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…
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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…
Brian Kelly Files Suit Against LSU Over Buy-Out Dispute, Igniting a Legal Showdown
Brian Kelly, the former head coach of Louisiana State University (LSU) football, has launched a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that his departure was “without…
Hoodrich Pablo Juan Hits the Ground Running: Released from Prison, Returns to Atlanta with Fresh Music and New Vision
The Atlanta rap scene witnessed a long-anticipated moment this month when Hoodrich Pablo Juan, born Sterling Leroy Pennix Jr., walked out of prison and stepped…
Musician & Friend: Cleto Escobedo III, Bandleader for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and Lifelong Companion to Jimmy Kimmel, Passes at 59
Cleto Escobedo III, the saxophonist-bandleader whose presence anchored the house band of Jimmy Kimmel Live! for more than two decades, died on November 11, 2025,…
Robert Pattinson: From Teen-Heartthrob to Audacious Actor
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson was born on 13 May 1986 in Barnes, London, England. He grew up in a creative household—his mother worked at a…
Motherhood, Madness, and Mastery: Jennifer Lawrence at Full Power
Jennifer Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990, in a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. She grew up on a horse farm, an athletic child who…