She didn’t know at the time that The Giver by Lois Lowry, the book that helped her understand why “pain makes the world more beautiful,” was on banned lists across the country. Reading the ...

Jeff Bridges put a lot of effort into a movie, even volunteering to direct it, but it turned out to be a failure. Read more about his experience here.

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

the giver of all, the progenitor of everything malign on earth—hence the myth of Pandora’s box, which released into the world famine, disease, war and other afflictions. In “The Missing ...

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Here are some of the most significant ancient rivers around the world, which continue to be cultural ... believing it to be the giver of life. Ganges River, India The Ganges holds both spiritual ...

Anne Olivia Bauso is a travel writer and hotel expert based in New York City. She has written hundreds of hotel reviews, from 5-star Ritz-Carlton properties to treehouse eco-resorts in the jungle.

Wrather is one of 22 players from all levels of college football to be selected for the Good Works Team and was honored at ...