Hole. In 2015, Miles Teller was thoroughly established as a future superstar on the verge of his inevitable breakthrough. 'You're sitting across from Miles Teller at the Luminary restaurant in Atlanta and trying to figure out if he's a d**k.' And Anna Peele, a long-time profile writer who has taken on the likes of Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, and Stephen Colbert, doesnвЂ™t screw around with establishing the tone of her Esquire piece. So, when all of those safety nets fail and the magazine in question decides to lean in hard with their subject's failings, the end result cannot help but be fascinating. PR teams really aren't in the business of sending their rising stars, d*cks or otherwise, into the lion's den. Generally speaking, you don't want to endanger access to said person, their team, or the many big names they share agents and publicists with. It doesn't tend to be within your best interests as a major monthly magazine to directly call your newest cover star a d*ck. 'Miles Teller Is Young, Talented, and Doesn't Give a Rat's Ass What You Think.' August 5, 2015. What happens when you have a highly juicy subject and the writer clearly effing hates them? Esquire. IвЂ™ll definitely dedicate an issue to some of their works in the near future (let me know your favourite works by them!) For now, however, I want to turn my focus to a more unique phenomenon in celebrity profiles. Davis, Alex Jung, and Caity Weaver, to name but four of my favorites. ItвЂ™s still very common to read a story and quickly realize that the writer in question got at most half an hour with their subject and couldnвЂ™t ask anything more pressing than вЂhow are you?вЂ™ It must suck for the authors and even some of the most talented figures canвЂ™t do much about it (see Lili Anolik going haywire with her Vanity Fair cover piece on Kate McKinnon, mostly because what the hell else could she try?) There are some exceptional writers out there who are able to command access and possess the most enviable storytelling skills: Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Allison P. IвЂ™m sure it must be fun for, say, Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone to chat up a storm in lieu of a more significant interview but itвЂ™s seldom interesting to read unless youвЂ™re a hardcore stan of either actress. With publicists micromanaging every aspect and celebrities no longer needing the media ecosystem of a glossy interview to fulfil their promotional obligations, weвЂ™ve ended up with a lot of puff pieces that have the creative and journalistic substance of school dinner rice pudding. IвЂ™ve complained a lot about how the celebrity profile has become increasingly homogenous. Until then, let's focus on today's topic. Next issue, I have a really fun topic coming up (and a collaboration with a friend who is an excellent writer!) so stay tuned for that. Hello to new subscribers, thanks for sticking around to the old ones, and I hope you're all ready for Halloween. Welcome to the newest edition of the Gossip Reading Club.

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