What Can We Learn From Celebrity Past Couples?

If you think rocky celebrity unions (and the public’s obsession with them) are a contemporary phenomenon, here’s Stephen Galloway’s bestselling book about celebrity marriage. Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh will tell you otherwise. “They were as famous lovers as Burton and Taylor or Bogie and Bacall, but their love seemed closer to hate,” writes the …

Reminiscent of a Novelist, a Real Family of Actors, and a Celebrity

There was little time left for the tragedy to begin. After all, childhood in the 19th century was never without the shadow of death, and the Booths were not spared: “Sixteen years have passed. The family grows, shrinks, grows. In 1838, children are counted at nine, including four who were about to arrive and died. …

What Can You Learn From a Celebrity Master Class on Empathy?

Williams is one of many celebrities to jump into this cultural trend. In the early 2000s, he founded a streetwear brand called Billionaire Boys Club, shared with a notorious 1980s Ponzi scheme; Wrote together in 2013 Robin Thicke hit “Blurred Lines,” which was criticized by feminists for its “greed.” He now sells goods under the …

‘On Broadway’ Review: History and Celebrity, Scenes and Lights

A lit sunset view of the New York skyline as George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” plays. Old Broadway tents. Moving snapshots from a more recent Broadway – a flight Hogwarts wizardsrocking and swinging temptations, brown-skinned victorious gaze Alexander Hamilton. “On Broadway” definitely knows how to make a theater lover’s heart work. Directed by Oren Jacoby, …