The Writing Life

For as along as I can remember, I have been writing.

In recent years, writing has become my life. I've written profiles of interesting artists, musicians, change-makers, and creatives; interviewed famous folks, and once went skydiving with a celebrity for a magazine cover story. Off the top of my head, I've chatted with Nicole Kidman, 50 Cent, Dwight Yoakam, Liam and Chris Hemsworth, Charlotte Gainsboug, Mark Romanek, Topher Grace, The Black Keys, Sophia Coppola, Noah Baumbach, Christiane Kubrick, Julian Schnabel, Llyn Foulkes, Diplo, Weird Al Yankovic, Ty Segall, Best Coast, Alabama Shakes, Talulah Riley, Moby, Anoushka Shankar, Tinariwen, Flying Lotus, Shooter Jennings, Eric "McSteamy" Dane, and probably a few more that I've forgotten all about.

Here are some selections from the many pieces I've published over the years.

Features

Featured

The Shadows of Giants

Backstage at the Conan O’Brien show, journalist Drew Tewksbury met up with band Young the Giant in the moments before they go onstage before a television audience. The article was featured in the Spring issue of Nylon Magazine in 2014.

Kobe Bryant memorial at LA Live draws hundreds of mourners

Floating Through The Air With Liam Hemsworth

I went skydiving with Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth for this cover story for Nylon Guys Magazine. Woody Harrelson also told me why he calls Hemsworth “the Labrador.”

The Perfect Time to Rediscover Robert Mapplethorpe

For Time, I wrote about the enduring legacy of photographer Robert Mapplethrorpe.

Performance Artist Rafa Esparza Is Fighting Invisibility, One Brick at a Time

The born-and-raised Angeleno artist has been known for his often politically charged, queer performance art, which often pushes his body to extremes.

Riding Along With Talulah Riley

Actress Talulah Riley invited me to her house for an interview. It was also the home of her fiancee (at the time) Elon Musk. So we snuck a ride in his Tesla prototype.

‘Game of Thrones’ Star Alfie Allen Understands Anguish

“Game of Thrones” actor Alfie Allen met me in a Hollywood bar and showed off his new gold teeth.

Anoushka Shankar links songs of India and Spanish flamenco

A tip from Jackson Browne exposed Ravi Shankar's daughter to flamenco. She delves deeper into those sounds on her album 'Traveller.'

Workaholics Star Blake Anderson's T-Shirt Line Makes You Go "WHAAAAT?"

“Workaholics” actor and producer Blake Anderson invited me to his kind of bananas house in the Hollywood Hills to chat about his psychedelic clothing line.

Getting Big With Eric "McSteamy" Dane

My editor at Flaunt Magazine made me go work out with Eric “McSteamy” Dane. It didn’t quite go as planned.

REVIEWS

Reviews

Book Review

‘Brick’ is a visual ode to the humble red block, humanity’s best idea

Book Review

In Phaidon’s new mini edition of the 2015 photo book “Brick,” author and editor William Hall pays homage to “the humblest thing imaginable … [a] brick is after all just earth.”

Book Review

In wonderous orbit with 'NASA'

Book Review

In Taschen’s titanic tome, “The NASA Archives: 60 Years in Space,” Verne’s tale serves as a gateway to a galaxy of lavish images, essays and actual mission transcripts that trace our trips to the moon and beyond.

Book Review

Best of L.A.

Best Thai Megastore in L.A.

Best of L.A.

LAX-C warehouse contains everything from Bangkok and beyond.

Best of L.A.

Best Restaurant Design: Manuela

Best of L.A.

Manuela’s elegant space, designed by Matt Winter, encompasses everything that is great about dining out in L.A.

Best of L.A.

Interviews

Featured

The Inertial Force of Sophia Coppola

Sophia Coppola’s films float along, a drop of oil that seeps across the water. She makes ordinary moments extraordinary by extending a scene to the point past where mainstream directors would have called cut.

Julian Schnabel and cast of “Diving Bell and the Butterfly”

Artist/director Julian Schnabel, screenwriter Ronald Harwood, and actors Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Josée Croze, and Max Von Sydow spoke with me about the profoundly moving film, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.”

Dwight Yoakam on His Early Cowpunk Years in L.A.

Dwight Yoakam and I caught up on the phone for Artbound as he was caught in some vicious L.A. traffic to discuss a brief history of California country and his punk roots.

Nicole Kidman shares the emotional impact of "Rabbit Hole"

I spoke with Kidman about her film "Rabbit Hole" and discussed living in a house with the cast, finding a studio to back their film, conjuring up gut-wrenching grief, and how her character infiltrated her dreams.

FELA KUTI'S LOVER AND MENTOR SANDRA SMITH TALKS ABOUT AFROBEAT'S L.A. ORIGINS, AS FELA! MUSICAL ARRIVES AT THE AHMANSON

Daft Punk Pull Back the Curtain on ‘Tron: Legacy’ Soundtrack

For the Hollywood Reporter, Drew Tewksbury met up with the Grammy Award-winning musicians Daft Punk at Henson Studios in Hollywood to talk about scoring their first film: “Tron: Legacy.”

Ryan Gosling on "Lars and the Real Girl"

Anne Hathaway on the dark heart of "Rachel Getting Married"

Martín Piroyansky on the "brave" choice to star in "XXY"

Losing ‘Control: Joy Division’s story comes to the big screen courtesy of music video vet Anton Corbijn

Drew Tewksbury interviews acclaimed Dutch photographer and music video vet Anton Corbijn, about his film "Control" and his long-running connection with Joy Division.