Hugh Hefner, who created Playboy magazine and spun it into a media and entertainment-industry giant — all the while, as its very public avatar, squiring attractive young women (and sometimes…
Eighty years ago, on June 1, 1937, aviation legend Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, set out in a twin-engine Lockheed Electra from Miami to circumnavigate the globe. That fateful journey,…
At 75, “Casablanca” still has a special place in the heart of Harvard Square. In November 1942, a timeless story of love, loss, and redemption first appeared on the silver…
Andre the Giant—fearsome professional wrestler, beloved cinematic rhyming giant—will soon be the subject of a documentary. Deadline is reporting that the film will be produced by Bill Simmons, the sports media mogul…
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Gigi Coleman is soaring where her famous great-aunt, the first American black woman to earn a pilot’s license, never flew before. Coleman, 57, of Chicago will come…
The letters spelling Google were rendered in the vapor trails of swooping, looping biplanes in a Doodle marking what would be the 125th birthday of aviator Bessie Coleman, Thursday. Coleman became the…
A new exhibit at Carmel’s Palladium will showcase photos, sheet music and other artifacts related to Ella Fitzgerald, the “First Lady of Song” who won 13 Grammy Awards during a…
To attract visitors, townspeople often arrange a museum in honor of the life and achievements of their native sons or daughters. In Fairmount, Ind., two have achieved such a distinction:…
The partial skeleton of a castaway found in the 1940s on the Pacific island Nikumaroro shows some similarities to Amelia Earhart, scientists say. Though extensive searches have failed to turn up the…
In honor of the 61st anniversary of the death of James Dean, read legendary director Nicholas Ray’s moving essay about the talented, curious actor he once knew. Legendary director Nicholas…
