Lester Fabian Brathwaite

Lester Fabian Brathwaite

Lester Fabian Brathwaite is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly, where he covers breaking news, all things Real Housewives, and a rich cornucopia of popular culture. Formerly a senior editor at Out magazine, his work has appeared on NewNowNext, Queerty, Rolling Stone, and The New Yorker. He was also the first author signed to Phoebe Robinson's Tiny Reparations imprint. He met Oprah once.

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kamala Harris
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GHOSTBUSTERS 2016
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. in 'Iron Man 2'
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Lady Danbury
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Rick Hearst attends "Ambitions" Atlanta premiere at The Gathering Spot on June 17, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Production Sound Stage
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TRUE BLOOD, Joe Manganiello, 'Hopeless'
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Tyler Perry
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Kamala and Selina Meyer
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Vanessa Williams
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Slash and Lucy-Bleu Knight
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Whitney Rydbeck
Whitney Rydbeck, Friday the 13th actor and crash test dummy in seat belt PSA, dies at 79
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a National Small Business Week event with US President Joe Biden, left, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 1, 2023.
You think this Kamala Harris meme fell out of a coconut tree? How the VP became the pop girlie of the summer
Actor Alec Baldwin attends his trial for involuntary manslaughter in First Judicial District Court on July 12, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico
2 jurors in Alec Baldwin trial express doubts about Rust case against him: 'It was clearly an accident'
Twisters Daisy Edgar Jones Steven Spielberg
You can thank Steven Spielberg for Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones not kissing at the end of Twisters
TWISTERS, Glen Powell, 2024
Twisters blows past expectations and the competition with $80.5 million debut
Jon Stewart, Cher, Barbra Streisand
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Tom Sandoval
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Method Man
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