By the time he was 43, newspaperman Carl Bernstein had been portrayed on the Hollywood big screen by two of the greatest actors of his generation, Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson. (One version was mostly factual, the other somewhat fictionalized.) It’s doubtful anyone in the history of ink-stained wretches can match that record.
And yet, as Bernstein’s wonderful new memoir of his early days makes clear, this remarkable figure ran into a major roadblock as he hustled and legged his way into the trade. Read More...
Adam West, who portrayed the superhero Batman in a wildly popular television show in the 1960s and who seemed trapped in the character’s cape and tights for the rest of his career, died June 9 in Los Angeles. He was 88.
The cause was leukemia, his publicist, Molly Schoneveld, said in a statement.
Other actors, including Michael Keaton, Ben Affleck, Val Kilmer and Oscar winners George Clooney and Christian Bale, have taken on the role of the Caped Crusader, but no one was as closely identified with the character as Mr. Read More...
Alaska Airlines flight attendant Amber May was preparing for takeoff from Atlanta to Seattle last summer when a passenger’s call light came on. May hurried over to the passenger.
“She seemed pretty worried,” May said. “She asked, ‘Could you help me to keep some eggs warm?’”
May, 52, was perplexed.
“I’d never been asked something like that before, so at first, I thought she wanted me to heat up some breakfast,” she said. Read More...