Hadley Freeman
Hadley Freeman is a Guardian columnist and features writer
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Nancy Meyers: ‘I don’t see a lot of movies about complicated women … I think it’s gotten worse’From Private Benjamin to The Intern, Nancy Meyers has championed women’s stories in Hollywood for 35 years. Why are there so few directors like her?
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Back to the Future’s parents were way ahead of their timeEighties film fan Hadley Freeman on BTTF’s message about rebellion, love and ambition down the ages for young and old
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Tinder is not to blame – dating has always been horrific and weirdThe end of romance? Really? Dating apps may have added the word ‘swipe’ to the language of love, but these scare stories are ridiculous
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Of all the best-dressed lists, Vanity Fair’s is the most reliably derangedAccording to the magazine, one of the world’s most chic women is the Countess of Wessex – among other bland celebrities and royals. Are these people truly fashionable, or has money been confused with style?
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Jon Stewart's final Daily Show was a humble affair – like the man himselfThe much-loved host was keen to deflect the attention on his swansong through celebrity appearances and his usual self-deprecating touch, but his final monologue highlighted exactly why he will be so missed
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Stunted adolescents and bros4eva – the world according to Judd ApatowHis new film Trainwreck, starring Amy Schumer as a hard-drinking journalist, is out this week. But how does she compare with the rest of the characters in his back catalogue?
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Crispin Glover: ‘When you raise questions people say, ‘You’re crazy’’He’s either a glorious eccentric or a complete pain in the arse depending on who you talk to. So what’s the truth? The cult actor talks about why he fell out with the makers of Back to the Future, his obsession with the Czech Republic and his new film, The Carrier
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Don’t believe Hollywood’s sexual fantasies about female journalistsIn the movies, we jump into bed with practically every interviewee. Strange how the men don’t get that treatment
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The brilliant thing about Kate Moss is that she can never be shamedBroadsheets love her, tabloids hate her - and she seemingly couldn’t care less what anyone thinks. For this, we should salute her
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Just when we need political satire more than ever, Jon Stewart bows outFor 16 years, The Daily Show made politics funny and engaging. We have not come up with anything a hundredth as good
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Skinny jeans – more likely to make you look stupid than damage your healthThe story about the dangers of tight jeans is merely a great opportunity to show photos of celebrities such as Kate Moss and Russell Brand wearing them
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Green is the new black: the unstoppable rise of the healthy-eating guruThey’re young, photogenic, big on Instagram and top bestseller lists around the world – but how much do the new breed of wellness bloggers know about food? Hadley Freeman enters the world of #yummy #avotoast to find out
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Never underestimate the appetite for seeing women like Amy Winehouse self-destructA new film about the singer’s desperately short life shows how her tragic story became a spectator sport – and death has done nothing to end the voyeurism
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Saint Laurent’s skinny model is just the thin end of the wedgeIt’s not just the skinniness of these young women that we should be worried about. It’s the fashion industry’s fetish for female frailty
Richard and Judy: ‘We asked Tony Blair where the WMDs were. He said: “They’re there!”’