Jane Pitt dead: The mom of film star Brad Pitt was 84
Jane Pitt, a schoolteacher, philanthropist and the mother of film star Brad Pitt, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. The Pitt family shared…
EastEnders’ Lorraine Stanley speaks out on grandmother assumptions after weight loss
Lorraine Stanley, known for playing Karen Taylor on EastEnders, was met with reaction after sharing a video of the BBC soap star dancing with her…
Atsuko Okatsuka’s online fans think she’s ‘mothering,’ but real comedy heads know — she is ‘Father’
The first time Atsuko Okatsuka filmed a comedy special, 2022’s “The Intruder” for HBO and Max, she didn’t have health insurance. A lot has changed…
‘The Wedding Banquet’ review: Four-way reboot has more plot than heart
Gay marriage was illegal when Ang Lee released 1993’s “The Wedding Banquet,” a New York-set romantic dramedy about a queer Taiwanese man, his white male…
Sundance: Wildfire recovery tale ‘Rebuilding’ stirs raw emotions
PARK CITY, Utah — For those of us fortunate enough to avoid evacuation, much less life-altering destruction, during the recent L.A. wildfires, the past weeks have…
Nikki Giovanni, poet and civil rights activist, dies at 81
Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and ‘70s who was dubbed “the Princess…
Barry Keoghan answers trolls after Sabrina Carpenter split
Actor Barry Keoghan “can only sit and take so much” online, he says, after he was “dragged across the internet” in the wake of his…
Grandmother found dead in Pennsylvania sinkhole mine shaft after 4-day search
Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Elizabeth Pollard, the 64-year-old grandmother who disappeared into a sinkhole while searching for her cat, was found dead Thursday after a…
Search underway for Pennsylvania grandmother believed to have disappeared in sinkhole
Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for a grandmother who they believe may have disappeared into a sinkhole while looking for her…
As JD Vance touts his Appalachian roots, some in the region reject him
Logan County, W.Va. — Five generations of Vances gathered in West Virginia last month for a reunion, singing hymns and swapping stories in a quiet park…
Review: Sam Morrison’s solo show ‘Sugar Daddy’ has issues
In “Sugar Daddy,” comedian Sam Morrison sets out to convert tragedy into stand-up comedy. A form of self-therapy, the show (at the Wallis through Oct.…
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor believes you can handle ‘Nickel Boys’
TELLURIDE, Colo. — Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is listening to Louis Armstrong singing “Makin’ Whoopee” on her phone as I slide into a booth at a Telluride hotel…