Edna Browning Gladney’s early life set the stage for her future as one of Texas’ most influential child advocates. Raised by a teenage single mother in Milwaukee, she developed deep empathy for ...

There are so many Jane Austen adaptations for film and TV that it’s hard to keep up. But which ones are any good? To celebrate 250 years since the author was born, what better time is there to cast an ...

Louis Partridge almost gave up the chance to star as George Wickham in the upcoming Netflix series adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice.” “I think I’m quite young for Mr. Wickham,” he told me Tuesday at ...

Mrs. Parkington (M.G.M.) is the fourth lesson in the Garson-Pidgeon series on true love and enduring marriage (Blossoms in the Dust, Mrs. Miniver, Madame Curie). It discharges an obligation to the ...

The Miniver Story (M-G-M). Eight years ago, against the flaming backdrop of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Sidney Franklin produced the successful Mrs. Miniver. For this sequel, Producer Franklin ...

Chase Infiniti is chasing one Oscar after another. The critically acclaimed action-thriller “One Battle After Another,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, is quickly gaining momentum in this year’s ...

Sept. 29 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include: -- Writer Miguel de Cervantes in 1547 -- Artist Caravaggio in 1571 -- Scientist Enrico Fermi in 1901 -- Actor Greer ...

Greer Garson, CBE (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was a British-born actress who was very popular during World War II, being listed by the Motion Picture ...

• The Connie Han Trio will perform Saturday, July 5, at 8 p.m. at Maverick Concert Hall, 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock, N.Y. The trio blends bold creativity with jazz tradition, inspired by legends ...

Bess Enloe and Linda Custard, recipients of the 89th Annual Linz Award given by The Dallas Morning News. Courtesy Bess Enloe and Linda P. In 1979, two forward-looking women teamed up to create a ...

Long before the bodice-ripping antics of Bridgerton, there was Colin Firth emerging wet-shirted from a lake in the 1995 BBC miniseries Pride And Prejudice. The famed encounter saw Elizabeth Bennet ...

Before "Trekkies," before "Beatlemaniacs," "Janeites" were letting the world know that they love, love love Jane Austen. As the world gears up for the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth and a ...