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Stephen A. Smith was forced to make a quick recovery on the air after mistaking NFL star Christian Kirk for late political commentator Charlie Kirk. Smith, 58, was recapping the Houston Texans vs.

The opening of Hamnet echoes that of Hamlet. In the novel’s first scene, Hamnet explores an empty house. O’Farrell gives him ...

A new biography of Jessica Mitford portrays an upper class communist who fought for the poor - but travelled with 13 ...

Chris was handsome in a Dirk Bogarde-ish way and had the knack of looking 35 for decades. According to legend – in fact, Jack ...

Asheville City Council has the largest candidate field in at least 25 years with 20 people running in the primary. Who are ...

Margaret “Maggie” Natalie Smith was an English actress born on December 28, 1934 in Ilford, Essex, UK. She died on September 27, 2024 in London, at the age of 89. Passionate about acting, she met the ...

Back when Maggie Smith penned her poem “Good Bones,” which reached nearly 1 million readers after going viral in 2016, she was a mom working from home. She went on to become a New York Times ...

DEAR WRITER: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life. By Maggie Smith. Washington Square Press. 272 pages. $28.99. Good news, friends: you’ve got mail. As in old-school actual letters.

The British screenwriter (and Oscar winner for 2001's 'Gosford Park') reveals his favorite characters, scenes and what the next era of the show would look like: "It would have to be in a different ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I had a chance to sit down with the cast of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, I asked them about a ...