He tells Melchett at one point, “Downstairs in the lounge, by the third pillar from the left, there sits an old lady with a sweet, placid, spinsterish face and a mind that has plumbed the depths of human iniquity and taken it all as in the day’s work….where crime is concerned, ...
There is a documentary called Newman, directed by Jon Fox, that tells the story of the long and drawn-out process Newman experienced trying to get a patent. In the end, this man, who tried to save the world from its dependence on expensive energy, died bitter and broken. I read about ...
In his deposition, Paul's friend Connor Cook said that the morning of the crash he didn't tell investigators that Paul was driving the boat because he was afraid. And, while at the hospital, he says he was told by Alex Murdaugh that he "didn't need to tell anyone who was driving...
Back in 1974, 28-year-oldJimmy Buffettwas just hitting his stride. Embracing the good life, Buffett released not just one, but two records that year. Don Grant produced both albums that were the final pair in what is dubbed Buffett’s "Key West phase" for the Florida island city w...
When a young boy's parents realize he is gifted at chess, they hire a coach, taking the fun out of the game and making the boy wonder if winning is worth it. The film is based on the story ofchess whiz kid, Josh Waitzkin.
I was too old, I told myself, too late. And that’s just what I’m willing to admit in print. I also felt my father’s memory slipping further away; a retired gym teacher who looked like Mel Brooks, he’d died suddenly four years earlier. But that expansive gulf created by...
old child in a school playground, is likely to be quite different from a similar drawing by a 40-year old Michelangelo. Similarly, one cannot use the same standards when evaluating the true-to-life qualities of a realist portrait compared with an expressionist portrait. This is because the ...
In Chapman’s post, he retweeted a clip from Keoghan’s interview on an Irish talk show in April 2018 where the 30-year-old actor recalled growing up in the foster care system. He shared on Ireland's “The Late Late Show” that his mother battled a drug addiction when he was a child...
and I experienced how much time the endeavor takes—compiling information, contacting people and gathering quotes—and that’s before even sitting down to write. I chose Paul Newman, pretty much for the blue eyes, but as an actor and humanitarian; and much later when he did pass, I used ...
Similarly, 53-year old Sebastien, who had a history of injecting drug use, only disclosed to his mother when he was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis after many years of living with hepatitis C: I really hated the thought of [my parents] finding out that I had this disease … They're ...