Chris Staudinger is obsessed with an old-timey circus performer. “His whole thing was to catch turnips thrown from any height on the tines of a fork,” he explained to me. Zanetta, the performer, ...

Charlie Sheen has admitted he was a sex addict who was extorted by his sexual partners during the height of his drug abuse ...

The anecdote never appears in the works of Procopius, Justinian’s official historian, who also wrote a critical book about the emperor, “Secret History.” “If these claims were true, we would see them ...

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Some things you may not have known about Disneyland include the revelation that Doritos were invented there, that Candy Palace on Main Street U.S.A. pumps sweet scents into the air to draw guests into ...

Does the world need another Robert Langdon novel? The response to that question will come soon enough as the character's ...

Eric Foner’s essay collection “Our Fragile Freedoms” demonstrates how our understanding of the past can deepen and grow more sophisticated over time. These are fraught times for U.S. history — certain ...

Southern Charm's Patricia Altschul will be featured at the Charleston Literary Festival ahead of her book release. Get the ...

The plots of Dan Brown’s novels have so many turns that even the author has to make sure he can keep it all organized.

Viewers are curious to know why a new episode of Secrets of the Silent Witch will not premiere this week at its usual time. This anime centers around Monica Everett, a powerful witch, who has the ...

“Ice Road Truckers” is sliding back onto the small screen for the first time since 2017, as the show will return for a new season on History Channel after eight years off the air. Season 12 will ...