The best obituaries, those that are most enjoyable to read, juxtapose obvious public accomplishments with the sheer strangeness of people’s lives.

As Jason Carter, one of Mr. Carter’s grandsons, said to the men who had sat in the Oval Office ... but the harmonics were hard to miss in the sea of black. Nor was it insignificant that Mrs ...

Last Friday seemed to be such a cold day that the proverbial groundhog thought it best, at the risk of a cold nose, to leave his winter “laager” and found the weather so gloomy that it is likely to ...

We meet in New York, where she is shooting an advertisement for Bvlgari, the luxury-jewellery brand she represents. Wearing a figure-hugging terracotta-coloured dress, she is prowling, catlike, across ...

She met Charles and Thomas Moss, age 12, in 1963 while filming “Strait-Jacket” and they exchanged fond letters the rest of ...

Eric: Hello Mr. Dougherty, thanks for these chats ... In fact, I’d argue their friendship (I think they were best men in each other’s weddings) is a reason to not work together. Rick F: Pete, with the ...

Thanks to viral designs, destination runway shows and a cosy relationship with fame, 35-year-old fashion-school dropout Simon ...

The usual cold-weather suspects topped our January wishlists, including a knee-length waterproof puffer, a cozy fleece ...

The 67th Grammy Awards are on Sunday, February 2. Here are the best red-carpet looks over the last six decades.

From Jan. 22, 1915 C.C. Gorder, former county commissioner of Starbuck was calling on his many friends in Glenwood on Saturday. Mr. Gorder is one of the substantial men of the county and receives a ...

Marvel and DC have made use of several different sound effects in their comics over the years, many of which have now become ...

The name “Deadwood” immediately conjures up mental images of the Wild West for most Americans, whether from Western movies ...