Fraud
Our So-Called JT LeRoy
LeRoy’s novels drew heavily on his own grim past as a drug abuser and teenage truckstop prostitute. He achieved critical success and rare literary stardom — until it turned out he didn’t exist. Kurt trades tales with Simon Dumenco, a magazine editor who knew “him” (in person, LeRoy was portrayed by a woman.)
Would It Matter if Beyoncé Lip-Synched Her Performance?
Beyoncé sang at the presidential inauguration on Monday, though many people are saying that she actually lip-synched her performance. (Others say she didn’t.) She wouldn’t be the first to “fake” a performance at a presidential inauguration: Four years ago, Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma synched themselves to a recorded track because the extreme cold could’ve […]
