Travis M. Andrews

Washington, D.C.

Feature writer

Education: LSU, BA in English and Film

Travis M. Andrews is a feature writer for The Washington Post. He joined The Post in 2016 as a reporter for Morning Mix. He was previously a travel and culture editor for Southern Living magazine, a contributing pop culture reporter for Mashable and the Week, and a contributing editor for the Syfy blog Dvice. He also has freelanced for magazines, including Esquire, GQ and Time. He is the author of "Because He's Jeff Goldblum," a semi-rumination and semi-ridiculous look at the career of the enigmatic actor and an exploration of the shifting nature of fame in the 21st century.
Latest from Travis M. Andrews

Charges against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs allege 16 years of abuse and crimes

The music mogul was arrested on charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. He is being held without bail.

September 17, 2024
Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs charged with sex-trafficking, denied bail

Combs’s indictment and arrest follows several sexual assault lawsuits against him and Homeland Security raids on two of his mansions.

September 17, 2024
Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at a movie premiere at the CBS Radford Studio Center in Los Angeles on May 30, 2018.

Mark Greaney is the Tom Cruise of thriller writers

The “Gray Man” author tests weapons, flies in fighter jets and is home for family dinner.

September 1, 2024

How a rumor about Beyonce at the DNC fooled the world

The rumor started on X, got big on CNN and ended in a wave of disappointment on the floor of the Democratic convention.

August 23, 2024
Beyoncé accepts the Innovator Award onstage during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre on April 1 in Hollywood.

Vance, Walz and the bipartisan brew of Diet Mountain Dew

JD Vance and Tim Walz both love Diet Mountain Dew. Welcome to the Cult of Dew.

August 16, 2024

This abandoned Six Flags is a haunting monument to Hurricane Katrina

Decrepit, tragic, infested with alligators and slated, at last, to be wiped from the map and redeveloped -- welcome to Jazzland.

August 2, 2024

The man who handpicks your nightmares

Samuel Zimmerman, the curator of Shudder, is king of the feel-bad movie.

July 30, 2024

The scariest movies of all time, according to the curator of Shudder

Samuel Zimmerman lives for fear. Here are the movies that scare him the most.

July 30, 2024

Bob Newhart was a gentle soul in a town that often crushes them

Comedian Bob Newhart, who died Thursday at 94, was as nice as he was funny.

July 19, 2024

Coppola, Raitt and the Dead make latest Kennedy Center Honors class

The Apollo is the first theater honored, along with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musicians Arturo Sandoval, the Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt.

July 18, 2024
The Kennedy Center with its rainbow lighting on Dec. 1, 2021.