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Clémence Michallon

Senior People Writer@Clemence_Mcl

Clemence Michallon is a Senior People Writer. Her reporting has covered entertainment, celebrity culture, true-crime, and books. She was shortlisted for a British Journalism Award (Scoop of the Year) and for a National Press Award (Scoop: Popular Life) for her 2019 interview with Liam Neeson. In addition to her work as a journalist, she is a novelist. Her debut thriller, The Quiet Tenant, will be published in 2023 by Knopf in the US and Little, Brown in the UK.

David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow are pictured on the set of 'The One where They All Turn Thirty', the 14th episode of the seventh episode of Friends, which aired in 2001.
Features

The One With.... Every Friends episode ranked worst to best

Voices

Kate is living a nightmare. It’s time to end the monarchy

Revellers attend the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland on 17 March 2019
Lifestyle

What is the meaning behind St Patrick’s Day?

Americas

Why true-crime podcasts don’t talk about mass shootings

Greer Garson in November 1936
Features

The story behind the longest Oscars speech of all time

<p>Daniel Day-Lewis in ‘Lincoln’, Jodie Foster in ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and Tom Hanks in ‘Forrest Gump'</p>
Features

12 Oscar-winning roles that were supposed to go to different actors

<p>U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks on the 59th commemoration of the Bloody Sunday Selma bridge crossing on March 3, 2024 in Selma, Alabama</p>
US politics

Designated survivor revealed as education secretary Miguel Cardona

<p>Journalists set up equipment for TV networks in Statuary Hall in the US Capitol on 7 March 2024 in Washington, DC ahead of Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech</p>
Americas

What role does the designated survivor play during SOTU?

Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell perform during the memoriam tribute at the Oscars on 9 February 2020 in Los Angeles, California
Features

The thorny diplomacy of the Oscars in memoriam segment

Americas

Did one of the Boston bombers kill before?

<p>Harvey Weinstein in court </p>
Voices

Harvey Weinstein’s appeal this week echoes Bill Cosby’s

<p>Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on 4 October 2022</p>
US Crime News

What’s at stake as Harvey Weinstein fights for appeal

<p>Top left: Claude Vorilhon, aka Raël, testifies about claims of human cloning in front of a US House subcommittee in March 2001; Top right: Vorilhon delivers a speech at a conference in Tokyo on 4 August 2002; Bottom left: Vorilhon in Netflix’s new documentary ‘Raël: The Alien Prophet’; Bottom right: A still from a clip featured in ‘Raël: The Alien Prophet'</p>
Americas

He claimed he was visited by aliens. Why do thousands believe him?

Americas

He claimed he was visited by aliens. Why do thousands believe him?

<p>Top left: Claude Vorilhon, aka Raël, testifies about claims of human cloning in front of a US House subcommittee in March 2001; Top right: Vorilhon delivers a speech at a conference in Tokyo on 4 August 2002; Bottom left: Vorilhon in Netflix’s new documentary ‘Raël: The Alien Prophet’; Bottom right: A still from a clip featured in ‘Raël: The Alien Prophet'</p>
<p>Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift after the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory at M&T Bank Stadium on 28 January 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland</p>
Voices

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, and the conspiracy that wasn’t

<p>Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn are the subjects of ‘American Nightmare’, a new documentary on Netflix </p>
Americas

They survived an abduction – then were blamed for their own ordeal

<p>Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Michael J Harney, and Zac Efron in ‘The Iron Claw'</p>
Voices

A remarkable thing about ‘The Iron Claw’ is happening off-camera

Americas

How The Nutcracker became the most popular ballet in the world

Americas

How The Nutcracker became the most popular ballet in the world

<p>Left: Michael Imperioli at the Scarlet Lounge; Top right: Kenna Wladis, Michael Imperioli, Jeremy Wladis, and Victoria Imperioli inside the bar; Bottom right: The Scarlet Lounge </p>
Americas

Michael Imperioli on his new bar, Broadway debut, and life in New York

<p>Joaquin Phoenix as Napoléon Bonaparte and Vanessa Kirby as Joséphine de Beauharnais in Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’. In this scene, Bonaparte has just been crowned emperor and his wife is being crowned empress</p>
Voices

‘Napoleon’ is more progressive than you think

News

10 best movies to watch with your family this Thanksgiving

Americas

The problems with cameras in the courtroom

<p>Left: ‘Escaping Twin Flames’ on Netflix looks into Jeff and Shaleia Ayan (pictured); Top right: Louise Cole and Paula Hardy; Bottom right: Louise Cole and the mother of another Twin Flames Universe member </p>
Americas

She joined Twin Flames Universe. Her family says she ‘disappeared’

<p>Matthew Perry said he hoped he would be remembered for his work helping others with substance use issues </p>
News

Meet the people Matthew Perry saved from addiction

<p>Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing in ‘Friends'</p>
Voices

The best Chandler scene isn’t just funny. It shows Perry’s impact

<p>A general view ahead of the ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ headline gala premiere during the 67th BFI London Film Festival at The Royal Festival Hall on 7 October 2023 in London, England</p>
Voices

A three-hour-plus film? Please give us an intermission

<p>Matthew Perry said he hoped he would be remembered for his work helping others with substance use issues </p>
News

Meet the people Matthew Perry saved from addiction

<p>Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing in ‘Friends'</p>
Voices

The best Chandler scene isn’t just funny. It shows Perry’s impact

<p>A general view ahead of the ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ headline gala premiere during the 67th BFI London Film Festival at The Royal Festival Hall on 7 October 2023 in London, England</p>
Voices

A three-hour-plus film? Please give us an intermission

Voices

What celebrity memoirs tell us about books and secrets

Voices

What celebrity memoirs tell us about books and secrets

<p>Top left: Alexander Hamilton circa 1790; Bottom left: the Auburn Mansion, designed by Levi Weeks and now a National Historic Landmark; Right: Aaron Burr at the Weeks trial </p>
Americas

The untold story of the 200-year old Manhattan Well Murder

Americas

‘Psycho’ killer Ed Gein is heard for first time in a new docuseries

Americas

John Green on ‘folks trying to control what other folks can read’

Americas

How Tapie became France’s first tycoon – and wound up in prison

Americas

How Tapie became France’s first tycoon – and wound up in prison

Americas

She was abducted by a serial killer. This is how she helped catch him

<p>Archie Madekwe and David Harbour star in Gran turismo</p>
Voices

Why you should see the Gran Turismo movie

<p>Johnny Depp and Amber Heard at the Fairfax County Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia on 25 April 2022</p>
Americas

Johnny Depp v Amber Heard trial: Most explosive trial moments

Features

Read an extract from Clémence Michallon’s thriller The Quiet Tenant

<p>Trump waves as he leaves the Miami courthouse </p>
Voices

This is Donald Trump’s second arraignment. Let’s not get used to this

Americas

Her son died in Parkland. She hopes a picture book will spark change

<p>Mary Trump (left) and E Jean Carroll (right)</p>
Americas

E Jean Carroll and Mary Trump are co-writing a romance novel

<p>Alice Sebold </p>
Americas

Alice Sebold and man wrongfully convicted of raping her speak out

<p>Top left: Rachel de Leon, who investigated the women’s stories, in Netflix’s ‘Victim/Suspect’ – Top right: Emma Mannion and Rachel de Leon – Bottom left: Participants Emma Mannion and Dyanie Bermeo – Bottom right: Dyanie Bermeo </p>
Americas

They tried to report their rapes. They ended up facing charges

<p>Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard </p>
Americas

A timeline of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s court battles

<p>Amy Silverstein on CBS Sunday Morning in April 2023, speaking about the need for better drug regimens for transplant recipients</p>
Americas

Amy Silverstein shared call to arms on transplant care before death

Americas

Amy Silverstein shared call to arms on transplant care before death

<p>Amy Silverstein on CBS Sunday Morning in April 2023, speaking about the need for better drug regimens for transplant recipients</p>
Americas

Anna Nicole Smith: Behind the punchline, a life of beauty and pain

<p>Top left: Barack Obama and documentary participant Randi Williams shop for groceries together; bottom left: Elba Guzmán, a housekeeper at the Pierre hotel, works as a housekeeper; right: Barack Obama is an executive producer on the documentary series, which he also narrates and stars in</p>
Americas

Obama is exploring what work looks like for millions of Americans

<p>E Jean Carroll (center) leaves a Manhattan courthouse after a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s on 9 May 2023 in New York City</p>
Voices

Lessons we should all be taking from Carroll’s Trump sexual abuse case

<p>Left: E Jean Carroll leaves Manhattan federal court on 8 May 2023 in New York City – Right: Donald Trump disembarks his plane on 1 May 2023 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p>
Americas

Carroll v Trump: What each side said in closing arguments

<p>Left: E Jean Carroll leaves Manhattan federal court on 8 May 2023 in New York City – Right: Donald Trump disembarks his plane on 1 May 2023 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p>
Americas

Carroll v Trump: What each side said in closing arguments

Lifestyle

Which celebrities skipped the Met Gala red carpet this year?

<p>Ibram X Kendi, Susan Kuklin, and Maia Kobabe (from left to right) </p>
Americas

These authors’ books are some of the most challenged. They speak out

Voices

Don’t listen to Trump. Many rape victims ‘don’t scream’

Voices

Looking For Alaska changed me as a reader – and made me a writer

Americas

How to buy some of the most challenged books in the US

<p>A National Guard helicopter flies past the burning Branch Davidian cult compound in Waco, Texas on 19 April 1993</p>
Americas

What happened during the Waco siege?

<p>The series examines not only the attack and its aftermath, but what we have learned since</p>
Americas

10 years after the Boston Marathon bombing, do we know the full story?

<p>Jennifer Aniston attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s ‘Murder Mystery 2’ at Regency Village Theatre on 28 March 2023 in Los Angeles, California</p>
Voices

Jennifer Aniston is right about Friends – but that’s not all

<p>Gwyneth Paltrow exits the courtroom on 24 March 2023, in Park City, Utah</p>
Voices

The fascinating and bizarre moments in Gwyneth Paltrow’s trial

US Crime News

Pamela Smart’s teenage lover killed her husband. She’s still in prison

<p>Florida Schools Sex Topics</p>
US politics

A Florida bill could ban schoolgirls under 11 learning about periods

US politics

A Florida bill could ban schoolgirls under 11 learning about periods

<p>Florida Schools Sex Topics</p>
<p>Left: Albert DeSalvo prays in the chapel at Walpole State Prison, South Walpole, Massachusetts, early 1970s; top right: DeSalvo stands in jail for charges unrelated to the Boston stranglings, in an undated photo; bottom right: Matt Ruskin and Dick Lehr participate in a Q&A during the Boston Strangler screening at AMC Boston Commons on 13 March 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts </p>
Americas

Was the Boston Strangler ever caught?

<p>Harvey Weinstein appears in court on 4 October 2022 in Los Angeles, California</p>
US Crime News

Weinstein will not be retried on charges that left LA jury deadlocked

Americas

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story looks at the naked truth behind sex work

Voices

Alex Murdaugh’s trial proves cameras don’t belong in the courtroom

Voices

Alex Murdaugh’s trial proves cameras don’t belong in the courtroom

<p>Charlie Chaplin</p>
Americas

How two men stole Charlie Chaplin’s coffin and held it for ransom

<p>Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on 4 October 2022</p>
US Crime News

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in prison in Los Angeles case

<p>Journalists gather around attorney Gloria Allred at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center during the arraignment of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on 21 July 2021 in Los Angeles, California</p>
Americas

From Weinstein to Casey Anthony, the American courtroom is a problem

Americas

Murdaugh murders: Behind the true-crime saga, a human story of loss

<p>Don Lemon </p>
Voices

The Don Lemon scandal is not a scandal

Americas

Survivors of Larry Ray’s cult tell their stories

<p>Stone Maidens by Lloyd Devereux Richards has become the top-selling book on Amazon</p>
Americas

Novel becomes top-selling book on Amazon after viral TikTok video

<p>Left: Christina Grimmie attends Macy’s iHeartRadio rising star in-store performance on 16 May 2015 in Whitehall, Pennsylvania – Right: Christina Grimmie performs onstage at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival at MGM Grand Garden Arena on 18 September 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada</p>
US Crime News

How Christina Grimmie family supports others impacted by gun violence

<p>Beyoncé accepts the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album for ‘Renaissance’ during the 65th Grammy Awards on 5 February 2023 in Los Angeles, California</p>
Voices

Why the Grammys may show what we can expect from the Oscars

Americas

Meet the German shepherd who was the richest dog in the world

<p>Alec Baldwin speaks onstage at the 2022 Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala at New York Hilton on 6 December 2022 in New York City</p>
Voices

What the charges against Alec Baldwin mean – and what’s next

<p>Holly Madison, top left, with Hugh Hefner, Anderson centre, and Spears, right, have all led lives exemplified by the Faustian bargain entered by women made famous for their looks</p>
Lifestyle

‘Pamela, a Love Story’ aims to show Anderson ‘despite the nonsense’

Americas

Ghislaine Maxwell’s TalkTV interview was narcissistic and dangerous

<p>Lawrence Ray has been sentenced to 60 years in prison </p>
US Crime News

Father of Sarah Lawrence student sentenced to 60 years in prison

<p>Few do it on the same scale as Harry, whose book sold 1.4 million copies on its first day</p>
Royal Family

They wrote searing memoirs about their families. What happened next?

<p>80th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show</p>
Voices

For their return to television, the Golden Globes did not hold back

<p>Lawrence Ray has been sentenced to 60 years in prison </p>
US Crime News

Father of Sarah Lawrence student sentenced to 60 years in prison

<p>Few do it on the same scale as Harry, whose book sold 1.4 million copies on its first day</p>
Royal Family

They wrote searing memoirs about their families. What happened next?

<p>80th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show</p>
Voices

For their return to television, the Golden Globes did not hold back

<p>Caleb McGillvary was for a time known as Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker</p>
Americas

How a hatchet-wielding hitchhiker went from hero to convicted murderer

<p>Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison </p>
Americas

How filmmaker came to view Madoff as a ‘financial serial killer’

Voices

The Idaho murders case gets murkier, but patience is of the essence

<p>Greta Thunberg is pictured prior to taking part in a ‘Fridays for Future’ movement protest in Stockholm, Sweden on 9 September 2022, ahead of the country’s general elections on 11 September 2022</p>
Voices

How Greta Thunberg mastered the art of the Twitter clapback

US Crime News

Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape at Los Angeles trial

<p>The disgraced director is facing a second criminal trial</p>
Editor’s letters

Another Weinstein verdict is upon us – but what’s changed?

<p>Love Actually</p>
Americas

In defense of Love Actually, for those who are tired of the backlash

<p>Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on 4 October 2022</p>
Americas

Why jurors in Weinstein’s LA trial have deliberated for five days

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