“The Projectionist, an Oscar Exchange ”
By Lynda Obst and David Edelstein
New York Magazine , Feburary 19 - Feburary 25, 2008
As Oscar night approaches, David Edelstein and Hollywood producer Lynda Obst are discussing the race. Check back tonight for Obst's response, and on Friday morning for another round... read more.

“Chicks With Flicks ”
By Lynda Obst
New York Magazine , June 2007
In this—the season of Knocked Up and Entourage—Hollywood has a little woman problem. One producer’s lament for a lost Camelot.. read more.

“The Critic and the Producer, an Oscar Exchange ”
By Lynda Obst and David Edelstein
New York Magazine , January 23 - Feburary 26, 2007
Hollywood producer Lynda Obst and New York film critic David Edelstein discuss the Oscar nominations by e-mail each year. read more.

“We Lost It at the Movies.
How Hollywood freaked out over vanishing audiences – who’ve now magically reappeared – and why teenage boys are a studio’s worst habit.”
By Lynda Obst
New York Magazine , May 1, 2006
You may have heard that recently, the entire audience for movies disappeared. Poof. You can imagine that this was quite a blow to movie-industry types. This mysterious disaster seemed to last an eternity but actually endured nine months. Still, it was the cruelest of all of the binge-and-purge cycles I’ve seen in Hollywood.
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“New York's David Edelstein and Hollywood's
Lynda Obst engage in their annual dissection
of the Oscars.”
By David Edelstein and Lynda Obst
New York Magazine , February 27, 2006
As a serious critic, I'm a little ashamed to kowtow to the awards-season frenzy that, in the words of my colleague Armond White, has "destroy[ed] film culture" by perennially brushing aside challenging fare in favor of excessively promoted consensus middlebrow beanbags. And yet I hunger for the latest Oscar dish.
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“Chatting About the Oscars
The post-Oscar hangover.”
By David Edelstein and Lynda Obst
Slate.com, February 28, 2005
As a serious critic, I cannot say too many times how beneath me it is to comment on the Academy Awards. As I wrote in my hard-hitting book, When Awards Lie,...
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“Chatting About the Oscars
Oscar's best and worst.”
By David Edelstein and Lynda Obst
Slate.com, March 1, 2004
Once again, I'm delighted to be talking with you—a producer of $100 million movies and an accomplished writer and an A-list partygoer—about the year in film—at least, the year in film as viewed through the glamorously insular prism of the Academy Awards ... read more.

“Making a Film for Women Your Age”
The Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2004
There's nothing more fun than stumping the movie experts except watching an entire movie demographic do it. That's what happened when Nancy Meyers' hit Something's Gotta Give,... read more.

"Two Critics and a Producer Chat About the Oscars"
Slate.com March 20, 2003
It feels strange to be nattering on about the Academy Awards given current events and the continued existence of a brutal and unscrupulous dictator who runs roughshod over the lives of innocents. But enough about Harvey Weinstein.... read more.

“Calling Susan Faludi”
The Los Angeles Times, November 17, 2002
Book review of “Women Who Run the Show: How a Brilliant and Creative New Generation of Women Stormed Hollywood, 1973-2000” by Mollie Gregory... read more.

“Top Guns. Hollywood Execs are ready to serve Their Country. But How?”
Slate.com, November 14, 2001
With any luck, this might be the last piece you have to read about Hollywood's Sunday brunch with Bush's consigliere, Karl Rove... read more.

“Revenge of the “D” Girls”
The Nation, April 3, 2001
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“Slate Diaries - Thursday”
Slate.com, August 31, 2000
Sad to report that my psychotic optimism was short-lived. It barely lasted till I got to the set. The sun was brightest as I left the trailer, and we never got to shoot the wide shot... read more.

“Slate Diaries - Monday”
Slate.com, August 28, 2000
It's Sunday night and I've canceled a first date to do yoga and start my "Diary," such is the glamorous life we movie producers live... read more.

“NO DUMMY; The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Player”
The Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2000
Book review of “WHERE DID I GO RIGHT?” by Bernie Brillstein... read more.

“The Two Hollywoods; Hollywood Squares and Hipsters”
The New York Times, November 16, 1997
Life styles of the rich and famous versus the not so rich and famous... read more.

“Y'Alternative Hollywood”
The New York Times, October 9, 1997
WHILE dining at the Russian Tea Room during a business trip 10 years ago, I looked around and discovered the Fox Commissary... read more.