Michael Bidwill is the owner of the Cardinals. His family has owned the team since Charlie “Blue shirt” Bidwill bought the ...

Lucille Ball initially received a brass wedding ring from Woolworth’s when she eloped with Desi Arnaz in 1940. She later received a 40-carat aquamarine ring which she called her “engagement ring” and ...

Some operas carry the weight of national myth—and that weight can obstruct a purely musical experience. Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” is very much one of them. When it was first performed in Prague ...

The royal tradition of bridesmaids wearing white dates back to the Victorian era. The trend was first established by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's wedding in 1840. It is rooted in the ...

Our staff's favorite songs from a year of booming rap singles, delicate piano-rock ballads and irresistible pop singles that brought you-know-what back to the front of top 40. In the wake of the ...

VIENNA — George D. Bradley, 85, graduated to glory and rose to be with his Heavenly Father in his eternal heavenly home in the early hours of Saturday, March 14, 2026, after a brief battle with cancer ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

Whenever awards season comes around, there’s inevitably much discourse and column inches dedicated to the contending films and performances. And once the nominations (and then winners) are announced, ...

As a lifelong vintage and secondhand enthusiast, when Sophie Madorsky was planning her wedding to Benjamin Rubin, the “something old” adage was bound to set the tone. In fact, it served as the entire ...

On what would have been their 78th anniversary, The Royal Collection Trust has recalled the wedding of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her beloved husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Taking to ...