The actress on fame, theater and that Nia Vardalos movie

The author of 'Then We Came to The End' never procrastinates

When news surfaced that she had won two prizes for her starring role in Lee Daniels’ Precious, Gabourey Sidibe reacted as one might expect of a woman in her position. “I changed my Facebook status,” says the 26-year-old actress while sipping a rum cocktail at Bistro Milano in midtown Manhattan. “I can literally tell people I’m an award-winning actress,” she says, with a violent, characteristic burst of snort-punctuated laughter. “And that’s pretty bomb.”

The actor knows his way around a bullseye

The actor digs Ayn Rand and his parents

Jay-Z's protege makes his play

“It’s sort of like writing a hit song—there really is no recipe for success,” says streetstyle photographer Hanneli Mustaparta, describing her criteria when choosing the high-fashion-in-everyday places that surfaces on her eponymous blog. “Some people think the more accessories on an outfit the better, but real style is so far from that. It’s all about being confident and knowing how to choose good things for the proportions of your body.”

When 90210, the beloved ’90s teen soap, relaunched last fall, it was treated like chum by critics and media sharks. Only now, in its second season, is the show living up to its hype, stepping out from the shadow of Shannen and Tori, and embracing a lighter, frothier high school experience. Leading the charge is Jessica Stroup, the 23-year-old actress who plays the bipolar Erin Silver, Kelly Taylor’s half-sister.

Motor oil. A plastic tarp. Self tanning lotion. These are just a few of the materials artist Aaron Bobrow uses to invest his clean, graphic paintings with deeper meanings. “My work has a lot to do with transportation,” he says to explain the motor oil. “Industrialized society runs on oil. Gasoline, too, but oil is the real lubricant.”

The thespian talks Jonas Brothers, 'Teen Wolf' and sideburns