A good memoir should be more than an autobiography and less than a confessional but contain elements of both. As a reader, I am less interested in being overwhelmed with family trauma and pathos except when it informs the greater tale being told. Quite often, it is the memoirs that feature an excess of pathos More
Jackson was preparing for a lucrative run of shows at London's O2 Arena when he died at a rented Los Angeles mansion in 2009 as result of a cardiac arrest following an overdose of Propofol.
Stacker takes a look at 10 pop culture moments that destigmatized weed, using a variety of sources such as IMDb, CannabisNow, KQED, and more.
Today’s pop stars are cramming songs with so much biography they need footnotes – and they’re in danger of alienating all but their hardcore fansWhen Taylor Swift released Reputation in 2017, she self-published an accompanying magazine while avoiding interviews. “When this album comes out, gossip blogs will scour the lyrics for the men they can attribute to each song, as if the inspiration for music is as simple and basic as a paternity test,” she wrote in an essay. The sentiment oozed with...
Katie Abdou spent more than $100,000 on failed fertility treatments, and her dream of becoming a mom probably won't come true.
The mother of late “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said that her
Card collectors refer to an unopened sealed box or pack of cards as “wax.” For many collectors, myself included, much of the thrill of the hobby is in opening wax, in the statistically improbable opportunity of finding a card worth more than the pack it’s in. I dwell in possibility, wrote Emily Dickinson. When I buy wax I’m not paying for the cards, I’m paying for the fantasy of what might be inside the pack. In this way the obsession (even now I’m consciously avoiding using the word...
From films about Play-Doh and Barbie to the Shrek ‘experience’, consumer capitalism has run out of ideasWhen it was announced last week that Margot Robbie will follow up the success of Barbie with a film based on Monopoly, my heart sank, did not pass go, and did not collect £200. Robbie’s production company will partner with Hasbro, just as the Barbie film was an initiative from rival toy company Mattel. Barbie was criticised for being little more than a 114-minute toy ad, but it did so well at...
The terrific new film Challengers is about being intense about tennis, sex, and competition. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Zendaya as Tashi, a tennis coach and object of desire to two men. She's married to Art (Mike Faist), who is facing his old friend Patrick (Josh O'Connor) at a Challengers event. This reopens all the trio's old wounds, and they excavate all of their relationships with each other.
Take That thanked the incredible audience in Sheffield for “setting alight” their new tour, adding “what a way to kick this off.” The legendary former boyband were rapturously received by 12,500 fans on two nights at Sheffield Arena, at the start of the 41-date This Life tour. Responding on X, Samantha Jackson said: “Something special about opening night, it was amazing but now I want to go again!” Sarah Baird said: “It was amazing! Highlights for me were Clementine and Never Forget starting on...
The 43-year-old reality TV icon acquired the rights to Sarah Ditum's book Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s, which hit shelves on January 23
Grammy award-winning pop star Billie Eilish admitted in a recent interview that she has "been in love" with women her entire life. The comment comes a few months after the singer inadvertently "came out" in a separate interview.