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We've got an incredible guest this week, writer MJ Corey! We discuss her book, DeKonstructing the Kardashians, her time as an intern at Seventeen Magazine, Marilyn Monroe, the Spice Girls, and her issue: SPIN Magazine - October 2002, with a cover story about The White Stripes by Chuck Klosterman. Read the issue here And read her book! We can't recommend it enough!! Follow MJ on Instagram @mjcorey and @kardashia_kolloquium Follow us @whatsyourissueshow Subscribe to us on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NOTE: redownload if the first few minutes of audio doesn't play! This week we're discussing Final Cut by Chris Nashawaty from the August 14th, 1998 issue of Entertainment Weekly with photos by George Lange. We talk about Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween H20, nepobabies, and more! Watch on Youtube Watch ad-free on Patreon Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to Patreon to listen to the rest of this episode! For this subscribers-only episode, we're dissecting the Sept. 2026 GQ cover story, "Tom Cruise: Hollywood's Most Elusive Star Speaks" by Zach Barron, with photos by Mario Sorrenti. We discuss Tom's relationship with Scientology now, the differences between his relationships with Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes, the 6 hour acting Masterclass tape Tom made for Glen Powell, our favorite Tom Cruise movies, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode is about the intersection between two pieces of tragic Hollywood lore: the untimely deaths of Heather O'Rourke and Dominique Dunne, the young starlets of the first Poltergeist movie. We discuss two Vanity Fair articles: What Really Happened During the Making of Poltergeist by Anthony Beeznican and JUSTICE: A Father's Account of the Trial of His Daughter's Killer by Dominick Dunne plus The Epic Rise and Fall of Ma Maison, The Restaurant That Made Wolfgang Puck Famous by Crystal Coser Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*This episode originally aired on October 31, 2024* At the end of last week's episode, "The Bloody Battle Over Scream 4," Dara and Troy talked about Ariana Madix's stint as a Girls and Corpses magazine model. Here's a spooky season rerelease of an episode we did covering Sheri Moon Zombie on the cover of G&C. Keep in mind, this episode was before our rebrand, so the format is a little different. We talk about the lore behind this magazine, the Playboy parody photo spread, its former cover models, Courtney Stodden and Teen Mom's Farrah Abraham, and where those corpses actually come from. We also get into horror movies and the Rob Zomb-ification of the Halloween franchise. Here's a link to a copy of this issue! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices