It’s your typical Hollywood story: In the late 1970s, a Jewish kid from Los Angeles answers an ad to work as secretary to a film producer. She wants to get in “the business,” but she doesn’t exactly have the pedigree. Dad’s an economist; Mom runs a bookstore. Growing up

Days before Christmas in the southeastern Mexican state of Guerrero Father Lopez Gorostieta was kidnapped from a local seminary He was found on Christmas Day having been strangled to death No party has claimed responsiblity nor is there any obvious reason for the deed But a month earlier Ugand

Police officer will not be prosecuted for shooting death of African American man.

I’d like to say what unsettled me about Serial was its lack of finality.

As much as we might hope that show business is a show—that is art—it’s also a business.

New terms from nightmarish hellscape of cultural devastation that is texting/online lingo

American companies exercise little oversight because few here is demanding that they do.

Twitter campaign calls for not just well-worded political indignation but concrete action.

Later this week the President of the United States the most important person on the planet will pardon a turkey Now if this were quot Scandal quot this tradition might actually make sense insofar as it would give Fitz yet another reason to demand Liv come and visit The scene President Fitz

What does the next week hold for you Time with family Food-based comas Rioting in malls over things you could buy for less on Amazon Or maybe stuck working even on Thanksgiving for poor wages and or in rotten conditions just so that the rest of us can buy all those things this holiday for less