Laura Lippman’s new novel, “Prom Mom,” is nominally focused on a familiar-feeling story of teenage pregnancy. Here, a girl — loosely based on New Jersey high school student Melissa Drexler — gives birth at prom and leaves the baby to die. But that’s not really what the book is about. Rather, “Prom Mom” explores the unsettling love triangle between the titular character, the father of the child and that man’s wife, as well as the long-term fallout of that fateful prom night. Read More...
It was a somber day in Hollywood when news of Ryan O’Neal‘s death broke on December 8, 2023. The late Love Story star’s son, Patrick O’Neal confirmed that his father had passed and shared the news via Instagram that same day. “So this is the toughest thing I’ve ever had to say but here we go. My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us,” his caption began. Read More...
By Stephen DowlingFeatures correspondent
Getty ImagesVampires are some of the most enduring monsters we have created. Diseases that plagued our ancestors played a part in their creation.
Diseases were frightening things before the age of medical science. Plagues and epidemics could appear without warning and cause death and misery.
It wasn’t just plagues. Other diseases – perhaps passed on by animals or from genes lying dormant in their own bodies – could cause ailments that defied explanation. Read More...