Just a Nice Photo: The Queen and the Torch
The monarch looks on as the torch is passed.
Biographies
Sherlock Holmes and His Dippy Hat
A new exhibition of Sherlock Holmes memorabilia got me thinking about that goofy hat of his.
#RomneyShambles
Twitter users are having a ball with Mitt Romney’s trip to London.
Rare Stanley Kubrick Audio Interview
Writer Jeremy Bernstein interviewed Stanley Kubrick in 1965 and 1966, and Kubrick recorded it on tape. Listen.
Chad Everett, ‘Medical Center’ Star, Dead at Age 76
The longtime TV star has died after a battle with lung cancer.
Sherman Hemsley’s Death Foretold: Deadly Metaphors in the ‘Jeffersons’ Theme Song
“Movin’ on up” is just the start.
Bruce Springsteen at 62
The New Yorker has a terrific profile of Bruce Springsteen, “We Are Alive” by David Remnick.
The Dark Knight Rises: A Minority Report
“A whole lot of gabbing goes on” — our review of the new Batman movie.
Amerlia Earhart Google Doodle for Her 115th Birthday
The famous flyer was born 115 years ago in Kansas… and disappeared 40 years later in the South Pacific.
Free at Last! Ichiro Suzuki is Now a Yankee
After 12 mostly losing seasons in Seattle, the superstar gets a crack at winning. How do you say “Bronx Bombers” in Japanese?