Literary fame is normally measured in best sellers, Pulitzer Prizes and late show appearances. But Patrick Radden Keefe, a staff writer at The New Yorker, has achieved a level of celebrity that most of his literary peers have probably never even considered: He has been a fashion model. Days into the new year, J. Crew […]
Mike Milligan, an American TV writer and producer whose credits include “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons,” has died. He was 77. Milligan died of acute respiratory failure in his West Los Angeles home on Dec. 20, according to a PR representative. Milligan was a celebrated member of the Writers Guild of America for […]
Before Mike Schur helped create beloved comedy series like “The Good Place,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Parks and Recreation,” he won Emmys as a writer on “Saturday Night Live” and “The Office.” The two series collided in May 2008 when “The Office” star Steve Carell hosted “SNL” and participated in a viral digital short titled “The […]
Aziza “Z” Barnes, a poet and writer for the FX drama “Snowfall” and Netflix‘s “Teenage Bounty Hunters” has died. They were 32. Their family confirmed via a rep that Barnes died of suicide on Dec. 15. No further details were released. “With heavy hearts, we regret to inform you of the passing of an undeniable […]
Getty Images Breyten Breytenbach was a vocal critic of the apartheid regime The renowned anti-apartheid writer and activist Breyten Breytenbach, jailed for his beliefs in South Africa in the 1970s, has died aged 85, his family said. He passed away in his sleep, with his wife Yolande by his side in Paris. The dissident poet, […]
Getty Images Boualem Sansal has not been seen since he flew from France to Algiers last weekend (file pic) France’s Emmanuel Macron has joined calls for information about Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, who has gone missing after he flew to Algiers last Saturday. An outspoken critic of the Algerian regimeSansal is reported by some French […]
Over the past couple of years, Netflix has been encroaching on the Hallmark Channel’s holiday season chokehold. Writer Russell Hainline is no stranger to the Christmas movie, having penned several titles for Hallmark, including The Santa Summit and In Merry Measure. This week he debuted his first Netflix entry, the delightfully named, Hot Frosty. The […]
The U.S. has an aging male president who’s expected to pass the torch to his younger female vice president. But something happens that disrupts these plans, and the White House scrambles to find a solution that will allow them to build on their commander-in-chief’s legacy. That’s the political landscape in the fictional Washington of Netflix‘s […]
Sara Runnels was known for her humorous stories and social media shares about the single life, but her dating status quickly changed after meeting Adam Zack.
