The Thomas Kinkade Autopsy: Did He Die In His Sleep?
The painter “died in his sleep” says his live-in girlfriend. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
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Mike Wallace Wasn’t Doing So Well The Last Few Years
He’d been in a care facility and his memories of 60 Minutes were “completely gone.”
Michael Cunningham Biography: New!
Remember The Hours? This is the guy who wrote it. Our new biography of Michael Cunningham is now live.
President Eisenhower Had His Own Cool Cabin at Augusta National
If you were the Supreme Commander during World War II and president, you get your own cabin at the site of The Masters.
Mike Wallace: Obituary First Lines
Dogged, merciless, pit bull, grand inquisitor… that’s how the papers are summing up Mike Wallace.
Rachel Maddow Biography: New!
She’s a Rhodes scholar, a volleyball player, and a super-popular TV personality. Our new biography is up and running.
Six Photos From Beyoncé’s Tumblr
Yay! Beyoncé’s on the internet! Here are six great photos of B. from her very own Tumblr (and one more, just because it’s cool).
A.O. Scott Really Hates ‘American Beauty’
“Count yourself lucky” if you haven’t seen it, he says. And that’s just his latest smackdown.
Marshall Amps Founder Dies at Age 88
Jim Marshall, the man behind rock music’s biggest, loudest amplifiers, has died at the age of 88.
Not So Nice a Photo: Charles Manson
Charles Manson is up for parole next week in California.
Another Nice Photo: President Obama and Lt. Uhuru
From the Twitter account of actress Nichelle Nichols, of Star Trek fame.
The 12 Best Course Names at the New Dr. Seuss Medical School
Cancer of the Lorax is finally being recognized as a major problem.
Just a Nice Photo: Masters Honorary Starters
Three old lions of golf teed it up first at The Masters.
“20 Bucks Says Phil Mickelson Hooks This Next Drive”
Betting on the Masters is big business, thanks to the wonders of the Internet.
This Week in Wax: Prince William and Kate Middleton
Now their upper lips are stiffer than ever!
Han Solo, Disco Dancer
The new Kinect Star Wars video game includes a Galactic Dance Off feature. Now we can see Han Solo do things he was never meant to do.
Rough Year for French Intellectuals in New York City Hotels
Last May it was Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the Sofitel. Now an esteemed French scholar has passed at the Michelangelo.
Rick Perry to Brits: “We Don’t Need Your Limey Climate Science”
The British goverment spent its own money to educate Texas conservatives about climate change science, and Rick Perry is tetchy about it.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Changed the Ending to ‘Titanic’
Astrophysicist and chatterbox Neil Degrasse Tyson says he got director James Cameron to change the ending of Titanic.
Herb Ritts Photos in ‘L.A. Style’ Exhibit
A new exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum provides photographs from Herb Ritts, known for his black and white nudes and celebrity portraits from the 1980s and ’90s.