In Gill Paul’s latest book, “Scandalous Women,” a historical novel about phenomenally bestselling authors Jacqueline Susann and Jackie Collins — both famous for their sex-driven fiction, and their battles for recognition and critical acceptance in the male-dominated publishing world of the 1960s — there’s a shocking scene that could be right out of the #MeToo … Read more
When a fundraising email from the California Department of Education arrived in reporter Thomas Fuller’s inbox in November 2021, informing him of the unbeaten season that a local school football team were having, he thought little of it — until he realized it was the Cubs, the team from the California School for the Deaf (CSDR) … Read more
Trad wives are all the rage on social media, but Tia Levings reveals the dark underbelly to being a wife in a deeply conservative Christian marriage in “A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy (Macmillan, Aug. 6).” Levings was raised in a Southern Baptist church that railed against homosexuality and abortion while encouraging women … Read more
The early summer of 1982 was a very spacey time on America’s movie screens. Six major studios released a whopping eight science fiction and fantasy films between May 16 and July 9, with hundreds of millions of dollars riding on the line — from “E.T.” to “The Thing,” from “career-grounding flops to career-making triumphs,” writes … Read more