Sitting in a room with Renée Zellweger for two hours is like taking a master class in kindness and understanding. I have taken the course but would happily take it again. It was 1998. I had just returned to The Dallas Morning News, my hometown paper, after 19 years at the Los Angeles Times, where … Read more
The British science fiction television series Doctor Who is often labeled as the “most successful” science-fiction series of all time thanks to its talented cast and entertaining story. However, there was one issue in the series: the villain Toymaker. The recurring character first made an appearance in The Celestial Toymaker, the seventh serial of season … Read more
This week the death of Julie Powell, the food writer who became known for writing a blog about what it was like to cook all the recipes (524) of chef Julia Child, was confirmed for a year. Those experiences were transformed into a book and a subsequent film that starred Amy Adams and Maryl Streep. … Read more
Food writer Julie Powell, known for her cooking blog Julie & Julia and subject of a film starring Amy Adams and Meryl Streep, died at the age of 49. The newspaper New York Times announced Tuesday that Powell died Oct. 26 at her home in Olivebridge, upstate New York, and that her husband, Eric Powell, … Read more
The music is in constant renovation and new bands and soloists appear every day seeking to stand out from the rest. But although most become fads, there are always some voices that manage to build a solid career. A clear example of someone who is already a benchmark in Mexican music is ely war and … Read more
She is the only female daughter of the actor, the result of her first marriage: we tell you who she is. Tom Hanks He has been married for more than three decades with the also actress Rita Wilsonwith whom he had two children, Chester Marlon and Truman Theodore. Rita Wilson has been the actor’s partner … Read more
Óscar Contreras, from Trujillo, is a musician by profession, but a great fan of literature, since he also writes fiction. A few years ago, he asked a friend in Spain if she could get him the autograph of one of his favorite writers, the Romanian Mircea Cartarescu –an author who usually appears year after year … Read more
