Tom Stoppard, Playwright of Dazzling Intellect and Deepening Heart, Dies at 88
Tom Stoppard, the playwright whose linguistic acrobatics, philosophical wit, and lifelong devotion to the possibilities of the stage made him one of the most distinctive…
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Four More Arrests in Daring Louvre Jewel Heist as Investigation Widens
French authorities have arrested four additional suspects in the widening investigation into the jewel heist at the Louvre, a crime that has gripped Paris for…
In front of or behind the Camera, Emma Thompson Delivers
Emma Thompson has always carried a rare quality on screen: a luminous intelligence that never dims, even when the characters she embodies are bruised, brittle,…
CLAIRE DANES: THE QUIET INTENSITY OF A LIFETIME ON SCREEN
Claire Danes has spent nearly three decades proving that some actors don’t perform emotion so much as inhabit it. From the moment she arrived in…
THE BEAST IN ME: CLAIRE DANES AND MATTHEW RHYS TURN A WRITER’S BLOCK INTO A SLOW-BURN MYSTERY
The Beast in Me opens with a woman who can no longer do the one thing the world believes she was born to do. Claire Danes…
Chris Matthews has always been a storyteller at heart. Long before he became a fixture in American living rooms as the spirited, rapid-fire host of…
Screen Actors Guild Awards Rebranded as ‘The Actor Awards’ Starting in 2026
The annual awards ceremony long known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards will take on a new identity beginning in 2026. SAG-AFTRA announced that the…
Chris Matthews’s Lessons from Bobby Makes the Case for Robert Kennedy Now
Chris Matthews has returned to the Kennedy well once more, this time with a sleek, urgent volume arguing that Robert F. Kennedy still offers something…
A Life Woven in Words: Atwood’s Memoir Confronts Time, Art and Loss
Margaret Atwood’s memoir is less a tidy self-portrait and more a sprawling mosaic of memory, identity and creative reckoning. In this expansive work she invites…
Sally Kirkland, Wild-Hearted Actress and Golden Globe Winner, Dies at 84
Sally Kirkland passed away peacefully in hospice care in Palm Springs on November 11, 2025, at the age of 84. A trailblazing, fearless performer whose…