Joel Paley, a dancer, playwright and director who wrote the book and lyrics for “Ruthless!,” an award-winning Off Broadway musical about an ambitious girl who will do anything — including…
As a child in the 1930s, Jules loved radio dramas and newspaper comic strips. In his 2010 memoir, “Backing Into Forward,” he cited as influences the cartoonists E.C. Segar (“Thimble…
Lou Mathews is unequivocal in his devotion to Los Angeles and its environs. “I love it — and I don’t understand people who don’t,” says the welcoming, white-bearded Mathews, 78,…
David W. Duclon, a prominent television writer-producer known for creating Punky Brewster, has died at the age of 74.The 1980s and 1990s comedy writer passed away on Wednesday in Illinois after a…
The first time it struck me that most of my acquaintances were going to Hell, I was probably about six.We were driving to Glasgow, where my grandma lived, and my…
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…
Last Updated:January 04, 2025, 18:51 ISTCody Rhodes recently defended his Undisputed Championship against Kevin Owens during Saturday Night Main Event.Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens (WWE)Former WWE head writer Vince Russo…
Getty ImagesChiung Yao, arguably the world's most popular Chinese language romance novelist, has died in an apparent suicide.The 86-year-old's body was found in her home in New Taipei City on…
“Justin is a wunderkind,” says prolific Italian director Luca Guadagnino about on-the-rise screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes during a joint interview at a Los Angeles hotel.Kuritzkes penned both of Guadagnino’s films released…
Getty ImagesBreyten 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…
