“Alexander & Bucephalus” by John Steell (1883), pictured in June 2012, is a bronze statue located in front of Edinburgh’s City Chambers pictured. (Lich Stefan Schäfer / CC BY-SA 3.0) I once saw the following […]
Beer barrels are destroyed by prohibition agents at a dump after prohibition of alcohol began and the Volstead Act went into effect on Jan. 17, 1920. (AP Photo) Jan. 16 1865: Union Maj. Gen. William […]
Adrien Brody poses with the award for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture, drama for “The Brutalist” during the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday. (Chris Pizzello / AP Photo) BEVERLY HILLS, […]
“The Curse of the Bambino”, a decades-long sports superstition began on Jan. 3, 1920, when Babe Ruth’s contract with the Boston Red Sox was sold to the New York Yankees. (AP Photo) Jan. 2 1942: […]
Tom Cruise receives a Navy Distinguished Public Service Award from The United States Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. (Kin Cheung / AP Photo) LONDON — The world’s most famous fictional Top Gun is […]
“The Rivals” is the second novel in a new mystery series by Jane Pek. (Knopf via AP) Claudia Lin, an online dating detective in the age of AI, is hunting once again through a dark […]
The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York, pictured in 1905, opened on Jan. 1, 1892. (AP Photo) Dec. 26 1908: Jack Johnson became the first black boxer to win the world heavyweight championship as […]
“The Nativity” by Federico Barocci (1597) is a painting in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid. (Public Domain). This week, we celebrated Christmas and the hope, peace, joy and love that came […]
Selena Gomez was the keynote speaker at the Academy Women’s Luncheon last week in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello / AP Photo) LOS ANGELES — While surveying a room packed with Hollywood’s most influential figures, “Emilia […]
Vacation rental with the in-laws — for many, it’s a setup for disaster. In Weike Wang’s “Rental House,” it’s certainly that. It’s also an opportunity for Wang, a wildly gifted writer, to explore the upside […]
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