Bo Lueders, the guitarist for pioneering hardcore band Harm’s Way, tragically died at just 38 years old. His bandmates shared the news in a heartbreaking Instagram post, saying the musician “will be remembered for his unwavering empathy and compassion for his friends & family and his magnetic, inimitable presence on & off the stage.” While … Read more
Consider this a PSA about PSA. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in US men, excluding skin cancer, and the second-leading cause of male cancer deaths, after lung cancer. One in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and about 3% of men will die from it. Early-stage prostate cancer often has no … Read more
She was a blend of P.T. Barnum, the colorful showman credited with declaring, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” and the infamous flamboyant televangelist couple Tammy Faye and Jim Baker who built a scandal-riddled evangelical empire — all rolled into one. Back in the early years of the Roaring Twenties it was a charismatic lady … Read more
She dared to dream. A former stuntwoman in the UK has received a returned job application letter 48 years after she sent it — though it didn’t stop her from pursuing a remarkable career that took her all over the world. Tiki Hodson sent a handwritten cover letter for a job as a stunt motorcyclist … Read more
In the Swinging Sixties, one of the most popular commodities on male-dominated Wall Street was Ms. Francine Gottfried’s torpedo-like breasts. Worn proudly under a tight sweater, Ms. Gottfried had her size 43s innocently on view every workday when the 20-year-old arrived from her home in Brooklyn, to her lowly data processing job on The Street. … Read more
My grandmother had two great loves: my grandfather and the department store Lord & Taylor. Every time we passed the retail palace — either in Midtown Manhattan or on Long Island, where she lived — she would blow a kiss in its direction. “Mi amor!” she’d proclaim when someone uttered its name. She shopped there, … Read more
A Scottish teenager with epilepsy underwent a groundbreaking surgery to remove a piece of his brain and is no longer having seizures for the first time in 13 years, according to his mother. Angus Bain, 17, endured seizure attacks at least once a week for most of his life, but doctors are optimistic he’ll be … Read more
Broadway producer and Improv theatre founder Budd Friedman died Saturday due to heart failure at the age of 90 at his Los Angeles home. The Hollywood improv announced his death in a tweet. “The comedy world lost a giant today,” read the statement. “In 1963 he changed the world of comedy by creating the first … Read more