The first excellent thing about “Happy Valley” is how efficient it is. Within a few minutes of meeting police officer Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire), we get the basic outlines of her life. In the course of talking down a jittery drunk who’s turned suicidal at a local playground, Cawood explains that her life isn’t so […]
America, get ready: Tavis Smiley’s putting on his dancing shoes and practicing his foxtrot. The talk-show host, political commentator and “Death of a King” author talked to HuffPost Live on Thursday about his eagerly-anticipated “Dancing With The Stars” debut, which can be seen on ABC this Monday. “I can’t tell you what song we’re dancing […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ highest court ordered the immediate removal of a judge on Thursday for disclosing confidential details about an adoption involving actress Charlize Theron’s child and making off-color remarks in an online forum. The state Supreme Court accepted the lifetime ban that was agreed to by Faulkner County Circuit Judge Mike […]
By Steve Barnes LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept 11 (Reuters) – An Arkansas state judge who acknowledged posting on the Internet confidential information regarding an adoption by actress Charlize Theron was removed from office on Thursday by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Circuit Judge Michael Maggio of Conway, Arkansas, admitted using a pseudonym to disclose information on […]
In his new book, In Real Life: Love, Lies & Identity in the Digital Age, Nev Schulman — the boyish host of the MTV show Catfish — writes about the time he was “tossed out” of Sarah Lawrence College for punching a girl in the face. In the passage, Schulman explains away his behavior by […]
The slow unveiling of Ryan Myrphy’s “American Horror Story: Freak Show” has been one of multiple short teasers and much speculation. Finally, however, all the main characters have been named. In Entertainment Weekly’s Fall TV Preview, a slew of new details were revealed about Season 4 of the anthology series. Along with what we’ve heard […]
Patrick Stewart channeled the heroism of Captain Picard when he surprised this little Trekkie. Dawn Garrigus of Statesboro, Georgia, is an 11-year-old with mitochondrial disease, a progressive chronic illness that causes physical, mental and developmental disabilities. She is also a devoted Star Trek fan. Through the Make-A-Wish foundation, Dawn requested to attend Dragon Con, a […]
How many female bass players could you name on the spot? There’s a pretty good chance your answer would be zero, but there’s one name you should be getting to know sooner rather than later. Alissia Beneviste is a 23-year-old student and bass player at Berklee College of Music in Boston whose attempt to revitalize […]
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival lineup may have been short a “Gravity” or “12 Years A Slave,” but potential awards contenders were littered all over the 2014 schedule. Let’s take a look at where things pile up following the prestigious fest, the unofficial kick-off of Oscar season. BEST PICTURE By our count, at least […]
At the University of Colorado, Dr. Peter McGraw runs the Humor Research Lab, a group that tries to empirically prove what’s funny and what’s not. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, his group researched a trend: when is too soon to joke about tragedy? “We found that those jokes started to rise in humor and […]
