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Tad Friend

Tad Friend has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998. He is the author of the memoir “ In the Early Times: A Life Reframed .”

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9 picks · 1998–2026

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Second-Act Twist
profiles ·

Andrew Stanton, the director of “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E,” faces the complications of live action.

First Banana
profiles ·

Steve Carell and the meticulous art of spontaneity.

The Cobra
letter from california ·

Inside a movie marketer’s playbook.

Jumpers
letter from california ·

Every two weeks, on average, someone jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge. What makes it such a magnet for the suicidal?

Remake Man
letter from california ·

Roy Lee brings Asia to Hollywood, and finds some enemies along the way.

The Eighteen-Year Itch
annals of hollywood ·

Tad Friend on Garry Shandling, of “The Larry Sanders Show,” and the dangers of mixing business with friendship.