Ricky Nelson was adored by his fans for years as a teen pop idol and was one of the most televised musicians of his era. While many know of the mysterious circumstances of his death, not many know how a last-minute choice saved the lives of his two young sons. Ricky Nelson was born Eric…
When we look at celebrities, we often think of how easily they have everything. We tend to focus on their careers, their wealth, and their status in society. But beneath the glamor, at times, lies a lot of disappointment. Shutterstock.com When we look at celebrities, we often think of how easily they have everything. We…
A stunning John Travolta, a scantily clad Jamie Lee Curtis dancing in an aerobics class, an 80s film with a $20 million budget — what could possibly go wrong? A stunning John Travolta, a scantily clad Jamie Lee Curtis dancing in an aerobics class, an 80s film with a $20 million budget — what could…
I’d granted wishes for sick children for years. Then one application stopped me cold: my high school sweetheart’s 12-year-old daughter. Rebecca had vanished from my life without a word—and when Sophie finally told me her real wish, I realized her mother had been hiding the reason why. The application sat third from the top of…
My husband pinned me to the kitchen counter, blasting symphony music to drown out my screams. His mother sneered, holding my only backup drives over a gas flame. “Women don’t belong in science,” she hissed, taking heavy shears to chop off my hair. They burned 5 years of my research. They thought they had broken…
Alex was halfway through his second bowl of cereal when he announced that dinosaurs would make terrible firefighters because their arms were too short to reach the hose. “That’s a serious design flaw,” I said. “Right?” He said it with the full weight of a scientist who has been trying to get the world to…
The longtime feud between Robert De Niro and President Donald Trump has escalated once again. Actor Robert De Niro has been very vocal about his criticism of Donald Trump and recently publicly blasted the president and his administration, calling the president “an idiot.” During an appearance on Nicolle Wallace’s The Best People podcast, he said: “We gotta get…
What He Left Behind My name is Martha, and I have spent most of the past two years learning to want less. Not in the philosophical sense, not as a practice of intentional minimalism or conscious simplicity, but in the practical immediate sense of a woman who has discovered, later than she would have liked,…
What the Bell Taught Me My name is Nicole, and I have always been a person who keeps the peace. I want to be honest about this from the beginning, because the kind of story I am about to tell you is easy to frame in a way that makes me sound more strategic and…
Helen and George had lived side by side for sixty-five years, their marriage a quiet testament to endurance. At ninety-one, Helen’s hands trembled when she buttoned George’s shirt, but her devotion never faltered. George, eighty-eight, relied on twelve pills a day to keep his failing heart alive. For years, their supplemental insurance softened the blow…