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Kevin E G Perry

Culture & Lifestyle Feature Writer

Kevin E G Perry is a feature writer at The Independent. He covers culture and lifestyle and has profiled a diverse range of artists including Ai Weiwei, Sheryl Crow and Bill Murray. His work has also appeared in publications such as GQ, NME, Vice, Lonely Planet Traveller and The Guardian. He lives in Hollywood with a Pomeranian named Rex. He is the author of The Independent's guides to the best hotels in Los Angeles.

<p>Robert Duvall as the napalm-loving Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in ‘Apocalypse Now’</p>

Robert Duvall: The Hollywood great whose machismo held hidden depths

The Oscar-winning actor, who has died at 95, was a master at portraying men whose stern authority masked layers of doubt and vulnerability. Kevin E G Perry looks back at a storied Hollywood career that included unforgettable performances in ‘The Godfather’, ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘Tender Mercies’

<p>'Naked Gun' co-creator David Zucker has claimed last year's Seth MacFarlane-produced reboot, starring Liam Neeson, 'ruined the franchise'</p>

Naked Gun creator says ‘moronic’ reboot ‘ruined the franchise’

<p>James Van Der Beek, who has died at 48, played the introspective title character in teen drama 'Dawson's Creek' from its debut in 1998</p>

Goodbye, Dawson: James Van Der Beek was a generation’s soulmate

<p>Coming off his massive win at the 2026 Grammys, Bad Bunny will take to the stage during Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show</p>

Bad Bunny’s meteoric rise from grocery store bagger to the Super Bowl

<p>CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos and partner Lauren Sanchez attend the Vanity Fair Oscar party</p>

Inside Hollywood’s star-studded 2025 Vanity Fair Oscars party

At one of the most exclusive afterparties in Los Angeles, Kevin EG Perry soaks up the atmosphere with billionaires, Oscar winners and plenty of margaritas

Inside Hollywood’s star-studded 2025 Vanity Fair Oscars party

At one of the most exclusive afterparties in Los Angeles, Kevin EG Perry soaks up the atmosphere with billionaires, Oscar winners and plenty of margaritas

<p>CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos and partner Lauren Sanchez attend the Vanity Fair Oscar party</p>

<p>Hunter S Thompson (left) and Oscar Zeta Acosta in the Baccarat Lounge of Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, in April 1971</p>

Fear and Loathing at 50: Was Hunter S Thompson a ‘Bad Art Friend’?

<p>Martin envisioned it as the ultimate rock star home-away-from-home</p>

The wild tale of the Caribbean’s most rock’n’roll recording studio

<p>Jack Kerouac at 100: Remembering a literary legend</p>

Jack Kerouac at 100: Trauma, faith and rotgut wine

<p>Larkin wrote about mortality more plainly and clear-sightedly than most poets </p>

Why morbid curmudgeon Philip Larkin still belongs in schools

<p>Larkin wrote about mortality more plainly and clear-sightedly than most poets </p>

Why morbid curmudgeon Philip Larkin still belongs in schools

<p>Steven Donziger speaking in Quito in 2014 </p>

Crusading lawyer Steven Donziger on his 993 days of house arrest

Norm Macdonald looked death in the face and laughed

<p>Keith Haring’s hand-painted carousel and tarps at ‘Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy’ </p>

Lost carnival Luna Luna is the art event of the year

The Luna Luna fairground, which first opened in Germany in 1987, has been resurrected by Drake in Los Angeles after decades forgotten in shipping containers. Kevin EG Perry explores a magical exhibition featuring playful, immersive work from some of the greatest artists of the 20th century

Lost carnival Luna Luna is the art event of the year

The Luna Luna fairground, which first opened in Germany in 1987, has been resurrected by Drake in Los Angeles after decades forgotten in shipping containers. Kevin EG Perry explores a magical exhibition featuring playful, immersive work from some of the greatest artists of the 20th century

<p>Keith Haring’s hand-painted carousel and tarps at ‘Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy’ </p>

<p>Father Yod with Isis Aquarian, in a photograph featured in ‘The Source Family Scrapbook’ </p>

Inside 1970s cult The Source Family: ‘We were the darlings of LA’

<p>The Viper Room in April 2020 </p>

The Viper Room’s demolition is the end of a Hollywood era

<p>The rapper Tupac Shakur, whose life and legacy is the subject of a new exhibition </p>

Black Panthers, notebooks and Scrabble: Inside LA’s new Tupac museum

<p>David Byrne onstage at New York's Radio City Music Hall on September 30, 2025</p>

David Byrne delivers Talking Heads hits in life-affirming spectacle

<p>David Byrne onstage at New York's Radio City Music Hall on September 30, 2025</p>

David Byrne delivers Talking Heads hits in life-affirming spectacle

<p>Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Steve Jordan and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform onstage at SoFi Stadium</p>

How is it possible that The Rolling Stones are still in their prime?

<p>Paul McCartney performs at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on 13 May</p>

Paul McCartney proves he was the coolest Beatle all along

<p>Falk’s performance as Columbo set him apart from traditional hard-nosed TV gumshoes</p>

How Peter Falk’s shambling detective Columbo became a TV icon

It’s been half a century since beloved TV mystery series ‘Columbo’ premiered with an episode directed by a young Steven Spielberg. Kevin E G Perry talks to David Koenig, author of a new book on the show, about the rumpled sleuth’s continuing appeal

How Peter Falk’s shambling detective Columbo became a TV icon

It’s been half a century since beloved TV mystery series ‘Columbo’ premiered with an episode directed by a young Steven Spielberg. Kevin E G Perry talks to David Koenig, author of a new book on the show, about the rumpled sleuth’s continuing appeal

<p>Falk’s performance as Columbo set him apart from traditional hard-nosed TV gumshoes</p>

<p>Courtney Taylor of The Dandy Warhols and Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre in ‘Dig!’</p>

The inside story of Dig!, the most outrageous music doc of all time

<p>Author Gregory David Roberts (left) and actor Charlie Hunnam</p>

Shantaram: The incredible true story behind the outlaw epic

<p>‘Like Roger Rabbit on acid’: Brad Pitt with Holli Would (Kim Basinger) in ‘Cool World’ </p>

How Brad Pitt’s unhinged Cool World became cinema’s most X-rated flop

<p>A pop-culture-infused catechism: Linda Fiorentino, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Chris Rock on the poster art for ‘Dogma’ </p>

How the outrageous comedy Dogma became practically impossible to see

<p>A pop-culture-infused catechism: Linda Fiorentino, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Chris Rock on the poster art for ‘Dogma’ </p>

How the outrageous comedy Dogma became practically impossible to see

Children of Men through the eyes of its screenwriter, 15 years on

<p>Muhammad Ali told his trainer that fighting Joe Frazier in the Philippines was ‘the closest I've ever been to dying’</p>

How a bloody Muhammad Ali fight changed TV forever

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