Actress Busy Philipps says she's "grateful to be alive" after undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor.In an exclusive interview with People, the Freaks and Geeks actress shared how the…
This Day in Music History: Aug. 27 On Aug. 27, 1965, the two biggest forces in popular music met privately at Elvis Presley’s Bel Air home: Elvis and the Beatles. The gathering was not a concert, a recording session or a publicity event. It was a guarded meeting between the performer who helped make rock ’n’ roll a mass phenomenon in the 1950s and the Liverpool group that had become its global standard-bearer a decade later. Its importance lies in that handoff of eras. The
On August 27, one of the most consequential events in world history took place in 1928, when the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris. The agreement brought together many of the world’s major powers in a formal promise to renounce war as a tool of national policy. At the time, it reflected the deep desire for peace after the destruction of World War I. Although it did not prevent future conflicts, it still mattered in a lasting way: it helped shape the idea that aggressive war should
On Thursday, the park announced in a social media post its official rebrand. It shared a video of a sign with the new name being installed at the park’s entrance.
WILMINGTON, Ohio — From her recliner in her tidy townhouse, Donna Logan offers advice to the first baby boomers to hit the big ‘8-0’ this year: Life can be good, especially with someone like Helen Aponte helping with laundry and housekeeping and the drive to the doctor’s office. “I do most things on my own,” […]
As we’ve been noting, billionaire Larry Ellison’s effort to dominate what’s left of corporate media is facing some headwinds after 12 states filed an antitrust lawsuit against his planned $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers. As we’ve also noted, this is a giant turd of a deal, the debt from which will indisputably […]
Alice and Steve is coming back for more. Deadline reports Disney+ has renewed the comedy series for a second season. The show stars Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker as the…