Melissa Leon

Editor

Melissa Leon is a former entertainment editor at The Daily Beast and a three-time National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award winner.

HOUSE ALWAYS WINS

Sandra Oh’s ‘The Chair’ Tells the Ugly Truth About Academia

The new Netflix dramedy explores the psychology of marginalized people who choose to press forward in an academic culture that was built on their exploitation.

Tirhakah Love

THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSESSED

Can ‘Jeopardy!’ Recover From This Mike Richards Disaster?

Everything we can’t stop loving, hating, and thinking about this week in pop culture.

Kevin Fallon

American Crime Story

Monica Lewinsky Show ‘Impeachment’ Won’t Vilify Linda Tripp

The new “American Crime Story,” which Lewinsky produced, aims to finally give her redemption and a voice. But how it portrays the Clintons and Linda Tripp is more complicated.

Kevin Fallon