'Mom' Cass Elliot didn't choke on a ham sandwich
Another music legend has fallen: the very good one that Mamas & the Papas singer Cass Elliot choked to death…
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5 most important takeaways from Kevin Spacey's documentary 'Spacey Unmasked'
In October 2017, the same month that a New York Times investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and assault by…
Opinion: In how many ways can a memory be counterproductive? Ask Kristi Noem
Not to beat a dead horse, ah, but how can we ignore the spectacle South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has…
'The Phantom Menace' paved the way forward, but it took time
May 19, 1999, in a galaxy not so far away… Enthusiasm for “Star Wars” is at an all-time high. The…
Disneyland just promised electric cars on Autopia. Gas will run out in 2026
When Walt Disney Co. announced earlier this month that it was finally ditching smog-spewing gasoline engines at its beloved Autopia…
Review of 'The Sympathizer': a moving story about friendship
What is more psychically exhausting, in fiction and I suppose in life, than the story of the double agent, the…
Will California finally elect a woman governor in 2026?
In 173 years as a state, California has had 40 governors. Democrats, Republicans, members of the Unionist and Know-Nothing parties.…
Will 'The Three Body Problem' Be Netflix's Sci-Fi 'Game of Thrones'?
Netflix is about to find out if it can have its own “Game of Thrones” without having “Game of Thrones.”…
'3 Body Problem' review: A new take on alien invasions
Cixin Liu’s “The Three-Body Problem,” the first volume of her “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy, has been turned into a…
Esa-Pekka Salonen against the board of directors of the San Francisco Symphony
When Esa-Pekka Salonen recently announced that he would step down as music director of the San Francisco Symphony next year,…