Not every person connected to fame chose to be there. Samuel Simpson was a Greyhound bus driver from Chicago who lived a private, working-class life and the reason his name appears in public discussions at all is because one of…
Tom Hardy’s reported exit from MobLand ahead of a possible third season has quietly become one of the more surprising developments in television this week, especially for a series that only recently established itself as one of Paramount+’s biggest crime…
Behind Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s decades of success was a father who emphasized education, Black history, and character and then stepped quietly out of the spotlight. Every iconic public figure has a private story behind them. For Malcolm-Jamal Warner the actor who…
Few pieces of jewelry have generated as much conversation, coverage, and cultural impact as Kim Kardashian’s engagement rings. The pieces she’s received over the years most famously from Kanye West didn’t just reflect extraordinary wealth. They influenced what people wanted…
Stephen Colbert brought The Late Show to an emotional close this week, ending not only his own eleven-year run as host but also closing the curtain on one of the most recognizable franchises in American late-night television. Broadcasting live from…
There are scientists whose work changes a field, and there are scientists whose work changes what it means to experience pregnancy. Diana W. Bianchi belongs firmly in the second category. As a medical geneticist and neonatologist whose career has spanned…
Rosie O’Donnell has spent much of her public life as an open book, funny, opinionated, and rarely shy about letting audiences in on her personal story. That includes her romantic life, which has been both genuinely significant in terms of…
Ryan Gosling’s science-fiction drama Project Hail Mary has quickly become one of the most talked-about films of the year, not only for its strong box office performance and emotional storytelling, but also for the growing praise it has received from…
Ask any serious music historian which decade produced the most influential female performers in modern pop culture, and the 1970s makes a genuinely strong case for the top spot. The combination of genres thriving simultaneously disco, rock, soul, folk, punk,…
Buffalo doesn’t always get credit for its waterfront, but people who live there know what the city’s Outer Harbor offers and Gallagher Beach is one of the best examples. Sitting along the southern shore of Lake Erie in the Outer…
